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

[glock35ipsc]

All suds'd up


All dried off




In primer


First coat


Second coat

[glock35ipsc]

All put together


I did put some paint on the exhaust manifolds, but it's only to make the pics look better. I plan on smoothing the manifolds then sending them off to Jet-Hot to have them coated.




Throttle body cleaned up


Engine mount plates


My daughter said I needed to pose with my engine

[nlped]

^^^ At least the engine is good lookin'

[glock35ipsc]

Hey, it takes a LOT of work just to look that good!

[menace121978]

that baby turned out beautiful man! very nice job. what are the headers off of? and what kind of paint and primer did you use on the block? boy, you got me all flustered now!!

[glock35ipsc]

Thanks! They are not headers, but the stock exhaust manifolds with the heat shields taken off. I am going to have them Jet-Hot coated. The red and aluminum paints are Rustoleum Engine Enamel.

[hessian18]

Wow...WowWow....


That red looks killer !! You going to paint the crank shaft pulley ? Or are you getting a dampner for it ?


I totally dig it !! And im SO JEALOUS right now !! You even have the motor plates !!! Dammit im a slacker !!


ahahaahah

I cant wait to see more


Bob

[glock35ipsc]

LOL, easy on yourself!! I just didn't get to the pulleys tonight, I was pooped. I still need to clean up and paint the left side bracket, but I need to pull off the PS pump pulley first so I can take the PS pump off. Once that's done, and I get the alternator cleaned up, I'll paint all the pulleys semi-gloss black.

[JohnC]

Looks amazing man. That engine is going to look awesome in Fred.

[bigbadjohn84]

geeeeze man! that motor looks too pretty to go in Fred. think you need to send it to me instead. I have a freshly painted 71 chasis to stick it in nice work man.

[JohnC]

Nice try Jon. I think we've all tried to talk him out of this whole project, and have achieved nothing for our efforts.

[glock35ipsc]

And you never will. Ever!

[JohnC]

Hey my only goal is to someday see that thing in person.

[glock35ipsc]

Sounds like we need to have a big ol' regional get-together then!

[JohnC]

I agree!

[mcbassin]

Looks Great! You made some serious progress! Keep it up.

[Palf70Step]

Fred will really be ready to go pimpin' with that!

[menace121978]

are you going to have to notch the frame rails to make those manifolds work?

and great choice on the jet hot. awesome coating... i had a local place do my long tubes on the goat and couldnt be happier. looks good as new over a year later and 5 minutes after you turn off the car you can touch them... if your into that kinda thing. did them in satin black.

[glock35ipsc]

From what I've read I will have to notch the passenger side out by about 3/4" x 2". If I can find a set of F-body manifolds then I can use the passenger side and not have to notch the frame. Either way, I don't mind cutting the frame. I've done worse!

I may move my time frame up a little. I was going to wait until winter to start, but Fred just happens to have one fuel tank at 1/8 and the other at 1/4. Light enough to pull them. I'll have more money in the budget next month, 2 weeks. I can get a lot done in two weeks before I need more $$ to keep going. Just a thought, not set in stone yet.

[glock35ipsc]

Then again, I've been thinking about selling one of my AR-15 carbines. If I get that done, Fred would be finished $$-wise.

[menace121978]

i knew this would end up happening!

i wonder if my stock manifolds from the ls2 will work on mine? or even the kooks lt's?

btw... i saved your motor pics so dont be surprised if they end up looking the same!

[nlped]

Great progress!!!

[pcmcobra]

motor looks great!
Been thinking about painting my valve covers...

[Jonboy]

Bob, I wouldn't go through the trouble of pulling the tanks. Pulling the bed back is quicker.

[glock35ipsc]

The sending units are under the cab. And since the truck has over 200,000 miles on it, I want to clean the tanks out real well, as well as spiff up the outsides. The bed is coming off already too since I am redoing the entire fuel system, it will give me room to get in there and sit down and mount the filters and route the hoses.