OK guys here it goes.. let me just start by saying these motors are rediculously easy to work on... took me about 30 min to tear down and get one piston out for now (waiting for the new ones to come in) but I gotta say working with the motor on a stand is great.
well here's some pics for ya.

 

cool, i'd love to learn how to take and safely put back together an engine.

 

All the red x's suck for me. I hate being deployed because I can't see all the cool pics and vids you guys have been putting up.

Glad to hear you're enjoying the tear down though. It's easy, but not as easy when the engine is still in the car! Accessing a few things becomes more difficult. Keep us psoted though!

 

I hear ya on that one... i'll try to upload the pics into my gallery later for ya....
and this is why I bought a spare motor... once its done, swap the sensors, and pop the new motor in.... Kenny from C/A picked me up the Ecotec 2.0 power book from SEMA so I have something to reference to.

 

crazy pics man.

 

oh yeah by the way the stock pistons look like doo doo.... wow they really do suck...
oh well leave it to gm to build a motor capable of 600 hp and put in pistons that won't really live past 300..

 

good luck with that

and what you dont like dasani????

 

Good luck with this swap You have all the time in the world to get ready.

 

Cool pics, have fun with the build and get on the driveshafts (please ).
As for the stock pistons I believe GM's logic is simple. If you build an engine (or transmission) with a weak link, it becomes easy to figure out who modded their cars beyond the weak links limits, thus preventing fraudulant warranty claims.

 

You're an animal Paul. Good luck with everything.

 

victory, that is a really good point that I never thought of. I guess they assume people won't tear down their motor to change the pistons, thus if the piston fails, they assume abuse/modding.

 

It makes sense to put the weakest link at the hardest to get spot. Just like our transmissions, JBP says they are beautiful (w\lsd) except for the input\output shaft.

 

Of course.....
victory man I'm sorry for taking so long... just time is one thing I don't have at the moment...
re-building a wrecked mustang for a friend (gotta make money somehow) working 50+ hours a week at one job, building and fixing my car to keep it running everyday... and the list goes on... but hopefully I"ll get over there in the next week or 2, I'll def let you know

 

I'm getting 's too because I'm at work. There's also a PDF out there on how to pull the engine too. Because I can't see the the pics, are you going to pull the engine from underneath the car like the PDF explains how to do?

Should be easy, you've been through a lot with these engines. GL bro.

 

serious pics.
dont forget the oil squirters;P

 

I"m not messing with those on this motor

 

I"m gonna drop the whole assembly out the bottom..
kenny from c/a picked me up a LSJ book from sema from the gm booth has detailed instruction on everything, from motor trans removal, gm stg kit install- and build book..
great book IMO.

 

ok for you guys with red x syndrome I uploaded the pics into my gallery if you want to check em out

 

ok so what do you pro's at this think about the tranny in these builds. any worries?

 

yup worried cause they suck

 

These engines are rediculously easy to work on. I have taken apart 3 L61's so far and you're right. Once they are on the stand, they just fall apart.

I see you still have some hardware there. I throw that stuff out the instant it comes off the engine. Head and girdle bolts, rods and pistons, bearings, gaskets, straight to the garbage.

Now I'm all itchy to get home to bring that L61 I've got in my basement over to the machine shop for a hot tank, bead blast, and hone so I can start putting it back together again.

 

oh def... ordered new fasteners... mostly arp stuff... those were mostly from the oil pan and the timing chain cover... head bolts went in the garbage soon after that.

 

hehe what did you think about those massive pistons LOL. when we pulled mine out i thought that all they needed to be complete was to be stamped with "HYUNDAI" on the top

 

haha... I know... they kinda look like garbage... oh well .. the diamond ones are nice...
prolly hit off with 10.1 comp in this motor... S/C with 2.7 pulley.. ported head.. stock cams.. ferrea valve train.. should put down some decent numbers...

 

I'm jealous....i need a second job so I can do this kind of thing.