Tearing Apart a $15,000 Chevy LSX Engine
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Published 2024-04-22
We tear apart a brand new Chevrolet LSX V8 engine to see what makes it so robust, with some surprises along the way.
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All Comments (21)
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When the new engine comes in, you should do another recorded teardown to see if there are any issues with it.
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That's brutal quality control. A regular consumer isn't getting a free replacement engine.
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"They didn't even test fire it?" "They know what they're doing by now." mhm aged like milk
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The first thing you need to do with the next engine is tear it down and look for problems! Then, after the truck project is done, use both crate engines in a new HI / LOW project where you start with identical engines instead of identical cars.
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Cripes, you bought the Friday 4:30pm end of shift engine. "Beers ain't getting any colder...fuck it, ship it"
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They're sending you an entire extra engine because of those issues? You get to keep the old one? Is that what they'd do for people without YouTube channels? Because that would be some wild customer service
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That's CRAZY. Those aren't just "issues", this engine would destroy itself real quick if you just decided to run it without checking.
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I have a 1971 VW Bug project and ordered an engine built from a "reputable" shop here in Arizona. The engine was supposedly brand new, 0 miles. I didn't get to run it until a year after I purchased it. During this year gap, the shop closed "due to Covid". When I finally ran the engine, it blew up after about 15 minutes of running. Turns out the builder forgot to install the circlips on one of the pistons.
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This is insane. When the video started, I was thinking "there's no way I'd take apart a freshly build engine that was done by professionals". After what you found, I'd be measuring the bores, getting a straight edge on the deck and heads, checking the ring gap, and weighing each of the pistons. And I'd do the same on the new engine too. Excellent video, please do keep us updated on anything else you find, and the same with the new engine too.
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gotta love the kind of customer service you get when you are a social media company
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The corvette and camaro at the beginning don't use LS engines, they use LT engines. Might seem like quibbling, but there's almost no interchangeable parts between the two
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Holy hell. GM better be watching this! Missing wrist pin clip and bearing chewed up, thats insane on a 15k drop in package.
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do an engine teardown on the next LSX too to see if you can get a third
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The pushrod is not coming in contact with the camshaft. It sits in the lifter which is coming in contact pushing the pushrod. Y’all left that out in your description at the beginning of the video.
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I love these engine teardown videos that you are doing. Honestly makes working on engines a little less intimidating
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GM dropped the ball on that assembly
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Options for the LSX: 1. Nolan's patina princess 2. Since it was free....Low Z 3. My 2018 Sonata?
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That push rod hitting the floor sounded like the intro to Fire Starter....BOOM!!! (3:21)
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@2:19 it is an overhead Valve engine, Jerry. YEAH, JERRY!
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Honestly just keeping the new LSX on standby for parts that will break on the ranger is probably be the wisest and most financially beneficial move
