Hi Guys,
There was a bit of interest on Sofa King's thread about the LS motor. My all aluminum truck motor is very similar, besides the wet sump and accessory drives. Here are some pictures of the Gen IV L94 (Cadillac & Denali 6.2) which is an LS3 variant (Camaro 6.2L) and very similar internally. The only difference that I have seen reported is that the exhaust valves in the LS3 are sodium filled. I had a lifter go bad at 140,000 Km and wore out the cam and subsequently ran hardened steel through the oil pump and bearings
8 PSI oil pressure on these motors is way too low, so it was time for a rebuild. Here is my build specs, it took me 8 week of work after the day job and on weekends, with some summer holidays thrown in the mix.
2011 Cadillac 6.2
New Mahle pistons
New crank
all new bearings including cam bearings
LS6 Beehive Springs
LS7 Lifters and lifter trays
New oil pump
Valve seat were good
ground the exhaust valves
lapped in valves
JBA shortie headers
AFE cold air intake
Brian Tooley Racing Displacement on Demand delete kit (no more 4 cylinder mode)
Brian Tooley Racing VVT delete kit
Brian Tooley Racing Stage 3 truck cam
Summit Racing 2600 stall converter
Tuned by a local guy.
The truck is AWD so hard to find a dyno for it. estimated power is right about 500 hp at the crank up from the stock 403 hp.
Sorry for my ramblings I hope someone is interested. It has been a big time suck and now I need to get the TCS motor back together so I can start driving that car again.
Ross
