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I appreciate the measurements. I'll check mine and see what I come up with.
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Re: Doing LS Swap - I have no idea what I'm doing!
Pulled some measurements last night. It's going to be a tight fit! My frame is showing about 33-1/2" inside-to-inside. I measured the crossmember, and it is 33-1/4" out-to-out of the brackets. Soooo, theoretically, it will fit. I may have to get a hammer and force it in there. I'm probably going to call CJ Pony Parts and see what their info is on the placement of the crossmember. Maybe I'm missing something... there weren't any install instructions that came with it - but, probably shouldn't "have" to be any, either - except for me.
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Re: Doing LS Swap - I have no idea what I'm doing!
Got my motor mounts in yesterday! Driver's side mount had a bunch of rubber down in the threads. Had to pull the motor mount off the motor, clean it out, and run the bolt through it to make sure it would work. Once I got that done, it mounted right up.
Now, to get time to tackle the crossmember.
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Re: Doing LS Swap - I have no idea what I'm doing!
HammerTime...good luck, I test fit speed headers...Look good and fit good, working on my own motor mounts, need clearance for stock compressor so far so good. Tight, but fits with some trimming of the plate.
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Check out the transmission crossmember I used in my No Daggum Money build. It was cheap and very well built and fits like it was custom made just for my truck. http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...=550804&page=7 IFS is the builder.
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Doing a quick search for it, though, I can't get their website to come up. Maybe work settings. ![]()
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Re: Doing LS Swap - I have no idea what I'm doing!
My partially restored truck came with an aftermarket crossmember from the po but I modified it to allow for better exhaust routing.
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This one is very close to mine and may be a clone. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Transmissio...cAAOSw-Rle~Enr
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The one you have from CJ Pony will likely work. I kinda remember it took some twisting and turning to get mine in. Kinda like getting a couch through a doorway.
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Got the crossmember in place. Not bolted in, but in place.
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Awesome! got a pic?
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Also would like to see what you did with your motor mounts.
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I'll try and get some tonight.
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A few days late, but here we go...
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Re: Doing LS Swap - I have no idea what I'm doing!
Thanks for posting, good to see what others are doing. I'm going to use the OEM A/C compressor, so I need to shift mine back as far as possible...got my computer back from LT1....and almost done reworking harness.
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Your a bit ahead of me with my swap. Branden has my computer as of today and will start on harness tomorrow. Ordered some parts for the LM7 planned refresh. I decided to go with Hooker Blackheart engine mounts so I don't have to mod anything to keep the low mount compressor.
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https://www.ictbillet.com/ls-truck-l...-7176-lq4.html Maybe that'll work? I have an a/c truck, but, I have no idea when it worked last. So, it's not a huge priority to get it going. Would it be nice? Sure. But, in the "older" vehicles I've had, a/c hasn't worked, so I'm used to it. ![]()
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If you have the extra mounting holes in the plate, you might gain some room behind the compressor moving the mount back to the 2nd hole in the frame top.
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Here's another bracket that I saw: https://www.ictbillet.com/ls-engine-...ls1-block.html
It may be another option, I don't know.
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Re: Doing LS Swap - I have no idea what I'm doing!
Your solution is here:
https://www.holley.com/blog/post/hoo...y_c10_pickups/ F-body mount (Anchor 3064) bolts directly to LS block in factory location, so no interference with A/C compressor. The stands then move the engine reward to stock location. So, keep low mount compressor, no trimming required. But, may still need to figure out how to mount refrigerant lines...lot's of options to solve that problem which I plan to address when I get to it. I plan to use the Hooker Blackheart crossmember as well to ensure proper driveline angles. |
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Got everything bolted up last night! Engine and transmission are now fully bolted in. Now to start figuring out the fuel situation. At my pace, I should have that wrapped up by, say, July?
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Re: Doing LS Swap - I have no idea what I'm doing!
Forward progress...Good...I'm right behind you, probably August - September.... Need to get my mounts complete...I have a Boyd tank and in the process of custom -redo-finagle a OEM 2001 fuel pump onto this tank.
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