LV3 race motor with FED Heads and 6 into 1 Header…Oh my!

[@aluminumfalcon552]

I would have died and gone to heaven if my S-10 SS sounded like this, probably would have never gotten rid of it. This is the best sounding Chevy V6 i have heard. None of this stuff existed back then though.

[@1320pass]

Love it. Pissed off sixes are beautiful.

[@jeffmalkowski3311]

Sounds incredible. Love the 6 into 1 sound!!

[@coliimusic]

Yeah, crazy how it evens out the rumbly sound from the odd firing

[@jamesgeorge4874]

Sounds great. I'm an EFI guy, but can respect your work. I was impressed when I pulled a head on one a few months back for lifter replacement, (It had 80K on already) and like 5 oil changes ( ! ) and was surprised they are 3/4 of the LT4 head, with the big boy ports. Enough injector and a GT45 would make an easy 600 HP without much fuss, I bet.

[@MrNeildrake]

Check out Scoggin Dickey sdparts LV3 video. Nick was able to get near 700hp on boost with stock bottom end! kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaCkp4iDadyJmbM

[@robertmorton1844]

Pppp PPP and

[@jacobjarvis2545]

​@MrNeildrake is the timing locked out?. Would be interesting if you would put one together showing how you do it

[@coliimusic]

Odd Engines making Odd Power! I adore projects like these!

[@psychotikpaisano]

Sick build, sounds great! I'm excited to see and hear this in action putting power down

[@ChiefRickyRC]

Exactly what that old Corsica 3.1 sounded like with nascar side pipe, ported, and stuff. Man that was a rolling sleeper

[@MrNeildrake]

I had the Beretta myself

[@chehystpewpur4754]

i had a grand am with the 3100 i trolled the streets with for many years. big money cars and racers were scared of it. me and my friends had a blast.

[@MrNeildrake]

@@chehystpewpur4754 my brother had a z24 cavalier with 3.1 and 5 speed, it was a blast

[@Christdeliverme]

@@chehystpewpur4754 No they weren't. Lol.

[@chehystpewpur4754]

@@Christdeliverme and nobody asked you. do you have anything useful to add to this conversation?

[@crazycoffee]

Badass man. I love seeing different stuff. This is some smart stuff.

[@jjb1974]

That is actually very cool I have always wanted to build up a v6 to put in a smaller car of some sort. Sounds great! Nice work.

[@jackcurrence263]

MAN, that sounds gnarly.... that's awesome!!

[@nuddahundo83]

Oh that sounds like heaven

[@L_S73]

Wow that thing sounds impressive. Snappy also. Love it ❤

[@FULLradiator]

Sounds like an odd fire dauntless 225 v6, I like it!

[@Emilthehun]

This is awesome! Wish my 3.8 sounded like this!!!

[@DjSquints-lf2ec]

Excellent, I gotta 01 merc cougar s that needs a little tlc

[@mattmusselman6499]

Unique rules. And it sounds awesome.

[@BigKandRtv]

Sounds pretty good to me!

[@scottowens1535]

Work of art Friend. Thanks also to your Daughter cause that's a sight!

[@MrNeildrake]

Much appreciated

[@nyvmgaming]

Love your vids great engine

[@shawnkhosravi3130]

Another quality video 👍

[@rodneyf.9595]

Incredible as an engine builder it is a great thing to see something that is an incredible feet to build and ear candy for us to hear . 😊 smiles

[@Christdeliverme]

Nice work on the motor. I've seen that cast collector, thought about using it, it's absolutely huge (footprint) but a quality piece. Good job.

[@MrNeildrake]

Collector is about 6” diameter, so yeah, it’s kinda big. It’s a bitch welding slip tubes to it though as things get a bit tight. Still for the price, you can’t beat it.

[@TheWalkerracing68]

Sounds so good

[@JFar-jf6qq]

Sounds snappy..👍🏻

[@passmoreracing7483]

Never thought I’d say this… that v6 sounds awesome!

