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Hey guys, been a member here for a while but haven't posted much. Ive got an 87 r10 that I drive every day. Long story short I have never had a truck that I liked enough to spend enough money on to LS Swap until now. I love this truck more and more. It currently has a TBI 305 with 700r4 but it has got to go. So I recently picked up a 2005 LQ4 and 4l80e with under 70k miles. Plan to do cam and longtubes and drop it in.

Ive lowered my truck 4-4.5" in the front with 2" drop spindles and 1" drop coils with 3/4 of a coil cut to make it sit level, and a flip kit in the rear with no notch.

Running 20x8 and 20x10 American TTII.

I do everything with this truck and love it. From driving to work last week in the snow and ice, drove it 800 miles to Panama City for Cruising the Coast and pulling my 18' bass boat. Anyways sorry to bore you all, I will upload some pictures of my progress so far. Get ready for my 10k questions! Lol

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Truck when I bought it.

https://flic.kr/p/23Lu1Zg

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Some more pics

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And more.

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If you love it now...wait till you put that LQ4 in it. I put one in my stepside about a year ago. I like driving it more then 2016 Silverado.

I have a similar drop as you..What is the backspace on those wheels and tire size?

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Yeah man I'm real excited. My brother has a 65 with an ls2 and I love it. Not sure on the backspace but the tires are 255/40/20 fronts and 315/35/20 rears. Thank you.

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Cool truck.

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Thank you!

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Great looking truck! Tagging along for the updates.

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looks as if you and your bro have nice trucks...

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Thank you. They are not the nicest but we enjoy them, and enjoy them together.

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I am making progress . No pictures to prove it but I have ordered some parts. Got me a new alternator, and ordered my harness from PSI today. Slowly but surely. Trying to have all of my parts together before i tear my truck apart.

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Cleaned up on the engine a little yesterday and removed some unnecessary parts. Here is a before and after. I'm getting excited! Ready to get the ball rolling

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Nice looking truck! What brackets are you using for the swap?

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I'm going wirh Dirty dingos.

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I cannot wait to cut doughnuts in this thing!!!

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Better get to donating if you want to any time soon lol

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MY FREAKING LUCK! YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!!

Got home today expecting my harness that I ordered last week. Unfortunately for me, my 1 year old boxer puppy found the box before I got home and went ahead and opened it for me in the yard. And in the rain and mud.. and apparently the wires tried to attack her and she attacked back..

I have fumed long enough and now I guess I will accept the fact that I'll have to repair some wires on my harness before going forward.

Does anyone want a boxer ?

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lol. I feel your pain. I had a chessie once that chewed up the plastic on a KTM 250 EXC I had at the time. Love seeing a square getting used like a truck! Subbed for updates.

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oh boy...that's sucks....I just realized the white 65 in your pics was the snoopy truck..

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Ew that's no good . Lol I definitely use it!

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Yep. Lol that's it

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Argh....that is a bummer about the harness. Hopefully your pup didn't do to much damage and you can get it back to gether quickly.

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That camper top! SICK!!! I want one!

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Just got off the phone with PSI and they are going to repair my harness. So glad I went with them . I did so because I kept hearing how awesome their customer service was and I already see!

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Man I looked forever for a shortbed fleetside one and finally found this one for $100. I haven't seen one since! It doesn't leak a drop.

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Update! Just got a call from PSI about my harness and it's going to be shipped back tomorrow. Let me tell you about their customer service.....

My harness was chewed up by my dog. To me, it was RUINED.. I called and they laughed with me and told me to send it back and they would fix it if I didn't feel comfortable fixing it myself . So I sent it back and less than 1 week it's on its way back. Said they worked on it over an hour and replaced a LOT of it. $75 plus 20 to ship it and I have my harness back. I am 110% satisfied with that!!! I was going to lose $700 to trash it, so i think 75 is BEYOND fair! I'm so glad I went with PSI Conversions for my harness !

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Nice score today, found a good deal on some GM gaskets I was needing for my swap. Here's what I got

intake gaskets
Front cover gasket
Exhaust gaskets
Exhaust doughnut and seal (only got one of each on accident)
Oil cooler block off
Valve cover gaskets
Exhaust manifold bolts (hope I can use with my SE headers)
Coolant steamport o rings
All long head bolts, no short
Water pump gaskets
Oil pump tube o ring
And a crank bolt.

All GM in GM wrappers. Guess how much !!

$80!!!!

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I am so in! About to do a 5.3 swap myself... I got the motor and tranny, just everything else. LOL Sorry to hear about the dog makin the harness a snack but, it sounds like it worked out pretty good.

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It did turn out alright! You couldn't have told me that at the time it happened but it did.

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One thing I learned about my last 5.3... dont get the cheap knock sensors... go with the AC Delco... I changed mine and couldnt keep them from poppin code. Went to AC Delco sensors and problem solved.

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Awesome. Thanks!

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I know this thread has been boring but I have been slowly acquiring parts. Got a big order from Brian Tooley today! Going with a stage 4 truck cam and a circle d 3000-3200 stall converter. The converter will drop ship so I haven't got it yet.

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Ooooooo its like Christmas!

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And I'm like a kid on Christmas waiting. Lol I'm so beyond ready to get this going

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Do you have any pics of the camper on with the new wheels? I think the rallys fit the old school style of the camper... thats why I'd like to see it on with the 20s.

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No I don't believe I do. Haven't had it on in a while..

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What a cool transplant idea. Keeps getting me thinking about pulling the drivetrain in my suburban and putting in the K5. L18/4L85e, 14FF.... :)

That would be cool!

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Do it!!!!!!!!

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I know... still boring... still buying parts. Just got a shipment from Summit of head gaskets and head bolts. Almost ready to do my cam swap now. Maybe it will start getting a little more exciting soon.