Thread: Here's mine
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Old 11-26-2011, 12:40 PM   #5
Firebirdjones
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Re: Here's mine

What is it you would like to know?
I never posted anything in here about it.

Just your usual adapters and mounts to get it in there. Some of the unusual things I did....

I moved the battery to the driver side so I could use the original 2004 battery cable setup with the factory junction block (red box in the picture for later additions). It's actually made for a dual battery setup, I just have the extra cable hidden.

I went with a dual electric fan setup from a 4th gen LS1 camaro, so I could get rid of the huge fan shroud and clean up the appearance a bit and free up some space.

I didn't use the 4L80E that came with the engine, as I didn't want to move the transfer case, and I didn't have enough room to move the engine that far forward, so I built a 4L60E with the best parts available to hold the power this thing should make under boost. We'll see....That allowed me to keep the transfer case in it's orignal spot, so I only had to move the engine forward about 1 1/2 inches.

I had to re-bend all of the front brake lines, since I had to move the holes in the frame forward from where the hard lines pass through to the rubber caliper lines. The new mount system was in the way of the originals. This necessitated the addition of longer caliper hoses, so I went braided steel lines for a lifted truck to gain some added length. Mine is still stock ride height.

I've driven it everyday for years with the stock drivetrain, the trans slipping motivated me to finally do the swap.
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