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lnwlfbsktbll · 04-16-2010, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Evil Trailblazer SS

The LY6 engine used a 190lph fuel pump, so this pump mounted in your bucket will be the best and cheapest option...

Thanks Evil... you and everybody on this board just keep impressing me with the wealth of knowledge available.

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Originally Posted by Jhogan830

beautiful 6.0 man! im still rollin the 350 =/ bout to make it a stroker !

Thanks for the compliment. Good luck with the stroker project. One day mine will be rolling again.

Evil Trailblazer SS · 04-16-2010, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by lnwlfbsktbll

Thanks Evil... you and everybody on this board just keep impressing me with the wealth of knowledge available.

We are pretty smart for dumb people! Hahaha!

lnwlfbsktbll · 04-18-2010, 08:37 PM

Has anybody tried edelbrock's ls1 shorty conversion headers?

Evil Trailblazer SS · 04-19-2010, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by lnwlfbsktbll

Has anybody tried edelbrock's ls1 shorty conversion headers?

You be better off using the stock manifolds...nothing flows better than the stock LS2,LS3,LS7 manifolds until you go to a full long tube!

Your LY6 has LS3 manifolds...or it has them from the factory, anyway!

glock35ipsc · 04-19-2010, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Evil Trailblazer SS

You also need to consider what you are going to do for a fuel pressure regulator...the newer fuel systems that are one way systems use a regulator mounted in the tank after the fuel pump! Have you thought of this yet?

This part is easy. Use a 99 Vette filter/regulator. Mounts to the frame, and all he will need is a short return line back to the S/U.

lnwlfbsktbll - The ACDelco EP381 is indeed a good pump choice. For $68 you will have a quality pump that will provide 58 psi all day long.

Here's a couple part numbers for you, and I attached a .PDF of some more part numbers that should be handy for your swap:

Corvette fuel filter/regulator, WIX 33737, $34.00 ea rockauto.com
Fuel fitler adapter, 5/16", Dorman 800120, $6.30 ea rockauto.com
Fuel fitler adapter, 3/8", Dorman 800121, $6.30 ea rockauto.com
3/8" x 12" double end male, Dorman 800155, $8.00 ea rockauto.com

lnwlfbsktbll · 04-19-2010, 08:09 PM

Wow, thanks everybody I'm loving all this info.

Evil Trailblazer SS · 04-19-2010, 08:54 PM

Glock's idea is perfect advice and a great solution to your problem!

lnwlfbsktbll · 05-15-2010, 04:16 PM

Progress is slow right now, but I finally got the cab off with the help of a few friends. So here's how she sits waiting for me to strip the frame down.

menace121978 · 05-16-2010, 07:29 AM

nice job man. little by little!

lnwlfbsktbll · 05-28-2010, 02:58 PM

Looks like I found a 6L90 locally for $1000 with a $300 core, me pulling. I might just have a tranny by next week.

JohnC · 05-28-2010, 05:57 PM

Sweet!

STOCKISH · 05-28-2010, 11:05 PM

Cant wait to see it going back together. Little at a time!

68GMCCustom · 06-01-2010, 07:48 PM

We're doing a similar build...although my LY6 will have a carb. and a 200-4r behind it. The 6L80e would be nice though!

lnwlfbsktbll · 06-01-2010, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by 68GMCCustom

We're doing a similar build...although my LY6 will have a carb. and a 200-4r behind it. The 6L80e would be nice though!

Do you have a build thread I can follow?

