Glock's new project: "Fred" w/ 5.3L LS swap info

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Originally Posted by hessian18

Ohhh Nice Bob, You and Fred have lurkers coming out of the dark and New people posting up !!!

Thats the kind of attention a killer build up gets



I have family out in Eckert Colorado, is that anywhere near you ?

Thanks man! Things will probably quite down for a little while, but we aren't done yet!!

Eckert is on the Western Slope over near Grand Junction. Probably 6-7 hours away.

Originally Posted by Even11

Yep, its true, I am a member of this board and in the market for a 6.0 because of this thread!!

-Dane

Sorry in advance for messing up your future grocery budget!! Glad you are here though!

Originally Posted by menace121978

the pedal turn out looking clean buddy! very nice!! you just make this stuff look way tooo easy! everyones' going to be doing it

And the problem with that is????

Originally Posted by Driveway Dreams

WAY TO GO MAN!!!!! You talking about antifreeze gives me chills after the story you told me. Dang...sorry.
Sorry, a little late response from me, but I just got caught up. See ya Sunday. If you want to cruise down there together, call me. We could meet at I-25.

At least I knew right away when this antifreeze came from. Isn't there a park-n-ride on the NW corner?

Originally Posted by joe231

HELL YEAH!

pedal turned out very sweet!



now where is the burn out video?

Thanks! Funny you ask... I stopped on the road near my house, and from a dead stop just let off the brake and as it started rolling I floored it, and it blew the ONE tire off instantly!

Originally Posted by JohnC

AWESOME man!! I love the video when the helper is telling the other to rap it. that's priceless!

He's quite the director. He has a hard time taking a good video because he is always talking! Fun kid though!

Originally Posted by lowchevytrucks8503

Dang Bob.......keeps looking better and better. Sorry to hear the pedal issues, but you made do and it looks great

If a minor ignition wire issue and the wrong pedal is all that went wrong, I'll take those kinds of problems anytime! Thanks for the props!

Originally Posted by Codys87

congrats!!!

Thanks dude, you're next!

Originally Posted by rongstad

Congrats!!! pedal looks good.

Thanks! Feels much better now that I have it adjusted better.

Originally Posted by hessian18

Under its OWN power now !!!



So how is the PEP ?? Have you gave her some or what ?



What did you have the RPM redline set too ?




Looking forward to an update !!

What is PEP? Is that pep, like spunk? LOL! I have rung him out good a couple times so far. For still having the 2.73 rear, it still gets up and hauls! Can't wait to get a 3.42 rear in there!! I'm not sure what Jesse did with the upper limit.

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

So glad you got her on the road!! Little tweaks here and there always seem to be apart of our lives, but she MOVES for ya!!

Fred is a HE Bill!! But MOVE he does!

Originally Posted by Driveway Dreams

What temp thermostat did you get?

OEM, I think 187*.


The check engine light is still on, but it's for the rear O2 sensors, which I don't have. So Jesse must not have deleted them. So some day when snow is in the forecast for a week or so I will send the PCM back to him so he can fix that. And I'll see if he can firm up the shifts too. Otherwise I'm not going do worry about it too much.




Well, I pulled Fred in the shop to pull the original engine on 8-29, and less than a month later he has a new heart. Somewhere along the way I decided on a lofty goal to be done in time for our Colorado cruise that is on the 27th, tomorrow. I still can't believe we will be going tomorrow!

If anyone reading this has been on the fence about doing it, or even debating doing ANYTHING to your ride, plan it out thoroughly, find out what worked and what didn't work for others and make your plan based on that, and set a budget. It CAN be done! I'm no one special, I'm just not afraid to jump in and get both feet wet. That's how I get my thrills!

Next week I'm going to gather up all the notes I made as I went, along with all the stuff in my notebook, and start working on getting a how-to put together. It won't be done quickly, but it will get done. I'm hoping to have all the part numbers that are important to this swap, along with alternate things like engine mounts, trans mounts, exhaust, etc.

Time to relax!!!!!!