[@jimthomas1989]

I want that in my living room to start up anytime I want .

[@BigBlock402]

I’ve been looking for a channel with a built LV3. Very nice

[@MrNeildrake]

Thanks. Next one will be 4.9l big bore

[@Twobarpsi]

Hell yeah brother 🏁🤘🏁!!

[@Stillsz75]

That thing is wicked....❤

[@vulcandawg7623]

Holy fuck thats a beastly sounding v6

[@I_am_archie]

Uhhh, that's a Bad Ass 6 banger!

[@James-qr6rp]

Sick note 🎶🎶 👌

[@MrNeildrake]

Thanks. My original swap plan was a Vega. I’d also like to do mgb or Triumph

[@thecloneguyz]

SICKEST motor I EVER SAW BRO (after 30yrs in cars) 283 TWIN TURBO pushing 30lbs It could hit 9600rpm NO PROBLEM Scary shit bro Mean little mf ENGINE

[@rodgerwoods4971]

Nice work sir. That thing should be quick coming out of the corners.

[@MrNeildrake]

Thank you

[@caddeymasters1326]

I love your videos. I would love to see how you make that HEI distributor work

[@MrNeildrake]

I think I could make a quick vid on that

[@caddeymasters1326]

@@MrNeildrake that's would be great

[@tylerholthusen9715]

I agree! Definitely interested to see that

[@jamesolivier3192]

ditto!

[@fatceaserdagreat241]

Dam!!!! That's a nasty sounding engine my friend and I can't believe it!!!

[@robertmcwhinney4596]

Dang! Love that sound! Hurry up and put that bad boy in something lol! DANG!🤠👍

[@picklepee2771]

Sounds like a 70s race V6 my goodness

[@simbanugz2906]

It be sick to see one of these swapped in to a third Gen Camaro with a 3000+ stall and drag radials. I recently helped my best friend swap a 3.7 & mt82 out of a Mustang into his 2000 Miata. Car ran a 12.4 @ 111 on stock tune. We hoping for 11s.

[@MrNeildrake]

Light weight is great way to go fast.

[@enesfazlic6017]

Daaammmnn that sounds sweeeet

[@speedfreak8200]

Mr. Needledick, I need this engine in my Samurai

[@MrNeildrake]

Cool, go for it

[@theschultz-ster]

that is so cool! I smashed the bell! I want to see how this ends!

[@MrNeildrake]

Thanks for doin that!

[@171apples171]

Im gonna check your channel now but i would love to see a TBI 4.3 tht you've turned into a monster lol

[@scottkernan9007]

Holly shit sounds good

[@supernova7819]

IM FED UP!

[@Tatertot_Tommy]

Damn! Just, DAMN!!

[@BobSmith-mc7uq]

Sweet!!

[@leviwolf5839]

Tht thing is rowdy when I seen the pic I was like eehhhh it’s cool butt then I heard it and it’s absolutely insane hell ya

[@MrNeildrake]

I wouldn’t mind building one of those

[@kyleskiles3718]

Holy poop! Nice

[@jessicaembers924]

I usually prefer 4's or 8's but i wouldn't Mind a 6 like That one! :-)

[@hphillips7425]

Nice 👍🏻

[@lancelanphier9509]

Now that sounds utterly badass! I've got to look that up to find out what motor that actually is that it started from

[@anonymousinc6330]

Resembles an early 90s LT1 Optispark setup adapted to use an HEI distributor.

[@MrNeildrake]

Late model silverados and full size vans

[@tylerwightman2315]

Pretty cool setup! What do you plan on doing for a harmonic balancer and drive belt setup?

[@MrNeildrake]

No balancer will be run. I have a mini alternator that runs off of what used to be the vacuum pump pulley

[@tylerwightman2315]

@MrNeildrake gotcha. I'd be worried about my crank cracking/breaking without a dampner on it. To each his own tho. Again very cool setup and I'm anxious to see it go down the track now! Cheers from Brandon Mississippi!