68GMCCustom · 06-01-2010, 10:17 PM

sure.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=404859

lnwlfbsktbll · 07-10-2010, 07:58 PM

Does anybody have some pictures or links to a picture of their motor mounts installed on their ls motor before it all went in?

signgod2 · 07-10-2010, 08:28 PM

You can check out my build under Project blue-ray, It will show a pic or two of what 68 short step has done with it . He took an original motor mount bracket and matched to a flat motor mount plate attached to my gen 4 motor 5.3 there. hope that helps out

lnwlfbsktbll · 07-11-2010, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by signgod2

You can check out my build under Project blue-ray, It will show a pic or two of what 68 short step has done with it . He took an original motor mount bracket and matched to a flat motor mount plate attached to my gen 4 motor 5.3 there. hope that helps out

Thanks, I got some adapters and I'm having some trouble getting things to line up so I wanted something to compare to.

lnwlfbsktbll · 07-25-2010, 05:42 PM

Ok so progress has been really slow considering something like 2 weeks straight of 14 hr days and a vacation after that, but here goes. I managed to find time to get my 6L90E and LY6 together and bolted onto my frame. I decided to skip Stripping and painting the frame because I'm on a little bit of a time crunch with my painter friend that is no longer going to be a painter in the near future. So mounting the motor and getting things back together so I can paint took priority over sorting the wiring out and such. Here are some pictures.

The motor mount adapters I bought wound up allowing me to reuse the stock Th400 crossmember and in its original location. It took a while to get things straightened out, but part of that was because the O'Reilly's I bought motor mounts from gave me the wrong part. Correct parts installed and it all went together like it was supposed to be there.

mcbassin · 07-25-2010, 06:32 PM

Very nice progress! The motor/tranny looks right at home in the frame.

68GMCCustom · 07-25-2010, 08:19 PM

thats going to be a sweet package when you get it all in.

lnwlfbsktbll · 07-25-2010, 11:40 PM

Thanks for the comments. I hope it goes as smoothly as it has been so far. I haven't had any really large issues. Still can't decide between the OE style mirror or the little square repro ones like LMC carries here.

JohnC · 07-26-2010, 08:46 AM

Nice progress man!

lnwlfbsktbll · 07-27-2010, 04:59 PM

Does anybody have any reccomendations on who would be good to go through my wiring harness?

68GMCCustom · 07-27-2010, 06:36 PM

I think I've heard good things about LT1swap.com?

04-18-2010, 08:37 PM	#53
lnwlfbsktbll Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: midwest city, OK Posts: 95	Re: Project 6.0 (my '87) Has anybody tried edelbrock's ls1 shorty conversion headers? __________________ '87 SWB GMC LY6/6L90E '70 JEEP CJ5... My new toy '06 Hyundai Accent... DD Build thread located at http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...5708&posted=1#

04-19-2010, 08:09 PM	#56
lnwlfbsktbll Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: midwest city, OK Posts: 95	Re: Project 6.0 (my '87) Wow, thanks everybody I'm loving all this info. __________________ '87 SWB GMC LY6/6L90E '70 JEEP CJ5... My new toy '06 Hyundai Accent... DD Build thread located at http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...5708&posted=1#

04-19-2010, 08:54 PM	#57
Evil Trailblazer SS Big Gulps Huh? Whelp... Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 410	Re: Project 6.0 (my '87) Glock's idea is perfect advice and a great solution to your problem! __________________ "The Ghost II" - 1987 V30 CC, 14-BFF (2nd Design Heavy Ribbed HD) SRW Conversion, 454/4L80E/205, 6" Springs, 35" Toyo MT's on 17" Classic II's, Full Audio System, Lot of Other Goodies!

05-15-2010, 04:16 PM	#58
lnwlfbsktbll Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: midwest city, OK Posts: 95	Re: Project 6.0 (my '87) Progress is slow right now, but I finally got the cab off with the help of a few friends. So here's how she sits waiting for me to strip the frame down. Attached Images __________________ '87 SWB GMC LY6/6L90E '70 JEEP CJ5... My new toy '06 Hyundai Accent... DD Build thread located at http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...5708&posted=1#

05-16-2010, 07:29 AM	#59
menace121978 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: orangevale, ca Posts: 3,626	Re: Project 6.0 (my '87) nice job man. little by little! __________________ "Dennis the Menace" 1978 Silverado (2wd, 1/2 ton, short bed)complete nut & bolt frame off restomod LQ9/4L80E MY LS SWAP/FRAME OFF BUILD BOOK 2006 TBSS way too much to list

05-28-2010, 02:58 PM	#60
lnwlfbsktbll Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: midwest city, OK Posts: 95	Re: Project 6.0 (my '87) Looks like I found a 6L90 locally for $1000 with a $300 core, me pulling. I might just have a tranny by next week. __________________ '87 SWB GMC LY6/6L90E '70 JEEP CJ5... My new toy '06 Hyundai Accent... DD Build thread located at http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...5708&posted=1# Last edited by lnwlfbsktbll; 05-28-2010 at 03:33 PM.

