You guessed it, 1950 s10 swap.

[99 to Life]

cool, glad your iroining things out. only way you really learn how stuff work is to have it not work, then work!!!! I keep telling myself that, it breaks so you know how to fix it. Keep us posted.

[Root2812]

Now that you have it on the road, how is the pusher fan working for you?

[oldman3]

Glad to see you have it on the road...Jim

[Layedoutsonoma91]

Im still working all the bugs out of course. As far as the pusher fan. I have driven it probably 100 miles since i finished it. Havent overheated yet. Stays around 180-200. These engines normally run over 200. Gotta figure out if i got somethong wrong in the cooling system or not. I got black fluid that keeps showing up. I thinm its dexcool mixed with green. Im gonna flush the system and see what i get. Steering linkage is messed up. I think i may have the center link on backwards. The pass side where the tierod connects to the center link. The nut tightens all the way down and the cotter pin hole is like almost a half inch away from the castle nut. It tightens way too far. Other side barely tightens to the castle nut. Im thinking the taper or stud side is different per side. If not i got a defective center link

[Layedoutsonoma91]

Pics in next post

[Layedoutsonoma91]

Had a photoshoot with the truck sunday. Perfect weather and lighting. Im really happy with the pics. Thought i would share. These were sent to me via the internet ill have the higher quality later this week.

[youngrodder]

The shots look great...

Marc

[99 to Life]

gotta love a little pro photography, world of difference. the bridge shot is my favorite. Congrats on the truck.

[Layedoutsonoma91]

oh yea, he did a good job. Love driving this thing. Thanks for all the support guys

[ChuckDriver]

Awesome truck!

[steve aleve]

Man this thing is looking great!!! I've been following the build for a while now and I love it. Ive got a 55.1 that I am doing a S10 swap on and I was going to use a TPI L98 from an 88 Trans am that is laying around but I recently came on a 5.3L LS engine out of a 03 Silverado. It is basically the block, heads, intake and throttle body. Early on you briefly mentioned the parts needed to take the engine to where it is now. Do you have a detailed list of everything you picked up?

[JakeDW]

Cool AD

Jake

[Layedoutsonoma91]

Originally Posted by steve aleve

Man this thing is looking great!!! I've been following the build for a while now and I love it. Ive got a 55.1 that I am doing a S10 swap on and I was going to use a TPI L98 from an 88 Trans am that is laying around but I recently came on a 5.3L LS engine out of a 03 Silverado. It is basically the block, heads, intake and throttle body. Early on you briefly mentioned the parts needed to take the engine to where it is now. Do you have a detailed list of everything you picked up?

Do you wanna go with ls car intake or use the truck intake. The truck pulleys work better on our trucks, but the car intake looks so much better. I had to get a ls1 water pump and spacers to space it out. Idler pulley relocator. a smaller power steering pulley and the intake cost. probably costs a good 1000 bux to swap to the ls6 intake from truck. Truck intake all you would need are all truck access. and get the smaller power steering pulley. You would need a harness and computer of some sort. either stock or aftermarket.

[4DSEVEN]

Awesome build, congrats!

[steve aleve]

Originally Posted by Layedoutsonoma91

Do you wanna go with ls car intake or use the truck intake. The truck pulleys work better on our trucks, but the car intake looks so much better. I had to get a ls1 water pump and spacers to space it out. Idler pulley relocator. a smaller power steering pulley and the intake cost. probably costs a good 1000 bux to swap to the ls6 intake from truck. Truck intake all you would need are all truck access. and get the smaller power steering pulley. You would need a harness and computer of some sort. either stock or aftermarket.

