San Diego BS Thread.

I called him on the phone and 14k still gets you the whole dirt king/king mid travel kit and bumpers. 20k will get you the bed rack camping setup.

 

Good deal for somebody out there

 

I don't know man lol. Maybe medical issues? Or negligence + speed + velocity? Major bummer either way..

 

I live in Scripps Ranch, 38 years. There used to be a time when Pomerado Road did not run all the way down the hill towards Poway. I do 80% of my business in Poway. I keep missing the Poway Rodeo! Got to go one year.

 

the 22nd and 23rd this month is the Poway Rodeo... @ScrippsRanch67

 

Who, me?! It's nice to dream...

Thats where I lived growing up, top of Riesling where Spring Canyon stopped before it head downhill into poway. Edit: also where my profile pic was taken.

 

Knew a kid driving a full sized Forest Service truck down a steep single lane dirt road on a roadcut with a cliff to one side. He tried to do a u-turn, and one of his rear tires went over the edge and he couldn’t go forward, so he left the truck without putting it in Park nor putting on the parking brake and walked down the road to where his crew was waiting for a pick up.

Some people just shouldn’t drive off road…

 

FTFY

 

Nice build btw

 

Yikes! I'm surprised more people don't fall off the north/west side of otay truck trail.

 

Thanks, more like "unbuild" as it used to be LT, bedcage etc. Got to the point it was rarely offroad since I have other faster, more comfortable toys now. Just finally feel like its in a spot where I can part ways with it, just dont want to sell it to some kid whose gonna wreck it, hence the price.

 

Cool. I grew up near Grossmont College. I remember when the 15 did not exist north of Clairmont mesa and was two Lanes on each side of the canyon with those small hump bridges. At CM you would take kerney villa rd to pomarado rd

 

Bummer, going to miss it. But thanks anyway!

 

Small world. A few of the snooty Scripps Ranch folks didn't want Pomerado Road opened...they were afraid the Poway riff raff would come up the hill into Scripps Ranch!

 

I live just south of Grossmont College now, lol. I remember the 52 and 56 finally being opened as well. 56 was a great one to go fast as a new driver

Not surprising at all. Instead just got tons of thru-traffic. I was the first class to do all 3 grades at the original Marshall Middle too. I'm hoping one day I'll be able to afford a house back there.

 

Did another relocation, been doing a lot of those lately...plus a few other upgrades while I was at it…came out pretty nice.




However on the other hand my own truck started knocking today while driving and had to shut it down and get it towed home, sounded like a rod bearing leaving the chat in my experience..time to go forged assembly, I needed an excuse to upgrade the engine anyway so I can actually crank up the boost if I want to.
I was only running it at around 6psi and it’s been ticking for a while even before the turbo and it got louder rather quickly so it was just a matter of time.
Time to go forged and crank it up..

 

Boooo, not much time to enjoy it before having to work on it again always sucks

 

Yeah According to the odometer is was about 30 miles, so not much at all. It had a slight tick when I initially put the engine in back in 2012 but wasn't of concern but over time it got slightly louder and once the turbo got installed that seem to be drastically accelerated and yesterday was the end for that rotating assembly.

I have an LS1 (aluminum block 5.7L) but from the research I have done they arent safe for anything nearing 1K hp and I DO NOT LIKE limitations, haha..
The newer LS2 6.0, also an aluminum block, can take a lot more power due to the improved block design, and the LS3, which is also aluminum but in a 6.2L displacement with the better flowing square port heads rather than cathedral port stuff like the LS1/LS2 comes with. There are ways to put the LS3 head onto the earlier blocks but then you don't get the benefit of the stronger engine bock so that would be fine for an NA setup but not ideal for boost.

I could just go with the 5.3 if I can find an L33 variant since that was an aluminum block but stronger than the LS1 and also a uses a 24x reluctor wheel crank signal for the ECU I currently have, however I can easily convert the harness over to the newer 58x setup the Gen 4 LS engines use and reconfigure it to 58x in the setup menu, so that's not too difficult to do.

But If I can find an actual LS3 or a 6.2 Vortech variant that would be my first choice, depending on price of course...they tend to be expensive due to demand for obvious reasons.

It gets confusing and becomes a topic for argument in forums when people fight over the title of LS vs Vortech platforms, it just really comes down to nomenclature in the end since the internals are effectively the same.

Here is a quick rundown of the two and their differences for anyone who cares to learn about it..

So the differences between the two are that the Vortech is typically an iron block variant of an LS engine that was put into trucks and SUVs that uses a tall truck style intake, deeper oil pan, and a longer accessory drive (this is the reason why people that use the Vortech engines usually swap over to an LS intake and acc. drive from a Corvette or Camaro to make the package smaller) as well as the way the engine harness is layed out with the LS harness being much cleaner looking whereas the Vortech has a ton of the wiring on top of the manifold thats covered by a plastic shroud.

The "true" LS engines were typically Aluminum blocks with shorter intakes, cleaner wiring harness, shallower oil pans and save from 85 to 100# give or take from the block.

Aaanyway, I hope everyone has a great weekend! Hopefully this is the last hot one for a while so we can officially kick off desert season!!

 

Sup guys! Any leads for a legit window tint place in San Diego.

looking for good quality and attention to detail.

 

I use SD TINT in el cajon area, good prices, good service, and never had an issue with them. Appointment only, closes at 2pm. www.sdtint.com

Plus side is all the hard work is done, so swapping any one of the motors is wayyyy easier now, compared to the whole build process