05-28-2010, 05:57 PM	#61
JohnC Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 7,461	Re: Project 6.0 (my '87) Sweet!

05-28-2010, 11:05 PM	#62
STOCKISH Formerly- 1972SuperCheyenne Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Wake Forest NC Posts: 5,782	Re: Project 6.0 (my '87) Cant wait to see it going back together. Little at a time! __________________ --Josh My Build Thread:http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=799218 A good crossthread is better than Loctite any day. Life is not about what you have, but who you have to share it with.

06-01-2010, 07:48 PM	#63
68GMCCustom Truck and auto performance nut Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: McKinney,Texas Posts: 3,848	Re: Project 6.0 (my '87) We're doing a similar build...although my LY6 will have a carb. and a 200-4r behind it. The 6L80e would be nice though! __________________ Kurt - '68 GMC short step - NIB '09 LY6 6.0L crate motor w/mods, NIB '12 crate 4L85e w/billet 3k stall Circle D, 3.73 posi 12 bolt, DynaTech f-swap headers, 3/4 drop, handling mods, etc. - my toy '72 Chevy LWB C-10 Highlander - 350/350 ps/pb/tilt/ac - not original but close '06 Chevy TrailBlazerSS - LS2/4L70e - little black hot rod SUV - my DD '18 Kia Sorento - wife's econo-driver '95 Chevy S10 - reg cab shortbed, LS, 4.3, auto... my '68's powertrain and chassis build -links broken A surprise phase - carb to efi -links broken

06-01-2010, 10:17 PM	#65
68GMCCustom Truck and auto performance nut Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: McKinney,Texas Posts: 3,848	Re: Project 6.0 (my '87) sure. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=404859 __________________ Kurt - '68 GMC short step - NIB '09 LY6 6.0L crate motor w/mods, NIB '12 crate 4L85e w/billet 3k stall Circle D, 3.73 posi 12 bolt, DynaTech f-swap headers, 3/4 drop, handling mods, etc. - my toy '72 Chevy LWB C-10 Highlander - 350/350 ps/pb/tilt/ac - not original but close '06 Chevy TrailBlazerSS - LS2/4L70e - little black hot rod SUV - my DD '18 Kia Sorento - wife's econo-driver '95 Chevy S10 - reg cab shortbed, LS, 4.3, auto... my '68's powertrain and chassis build -links broken A surprise phase - carb to efi -links broken

07-10-2010, 07:58 PM	#66
lnwlfbsktbll Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: midwest city, OK Posts: 95	Re: Project 6.0 (my '87) Does anybody have some pictures or links to a picture of their motor mounts installed on their ls motor before it all went in? __________________ '87 SWB GMC LY6/6L90E '70 JEEP CJ5... My new toy '06 Hyundai Accent... DD Build thread located at http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...5708&posted=1#

07-10-2010, 08:28 PM	#67
signgod2 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Shreveport, louisiana Posts: 40	Re: Project 6.0 (my '87) You can check out my build under Project blue-ray, It will show a pic or two of what 68 short step has done with it . He took an original motor mount bracket and matched to a flat motor mount plate attached to my gen 4 motor 5.3 there. hope that helps out

