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cadillac531 · 08-06-2006

Can anyone verify the rumor that some Ford main bearings can be used as in the LT5? If this is true, what Ford engine's bearings can be used?

Thanks
Constantine

guinnessdood · 08-06-2006

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Originally Posted by cadillac531

Can anyone verify the rumor that some Ford main bearings can be used as in the LT5? If this is true, what Ford engine's bearings can be used?

Thanks
Constantine

Yes, it's true...but! The crank must be turned (cut) and the bearings need to be staked...These two things are somewhat costly and not the Best alternative. The best is to get some real LT5 bearings...to which...there are still some out there. I do not know exactly which Ford bearings are the correct (not exactly correct but...) ones for the LT5. Those that have the bearings "on hand" are not parting with them...there is rumor that GM still has some in a warehouse but their computer is curtrently unable to find them....for now. Rumor is something like 200 sets of bearings....even though you can't actually buy the bearings in "sets"...you have to buy them pretty much individually.

WB9MCW · 08-07-2006

YOU MIGHT WANT TO ASK MIKE AT ESS IF HE CAN HELP!

http://www.acsvette.com/

HOME OF THE MEAN GREEN LT-5

THEY HAVE A ZR-1 FORUM THERE TOO!

http://eesvette.hyperboards.com/index.cgi

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WB9MCW Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: McHenry, Il. Posts: 6,607	Re: Main Bearings YOU MIGHT WANT TO ASK MIKE AT ESS IF HE CAN HELP! http://www.acsvette.com/ HOME OF THE MEAN GREEN LT-5 THEY HAVE A ZR-1 FORUM THERE TOO! http://eesvette.hyperboards.com/index.cgi __________________ http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...9mcw/SIG-2.jpg http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o128/wb9mcw/vcm.gif "The Budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed, lest Rome will become bankrupt. People must again learn to work instead of living on public assistance." - Cicero, 55 BC " We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution." - Abraham Lincoln Last edited by WB9MCW; 08-07-2006 at 01:15 AM.