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

[N2TRUX]

Awesome pics! Thanks for sharing...

[menace121978]

beautiful pictures Bob. Fred looks right at home w/ the view in the back ground! congrats on the new arrival!!! now wheres the pics?? did everything arrive safe and undamaged? (besides the missing covers) if theres anything i can do on this end just let me know. i'm only a few miles away...

[SBTork]

Great pics.

I think you can make the truck intake look very good. The 6.0 caddy's and SS silverado's came with a 3 piece engine cover. Here are two pics....







Just something to consider

[glock35ipsc]

Sweet, I like the Vortec Max cover. Might have to look for one of those.

Everything arrive damage-free! I am missing or need a few minor things, they should be able to get them to me OK. I pretty much got everything striped down to where I can separate the tranny and get the engine on the stand. I have the harness off and in the trunk with the PCM ready to send to Jessee to get reworked. Over the next week or two I'll get the engine detailed, and get the tranny detailed too. I've got a few things I still need to figure out, like finding the correct manifolds for the AC compressor. I might try Vintage Air or Old Air to see if they can hook me up. There was no fan in the engine, so I need to see if it had a fan that they pulled off, or if there were elec fans. Since it is a truck, I imagine it had a fan on the engine. I'll see what they say, maybe they can get me a pair of electric fans.

** Note to self... have the PCM set up for elec fans.

I have a lot of pics I'll post up in the morning. I need to get a snack, then get in the shower.

[SBTork]

can't wait, nothing beats fresh new pics

[JohnC]

Sounds good man. Glad to hear it arrived.

I would go with elec fans. That's a good note taker yourself has.

[bigbadjohn84]

I likey the Vortec Max cover. that would be awsome to pop the hood on a C10 and see the purrrrty red lettering.. lol

[glock35ipsc]

Originally Posted by JohnC

I would go with elec fans. That's a good note taker yourself has.

He is good, and cheap too!

OK, here is some pics:

Loaded up and ready to go home. Wow, I really need to lower the rear some! Look how high it sits even with the tongue weight (although not a lot) on it!





Not the prettiest crate, but it got it here!





My helper. It's hard to tell, but her pink hammer matches her pink hair!



Free at last!!!!

[JohnC]

Sweet

[glock35ipsc]

More.....







All the exhaust valves look like this, not a hint of oil anywhere and light tan colored.





It's very clean, and it will take very little clean up to start painting!

[glock35ipsc]

I want it to look something like this when I'm done detailing it:

[bigbadjohn84]

sweet! progress!! are you gonna run a stand alone type harness or are you gonna modify the trucks existing harness and integrate the two? can't wait to see

[nlped]

Cool!!!

[Jonboy]

What year is that engine? '05 and later should have electric fans.

[glock35ipsc]

Originally Posted by bigbadjohn84

sweet! progress!! are you gonna run a stand alone type harness or are you gonna modify the trucks existing harness and integrate the two? can't wait to see

Stand alone harness.

[glock35ipsc]

Originally Posted by Jonboy

What year is that engine? '05 and later should have electric fans.

2006. I wondered that, because the threads on the water pump shaft are clean.

[bigbadjohn84]

stand alone? are you having the factory harness modified or are you doing it yourself? I want to do that with my 71 when I convert to the 6.0

[JohnC]

That will look good detailed like that. Can't wait to see it done man. The hard part is done, shelling out the $$. Now it's time to play.

[Jonboy]

I forgot to add- you are making awesome progress. I am hoping to beg some more to get an old friend to be able to come home (78 Jimmy), but not sure on that yet. I will have to get a lot done, then post a build thread so it won't look so bad next to yours. Seriously though, it's threads like all of these build threads that remind me why we all are here. It's really cool to see everyone's opinions and progress being put out here.

[JohnC]

Hey we can start a Jonboy needs his friend back thread. Let the wife see it, and maybe it will convince her to let it come home.

[Jonboy]

I don't know how that would work. When I look at it at home, she calls it "truck porn". You know, she may be right.

[JohnC]

Yeah I tell my wife that too. I ask her which she would rather have me looking at. The truck porn always wins.

[bigbadjohn84]

[glock35ipsc]

Originally Posted by bigbadjohn84

stand alone? are you having the factory harness modified or are you doing it yourself? I want to do that with my 71 when I convert to the 6.0

I just boxed up the harness and PCM to send off to Jesse at Wait4Me. He's is reworking the harness to stand alone, removing all the unnecessary stuff from the PCM and giving it a tune, $360 round trip. Some people don't like him, but he has done several mail order tunes for me and they have all rocked!

Originally Posted by JohnC

That will look good detailed like that. Can't wait to see it done man. The hard part is done, shelling out the $$. Now it's time to play.

I like the way that one way done. It's just down to whether I want the color to bed Chevy orange or red. I'm leaning towards red to match the truck.

Originally Posted by Jonboy

I forgot to add- you are making awesome progress. I am hoping to beg some more to get an old friend to be able to come home (78 Jimmy), but not sure on that yet. I will have to get a lot done, then post a build thread so it won't look so bad next to yours. Seriously though, it's threads like all of these build threads that remind me why we all are here. It's really cool to see everyone's opinions and progress being put out here.

I would have never taken on this swap had it not been for all the info I've gathered from builds thread here and at LS1tech.com, LS1truck.com and performancetrucks.net.

Once the engine and trans are detailed and ready to go in, progress will slow dramatically. Except for maybe rebuilding the front suspension, new springs for the rear and lowering. I want to be able to drive it as long as possible before I tear it down. So once the snow starts flying I'll start pulling it apart.

[bigbadjohn84]

let it snow.. let it snow.. let it snooooowww.. lol gonna be cool. that doesnt seem bad at all to make the harness standalone and program