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I am seriously considering doing this. that 6.0 in there now is nice but it is certainly lacking in some areas. when you finally see the title to your truck with your name on it sure makes you wonder exactly what all needs to be upgraded now. Its a 4wd crew cab but would still be nice to have a hot little engine in it.

 

Anybody know anyone that builds these LS motors?? my main goal here is more power but I really want that annoying tick to go away and I was told that if you built one with any type of aftermarket piston that it wouldnt tick. is that true?

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Isn't the LS engine like every other chevy engine....if its not ticking than its not working right? LOL

 

 

Even the corvette engine will tick, it has floating wrist pins too. As far as I can see this is probably whats causing piston slap. And your not gonna get any better than forged pistons with titanium rods, which the 7.0 comes with Stock.

 

You also have to remember that these engines have roller valve trains which is really noisy.

 

Throw a supercharger on your 6.0, the whine will cover up all the ticking for sure. And you will have one beast of an engine, I don't think you'd be able to keep up with that even if you had a 7.0 in your truck.

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What a cheezy-a$$ story, tell me what alterations needed to be done other than needing to make room under the hood for an oil tank. Let's see some under hood pics!

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Because of the work involved in putting the 7.0 and trans in there in the first place. You will need to modify your entire drive line.

 

If its something you wanna do to be the first or be different by all means, it will be an awesome project and no doubt win trophies.

 

 

But the 6.0 can make almost as much power as the 7.0 if you rebuild it right, and once you supercharge it you'll be well beyond.

 

You will have to rebuild your trans, and you will need a new set of gears and axle shafts. and maybe a beefed up drive shaft too, but everything will line up properly without modification or fabrication. It would be a much easier and quicker project.

 

my $0.02

dewfpo Senior Enthusiast

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I could see maybe doing this in a 1500 fun truck but not a HD. The HD has more weight to throw around and that 7L isn't a truck motor. Lots of HP and TQ but at high rpms as compared to a truck motor.

 

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sounds interesting, but i still vote for the modded 6.0L, buying an LS7 alone will be nearly like $10k right? as a Supercharger will be 60% cheaper

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I could see maybe doing this in a 1500 fun truck but not a HD. The HD has more weight to throw around and that 7L isn't a truck motor. Lots of HP and TQ but at high rpms as compared to a truck motor.

 

DEWFPO

 

You need to go to You tube, search 2500hd. there is a guy on there that has pretty much your truck eating up a ram air trans am. Its nice to see 2500hd out screwing with fast cars. Just though you mite like to see that.

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I could see maybe doing this in a 1500 fun truck but not a HD. The HD has more weight to throw around and that 7L isn't a truck motor. Lots of HP and TQ but at high rpms as compared to a truck motor.

 

DEWFPO

 

You need to go to You tube, search 2500hd. there is a guy on there that has pretty much your truck eating up a ram air trans am. Its nice to see 2500hd out screwing with fast cars. Just though you mite like to see that.

 

 

Well yeah, of course it could work.....but why, then there are better platforms to use (like the 1500). Better bang for the buck in that setup.

 

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