86 k10 ls swap

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I'll give a little back story with this build. So last year a friend of mine bought this truck from the original owner with 69000 miles on it. The motor had a knock and that man had parked it 6 or 7 years ago planning to replace it but finally realized that it wasn't going to happen, he sold it. When i first saw the truck and how clean and solid it was, I tried to buy it before he started to tear it down since I had a feeling it wouldn't ever get finished. So fast forward a couple months from when he bought it, he pulled the motor pulled, lost his storage and asked to store it at my shop for a few weeks. A few weeks turned into a year and he finally realized he wasn't going to finish it. He asked if I wanted to buy it, I said how much, he gave me a great price, I said deal. That was about 3 and a half weeks ago. It came with a motor he had bought for it, a 400 but I didn't like the idea and didn't feel like it was a good fit. When i got it the front clip was pulled and sitting in the bed so first thing i did was pull it in and tidy up the front frame area and take care of the suspension while i figured out the motor situation. After trying to find a decent option for a 350 I decided to say the hell with it and drop the ls I had sitting in the shop into it. Long story short, after a couple weeks and some long nights, we got it put together. My little brother and I both had some time off so we knocked out everything we could and pulled it out for the maiden voyage yesterday, and today I buffed it out. For the most part this was built with parts I had built up already. I had a 99 suburban that had a blown motor and a rebuilt trans so i pulled the 4l60 out of it. I had picked up a 5.3 out of a 01 tahoe a while back and hadn't done anything with it so it got the nod for this build. The same suburban that had the trans had decent wheels and tires that were brand new so I tossed those into the mix and ordered a tuff country 4" lift. Anyway I'll quit rambling,heres the (never) finished product, theres a few things left still, I'm waiting for my grille to show up on tuesday, need to get the exhaust done on monday, and need to toss the bumper on as soon as i get new bolts, but if anyone has questions about the ls swap in the 4wd's lemme know I'd be glad to help. I need to get all the pics from beginning to end, my lil bro takes more pics than i do but heres what I have for now.