Never open a junkyard LS, it lets the magic out - Matt Happel

Dude I have the same exact engine in my Chevy avalanche. This is going to be perfect for me. I had givin up on the supra thing, when you told me how much it was costing. Now this is my cup of tea. I can do this to my 5.3 on a budget. I'll definitely be watching every video. Thank you

That awkward moment when your budget friendly street car build thing out performs your aggressive 3k manifold race car. Haha

Looks like fun. Cant wait to see it come together throughout the series

probably one of the most legit video on this topic ive seen in a while thanks

Super dope to see you doin this build bro planning on doing an ls swap on my 350z just pulled the vq

I like the channel and your humourous personality. im Canadian also and ive been following your BUDGET LS SWAP series. thumbs up , ive subbed

really cool Bud !! love the home built projects !!

Been watching this on my tv lol. Subscribed for sure

Great video man, thanks.

good first EP man, cant wait to see how this turns out.

Sweet video cant wait to see more

Love it man, the comments while you're working, the real world steps you take, well done!

The NNBS intake is one of the best flowing intakes on the OEM market. they make a 4 bolts to 3 bolt adapter for the use of a cable throttle.

That engine is a god lol I have it in my truck factory, GM calls it the L33. aluminum block with pressed in iron cylinder liners, LS6 (799 aka 243) heads, bigger cam, flat head pistons similar to the 4.8 which the iron 5.3 and 6.0 do not have and other goodies. only came 05-07 in extended cab SLE trim I believe and I’m not sure but I think it had to be 4x4. I know I’m late with this playlist but I cant wait to watch the whole build !

I remember when this video was uploaded . Cant believe it's been 2yrs already!

The iron 5.3 is the best. Almost 2000hp on stock block. Use the 799 heads

Check out VSRacing for your turbo needs, chinese based but still decent quality. Do BTR platinum .660 lift springs with either the Elgin 228/230 cam or the LJMS Stage 2 turbo cam. A basic single turbo log manifold will do the trick for the hot side.

I enjoy this build. Dude is funny also

"The Best Investment you'll ever make is an Electric Impact Wrench", then @ 3:45 - It's obvious you were better off buying a Shop Vac instead.

Bought a book lol. Great vids man keep them coming.

Forgot to drain oil. Felt that! Remount engine stand. Felt that too! Awesome video!

Your spartan shield in the background was a flex

This popped back up on my feed. Man it's cool to go back and see this again. How far this maple syrup drinking hoser has come.

Just wanted to tank you for the post & info. Lost my Carrie (actually 2 years after I stumbled acrss this vid) and am looking to build a tribute car in her honor. She was always into those turbos and as she would call "Seeeuwer-sports" so my quest to honor her memory starts here

+1 on the impact wrench being the best investment...really wish i bought mine sooner

Opening the engine let’s all the magic out. Now it will be a ticking time bomb

Looking good man, makes me want to go out and work on mine!

Some BTR springs, ls6 intake or used LSXR, truck mannifolds for the turbo setup. I'm not as up to date on my LS heads anymore, but some ported 243's could be had cheap too. I'm doing a budget 6.0 LQ9 build for my next project car, torn between turbo and procharged.

Nice buy. L33 is pretty much the best junkyard LS. If you need any parts or advice talk to John Bewley at LJMS.

Dang, Brings back memories when I did my lifters and cam.

These videos are the best Canadian export since Molson...

Check the end gap on the crankshaft for forward and backward movement check the gap between the connecting rods on the side of the crank that is a few things you got to look at make sure you got this thing right would you get the Turbo from and how big is it

What you have is an LH6 5.3 it’s just like the L33 the only difference is the heads the L33 has 243 heads and the LH6 has 799 heads. The 243 heads are your standard ls2 head and the 799s are ls6. They’re identical casting and flow numbers the only difference between the two is the 243 heads have sodium filled exhaust valves for rpm. The LH6 also had a little hotter of a Cam profile. I have the same motor and I paid 1000$ for mine and you don’t find them for less than a thousand usually so good deal man great motor for sure. Turbo Silverado for me coming soon same motor!!!!

