First start of our Turbo LS powered 1954 Chevy!
In this video we are working on getting our '54 Chevy to fire up for the first time with our turbo setup and decapped injectors.
00:00 Game plan
00:33 Looking over Amazon wiring LS harness.
03:24 Test fitting Amazon wiring LS harness.
10:30 Installing intake on the LS
19:00 Pulling injectors and Decapping them
27:55 Testing decap injector flow.
31:20 Assembling the engine and wiring.
35:40 First fire of our turbo LS engine.
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Brent , you are such an amazing person, the knowledge you have and are giving to us through your videos is astonishing
Displaced Michigander who built dune buggies in the 70's, now living in London; Your videos make me homesick.
Man somebody ain’t sleeping tonight! Sounds strong man she is ready! to rumble!
Congratulations Brent. That old girl sounds great. This old WVA man would love to take a ride in her. Can't wait to see you take her down the road
If Mr. Wizard built hot rods on Saturday morning TV, more kids would have ended up like Brent!😎
Happy for you too!!! Nice lesson on the injectors. Missed Pablo.
Mr Brent, its been a honor to see your videos on this car , its really a great thing for me to watch it, gives me immense pleasure to watch the whole episode bit by bit.❤️💐💐💐
Brent she's a Runner 😊😊 Great work on the Belair. Now to button it up.😊😊
“Dad, you missed the left turn to the french fry store! Where we goin’ anyways? Oh, don’t matter. We are goin’ together…” 👅🐾🐾
"it's Alive" can't wait to see it move under its own power! Brent you should totally get that Mercury from Mortske and LS swap it !
Hello Brent, I thought it was a the crank or cam shafts sensors were not communicating. My friend you were right again, GM is famous for using the same two and three wire connectors and other styles. That is why the wire colors on a stock GM is important. As normal Sir you are a wealth of knowledge. I learn or get refreshed on every video, thank you for education.
Brent, ur science and engineering skills are top notch when u build or rebuild a vehicle. Cool Pablo taken a boot with u at the end. lv from florida.
That's a WIN. Reminds me of the old Frankenstein movie. "It's Alive!"
It's alive. It's alive!!!! Brent VON FRANKENSTEIN!!
That old 54 is a sexy machine now Brent
Brent you and amazon wake UP that motor AMEZING
Nice job Brent! The Canadian Wizard does it again!! That exhaust sounds really good!
PABLO said MAN OH MAN when the boss started with that electrical harness i was in a dis-a-ray mind pattern He was all over the place but i know some motor heads out there knew what he was doing /any way i was happy to see the thing running because time is on our side with the build and remember closer and closer to LETS RIDE even for a test OK with me
I love all the wonderful comments everyone has mentioned,I love your show and rip and a boot with pablo, catch ya on the next one.
Really enjoyed seeing you so stoked when she started and ran. And it ends with my favorite part, watching you cruising down the highway with Pablo at your side. 👍
She sounds angry ! I like it !!
Great job Brent, sounds really good! Won't be too long before you drive it down the road! Pablo's got his helmet and goggles ready, seat belt ,optional! Well done, jim
Hi Brent it’s looking the car build only an idea but would look cool in satin black bedliners spray glad to see you new shop coming along craigger❄️🐒✌️👌🤛🏻🎃
Congratulations Brent, thats definitely a win.🎉
Your totally awesome Brent. You now have a new tire burner
Congratulations Brent, that engine sounds great. 👌 Be safe and take care 👍👍👍
I'm not into computer stuff even though I'm somewhat computer literate, it's to me amazing how you get it done, in the field, in the back yard, Thanks Brent!...
She's a runner!!! Nice job Brent great vid as usual
Good to see you excited about the Chevy. Gives you and Pablo incentive to see it going down the road.
Thank you for the 95% -- minus the shipping 🎉
Good to hear that sound coming from a 54 Chevy. It’s going to be a great cruiser. Good job, Brent 🫵😮👍
Another feather in your cap, your going to have fun in that one.
Car sounds great! Injector hack is a great way to add fuel flow on a budget. Only issue it might cause is needing plugs more often like the carburetor days. Car is so cool!
With that awesome motor, the car deserves a respray.
