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To be honest with the updated rear suspension with 300# springs and the updated front suspension with the 1.125" sway bar, it handles like a slot car. My next improvement is going to be a rear sway bar.
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Very nice load you have in the picture! congrats:metal:
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just found this, awesome job, truck looks great
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Hi Jack,
The looms are either Summit or Jegs, I cannot remember now. But they are a standard internet item. As far as the wires go, I used a 1/4" rope and mocked up the length and then spent a lot of time at NAPA finding just the right fit. I cannot remember which application it ended up being but they were not custom they were form sealed on each end. |
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I have been driving the truck a lot lately and last week there was a horrible rubbing noise that I thought must be one of my side pipes loosening. Drove it home and checked every connection and all were tight. Checked my lug nuts, checked my hood hinges, checked my E-brake cable and pedal. nothing was to blame for the high pitched rubbing sound. I eventually found my lower front fender bolt where it connects to the front portion of the rocker pannel was hand tight.
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Have not posted in this thread for a while because my truck has been down for a while now. Around the beginning of 2016 the motor just shut off like the key was turned off. I spent some time trying to diagnose the issue. The issue turned out to be a slowly dicentigrating distributor gear. The motor only had 5000 on the clock since the rebuild and I was done rebuilding the small block. I picked up a low mileage LS1 and tranny thanks to C10 club member Jayson Pang. I just got it installed yesterday. I had to remake the top half of my custom motor mounts but it all fit in an bolted up without many issues.
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Very Nice! :metal:
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Do you have your fuel system and electrical planned out? I'd love to see how you're approaching this. My install is pretty far off but I like to be prepared -- I've got my fuel system put together ($300 all-in) and will probably re-work my harness but I'd like to flash my own ECU... and that doesn't really seem feasible without dropping several hundred dollars. I want to be able to tune my engine but maybe that's just because I've been tweaking carbs and distributors for 15 years :\
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Looking good.
That LS dropped right in there. |
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Bummer to read about your engine taking a crap. On the bright side, welcome to the LS dark side. You will love the start and go of this drivetrain. I have a little over 2700 miles on mine and it's still a blast to drive. Pretty good on gas too, even though I can't seem to keep my foot out of it...
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What is your gas mileage? I have heard mid 20's I got the 4L60E tranny and I have a 350 rear gear.
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My son has the 5.3/4L60 with the stock 2:72 gears in his 86. It's turd on take off but it will get 22-24 mpg consistently. |
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It is official. I am now in the LS conversion crowd. I don't have any pictures of it yet because it I literally just got it done. I drove it to work to shake out the kinks and it really drives nice. The old 350/700R4 had a corvette shift kit in it and it really shifted hard. it was nice when you really wanted to nail it but just around town it was pretty jarring. This 5.3/4L60E combo is super smooth. I have driven about ten miles and I am very impressed. I learned a ton on this install and I am looking to get a WIFI enabled OBD2 scanner with an iPhone app so I can read all the vitals on the fly. I also converted my stock gauges to run with the new computer based platform so I have the best of both. Dialing in the tune is next, I hear that can make quite a difference.
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Yeah every vehicle is a bit different. It depends on transmission length of drive shaft, what gas tank, what pan, and intake is on the motor. Alt & PS pump are vastly different from LS to LS. The good news is that there are also millions of after market parts to help you out toward the swap.
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Well since Photo Bucket decided to be all kinds of lame, here is a quick synopsis of my build without the lame Photo Buckets help. I am not going to chronicle the entire build again but if you have read this far here are the pictures to support it.
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Some more of the build
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Three versions of engines.
Stock 350 crate. Rebuilt 350 crate. LS swap. |
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Looks great Mike!
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:agree: Glad to see the ole girl is still being used and improved upon!
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Just a little headlight update.
I had chosen form over function with the old headlights because I never really drove the truck at night. Recently I have started driving it more at night and it was pretty dangerous. The lights were little candles at best but my form over function frustrations were from liking the chrome half eyelid that the old lights had during the day time and the light that it restricted at night time. I came across these LED projector lamps that have a great retro look but are modern LED projectors with crazy bright white light but the light comes out in a semicircle (flat on top, curved on the bottom) array so the super bright light does not blind oncoming traffic like a round wash array would. I am very happy with the look and the performance. I had to cut the back of the bucket they sit in and I also had to toss the three pin stock plug but it was not too much trouble to fit in. |
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Nice upgrade!
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Dig them side pipes by the way, custom built headers? |
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https://speedmotoco.com/
It’s a smaller company but the customer service was pretty good and I got the product within a few days |
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The name of the light is Cyclops if you are looking on their site.
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Do you have any pics that you can share with the lights on at night by chance? I just upgraded to 120W hella h4 lamps on my truck but tbh, they're not *that much* brighter than stock. |
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