[@MrNeildrake]

@@tylerwightman2315 I’ve read that with fast changing rpm’s as in a race car, there’s not as much need for damper. I’ve run formula fords and formula Atlantic and they never ran one either. I guess we’ll see and report back when crank exits.

[@dano3723]

Wondering on cam core size? Do you do anything special to get good audio quality? Im a vote for the hei video. Thanks

[@MrNeildrake]

I’m just using my iphone8. As far as cam, the stock cores have really thick hardening and can be reground to relatively aggressive profiles. Call Joe at American Custom Cams if you’re interested. Costs under $200 to regrind a cam.

[@Sawmods]

Um that is the nastiest v6 Ive ever heard. lol

[@Hoghaw]

I agree. At 70 years of age, (ears included) for a few seconds I thought that was a V8 until, after looking at the crazy headers, thought I must have miscounted the number of exhaust tubes. That’s a Bad Boy right there! I don’t care if it was too weak to pull the hat off of your head, very few people with a V6 would accept a pink slip drag race offer after hearing that engine. Most guys wouldn’t race for pink slips unless they knew they had way North of 600 hp under their own hood, and a proven way to get it to the ground.

[@ceetwarrior]

I agree, I've never heard a v6 of any kind sound like that. Nice.

[@MrNeildrake]

Check out Dyno vid where it gets wound out

[@keything8487]

BAD ASS !!!

[@bobbyleescott]

Great video, sounds almost like an inline 6 now. I suggest just lowering the music for the voice overs a little bit more so we can understand you more clearly. Otherwise great vid 👌

[@MrNeildrake]

Thanks for the tip. I’ll let my editor (daughter) know for next time.

[@vela505]

What does it weigh? just how it sits. Very cool.

[@arthurgay5746]

Trying to burn the paint off the garage doors? That little package would be a nice drop in for my boat lol.

[@blckhulk]

That's what they should make all v6's sound like from the factory, that's a very nice build man. And you say that's stock piston bore, is the stroke stock? I really would like that in my project truck

[@MrNeildrake]

Correct, stock bore and stroke

[@blckhulk]

​@@MrNeildrakewould that camshaft work with stock heads stock valve springs? Basically a bone stock daily driver motor with just that cam and aftermarket exhaust

[@MrNeildrake]

No. You need better valve springs such as the set from Frankenstein Engine Dynamics or, I have also ran the Texas speed 660 spring kit with similar cam. You also need to lock out VVT, or have someone who can tune it to limit VVT so you don't crash valves.@@blckhulk

[@pnwchris2000]

I’ve never seen a distributor in that location before

[@5kwattson]

I absolutely love this. Ls die hard but I love seeing 5.3s on alot of nitrous ran through a single plane and carb. I'm interested to see what the number will be from this, what did you do with the vvt action? Cam lock outs?

[@MrNeildrake]

I run an LS3 single bolt cam sprocket. They do bolt right on but straight up they usually time at 117 ICL. I modify the sprocket with an offset dowel hole/spacer to bring centerline to around 110 degrees.

[@adeadlyfart13]

That’s not a 5.3 at all

[@5kwattson]

@@adeadlyfart13 never said it was. I said I love 5.3s that run carbs...as to express my interest in carb swapped modern injected engines

[@bradleymadosh911]

​@@adeadlyfart13need to learn to understand what you are reading 😂

[@privatedata665]

Will there be a harmonic balancer installed ? Very cool engine , Dude .

[@MrNeildrake]

Dunno yet. If getting porsche swapped, no. If its going into my street el camino, then I loose the headers and yes, reinstall harmonic damper and normal front accessories

[@corsacrew3966]

Nice dude! Why fuel pressure gauge is that? Is it accurate?

