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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Terrell, TX
Posts: 1,967
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Calling all 5.3 &/or 6.0 owners...
Here's a pic request for you guys. I am seriously considering a swap in my truck from the 350 to the 5.3/4L60E and maybe later a 6.0 in my 67 with a 4L80E. I'd like to see what it's going to look like if I do this.
Thanks, Kelly
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Kelly '05 GMC Sierra SLE Z71 Bone stock except for new bed rail caps. |
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Sherwood Oregon
Posts: 1,908
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Re: Calling all 5.3 &/or 6.0 owners...
Me too
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: West Coast FL
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Re: Calling all 5.3 &/or 6.0 owners...
here's what my lq4 looks like... it's sitting in the garage now...
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: San Diego ca
Posts: 717
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Re: Calling all 5.3 &/or 6.0 owners...
hope this helps
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: San Diego ca
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Re: Calling all 5.3 &/or 6.0 owners...
This is what mine looked like with the 6.0 its got a ls3 going into it now.
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Sherwood Oregon
Posts: 1,908
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Re: Calling all 5.3 &/or 6.0 owners...
truckman that looks nice beautiful truck
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Reno, NV
Posts: 346
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Re: Calling all 5.3 &/or 6.0 owners...
Here's my 6.0L. Nothing fancy, just functional.
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1971 Suburban 4x4, LQ4 6.0L, 4L80E, etc. |
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Under Construction
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Midlothian,TX (DFW)
Posts: 4,555
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Re: Calling all 5.3 &/or 6.0 owners...
I want to do a build with a 5.3 or 6.0 one day!, they sure look sweet sitting betweeen them frame rails!
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Location: Pensacola, FL
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Re: Calling all 5.3 &/or 6.0 owners...
One of mine:
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Windy Corner of a Dirty Street
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Pueblo West, Colorado
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Re: Calling all 5.3 &/or 6.0 owners...
Rod, that Sub is going to be Saw Wheat when it is done!
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: grande prairie, alberta Canada
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Re: Calling all 5.3 &/or 6.0 owners...
Nice work guys, im just wondering are you guys using the factory harness, or are you using a premade harness? (painless wiring for example). Just wondering as this is a very nice upgrade that i think looks pretty sweet under the hood.
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Sherwood Oregon
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Re: Calling all 5.3 &/or 6.0 owners...
That supercharged sub is going to be so fun! Im jealous
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Reno, NV
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Re: Calling all 5.3 &/or 6.0 owners...
Mine is a modified stock harness. I plan on building one from scratch though over the winter when I pull the motor for paint. I want to route it a little differently to clean it up.
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Florida
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Re: Calling all 5.3 &/or 6.0 owners...
Here is a pic of mine when I was 99% done.
It's done and been on the road for a few months now. I used a modified stock harness (speartech.com) and a custom tune. ![]()
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Sherwood Oregon
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Re: Calling all 5.3 &/or 6.0 owners...
Anyone have pics of carb setups?
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: tulsa OK
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Re: Calling all 5.3 &/or 6.0 owners...
here are a couple ive done (the flame engine covered one is member killer71)
and i reworked the factory harness and 'hide' the wires ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Truck and auto performance nut
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: McKinney,Texas
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Re: Calling all 5.3 &/or 6.0 owners...
What.....no carb'd LS swaps out there?
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1972 Shorty Owner
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Stationed in Cali , born and raised in PHX Arizona.
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Re: Calling all 5.3 &/or 6.0 owners...
68 short step - did you use a different radiator? What about the gas tank? I am curious cuz i am about to do the swap myself but i am not sure what to go with for the radiator and i want to do this for as little money as possible. I sent in the stock harness off the 5.3 to speartech and they are building my harness from it.
I have so many questions but i dont want to hijack this thread. -Hart
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Location: tulsa OK
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Re: Calling all 5.3 &/or 6.0 owners...
Quote:
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=244448 http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...d.php?t=195643 |
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Under Construction
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Midlothian,TX (DFW)
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Re: Calling all 5.3 &/or 6.0 owners...
didnt member ERIK D do a carb'ed install?
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Re: Calling all 5.3 &/or 6.0 owners...
heres some pics of ERIK D's carbed motor.
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Sherwood Oregon
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Re: Calling all 5.3 &/or 6.0 owners...
Nice! Thats what I want my motor to look like when finished, just not so much shiny stuff.
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Terrell, TX
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Re: Calling all 5.3 &/or 6.0 owners...
Nice pics guys....keep 'em comin'!!
Truckman What year motor is yours? looks just like my neighbor's '99. Nice paint job BTW! Hart Rod Supercharged, huh? Never thought of that....LOOKS FUN!!! 68 ShortStep Love that second truck...not too much into the stock cover. That said you did a great job hiding wires on the first one. I'll bet that cover cost a prety penny! Well done! J Hart No worries!I need to learn as much as I can about these swaps if I am going to try it myself....there's no way you can hijack this thread so ask away!!! Finally...Lucky and 68 GMC Custom...why a carb? I would think it would require a ton of work omitting the computer or modifying it.
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Kelly '05 GMC Sierra SLE Z71 Bone stock except for new bed rail caps. Last edited by Gray Ghost; 12-17-2008 at 11:31 PM. |
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Sherwood Oregon
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Re: Calling all 5.3 &/or 6.0 owners...
Well that argument can take up many many pages, but my reason is the fact that i read a story in Car Craft where they carb'd and cammed a 6.0 and made 550 HP. My interest in the motor is purely a horsepower addiction, and for the money that it takes to buy a used motor, add L92 heads and a big cam, it will make way more HP per dollar than a Gen I SBC. It really doesn't take much work, just bolt on the intake and MSD ignition box. I don't know if its is any simper than wiring it, but it doesn;t sound complicated. Plus it just looks cool with the coils on the valve covers.
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Warrenton VA
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Re: Calling all 5.3 &/or 6.0 owners...
Here is the online Car Craft article.
http://www.carcraft.com/techarticles...ine/index.html Great numbers!!!
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