6.0/4L60E swap finally done

[Firebirdjones]

Originally Posted by Thealien

Great job!! A couple of questions please. Whose crossmember is that? Any more pics of location and front dif clearance?

I can't believe you have a deep transmission pan with stock height. I have the same 5.3/4L60 and had to notch my stock pan? Looks great. Is your transfer case in the stock location?

That crossmember is Pacific Fabrication. The only big issue I had with it was that it wants to mount into the frame exactly where the brakes lines pass though to the front wheels.
So I had to rebend the front brake lines and move them forward in the frame about 10 inches, then buy longer braided steel lines for a 6 inch lifted truck to reach the new locations in the frame.

Yes my transfer case is in the stock location. I didn't want to move that and open a can of worms with driveshaft lengths, shifter location etc....
So I moved the transmission and engine forward approximately 2 inches.
Not sure why you ended up notching your tranny pan. I read that about your swap and just automatically figured I'd have to do the same.
Then I bought this 4L60E out of a truck, which had the deeper pan and thought I would really run into a big problem. You can see the deep pan in one of those pics. I figured I would have been cutting the entire side of the pan out and rewelding after the horror stories I've read about standard depth passenger car pans.
Then I dropped it all in and it cleared with room to spare. Not sure why but it works great. That front driveshaft also has that large coupler on it back there too with a pair of U-joints in it.
I assume it's the same thing you have?

I'll get some more pics up tomorrow, and try to snap a couple while resting on the ground. Not sure how that will turn out but I'll try.