Like they've already stated, sloppy mechanics should be your go to source. Matt is a true LS wizard. Plus he's giving hot rodding back to the budget minded, broke fool's like me. I've always been a Ford guy, since I could walk. But he has me wanting to build a boost lsx, shoved in a domestic shit box lol. It's changed my whole theory on what's required to go fast.

HELL YEAH BROTHER

Go to sloppy mechanics. The guy made 1000 hp on all stock internals on a 6.0 liter. He has tons of vids of ls swaps

nice I'm interested in this LS build liked and subscribed

Whoah what are those?! Words that you hope you never hear a mechanic say.

That engine sounds nice I was thinking to put it into my supra 😂

Thoughts on front wheel drive 5.3 for a rear wheel drive swap with turbo upgrade

I bet you can build that motor for quarter the price of that 2jz and make more power lol... #V8islife

"Chassis drive procharger"? Subscribed!

Sloppy mechanics is all you need to watch .Especially the don't bs 4.8 build he just did a step by step showing everything to do and how and why

I'm picking up a Trailblazer with the same engine in it tomorrow

Sounds pretty good, I'd personally scrounge for forged rods and piston for safety but the pistons are expensive, the rods are more reasonable depending, I've found

reuse every bolt and gasket and the head gaskets too, just gap the rings and a quick hone. put a sloppy stage 2 cam in and pac 1218 springs and stock truck intake with 80lb injectors and a 78/75 vs racing turbo and you got a easy 500-700 whp and your done

Ls9 cam, Dorman or good used car manifold, the truck exhaust manifolds are steel on the l33 motor(the one you got) so the can be cleaned, cut and welded as well as modular left and right exhaust bolt pattern (you can flip them 180) s300 sxe turbo round $900. Remember those head bolts are torque to yeild throw aways. You'll want speedmaster or arp studs or just new gm replacements

I'm more of a fan of the Coyote at the moment since I'm kinda bored with sbc's but damn is it cheap to cobble together an junkyard LS with a turbo and make big power, at least for a little while.

What screws do you use to mount it to the stand

Dude seriously says “I’ll do it for funsies” before tearing down the motor😂

What book are you using to build and learn how to swap?

I put 243 heads on my LS3. Don’t know if I can really tell a difference at all, but 243’s are a much better flowing factory head

Do you have a link for all the parts you used to this motor brother I wanna order

You know it's easier to turn those big engines on the stand by picking up the front end and turning it instead of using the bar in the back.

Iron block is best for big power, but the aluminum block is great for still some good power, and a good engine to learn how to build

I’d highly recommend to use cardboard to organize all bolts makes it so much easier to have them labeled and the position

What is the name of that ls guide that you mentioned?

What book are you using to build the motor?

Have a 4.8, camming it then single turbo, blow or go, then go with a 5.3 built , and use the same turbo stuff

MASTER MECHANIC

Where I'm from you can go pick a truck or car that u want the engine out of. Go test drive the vehicle first tho make sure it runs and is good to go. Then pull it yourself. U can get the engine trans and harness with ecu for 700$ for the 5.3&4.8s with the 4l60 it's 1000 if you pick a 4l80 trans

At least is had oil in it, some of those wrecked trucks had the oil pan busted but they drove even a minute and they are toast, seen 3 for sale like that

i don't know if it matters now but the only thing you will need to do to that ls is set the end gap clearance on the piston rings and that will prevent the engine from blowing up that's is all that's needed to boost that ls on the cheepy truck engine this is jon d peace out