07-25-2010, 05:42 PM	#69
lnwlfbsktbll Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: midwest city, OK Posts: 95	Re: Project 6.0 (my '87) Ok so progress has been really slow considering something like 2 weeks straight of 14 hr days and a vacation after that, but here goes. I managed to find time to get my 6L90E and LY6 together and bolted onto my frame. I decided to skip Stripping and painting the frame because I'm on a little bit of a time crunch with my painter friend that is no longer going to be a painter in the near future. So mounting the motor and getting things back together so I can paint took priority over sorting the wiring out and such. Here are some pictures. The motor mount adapters I bought wound up allowing me to reuse the stock Th400 crossmember and in its original location. It took a while to get things straightened out, but part of that was because the O'Reilly's I bought motor mounts from gave me the wrong part. Correct parts installed and it all went together like it was supposed to be there. Attached Images __________________ '87 SWB GMC LY6/6L90E '70 JEEP CJ5... My new toy '06 Hyundai Accent... DD Build thread located at http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...5708&posted=1# Last edited by lnwlfbsktbll; 07-25-2010 at 05:43 PM.

07-25-2010, 06:32 PM	#70
mcbassin Still Learning Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Central Oklahoma Posts: 10,108	Re: Project 6.0 (my '87) Very nice progress! The motor/tranny looks right at home in the frame. __________________ Mike "69 Short Wide" My Project 86 Silverado Landen's Project Instagram: @mcbassin My Website C/10 Club Oklahoma Facebook Group

07-25-2010, 08:19 PM	#71
68GMCCustom Truck and auto performance nut Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: McKinney,Texas Posts: 3,848	Re: Project 6.0 (my '87) thats going to be a sweet package when you get it all in. __________________ Kurt - '68 GMC short step - NIB '09 LY6 6.0L crate motor w/mods, NIB '12 crate 4L85e w/billet 3k stall Circle D, 3.73 posi 12 bolt, DynaTech f-swap headers, 3/4 drop, handling mods, etc. - my toy '72 Chevy LWB C-10 Highlander - 350/350 ps/pb/tilt/ac - not original but close '06 Chevy TrailBlazerSS - LS2/4L70e - little black hot rod SUV - my DD '18 Kia Sorento - wife's econo-driver '95 Chevy S10 - reg cab shortbed, LS, 4.3, auto... my '68's powertrain and chassis build -links broken A surprise phase - carb to efi -links broken



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07-25-2010, 11:40 PM	#72
lnwlfbsktbll Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: midwest city, OK Posts: 95	Re: Project 6.0 (my '87) Thanks for the comments. I hope it goes as smoothly as it has been so far. I haven't had any really large issues. Still can't decide between the OE style mirror or the little square repro ones like LMC carries here. __________________ '87 SWB GMC LY6/6L90E '70 JEEP CJ5... My new toy '06 Hyundai Accent... DD Build thread located at http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...5708&posted=1#

07-26-2010, 08:46 AM	#73
JohnC Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 7,461	Re: Project 6.0 (my '87) Nice progress man!

07-27-2010, 04:59 PM	#74
lnwlfbsktbll Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: midwest city, OK Posts: 95	Re: Project 6.0 (my '87) Does anybody have any reccomendations on who would be good to go through my wiring harness? __________________ '87 SWB GMC LY6/6L90E '70 JEEP CJ5... My new toy '06 Hyundai Accent... DD Build thread located at http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...5708&posted=1#

07-27-2010, 06:36 PM	#75
68GMCCustom Truck and auto performance nut Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: McKinney,Texas Posts: 3,848	Re: Project 6.0 (my '87) I think I've heard good things about LT1swap.com? __________________ Kurt - '68 GMC short step - NIB '09 LY6 6.0L crate motor w/mods, NIB '12 crate 4L85e w/billet 3k stall Circle D, 3.73 posi 12 bolt, DynaTech f-swap headers, 3/4 drop, handling mods, etc. - my toy '72 Chevy LWB C-10 Highlander - 350/350 ps/pb/tilt/ac - not original but close '06 Chevy TrailBlazerSS - LS2/4L70e - little black hot rod SUV - my DD '18 Kia Sorento - wife's econo-driver '95 Chevy S10 - reg cab shortbed, LS, 4.3, auto... my '68's powertrain and chassis build -links broken A surprise phase - carb to efi -links broken

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