[@MrNeildrake]

That’s my oil pressure off front there. Just use it for engine stand running. It’s just generic industrial use gauge with 1/8npt thread

[@Drunken_Hamster]

Give it moar REVVSSSS!

[@kylewest100]

This thing sounds menacing

[@scoony2131]

super sweet set up but those welds on the exhaust all that work and welds like that are um yea

[@MrNeildrake]

Yep, was welding with my feet that day. I’ll work on it

[@zacksrandomprojects9698]

That motha' sounds wicked!!!! 🍻

[@drtb69]

Looks and sounds good. Whats the hp tq #'s and cost ? I hope valve covers never get a leak cuz damn spaghettti pipes.

[@MrNeildrake]

Will find out soon. Going to dyno in November

[@rodbrezinski8033]

Awesome build what's the carburetor and size by chance

[@MrNeildrake]

That’s a 750 Holley street HP double pumper.

[@MAGA-Chad]

Always have been and will be an 8 cylinder person, but man these V6s are beastly. If I may suggest, instead of plugging up the direct injection ports with plugs and throwing a carburetor on it, why not run a Gen V V8 with mechanical fuel injection? There's 8 cylinder injection pumps out there and I'm sure they'd work really well with these direct injection engines.

[@MrNeildrake]

I’d love to do that just to learn mechanical injection but it seems like even old sprint car stuff is still expensive. Maybe I’ll look into seeing how much work it would be to adapt the injectors first

[@Resistculturaldecline]

Theres a curiosity anongst readers. Specs show a forged steel crank as OEM, but ive heard customer reports of an Iron crank in factory stock lv3. What's your observations? Nice build 👍👍

[@beatersnbondo2097]

Sounds sick! Looks awesome!! How’s it gonna fit into a vehicle? Honest question…🧐

[@MrNeildrake]

Headers are destined for my mid motor Porsche 914 or I also have an oval track car they might get used for

[@DannyMostarac]

Make it fit I guess

[@billbaskin7904]

Hello, is there a reason you used a cam mounted distributor instead of a crank trigger ignition? I really want to convert a LV3 to carburetor.

[@MrNeildrake]

This was just my setup for Dyno. In car I run crank sensor and PE3-IG2 computer from performance electronics

[@scoop-pm7lk]

that would be fun in a gen 1 s10

[@MrNeildrake]

I can get onboard with that

[@zackjay71]

Sounds good till you rev it.

[@jamesgravel7755]

What the hell are you putting this in. I must see. Looks like a LT-6. That’s sick.

[@MrNeildrake]

Thanks. Long block is going in my 65 el Camino. Headers are going either in my Porsche 914 or an oval track car.

[@jamesgravel7755]

That’s awesome.

[@zachattack2016]

Put it behind a stick shift race car!

[@901taclife6]

Wow

[@ChiefRickyRC]

Wicked

[@anonymousinc6330]

Dammitboy!

[@bbd468]

Sounds like a Stout V8 instead of a V6. How is that?

[@StainlessTIG2]

Good looking engine. Is the Ls V6 basically like the 4.3 V6 which was a 350 SBC with two cylinders cut off. I always wondered why Ford didn’t make a Cleveland in a V6 version. Imagine a V6 with those 4V closed chambers and huge intake runners.

[@fadedsoul23]

LS v6?

[@MrNeildrake]

Basically an LT ( Gen V LS) with 2 cylinders removed just like they did with old vortec 4.3 v6. Ford did have a v6 back then but certainly not Cleveland architecture, that would be cool

[@fadedsoul23]

@@MrNeildrake so the LV is an LS with 2 less cylinders? That’s pretty interesting, do u think some of the aftermarket LS stuff like pistons and rods will fit in it? As for a Cleveland/windsor/clevor v6, that to me sounds like an engineering project for me to do in the future. I’m trying to learn fusion 360 and CNC machining to do things like that in the future

[@GMbowtie350]

That’s not based off the LS, it’s based off the LT engine design. The LT is completely different from the LS. Different blocks, different internals, different heads, different injection, different everything. It’s like comparing the Gen II LT1 to the LS1. It’s a completely different platform.

