LS Motor Position

[68c10airstream]

Hi Houston Ben, When i get to buying lines, condenser, i will try the trailblazer lines first for sure as the 5.3,6.0 work with the compressor as mounted in the pics. As a past ase mechanic i looked at the system like this; the trailblazer interior volume is probably a little bigger than our cabs interior volume, and they had additional load of rear air also, compressor mounts down low and uses the inner serpentine separate groove off of the crank pulley with a short belt and it's own tensioner, the compressor sits in a cool ideal location, so if i can get the condenser to work from the trailblazer the fittings should be spot on, the blazer uses clutch fans as so does my 2001 set up. I will use the suggested evap core from 73-87 i believe (have to double check before ordering) so the only delima i see is the line between condenser to evap core and receiver drier (gm calls it an accumulator) with the inlet and outlet clocked correctly. The electrical is my specialty as i did my share of electrical and drivability work the last 10 years i worked. Oh, don't forget dirty dingo mounts i don't think will fit, probably run into the compressor. Good luck, Brian Fuller

[Houston Ben]

DOH! I used DD mounts, dang this would have been a great idea....Thanks Brian!

[Windsma]

almost done.

1in back plates
needed some cutting to reuse the 5.3 manifolds. Nothing major.
Gave up on AC and turbo for now.
Tank showed up today so maybe this weekend it will fire up.

[crazy longhorn]

Originally Posted by Windsma

almost done.

1in back plates
needed some cutting to reuse the 5.3 manifolds. Nothing major.
Gave up on AC and turbo for now.
Tank showed up today so maybe this weekend it will fire up.

Nice fit Just a thought...rather than cutting the frame , or stands, you might look at the TBSS manifolds (on the cheap), or I found that the Hooker streetrod shorties worked well with my swap? Longhorn

[Windsma]

It wasnt terrible and i can add plates later if i want.
1in back and sitting high on stock mounts.. Little on the frame and little off the manifolds.. Done.

[crazy longhorn]

Good deal Just curious...did you use the stock sb stands, & just move em a set of holes to the rear, or leave the stands in stock position? Longhorn

[Windsma]

Stock sbc perches in the sbc location.

[faribran]

Thanks for the good info guys. I hope to be pitting a 4.8 into my 67 stepper, and mount the ac compressor down low. Thanks Brian. May have more questions. Rich (recovering brain surgery patient)

[crakarjax]

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[crakarjax]

Originally Posted by crakarjax

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Hmm that's weird, I'm pretty sure I posted pics of my trailblazer mount here for future reference and now they've been deleted? Ah well, back to the other forums I guess.