You mentioning the hassle of waiting on parts for this project lets me know I'm not alone!! Lol. I'm working on swapping a SBC into a 51 Willys Jeep on my channel, that I started about 3 months ago, and should have been about 3 weeks to do. However it has been a never ending hassle with getting the very simple and common Chevy parts and lots of other hold ups. I went through a period of trying to get a 10.5" flywheel for it, and kept getting 11" ones sent to me instead! three times in a row! And the guy wanted to keep using the original T-90 trans so we got an adapter kit for it with a longer input shaft, and once I got into the trans I found the milky soup of water with burned out bushings and damaged gears! yep, now a trans rebuild gets added to the job, and another wait on more parts! lol. I got the motor up and running last Sunday finally, only to have the starter lockup and burn up, followed by it running out of gas! So I still have it for another week at least! I made the guy spring for a new hi-torque mini from Summit rather than screwing around finding another stock starter, but......yep waiting again! Lol!
Hey Hi again Halfass Costoms Brent and Ester from the D Michigan hey the motor city 😅😊 thanks for your knowledge & update on the 54 Chevy, great job Master mechanic on the LS 🎉😊❤
You're getting closer! When you're done with this one you're gonna have one smooth ride.
That’s Excellent Brent Sounds SWEET Definitely a Good Thing to finish it off in the new Shop
Its not just your know how that amazes me. But SOO much patience. A joy to watch. Thank you
Sounds pretty solid probably gonna be better when it gets used to running with its new home, nice work Brent, can't wait to see how far you take this one
Outstanding result, reminds of the time i was convinced to update my 98 Corvette with a 2000 PCM because it was faster and had more memory. As you know there two huge sockets to the PCM, hundreds of pins in sockets. Red and blue schematics the 98 pin out verses the 2000 Pin out and i have made a pin to pin chart. Red 42 goes to blue 89, It took me hours to walk thru the pins one at a time and make the switches. Not all the pins needed to be changed. Out of the 300 pins i only had to change every one but TWO! Then I had to do a god Awful security cycle to try to start the engine. I found two methods one had you go through a routine three times the other only required two times. I figured it was the three times one that was correct. I go thru it, click this three times then wait 90 seconds and click that. Oh My God. I get ready cranks, but no start. So i tried the two cycle method. It fired right up and idled perfectly. I ran out of the garage after hours of pin swapping i was so wild with glee I was screaming in the street, "ITS ALIVE" !!! A neighbors pooks his head out "Is everything ok Dennis?" "Oh Yes my engine started doesn't it sound great" Yes OK Good Night. So when You had trouble and was working thru it I was there with you. Then when it started and your laughing and grinning so was I. Remembering how wa=onderful it is when you work so hard then trouble then it starts. Yee Haa! Such a happy feeling. Great Project, Great Result. Way to Go Brent.
It's alive!! Great to hear the old '54 start up and idle. A big win for sure. Look forward to more. Be safe and stay well.
It's a great feeling when something works! Good job!
There's a lot of little stuff left to do, but it's running. Yeah, nice Brent
That sure did put a smile on your face and mine!
How do you do what you do ?? . I'm amazed how you stay cool in any situation , you are a genius when it comes to sorting things out , big problem or small you have an answer and 50% of the time its 100% right all of the time . Do take care and God Bless you and yours . Stuart in Ontario ..
Hellyeah Brent! That ol’ cruiser is gonna be a cool sleeper. Funny to see ya do that de-capping of the injectors, cool old school “we gotta get more fuel in this sucker” lol! Hey, it works. Keep on keeping on man.😎💯
Wow..injectors sure flow alot more with that work eh?She's coming along 😉
No Pablo ride but I liked it man it's on its way!!!! Ritter dun!!!
that was an awesome episode Brent, and sure was winner , so much good info, the simple science class for me the dumb , , vroom,vroom , tutututu .... 👍🏼✔🍺🍺
You’re ninety percent done! Just ninety percent to go!😉😁
It’s alive, and your so happy. That’s a big step ahead in getting it ready to go for a ride. It’s amazing how far it’s come and it doesn’t seem like it’s been going that badly, nothing major holding you back. And if something does come up you just stop and think about it until you figure it out, you’re doing a great job and I enjoy watching your work and to think of all the other things you have going on. Amazing ok later
"it's alive"😀👍👍
Great day for a video, staying indoors today raining cats and dogs outside. Maybe a little time for a nap later. This could be right up there with the Buick, but not quit, love that Buick. Thanks for sharing your time Brent. Like, share and say hi to Esther and more treats for Pablo.
Nice to see the beast come to life! Super!!