[@MrNeildrake]

Lil Buddy is 100% correct

[@Tealmoney8571]

The best 6 banger I've heard!!

[@bennybaldwin2627]

ballpark price for putting this package together? it sounds so incredible.

[@MrNeildrake]

roughly 5K. Heads/intake/carb at $2500, bottom end about same.

[@454Chuy]

Awesome! Any hp estimates?

[@MrNeildrake]

Probably no more than 380 crank…..we’ll see…

[@bigbelconut]

​@@MrNeildrake yeah, no. I'm guessing 425 450.

[@MrNeildrake]

@@bigbelconut yes, maybe on e85 or methanol

[@badass6.0powerstroke10]

What type of vehicle would this be going in ? I'm thinking some sort of circle track car ?

[@MrNeildrake]

Engine is going in my 65 el Camino but headers are for another build, tribute oval track car in future

[@jrsgarage3244]

Billy says 🤓it makes 350hp NA, I think little bit more 🤠👍

[@MrNeildrake]

Made 383hp at 6800rpm

[@gbipit1]

How do you keep it cool?

[@MrNeildrake]

External electric water pump from Davies Craig

[@Olds_Pwr]

2014 and up 262 cubic inch GM corporate engine. Please correct me if I am mistaken

[@MrNeildrake]

Correct. Aka LV3 and LV1

[@RonNorman-qu4qz]

My only question is how are you going to cool the engine with your distributor right there.???

[@MrNeildrake]

There’s a set of 4, -16 an fitting where the water pump should be. I run hoses to an external electric water pump from Davies Craig

[@superrookie1554]

Would a Grand national v6 sound similar with a 6 to 1 exhaust?

[@MrNeildrake]

I would estimate, yes

[@metatronuniverse145]

What is it called when you run an engine on a stand like that? And how do you do it??

[@MrNeildrake]

I call it running and engine on an engine stand. I connect fuel and battery/wires just like in car and I run it. If running it for a longer period of time, I connect a garden hose to cooling inlet(s).

[@metatronuniverse145]

@@MrNeildrake thanks! I suspected so,I can't wait to do this myself

[@MrNeildrake]

how about just bigger monitor and speakers for your computer......thanks

[@Drunken_Hamster]

You definitely don't need such an exhaust biased cam pattern. Look up David Vizard's cam theory (and Cattledog Garage's recent cam equivalence video) in order to spec a cam that will net you close to or above 1.4ft-lbs per cubic inch with those heads and gain power everywhere on the curve compared to the current cam.

[@MrNeildrake]

I respectfully disagree with your statement. Vizard literally wrote the book on getting best performance on head and cam work but my experience is that the increased duration on exhaust does better on dyno with my combos. I guess you’d have to say that folks like BTR are doing all their cams wrong. Everything they make has more duration on exhaust. They test more than any of us.

[@Ryan_H22]

Is this for a specific track division where you race?

[@MrNeildrake]

No, just my own amusement to build something different. Engine will go in my el Camino and headers are destined for another project car

[@deweysturgill6220]

​@@MrNeildraketjst thing would be nuts in an s10. Extreme or some other small chassis. Be the holy grail for a Monza Spider

[@406MenaceRacecar]

Is the exhaust going into the passenger seat? Out the door? Real question sir

[@MrNeildrake]

I’m planning a circle track tribute car…..exhaust will be out the door, yes

[@filmgunproductions4448]

Guy: *recording engine* Me: oooooh nice idle Guy: *reaches for throttle* Me: Yes! YES! Guy: *whack, whack* Me: HUHHHHUUUHHH HARDER

[@johnlennyagb_jsav]

do you sell these?