Topic: LE5 build what do i need to know?????

[hammy221]

  iam planning on building my solstice le5 and so far haven't found anything really on tear down and assembly of the LE5. what i did find was an supercharged 2.0 ECOTEC build guild but iam not sure how different the LE5 is. the only thing i really know that is different is the VVT on the LE5. my main concern is setting the cam timing on the LE5 not knowing if it is much different then an none VVT DOHC engine. so far iam going with carrillo rods and pistons they offer but unsure the C/R iam going with yet. iam planning on keeping my DDM supercharger setup or going to a better version of S/C from them when it comes out. bottom line i guess iam unsure of what else i may need and what is worth doing and what is not for example porting the head balancing the crank getting rid of the counter balance shafts etc.. i also plan to run a 35-50 HP Shot of NOS. any help is greatly appreciated ... thanks for your help..

this is my source i found on building a ECOTEC its the 300HP ECOTEC parts 1-4 http://www.gmperformancedivision.com/pulse/articles.aspx

[LatinVenom]

Why not go back to the source of your suppercharger and ask Randy\Dave what the settings should be for the cam timing.

[hammy221]

i was going to do that just looking for other advice/experience from others who may know tips tricks about this engine cause this is my first inline 4 build. ive done gm small blocks but this is a new animal... i like to know as much as i can about this before i go into it i dont want any hang ups

[seal9]

You will need to invest in some special tools to tear down that motor, cam wrench that will hold the timing, and water pump wrench came to mind right from the start. On a 1 to 10 this motor is a 8 for experience. You do need to talk to Dave. the cam set they are working on should cover you. I have one tore down right now kind interesting.....seal9