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Oh I almost forgot, I ordered my wheels and tires last week. Chrome Ridler 695 20x10 for rear with 295/40/20 Toyos and 20x8.5 for the front with 245/40/20 Toyos. Hopefully they will be here by next week also.

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So baby's got new shoes! Those should look real good at that size.

Any idea of whose motor mounts were on the motor? And can you post a picture of the motor in place with the Thorley's mounted? I'd like to see what kind of clearance issues might present themselves!

Oh, that two tone paint scheme is going to look wicked cool! Can't wait to see it!

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Thanks man! I can't figure out which adapters plates I have. The previous owner didn't seem to know either. They are a two piece non adjustable with LS1 engraved in them. The guys trying to do the swap in the other truck really didn't know what they were doing. Instead of figuring out they had the plates on the wrong side, they moved the motor mounts back 4 inches. They had so many things wrong, I am glad I gutted that truck and started clean putting it in mine or I would have been chasing all kinds of problems.

I will be glad to post some pictures with the headers in place. I will be working on it some more this week and I will take some then.

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Yeah, I bet you're glad to be cleaning up the PO's problems rather than duplicate them in your ride! It sound's like the PO was having an issue in the learning curve department.:lol:

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Haha one lesson they were going to have was that just running rubber hose for fuel lines without proper clamps would have come off and dumped gas on their exhaust. That would have been a HOT lesson to learn. :smoke:

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Do you have the truck painted yet? Will look really good with that tri-tone!

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No I don't have it painted yet. I am going to get everything running good first and drive it a few weeks working out any kinks I have. I am also still trying to decide if I want to do any custom body work first. Thanks, I hope the colors look good together!

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Following it looks really nice what your doing, im planning LQ4 swap into my 78 soon, maybe you can give me some advise:smoke:

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I will be glad to help any way I can. It is a pretty fun process. I have been dragging mine out for a while but I can finally see the light. I can't wait to see the power difference it makes.

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Well I haven't been able to work on the truck for the last week and a half, maybe I will be able to get back to it this week. But on a good note, my wheels came in! I know everyone has this style but I love the way they look on these trucks so I jumped in too. :metal:

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They be looking good! You can't beat the classics! One question though, well, maybe two. What size wheels and tires did you go with? And did you go with light truck tires or passenger tires and what size and kind? Inquiring minds want to know!

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looking good mccurrkm. the rims arent my cup of tea cause like you said alot of people are using them. but i just found out our sqaure bodys did have the option of factory aluiminum slotted wheels, round holes, these rims were mistanken for aftermarket rims, when i went to go pick up my truck guy wanted $200 for all four when they were the originals? well good luck hope to hear back on some progress soon :smoke:

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nice build! I have a 85 c10 I am going to swap the motor and trans from a wrecked 01 suburban in. I also dont live to far from you.

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Thanks! The wheels are 20x10 in the rear with 295/40/20 Toyo Proxes ST-II and the fronts are 20x8.5 with 245/40/20 Toyo Extenza HP. I went with the two different tires to save some $$$$. The only tire I could find with these two sizes matching was the BFG KDW and they are a little more expensive. I figure with the drop you won't see them all that much anyway.

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I never knew that either. That is pretty cool to know.

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That will be a sweet ride! Yea you are about 3 hours from me. The squares are starting to be more popular in our area...I've noticed a lot being fixed up lately. We need to get a bunch of square body trucks together one day maybe when we get ours done.

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i mean those rims look sick, but itd be better if they were more... different and less common :devil: not downing the wheels, im actually looking at some aftermarkets, maybe some 15X10 steelies, but im liking the way those 17s look on a dropped truck, i dont think they make the 17X10 steelies, wished they did

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I knew what you were saying. I wish they were more unique too but I couldn't find anything I liked better. The steelies would be pretty cool and different! I don't know if they make the 15x10 either, I've only seen 15x8

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I have had several people ask about the Top Mount A/C bracket I bought so I wanted to add the information here. I got it from Alan Grove Components. I just called them up and ordered over the phone and had it less than a week later. It fits really nicely and it was $225 for the brackets, tensioner, and belt. I liked this so I didn't have to go get any more parts...well except the Sanden Compressor.

http://www.alangrovecomponents.com/LS.htm

The one I have is the 140R A.C. I will get some better pics of it the next day I work on it.

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Cool build. I hope to get back going on my LS 78 Suburban build and swap early next year.

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I love those square burbs. If I had the space and $$$ I would love to build one of them myself. I also want to do a 5 window Chevy...I can feel my wife rolling her eyes right now haha

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Ive got the space $$ is my problem right now. Had twins Summer of 11' and they were a little premature and one had to stay in NICU for 10 days. I am still digging my way out of that hole.

I did manage to score a free 5.3 a couple months ago along with Dirty Dingo swap mounts, computer, harness, fuel line adapters, fan relay kit and more.

OK not really free I bought someone elses abandoned 4x4 project and worked my ass off parting out every thing I did not need and finally scraped the rest for a few more $$.

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It seems like somewhere on the net, I saw where someone was making the oversize steelies. Since they won't fit my 8 lug hubs, I never saved the information.

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Congrats on the twins and I hope they are strong and thriving now! I can relate to the extended hospital stay for your child. In my case, it was closer to a month.

It sounds like you hit the motherlode on the 5.3, the Dirty Dingos and everything else! I wish I could have been so lucky rather than having to piece it all together! Way to go!

Now if we could only see some pics!

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I hope your twins are doing good now! I've only been married a little over a year so I'm trying to get this truck done before kids lol. That is a good score on that motor. That is kinda what I did with buying another truck half done and took what I needed for my project and selling the donor truck and my old engine/tranny. The bad thing I ran into was that the PO didn't do much right and I'm still having to fix a lot of it...but I still saved some $$. Good luck with the twins, one of my best friends is having twins next month!