Getting our 5.3 LS Ready for BOOST, BTR Turbo Cam and More!

After doing tons of research on ring gap for boost, I decided it was probably best that I go ahead and see what my rings were at. Sure enough, they were too tight! So we went ahead and took apart the rotating assembly and get everything squared away to start putting it back together with all our new Brian Tooley Racing parts!

[gengarage]

Thank you guys for all the nice comments! I’m glad you guys enjoy watching me learn and build my first engine. I strive to bring you guys relatable, and enjoyable content with every video. I’m glad you guys seem to enjoy so far!

[jameseyman]

Brings back memories of when I was heating up a balancer on an old 4.3 in my blazer. I accidentally caught my long haired cat on fire. Its extremely difficult to catch a flaming cat. From then on, I always made sure to blow the leaves out from under my deck, lest a flaming cat try and hide there again.

[theoldmansgarage]

I’m glad you listened to me about checking the rings. It’s easy to talk yourself into taking the easy route and “just send it” but unless you check and measure you never really know what the ring gaps are or how hard you can push it.

Remember, load and how long it’s under load makes a huge difference.

[emiloffredo]

There's absolutely nothing wrong in what you're doing or how you're doing it Tommy. The main thing here is you learn by doing and you're going to make mistakes everybody does you learn where you went wrong and you move on. Don't worry about nor do you need to listen or read negative comments! You are doing you you're working on your projects and it's okay to take the good comments and apply to your situation if needed but don't worry about the negative people that doesn't matter! Keep pushing along and keep doing you dude and you'll be all right!

[timrobinson]

Ur doing a great job bud. I was taught it’s only a mistake if you do it twice. First time is a lesson.

[jameseyman]

Your being a little hard on yourself bro. Nobody is good at what they do to start with. I learned how to be a good mechanic by first fucking up everything I touched. Usually its wasn't even my stuff. Try and stay laid back about it. Its literally impossible to become worse with practice. Personally I wouldn't have had the balls to take on such a project at your age. Its daunting when you turn a vehicle into a pile of parts. Literally anything can be fixed and just makes for more content. People like this kind of content because its honestly and relatable. Plus it always makes me feel better about myself when I watch somebody else fuck things up for a change! Ty for all the effort to document the journey!

[danielmanby]

It's good seeing you follow your dad and brothers foots steps and do it by yourself keep up the great work man

[thilmandufrene]

I relate to you the most. I dont have no big bank account. You motivated me to take my bed off my lil square body s10 and start wire wheelin it. Tomorrow I'll hit it with the rust stuff and then paint hopefully. Keep it up man your truck is coming along nicely!

[Experiment-cpgj]

Tip of the day if you have a Allen head, torx or whatever fastener you have that will maybe going to round off put some valve grinding compound on it it will grab and 9 out of ten times get it out without rounding it off.

[handyman]

One thing that you have that most dont. Some GREAT teachers and supporters to fall back on and your desire to learn! One hell of a combination young man. Once you get the confidence to do it you will be unstopable!!!

[NastyNate]

Great job Tommy. Great to see a few young guys learning as much as they can on their own.

[garyeland]

You're a good man. Keep doing what you are doing. It's good to ask questions. You have your Dad, Billy, your Uncle, Jeff...etc.
Little secret to life is always keep learning.

[Vultor]

Just a friendly reminder. Always put a link to your merch on your videos. Make it easy for people to find. Just ordered the new shirt. Thanks, Jeff, for your words of wisdom.

[davidhogan]

Everyone has to start somewhere and no one starts knowing everything regardless of what they say. Keep doing things at your own pace and you'll be ok. You're way ahead of most people having resources such as your dad, brother, girlfriend's dad, as well as friends when you need them, but try doing most yourself and you'll learn much much more. I'm an old guy but I see many common learning errors that I made when I was young too. Never give up!

[davidpartridge]

You got this “Tigger”. As your dad would say “LS it’s like LEGOs for adults”
As a 53yr old hot rodder my self
I did a LS turbo swap 3 yrs ago and man it’s the simplest combo I’ve ever done. I’m Big Block for life kinda guy but this LS ain’t no joke, as you already know with the Falcon.
Awesome family, so glad your making it happen at your own shop.
Billy’s done gapped pops with a SBF he better get ready for this SBE gapping coming soon 😂

[roostingthe]

I give you props cause you're young and learning and willing to show others. It helps when installng a cam or removing it to put something long in it for more leverage and you don't have to twist it. It can be a long good size screwdriver or smaller size prybar.

[scottrussell]

Showing the learning mistakes is one of the most valuable things you can show in these videos. Keep doing what you're doing 👌

[russclewley]

This content is awesome! Just doing and learning is all good. Have the confidence do the research and you will win! You never get better by wishing you did something.

[tuloko]

Thats awesome that you are learning how to do engine work. There is a ton of information available out there. Just stay away from the “just send it” crap. You are not going to learn from it and at the end its going to cost you more to do it right.
And when you make a mistake and things don’t work out, write it off as “cost of education”, figure out what went wrong and learn from it.
And to keep you “motivated”, when you are about to take on a project, try to find out how much it would had cost to have “a proffesional” do it.
And when you get completely stuck and need to ask for help, never ask “can you do this for me”. Ask, “show me how to do this”. As you probably already know by dealing with mr jeff or mr bill, people that “know” much rather spend 3 hours showing you how to do something instead of just 1 hour doing it for you. It’s an old people thing... we like to feel useful and share information. Take advantage of that and learn.

[dirtyharrymagnum]

Bro, you've got to have more faith in yourself. Your a bright young man. Don't be so negative about your self. Hands on is the best way to learn, watch & listen to your dad, brother & the other guys in the shop. Very knowledgeable. PEACE OUT ! YER DOIN GREAT !!!