Travieso Forged 6.0 Swap Build Thread

[Fosscore]

Looking great paint wise. I see you touched up the suspension a little too. That motor is going to look sick inside your engine bay.

 

[bottomline2000]

Paints looks good. I can tell you most of that block is going to be covered up and you wouldn't notice it all being one color, plus that red pops! Just don't paint the heads. The one thing that stood out most was that alternator bracket. Hate I didn't paint it black.

 

[Travieso]

Paints looks good. I can tell you most of that block is going to be covered up and you wouldn't notice it all being one color, plus that red pops! Just don't paint the heads. The one thing that stood out most was that alternator bracket. Hate I didn't paint it black.

Yeah I figured that but it would really bug me if I didn't paint it, The Alternator bracket has been painted Gloss black, I just gotta be careful putting everything back on, make sure I don't scratch stuff. The heads will be aluminum personally I wouldn't paint them.

 

[bottomline2000]

Any updates?

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[a4edwin]

So I finally picked up the short block and did some painting I think it came out very good.

This is how I pickled up the motor all wrapped up for me


Spend about 1 hour making sure I masked everything and about 3 rolls of painters tapes, Wanted to make sure their wasn't any over spray inside the engine. It was easier for me to put the rear and front covers on I didn't feel like mocking up a cardboard template, so I went this route. The front and rear Covers are gonna get painted black to add some contrast

Here are the pics



3 coats of primer
2 light coats and one medium coat


then 3 coasts of Chevy Orange




Waiting on the new heart Transplant


the goods








This is were I left off, Tomorrow hopefully if i have some spare time I will paint the oil pan black.



I also worked on the rear end just wasn't happy with how I left it last time

What paint did you use on the calipers?

 

[Travieso]

What paint did you use on the calipers?

 

[Travieso]

Any updates?

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I Haven't posted here for a while been real busy with life and work, anyways here is an update of what was done this saturday to the short block finally buttoned up






Ran into some issues with the Windage tray, Weren't lining up with the Oversized ARP main Studs so I had to break out the Drill and make the holes a little bigger.




got the clay out and measure how far the oil pick up tube was from the bottom of oil pan


Magic stick going in lol


New CAM RETAINER with new style bolts going in all buttoned up



Chase the head bolts, Did about a total of 4 total passes

new CYLINDER HEAD DOWELS




LS9 Head Gaskets seated with brand




Heads on torqued to spec in three sequences




This is it for now, I'll probably wont work on the motor till the beginning of August due to the kids being on vacation and the wife having all type of summer plans, lol

 

[TheAutumnWind]

I am now living vicariously through your build thread. Thanks for sharing!

 

[TheAutumnWind]

So I had some time off today and decided to work on the truck a little bit since I have some down time and waiting on the motor figure I would do something productive, Nothing big just routine maintenance

Covered all Plugs getting ready to Pressure wash the engine Compartment there was transmission fluid all over the place.




Done not noticeable difference in picture but in real life big difference.




Took the ***** out on my driveway so she could dry and get some sun, Since all it knows is being in the garage



I also went ahead and finally put my bumpstops that I had for more then 3 years and finally now decided to put on, lol Thanks to @Fosscore

This thing is looking great! What pancake bumpstops are those?

 

[Travieso]

This thing is looking great! What pancake bumpstops are those?

Thank you sir,
I Think they were made by Belltech or energy suspension you could search for them on ebay or Amazon they are called low profile bumpstops.