Finally starting my 5.3 swap!!

[AGearHead4Life]

Originally Posted by ivorton74

oh ok that's good then cuz we got so far already to pull that motor out again. we should have the cab back on tomorrow hopefully...keep checking my posts..ill probably have more questions for u

Cool! I'll be watching when I get breaks.

[ivorton74]

Originally Posted by AGearHead4Life

Ivorton, I dont mean this to be rude, Im just curious. Do you read back to see if you've missed any posts? It seems like you've missed some of the comments.

yea I just went back and read some...seems I missed one or two posts...sorry about that. im back and forth between this page n youtube on ur channel

[ivorton74]

hey do long bed and short bed truck have different drive shaft lengths?

[AGearHead4Life]

Originally Posted by ivorton74

yea I just went back and read some...seems I missed one or two posts...sorry about that. im back and forth between this page n youtube on ur channel

No problem man. Just wanted to make sure you saw that post #72.

[AGearHead4Life]

[QUOTdifferenton74;6654325]hey do long bed and short bed truck have different drive shaft lengths?[/QUOTE]

Yea, different lengths.

[ivorton74]

Originally Posted by AGearHead4Life

[QUOTdifferenton74;6654325]hey do long bed and short bed truck have different drive shaft lengths?

Yea, different lengths.[/QUOTE]

oh ok...

just got done watching the torque sequence video. I actually wanted to take the heads off to do the head gaskets since the motor has over 240k miles on it but the guys said its very rare for an ls motor to need head gaskets and the guy who owned the truck it came out of did lots on maintenance work on it...changed oil on time and everything. the truck it came out of was t boned by a semi but the engine still ran great.

[AGearHead4Life]

Originally Posted by ivorton74

Yea, different lengths.

oh ok...

just got done watching the torque sequence video. I actually wanted to take the heads off to do the head gaskets since the motor has over 240k miles on it but the guys said its very rare for an ls motor to need head gaskets and the guy who owned the truck it came out of did lots on maintenance work on it...changed oil on time and everything. the truck it came out of was t boned by a semi but the engine still ran great.[/QUOTE]

Nah, no need to pull them. It just cost money to put back on. Those gaskets don't go bad very often at all. I only did it because I ported the heads and installed 4.8 flat top pistons.

[ivorton74]

ok...are u gonna go turbo down the road or u gonna keep it n/a?

[ivorton74]

another question about the video of the 84...u said u tapped a port for a gauge...what port was it and what gauge was it for?
and speakin of gauges I still have to buy that cable x thing for my speedometer. was gonna go with the later electronic gauge cluster but I want to keep my 100mph speedometer.

[AGearHead4Life]

Originally Posted by ivorton74

ok...are u gonna go turbo down the road or u gonna keep it n/a?

The truck will more then likely stay NA. That's why I bumped the compression up so much.

[AGearHead4Life]

Originally Posted by ivorton74

another question about the video of the 84..u said u tapped a port for a gauge...what port was it and what gauge was it for?
and speakin of gauges I still have to buy that cable x thing for my speedometer. was gonna go with the later electronic gauge cluster but I want to keep my 100mph speedometer.

That is the piece on the side of the oil pan above the oil filter. I threaded my stock oil sending unit there for the oil pressure gauge to work.

[ivorton74]

Originally Posted by AGearHead4Life

That is the piece on the side of the oil pan above the oil filter. I threaded my stock oil sending unit there for the oil pressure gauge to work.

ok kool ill check that out tomorrow too.

[ivorton74]

I looked into the cts-v oil pan like u suggested...ill get that and swap it out after I get it running. im thinking we could change the pan with the engine in the truck. I want to drop the front another inch or so...so the truck pan has to go.

[AGearHead4Life]

Originally Posted by ivorton74

I looked into the cts-v oil pan like u suggested...ill get that and swap it out after I get it running. im thinking we could change the pan with the engine in the truck. I want to drop the front another inch or so...so the truck pan has to go.

I ran the truck pan on my last truck and it worked fine. Just hung WAY below the crossmemeber as you've probably seen with yours now. This time I'll be running the CTSV pan. If you're going that low with the suspension, you may need to consicer the f-body pan. Here is a picture comparing the depth of the LS1 pan vs the CTSV pan. Mearure from you block down to see how low this CTSV pan will hang.

[ivorton74]

Originally Posted by AGearHead4Life

I ran the truck pan on my last truck and it worked fine. Just hung WAY below the crossmemeber as you've probably seen with yours now. This time I'll be running the CTSV pan. If you're going that low with the suspension, you may need to consicer the f-body pan. Here is a picture comparing the depth of the LS1 pan vs the CTSV pan. Mearure from you block down to see how low this CTSV pan will hang.

a poster suggested an LH8 oil pan a few pages back...whats the difference between that and an f-body pan?

[ivorton74]

didn't get to work on the truck today....couldn't get the time off work...will check out the mounts tomorrow hopefully.

[wgeyer88]

See this link for all the oil pan dimensions:

http://ls1tech.com/forums/conversion...-oil-pans.html

The LH8 pan is the hummer H3 pan.

[ivorton74]

damn didnt realize there were so many different pans for these motors.

[ivorton74]

Update...we got the motor to turn over today!! Unfortunately it didnt fire up cuz the tank pretty much empty. Ill get some gas n try it again when i get the chance. I still have to get the radiator and driveshaft and turns out the starter is not aligned to the flywheel properly so when u crank the motor u can hear metal scraping....gotta take care of that for sure. Ill try n post the vids of it.

Btw what do u guys do about the throttle cable and lower rad hose?

[ivorton74]

cab is back on...

[ivorton74]

cant remember how to embed the video on here but there's the link...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGUmroZK3Dw

[ivorton74]

any ideas for a throttle cable?

[wgeyer88]

Originally Posted by ivorton74

any ideas for a throttle cable?

http://ls1tech.com/forums/16783919-post34.html

Check out LS1Nova's thread over on LS1Tech. He has a cheap solution that I used, works perfect.

[ivorton74]

kool thanx man...im gonna be using one of a 99 Silverado though

[dman1982]

I out those pics up