[landstuhltaylor]

I've sent two to three emails to Blainefab over the last year or so and I don't think I've gotten any responses back to any of them. Is he still in business?

SDPC is nearly giving me an LS3 shortblock so I think it may be time for his accusump setup just in case.

This post has been edited by landstuhltaylor: Oct 21 2020, 01:17 PM

[trackbird]

I've sent two to three emails to Blainefab over the last year or so and I don't think I've gotten any responses back to any of them. Is he still in business?

SDPC is nearly giving me an LS3 shortblock so I think it may be time for his accusump setup just in case.

I've tried to email and never got anything back. I saw that user logged in a few weeks ago and sent a private message asking how things were going and got no response.

How'd you get a deal on a shortblock and which one?

[landstuhltaylor]

I've sent two to three emails to Blainefab over the last year or so and I don't think I've gotten any responses back to any of them. Is he still in business?

SDPC is nearly giving me an LS3 shortblock so I think it may be time for his accusump setup just in case.

I've tried to email and never got anything back. I saw that user logged in a few weeks ago and sent a private message asking how things were going and got no response.

How'd you get a deal on a shortblock and which one?

I actually talked to Jason at Unbalanced last night and he said Blaine is in the process of trying to retire which is what I suspected.

Dane from here works at SDPC now and they had already been talking about blowing out combos of cranks, rods, and/or pistons with a purchase of a block. I don't have all the details yet but they are throwing together the Manley set of 4" super lightweight crank, H beams, and 11.5:1 pistons. I don't have any details other than that yet, but the rough estimate was ~$800 less than the cheapest forged setup I could piece together anywhere else and will come in much, much lighter than those options. I told them to add the bearings to my tab, prep the block, and balance the whole thing. No idea what the final tab will come out to but seemed to be a no-brainer. For now I'll probably top it with stock LS3 heads and intake, throw a Cam Motion low lash solid roller at it with shimmed stock rockers, and feed it corn when on the Hoosiers and pump 93 on street tires. Hoping to find as many used market parts as possible to keep the cost down but also not cutting corners that should not be cut.

It was either that or do a stock rebuild on the LS1 bottom end with some TFS heads for around $3500. I was just really having a hard time spending that much money on the 3.9" bore when I could sell it and all my associated parts for ~2000-2500 and build something with a bit more head room should I choose to use it.

And because I like scope creep almost as much as I hate financial responsibility, I've basically decided to dry sump it. Hadn't been able to get a hold of Blaine for a long time now and my best guess at adding an accusump was ~$700. The basic quote from Aviaid for a 3 stage system including everything except lines was ~$3200 and 4 stage at ~$3500. Since I already have the ATI damper that will pull the cost down a bit. Unfortunately I just haven't found evidence to make me comfortable running the LS3 on big Hoosiers and I would really hate to blow up a brand new motor. Once I set that up, the oiling system for the car is done forever and I never have to worry about it ever again. It's the X-Trackers of oiling systems!

This post has been edited by landstuhltaylor: Oct 24 2020, 01:19 AM