Thanks for following along fellas, hopefully it`s worthwhile.
My goal is to have it driveable for the end of February under $4000 CAD. Right now I'm around $2800 with the price of the truck but still need a wiring harness, fuel system and all the nickel and dime stuff that adds up.
I had a carb'd small block 350 all mocked up and ready to build mounts when I happened to see an ad for a 4.8 with harness and ecm out of a 2002 Silverado. I figured it was fate so I checked it out. Supposedly had 150 000 km but it had already been pulled from the vehicle so I couldn`t verify anything other than the visuals. For $450, I was willing to give it a shot.
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I ordered some of the pancake style engine mounts and extended the original Supra engine platforms to mount the LS.
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I had to mount it about an inch higher than I wanted due to the truck oil pan. I thought about getting a different one but I`m using an nv3500 5spd from an S-10 and they have a rediculous slave mount housing that only hangs an inch higher than the bottom of the oil pan so I figure it isn't worth the cost of the pan. As it sits, the pan is about 3/4" below the Supra cross member so I'll make a skid plate of some sort.
I also made a tranny mount that extends from the stock AD trans cross-member. At least I assume it's the stock one.