Please let me know how everything goes with the Chase Bay harness....did you get an additional CAN BUS lead for the aftermarket Tach and Speedo ?

 

Update from this last weekend. I talked with some friends about my cam update and install. Seems like it is good to soak the push rods in oil….which I did not do….So I removed the valve covers and individually oiled the pushrod ends through the tiny hole in the rocker…this is likely not critical….but a little extra oiling not going to hurt….gave me a chance to take a pic of the cool new springs that I forgot to take.

 

I also received my new oil pan, oil cooler and oil filter relocation kit. I started by removing the current engine oil cooler. I still have the fitting stuck in the block. As I understand this hole must be plugged with a block drain plug. I have had some trouble getting this fitting to come out. It came out about 2 or 3 threads but kinda seized up there and I decided not to force the issue until I talked with some knowledgeable folks about it.
Removed all the oilpan bolts and gasket….cleaned off some RTV in various areas. Removed the Oil Pickup tube and the Dipstick. I did make sure to get the o-ring out of the oil pump. I checked the fit of the Morosso oil pick up tube and there was a small interference with the front corner of the oil windage tray. To make sure I did not have any stress on the fit of the tube into the oil pump I decided to trim away some of the windage tray. With that done the fit was nice and flush. As the OEM dipstick will no longer be used the hole needs to be tapped and plugged. 7/16” drill the hole, tap with ¼” NPT tap…..Did my best to catch all the aluminum filings by capping the back of the hole with tape. I installed the oilpan studs using some blue thread locker, then the oilpan gasket and then the oilpan itself and oilpan nuts. Rear sump oil pan looks a bit strange, but the engineering looks great. The new billet dipstick position is a bit tight against the block and the length of the oil measurement rod will need to be adjusted in the future.

With this installation complete I can now button up the front of the motor from the cam Install I did last week. I removed the old crank seal from the timing cover and installed a new one. I put 2 dabs of red RTV in the corner where the timing cover and the oilpan meet. I installed all the timing cover bolts but did not tighten them down. I borrowed a crank pulley install tool from a friend and used it to intall the crank pully 90% of the way. Used the old crank bolt to torque the pulley the rest of the way down…..torque required to seat the pulley is ridiculous. Swapped in the new crank bolt…Torqued to 37 ft.lb then additional 140 degrees…you can see the blue line was at 12:00 when I started at 37 ft.lb. definitely takes some oompf! Now I cranked the motor over by hand a few times to center the timing cover and seal before finally tightening down the timing cover bolts.
That oilpan install definitely took longer than I expected
For the cam installation I was referencing a great thread and it helped a ton. Do a search on LS3 camshaft installation its on the Camaro5 forum….Lots of pics and great source for torques, steps and how to’s and such.

 

Some more pics to go with previous post

 

No, I made my own guage pods since you have to add a tach anyways. Heres a pic.

 

Nice job. This is/was my original plan. CAN BUS gages? Can you elaborate a bit on how they are wired/connected? Where did you get the direction indicator and hi beam signals from?I really like the carbon fiber backer...nice look!

 

I wired them up old school way. I dont even have the infinity computer in my car anymore. Every guage is hard wired in to the connectiuon it requires. I also installed a battery cut off switch and a fuel pump switch in the arm rest for added security.

 

Hey Stusg35, start a progress thread if you can, lots of swaps happening lately, it would be great to leave the history to help future ones in the community
Good luck with the rest of your build!

 

What's you feeling about Chase Bay harness? Would you recommend them?

 

I already have one on chicagoz.com.

 

As far as Chase Bay. It took them 8 weeks to make mine. It looks great. Just will not know how it works until I get my engine completely installed and wired up. I should know in the next couple of weeks.

 

Can't wait to see this come to life.

 

The coolest part IMO is how your kids are willing to help. I remember when I was around 11 years old my dad and my 2 brothers restored his 69 LeMans now doing low 12's. It was really hard to get motivated for me at first but now years later I'm so grateful I got to help piece it together. Good on you.

 

 

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Thhanks for the encouragement blue dream.....working on a fuel pump swap right now.... have a hang up with getting it to fit properly...... I'll post my progress in a day or so.......kit from Fueled Racing on its way....... woohoo.......should be taking the next big steps in this build starting this weekend

Question: I have a TR6060 trans. ...with this Moroso oil pan ...... there's a big gap to the bell housing......... can I use the dust cover for the t56?