1986 Transam Project! Heads, Cam, and Engine Assembly

[@jakewade7388]

As a guy that turned 15 in 1980, I sure appreciate the theme. Best decade ever!

[@NotAGarage]

I love that upgrade to the rocker arms

[@sidwalker6902]

80s play list nostalgia, good times.

[@Christ-1]

Excellent! Can't wait to pull apart my old bird

[@craiglange4852]

Matt, thank you for making this video and all the work you put into the editing and production. I've never had the privilege of building a motor. Learned some stuff on top of the video looking like it was done by a professional production company. 👌 👍

[@RatdogDRB]

Looks good, my only issue is this. "Good enough" is the theme for the Tahoe's engine, but an F-body's engine gets extra attention. Yet the numbers remind you how much more the Tahoe is watched/loved than yet another F-body. The people LOVE that Tahoe, Tahiti deserves the same love and care when addressing the engine needs. LOL Nice work there young man, it should have a nice heartbeat when fired up. Carry on!

[@m1a1hm]

Dude the engine looks GREAT!!! Can't wait to see it the T/A.

[@slyblood85]

nice to see the bird rise from the ashes of being a workbench in the shop!

[@stevndnvr]

I’m excited for you to hit 100k subs soon!

[@johnalfonsofishing]

Dude this video was so satisfying!

[@J2A61]

Very well put together video 👍🏾👍🏾 really appreciate the build step by step

[@jennyloughry896]

Beautiful build

[@jakewade7388]

Anxious to see the next one!

[@baddonkey6876]

You already had things set up to measure accurate ptv clearance when you was degreeing your cam, you just needed to push down your valve when you had it at tdc with the mic on top of the valve and see how much the indicator moved

[@89-IROC-Z28]

Sweet, posted 1 minute ago, lets take a look!

[@jswelborn1]

Nice editing on this video!

[@geremychubbuck3730]

Looking great. 👍

[@pivisrepairshop3151]

Question though. What about head gasket compressed thickness? Doesn't that play a bit in the PTV clearance?

[@johnsnow1355]

I foresee a front crank seal leak looks like u tightened the front cover without making sure the cover was centered on the balancer first. Gm was very specific and had a special tool to center the balancer sealing surface before u torque the front cover down.

[@hephaestus4587]

So close to the 100k sub count. Better show off that play button when it arrives...lol.

[@Flip89]

Hey quick question where did you get your custom lsx emblems for your Camaro?

[@domib3873]

quick question what motor mounts are you using for the new LT swap??

[@lsxmatt]

I have adapter plates with the stock rubber mounts and clam shells

[@speedlover4266]

Nice build who tunes your cars

[@nothingaboutme.]

I gotta ask... is there a reason you wouldn't just run a slightly thicker head gasket to get more ptv clearance?

[@lsxmatt]

When I ordered the tool I thought I only had .016 of ptv which a thicker gasket wouldn’t of helped. I could of ran one after getting the correct measurement but decided just to cut the pistons being I already had the tool.

[@ChrisLincolnHomes]

I was going to ask the same exact thing.

[@jayinmi3706]

Will going so far over on PTV clearance significantly alter compression ratios?

[@lsxmatt]

I doubt it but a lower cr will help with boost anyway 😂

[@MrGFG003]

4:45 - ignorant-me question. By doing that, aren't you hurting the balance in the piston head? Isn't the piston head supposed to be balanced to avoid putting extra pressure on the piston walls and rings?

[@lsxmatt]

Yes but it’s such a small amount of weight that it shouldn’t hurt anything.

[@MrGFG003]

@@lsxmatt Thanks for the reply! Hopefully as you said, it will not hurt anything, and will be a hell of a ride to enjoy, rock hard and have fun with, once you're done with it.

[@kiltedsaint]

Any chance of using a thicker head gasket instead of opening the reliefs?

[@lsxmatt]

I could of but I already had the tool and standard headgaskets so I just decided to cut them.

[@kiltedsaint]

@@lsxmatt makes sense. Not to mention not losing too much static c/r.

[@hybridmusclegarage4590]

Cool!

[@ervmister]

hey Matt, I probably missed it but what lift is the cam exactly? thanks 😊

[@lsxmatt]

I don’t know off hand but I believe max lift is around .631 for intake and exhaust.

[@ervmister]

@@lsxmatt ok, cool. yeah on my LM7 build I am going either a .585 lift and was just curious. thanks Matt.

[@obsbennett1998]

Damn torquing the head bolts with a 3/8 torque wrench, not and easy thing to do 😂

[@johnsnow1355]

Direct injection is already dead many manufacturers have ditched it for port injection. The valve contamination is a huge problem making OEM ditch it for regular fuel injection.

[@trentdawg2832]

Power steering???

[@lsxmatt]

Soon enough, soon enough..

[@Jae_in_the_88]

I think you should change the name to get more views Lt swap or ls swap in the name to get more hits when ppl search so you pop up more cuz i honestly dont know how your not getting at least 60k views with the information you put out alone