82 Silverado restomod - turbo LSx build

[mzsigler]

Originally Posted by Tetanus Express

That was a nice grab on the Suburban and you'll have everything there to pull off yourself and transfer over yourself. Where did you come across that? Online? Congrats on the new addition. My wife was due on the 7th as well but things worked out a little different. Ours was born on the 3rd and we are getting discharged today to go home but little man has to stick around for a couple more days to get some extra care. Good luck with yours and hope everything goes well with wifey and the little one. Congrats!!!

I'm a salvage dealer, it was at one of the auctions I frequent. I'm actually considering buying a lot more of them and parting them out. Congrats to you too, hope everything is well.

[mzsigler]

I was going nuts trying to find a way to look at the crank sensor connector to determine if I had a 24x or a 58x reluctor/ecu. Then I remembered I impulse bought a cheap boroscope on woot a couple of years ago.



Sounds like a knock off superhero. SECURITY MAN!



Not exactly stunning HD, but I'm still pretty sure that's a black connector, meaning I have a 24x reluctor. Now I can go to the hospital and maybe acquire a child and an engine harness and ECU on the same day

[aggie91]

Hope all goes/went well at the hospital.

Why not rework the oem suburban harness and use the stock PCM? If not, look at the MS3 Gold box on efisource.com.

[mzsigler]

Originally Posted by aggie91

Hope all goes/went well at the hospital.

Why not rework the oem suburban harness and use the stock PCM? If not, look at the MS3 Gold box on efisource.com.

I'm considering this. I think that's the way I'm going to go so that I don't have to deal with a separate transmission controller.

Inducing labor tomorrow morning at 7:45am, should have plenty of time to read up on it in the next few days, lol.

[Nodnarb76]

Originally Posted by mzsigler

And now I have something to read. I will definitely have questions, lol. What engine management are you using?

I ordered the motor/transmission/ecu/harness from LSX4U.com Came already programed and the harness re-worked. I noticed they are starting to branch out into turbocharging and they may have some options for you.
www.lsx4u.com
Good luck and let me know if you need anything else.
Following your build and loving it!
And congratulations on the new baby!

[mzsigler]

Originally Posted by Nodnarb76

I ordered the motor/transmission/ecu/harness from LSX4U.com Came already programed and the harness re-worked. I noticed they are starting to branch out into turbocharging and they may have some options for you.
www.lsx4u.com
Good luck and let me know if you need anything else.
Following your build and loving it!
And congratulations on the new baby!

Awesome! I'll poke around on their site.

[aggie91]

Originally Posted by mzsigler

I'm considering this. I think that's the way I'm going to go so that I don't have to deal with a separate transmission controller.

Inducing labor tomorrow morning at 7:45am, should have plenty of time to read up on it in the next few days, lol.

Check out lt1swap.com too. I used the info from there on my first swap and it worked great. Fired it up first try. Plenty of info on reworking the stock harness and a good price to get the PCM reflashed to do away with the VATS and other non-essential items.

[mzsigler]

Originally Posted by aggie91

Check out lt1swap.com too. I used the info from there on my first swap and it worked great. Fired it up first try. Plenty of info on reworking the stock harness and a good price to get the PCM reflashed to do away with the VATS and other non-essential items.

I'm at Baptist east, my wife is finally in labor, and I'm reading that site right now

[daddyjeep]

Wow, Congratulations.

[Tetanus Express]

Yea You will have plenty of time. Lol. Good luck to y'all. Hope all goes well.

[mzsigler]

16 minutes old and I can already tell she's definitely my daughter.

[Tetanus Express]

Congrats man! Now the journey begins.

[Tetanus Express]

Lol. I just noticed the gesture. My boy did the same. Like father like son... Lol

[evan]

Originally Posted by mzsigler

16 minutes old and I can already tell she's definitely my daughter.

Congrats! My daughter just turned a year old. It's the best/hardest/best thing in the world.

[silverbear]

Congratulations to you both.

[aggie91]

Congrats on the daughter! Hope Mom and baby are both doing well...

[mzsigler]

Thanks everyone! They're both doing fine. I'm going to start on my swap in a couple of weeks, time permitting.

[mzsigler]

Originally Posted by Tetanus Express

Lol. I just noticed the gesture. My boy did the same. Like father like son... Lol

Ha! Awesome!

[mzsigler]

Picked up some TBSS manifolds from another forum member.





I'm gonna try and get the engine out of the donor in the next few weeks. I need to brush up on cams. I might as well do a turbo friendly cam while the engine is out. Also gonna do head gaskets, valve springs, and probably studs. Looks like my work time on it is going to be pretty limited for the next few weeks so I figure I might as well keep collecting parts.

[Gregski]

is this thing race ready yet or what?, jk

[mzsigler]

Originally Posted by Gregski

is this thing race ready yet or what?, jk

Totes, I'll be at the track this weekend, I just need someone riding underwood to continually replenish the leaky TH350.

[mzsigler]

Kinda been doing the new baby thing, so no real progress, but I am continuing to collect parts.

[deejaaa1]

i'll be watching this build because i approve! LOL.
reminds me of my 81 i had for 15 years. too young and poor to do anything 'good' to it at the time but drove i it everywhere.

[mzsigler]

Originally Posted by deejaaa1

i'll be watching this build because i approve! LOL.
reminds me of my 81 i had for 15 years. too young and poor to do anything 'good' to it at the time but drove i it everywhere.

Thanks! I'll try to keep the updates coming.

[mzsigler]

Shiny new EFI fuel tank



And fuel pump hanger



I knew I smelled maple syrup when I opened the box!



Now to go order a 400lph walbro pump and the corvette filter/regular and make myself some fuel lines.