By the look of the amount of fuel those injectors are putting out, it should idle between 4,500 and 6,000 RPM’s. The good news is that it should get about two miles to the gallon! Congratulations, you’ve given birth to a fuel hog! Lol. Pretty cool video, Thanks for sharing! I really like this ‘54, such a cool ride. Edit: Yea,Yea, Yea, I know I should watch the video until the end before I comment, but it was just joking around anyway.
It runs! Learned a lot about LS. wiring from your videos.
Sounds great Brent! See you later!!
like it too. Glad you figured it out. I was trying to tell you to switch connections but you didn't hear me. lol You need to start making a list of things to complete yet. Nice to see you happy.
Minty ! Thank You for sharing your video, and letting us hang out . Later ...
Well hearing that motor gives that old beater a whole new outlook well done Mr. Brent
Car 54 is a runner good job my friend.
Awesome getting there
Gotta hand it to you Brent. You know your stuff.
Congratulations Brent on your start. Sounds good. You got it going on now. Made the wiring harness work. Loved your video ❤️ great work 💯👍Love it ! You and Pablo can take a rip.
good job on the 54. lookn forward to a ride down the road
It's a turbo winner.
As long as your happy with your progress that's what matters, thanks for sharing, all the best to you and your loved ones
i thoroughly enjoy each visit with you and you have helped my enthusiasm in my own garage
Awesome Brent, now go for pink slips
Congrats Brent! First start up is a great milestone to have in your rear view mirror.
Hey Brent my uncle Tommy always said cheap is expensive! 9 outta10 times he was right . When a deal is to good to be true it winds up costing you more! 🤔💰
that chevy as a decent sized engine compartment, and your work in pretty clean. It looks like a really good turbo install. I'd be happy to have that under the hood on a car I owned. Great work and content Brent. Matt Happle has a 80lb injector he can can get you a discout, and they are not china junk. This might be a option if you want to go threw his websight. Also a 2500 or 3500 series pick or vans uses 80lb injectors for a flex fuel app they may sock a little more but it might be with it to not have to waste a bunch of time looking for a injector set. Just go to the local auto parts store.
hey there, enjoying the channel very much from whitby ontario. Certainly impressed with your fabrication skills, mechanical skills and knowledge, in addition your perseverance with respect to taking on each new challenge and the unfortunate fire in the shop. I also like the fact you work safely, using eye protection, hearing protection and a respirator when needed. New to the channel so watching the new ones as they get posted and catching up on the older ones.
Thanks for the walk through on the Amazon harness
Man you got to love an LS
Congratulations on the win. This thing now has a chance to be a real live rocket. take em were ya get em. I agree about amazon. We are all in this together. Be Well.
Amazon harness cheapie, test fit'n around da firewall, slap'n in da intake, decap da injectors, decap'd injector piss test, put'n da engihe together, fir in da hole.
You just graduated in my book to official "Mad Scientist"! The computer stuff was always evident enough but this fuel rail timing beaker thing is over the top!!
its great to see you get the ls engine fired up it sounds great brent well done ,i enjoyed watching your films with the highs and lows you been through keep up the good work .
That is really impressive! Miles above my pay grade! Another bite out of the elephant! Take care!
Definitely a WIN! 🙂
I like what and how you do your cars and trucks. That's how most of us have to do it.Thank you
Nice work trouble shooting your running issue Brent-sounds great!
Ya buddy! runs good... I'll see you on the next one
May be 1% of us could have done that ! and you always do it, great job Brent!
Great to hear it run. You have not said what is happening with your fire damaged pick up and hopefully we see a rebuild of it.
Thank you HA injectors are not scary, and mysterious. After watching i feel i understand them somewhat.
Positive attitude gives positive results.
What a big win. As a stand alone harness it worked well. I hope you are getting closer on having the new shop closed in...as always...catch ya on the next one...later
That's gonna be one bad dude Brent 👍👍awesome
Brent certainly knows when to walk away and take a break. Thanks for the show
Great to see the engine running. The 54 chevy car is my favorite of the 50's cars you are going to have a sweet ride when your done Brent. Another great video. God bless
That car sounded really good after you got it going, and it started easy every time after that. That's going to be a great car and a fun sleeper car too! Pablo always has this serious look on his face when he is in the back seat, he's thinking what did I do wrong this time to end up here. Take care
Congrats Brent
It is alive!
As long as you can do a burnout with it in the new shop, it’s all good!
Ahhhh, Music to my ears, she came alive…..
Getting closer to laying some rubber
good show old chap