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Re: '72 Suburban - 2005 L59 5.3/4L60 swap
 

Got everything out of the way this weekend, now just to clean up the frame and shoot some paint on it.

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Your putting together one sweet Burb, When I get mine back on the road we will have to hook up (I am out near Peachtree City).

Anyway, where did you pick up the dropout LS package? Locally or?

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Thanks! Im game to get together. Hope to have it on the road by spring and start rackin up some miles on it.

I found it on CL. Guy in Gainesville had it. Turned out its a 2003.

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I am assuming you are not planning to install the air conditioner with the Ebay mounts?

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Na. When I do go A/C I'll probably go vintage air and use some sort of high mount bracket.

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Progress has stalled for a bit on the swap. The more I've worked on it, the more damage I've seen on the frame. Looks like its had the rails knocked around and poorly repaired. The driver side wheel is back an inch, and the front crossmember is welded to the rail. The passenger side has a kink in it in front of the tranny crossmember. Too much damage to repair so i found a parts burban in the classifieds here and struck up a deal with member 'uncle' for it. Lot of good stuff left including front and rear air and the headliner stuff.

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I bought the same intake the picture in th3 ebay add its put together wrong the bracket side goes on the airfilter side. With that said i did mine the same as picture cut off the bracket and twisted the tube till the filter was pointing torward the firewall / fendor whell

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Thanks for the info. For the price I figured I could make it work. Got any pics of yours installed? Did you relocate the battery?

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I'll see if I can't find one or take o e and nope battery's still there I twisted the tube till filter was angled away from battery

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heres my intake same as yours

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Thanks David. looks good. Im still debating on relocating the battery to the passenger side and trying to use the air box that comes with the intake.

I've worked on the new frame a little the past couple days. I also got the Energy Suspension body mount kit in.

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Nice progress. Any thoughts on building a new exhaust b4 you put the body back on?

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Wow great job ! you has some skills man ! congrats on your new drive train and build. I just bought a 5.3 with the 4l60e as well hoping to be able to get it installed soon, keep up the great work !

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I always move the battery to the drivers side. Not only does it allow you to use the factory air box, but also the battery cables. Makes it look cleaner in my opinion too.

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Thanks. New exhaust is on the back burner for now. I got the exhaust done a couple months before i got the bug to do the LS swap, so for the the 307 that was in it i just went with 2.25 pipe. Going bigger is near the top of the list, but its gotta go down the road first

Thanks. I was hoping to be on the road by now, but between the weather and having to do the frame its kind of delayed me.

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Frame is finally swapped. I used the original rear suspension on the donor frame with new Energy Suspension bushing as well as new body mount bushings. Went pretty easy but took about 7 hours.

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Now, lets get back to an LS swap.

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I moved the tube instead of battery, looks like the same air cleaner kit

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When I looked up your ebay site they want 399 for there kit?
Where did you find the 57 dollar one?

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I found it down on the bottom try this link


http://www.ebay.com/itm/00-01-02-03-...3D390608038206

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[QUOTE=desertdogg;6594848]I found it down on the bottom try this link

Thanks, found it, for that price I just wonder how good the air filter is, but I guess for that price you could use a K&N,

Did you ask them if they had them in Black?

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[quote=solidaxel;6595573]I found this one in black

http://www.ebay.com/itm/00-05-GMC-Yu...3D390608038206

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The one i ordered was supposed to have black rubber, but came in red. I messaged them and they said that there vendor didnt have it in black any more, but offerd $10 off on it.

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updates?

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