Thanks man that helps a bunch. I think I'm gonna go with the car intake cause it just looks so sweet! I did find this online and wanted to see what you thought. This guy was able to use all of the truck stuff up front and with a couple cuts and minor mods he could fit the car intake. Maybe a good way to go.

http://ls1tech.com/forums/generation...-3-vortec.html

[Layedoutsonoma91]

Originally Posted by steve aleve

Thanks man that helps a bunch. I think I'm gonna go with the car intake cause it just looks so sweet! I did find this online and wanted to see what you thought. This guy was able to use all of the truck stuff up front and with a couple cuts and minor mods he could fit the car intake. Maybe a good way to go.

http://ls1tech.com/forums/generation...-3-vortec.html

That guy did the same thing I did. only difference is the throttle body is drive by cable. It has enough room to run the truck pump water neck beside it. Mine is drive by wire, the water neck hits the throttle body so bad it wont bolt on. That's why I needed the car water pump cause the neck comes out at the side.

[steve aleve]

I appreciate the help. I hate to keep bugging about details but what cam did you choose to go with? Stock or something a bit more lumpy?

[Layedoutsonoma91]

Originally Posted by steve aleve

I appreciate the help. I hate to keep bugging about details but what cam did you choose to go with? Stock or something a bit more lumpy?

Sorry for the slow reply, I just used the stock cam. I haven't touched the internals of the motor other than valve stem seals. And ask away man! I'm not bothered by it, that's why i post! I've got so much information off this site, I wanna return the favor. I wanna help any way I can.

[99 to Life]

the LS engines are insane bang for the buck when it comes to performance. The stock cam if you think about it (if a truck engine) is designed for torque. Your putting it in a truck that weights atleast 2k lbs lighter than the original intent..... I can only imagine how fun that would feel. Torque is what we are feeling till about 5,252 rpm anyway, then its usually all HP after that. It's like GM thought of this stuff way back when, seems to work out well for us in the long run.

[Layedoutsonoma91]

Oh yeah. The truck weighs about 3100lbs with me not in it. So its aptly named. Lol . This motor on this truck is PLENTY fast enough for me. My wife tried to drive it the other day and couldnt handle it haha.

[99 to Life]

hahahhah the wife couldn't handle it, cracked me up. I tell my gal we aint getting married till she drives my truck. Its a standard so its gonna be a little harder for her I know that.

the weight sounds about right. I'd like to get my current project weighed when done, lot of fab work on it and welding, coatings etc. that stuff adds up in weight.

[Layedoutsonoma91]

Haha. I want her to be able to drive it if something happens. She said it scares her. Here are some pics of my emblems I had made and rusted to match.

[steve aleve]

So you are saying the truck intake is more than sufficient, Good to know. From what I know, the engine I bought had "lifter tick" and so I will have to replace the cam and lifters anyway. Here is another question, when you bought the LS1 intake, did you try to make sure to get the intake, rails and injectors in a package deal? Am I asking for trouble in the long run if I go with a mix and match package? Also what is a good price for these? I am seeing some outrageous numbers on "the worlds #1 bidding site" and unfortunately I can't find many locally through Craigslist.

[Bone$]

Originally Posted by steve aleve

So you are saying the truck intake is more than sufficient, Good to know. From what I know, the engine I bought had "lifter tick" and so I will have to replace the cam and lifters anyway. Here is another question, when you bought the LS1 intake, did you try to make sure to get the intake, rails and injectors in a package deal? Am I asking for trouble in the long run if I go with a mix and match package? Also what is a good price for these? I am seeing some outrageous numbers on "the worlds #1 bidding site" and unfortunately I can't find many locally through Craigslist.

If you can look for a ls6 car intake. These are HP readings off the same motor just swapping intakes. Not that a Small light truck would need more HP than a stock LS1 but hey why not.

LS1 Intake: 464 hp @ 6,200 rpm & 446 ft-lbs 5,100 rpm
LS6 Intake: 470 hp @ 6,400 rpm & 450 ft-lbs at 4,900 rpm
Largest Gains: 14 hp @ 5,800 rpm & 13 ft-lbs 5,800 rpm




Truck looks badass BTW..

[Layedoutsonoma91]

I got the intake, rails, and injectors all from different sources. Changing from a truck intake to a car intake is basically only for looks. you wont gain anything in fact if you use a LS1 intake you will lose power. LS6 intake is the way to go if you want to change it. I would recommend keeping the truck intake. It will save you a lot of money. I ended up spending an extra 1000 bux easily going to a car intake.