My Rebuild

**richard head** · 10-29-2009, 09:33 PM

Just to start off, I've never built a motor before. I have a t/a with 175k on the clock and when it gets to 200k

i guess my ideal build at this point would include porting the factory heads, rods, springs, intake, headers. maybe a cam. don't want reliability issues or surge... etc though and i'll be doing the tuning all myself so since it's a 2000 model, best ls1 factory cam, i was thinking of putting that off til i have a daily driver and am ready to have some real fun. for now the idea i suppose is to stay as close to stock as possible but do some fun shit while i have the engine apart anyway to make it interesting.

anybody else ever do this kind of build? it would be awesome to just write some dude a check but trust me, the $$$ precludes that. i have friends who can help with the build (and will...) so the labor shouldn't be much of an issue. partswise, i'm thinking i can get the heads ported and pick up a timing chain, probably ebay headers, ls6 intake, springs and rods for somewhere under $2k. i'd like to spin the motor higher to around 6.5 or 7k so if there's something else that needs to happen to do that then let me know.

**SHines-IT** · 10-31-2009, 02:48 PM

I think the 00, have an LS6 intake?

**Y2KPewterSS** · 10-31-2009, 03:15 PM

Originally Posted by SHines-IT

I think the 00, have an LS6 intake?

2001 and 2002 got the LS6 intake from the factory, 2000 and below had the LS1 intake.

**SHines-IT** · 10-31-2009, 03:18 PM

Originally Posted by Y2KPewterSS

2001 and 2002 got the LS6 intake from the factory, 2000 and below had the LS1 intake.

Ahhh, I see. I thought it included the 2000.

**MrKid** · 11-03-2009, 03:10 PM

What kind of budget did you have in mind. You can get pretty crazy and still have a decent DD. And when you say you will be doing your own tuning, do have a hand held or software(HP, Edit, etc)?

**Hi-Po** · 11-03-2009, 03:57 PM

Originally Posted by richard head

Just to start off, I've never built a motor before. I have a t/a with 175k on the clock and when it gets to 200k

i guess my ideal build at this point would include porting the factory heads, rods, springs, intake, headers. maybe a cam. don't want reliability issues or surge... etc though and i'll be doing the tuning all myself so since it's a 2000 model, best ls1 factory cam, i was thinking of putting that off til i have a daily driver and am ready to have some real fun. for now the idea i suppose is to stay as close to stock as possible but do some fun shit while i have the engine apart anyway to make it interesting.

anybody else ever do this kind of build? it would be awesome to just write some dude a check but trust me, the $$$ precludes that. i have friends who can help with the build (and will...) so the labor shouldn't be much of an issue. partswise, i'm thinking i can get the heads ported and pick up a timing chain, probably ebay headers, ls6 intake, springs and rods for somewhere under $2k. i'd like to spin the motor higher to around 6.5 or 7k so if there's something else that needs to happen to do that then let me know.

Put at least a 224/228 cam in. Spinning your stock cam to 6500-7000 grand will too nothing for power.

Your replacing everything besides the cam, I see zero reason to not install a different cam.