Can you keep the bottom end bone stock and reuse the same old bearings even with some wear but good shape wear for 200,000 miles? I have a 2003 6.0 LQ4 with 200,000miles . My plan is to keep it stock except I would like to do a basic overhaul and just do a complete gasket change top to bottom to seal everything up like new. Inspect the bearings and reuse the old bearings if they look to be in normal good shape. Keep the same factory bolts for rods and main. And MAYBE upgrade the rings to something better for a boosted engine thats going to see 15psi??????? I dont know, what you think about the rings? Can factory handle that kind of boost even after regap properly??? Or should I upgrade the rings?? I want to hone the bores to clean it up and hopefully improve the seal with a new setup in that area. Also reuse the factory pistons at 15psi??? The heads will be cleaned up to improve flow and thats it. Nothing crazy. And a upgrade in cam to match up the boost. Can the factory roller lifters be reused or should i get the lifters? How about rockers? I want to stay cheap as possible but also improve durability and hopefully 600hp-700hp and 7000rpms? Or 6500rpms?

When I see these dirty motors I just want to clean them with a wire brush and wd40 then degreasing it with petrol, drying it and paint it making it look new :D

U should do a 4.8 built after but supercharged it Whipple 👌

Turbo ls drift car!!

Is it a 4.8 or 5.3? Looks like the pistons are flat wich should be a 4.8 or a 5.3 with the 4.8 flat piston swap.

Ha, 2 big projects not enough you wanted one more????:) Good luck, can't wait to see how it goes.

If you haven't seen the sloppy mechanics KZfaq channel its worth a visit! Matt's thing is budget turbo LS builds and he has TONS of really helpful videos about them.

"why are there only two valves" I died laughing

That engine from a silverado z71? I know mine has an aluminum version in it not the iron.

You should have way more subscribers! You're awesome and cute AF

Dam LS down here in Texas are double that

What did you take this out of? Im contemplating between taking the 5.7 out of my suburban or the 5.3 from my other burban

You should open the ring gaps up on it and the nuts and dog food came from mice and squirrels. Tape the ports off with blue painters tape, cut around port kind of wide around them then give he a shot of compressed air.

Came for the Supra, stayed for the woopsies.

That’s oil spill have me anxiety. Lol the feels.

id suggest to leave the truck intake on that motor unless you really want a different intake. That intake is cheap but is a super good intake. Check out sloppy mechanics for any LS shit

Come on man I want to see more of the ls build

13:20 buy a tig and some pipe and build it instead of buying a manifold. These guys that drop 3k on a manifold amazes me. Where do you get the money to waste? Remember when you asked yourself why you are in algebra and geometry class in highschool and college? The guy you paid 3k for that manifold remembers. Lol

Could've stuffed some shop rags in the ports and then vacuumed or whiped the crud up

You seem like a multiple cat kind of person so oil clean up should be fine, right? # lsthemk4

semi new here, subscribed for a little while, my small advice is thry to maintain eye contact with the iris of the camera and trust yourself that you have eveything in frame, dont watch yourself on the lcd

That's a pretty go deal for L33.

What injectors did you end up using

Sweet supra. I'm jealous. Lol

What year block is that?

First :) Keep it up! Cant wait to see what yall put the LS in

A stock ls with over 300,000 miles is reliable and will handle 700hp

That engine was on its period all the time. Leaking fluids was it’s thing lol

When you said what are those I could not stop laughing

How many mlmtrs IS the TURBO?

Subbed

Did you follow any torque sequence when removing the heads?

Iron block would have been better for boosting....or so I've heard. Bone stock Iron 5.3, slap in a cam, install a turbo, and your all set.

What turbo is that Boosted lifestyle?

The stock intake manifold and heads will flow to over 1000whp dont change them

Looks like fun, Kyle. Have you ever checked out Sloppy Mechanics on KZfaq? Matt is a wealth of knowledge on LS motors. He builds/tunes these things on the cheap. His Colorado is very unassuming, but last I heard, it was around 9xx whp. Check him out if you have a minute. Looking forward to your project. Enjoy!