LQ4 swap done!

[11 6.2]

Well Thanks to my dad and grandpa it took me saturday and part of sunday to get the swap done. The motor is a 2007 LQ4 w/ 48k miles stock internals and when we fired it up last night i had no oil pressure ( well 20lbs at 1800rpms ) well come to find out the o-ring on the bottom of the pickup tube in the pan was worn out, luckily my dad is on vacation spending time with my grandpa for 2 wks so i broght the o ring out to him on my lunch break and he called me bout an hr late and said at idle it had 40lbs of pressure.
SO ALL IS GOOD NOW!!

[casey.shoemake]

That damn O-ring can scare the crap out of you. Mine did the same thing when we swapped in my engine.
So hows it run compared to the 4.8?

[bangbangskeetskeet]

I found mine in the old pump after torquing down the cover and having the pulley half way seated. Removing the pulley tonight and putting on a new o-ring. I was so royally pissed (mainly at myself for being so careless) that I threw the old pump across the garage.

[11 6.2]

well I havent got my retune from Nelson yet so i have to baby it but earlier i couldnt help my self and gave it bout 3/4 throttle and it just started roasting them, the torque is ridiculous!!
Travis, why did u have to take the front pulley? its in the oil pan pickup tube.

[C-WAY]

Awesome man, I bet that thing MOVES now! Are you coming to the meet this year?

[bangbangskeetskeet]

well I havent got my retune from Nelson yet so i have to baby it but earlier i couldnt help my self and gave it bout 3/4 throttle and it just started roasting them, the torque is ridiculous!!
Travis, why did u have to take the front pulley? its in the oil pan pickup tube.

I'm talking about the o-ring on the oil pickup tube that goes into the pump. I swapped pumps while I was swapping cams...had everything back together and looked at the old pump and saw that the o-ring had come off the pickup, and was split in half, so now I have 2 options...drop pan enough to swing the pickup tube out of the pump and put on the new o-ring, or pull front cover and do the same thing.

[6.0vortecchevy]

I think dropping the oil pan is easier then getting the pulley off.

[jetmech]

Glad to hear the 6.0L is up and running. Did someone say 12's??.........

[11 6.2]

Travis I would def do the oil pan route!! Ya johnathan just cruisin i can feel the difference. and bryan I sure hope so!lol

[bangbangskeetskeet]

Travis I would def do the oil pan route!! Ya johnathan just cruisin i can feel the difference. and bryan I sure hope so!lol

After thinking about it all day that's the way I'm gonna go.