My Gen III

[hessian18]

Well this is my Gen III for my 81 long bed, 1/2 ton....single cab...

Took me a couple days to get it all painted up...

Get this...A stock Gen III plug wire has 980 ohms of resistance...I got some Jegs 8mm spiro wires..They measured 180 ohms of resistance..... man thats a huge increase in efficiency and a ton less work for the coil packs....

2005 Gen III 5.3L Vortec with 37,000 miles...A/C will be rolling

Electronic throttle body

145 amp Alternator...normally has 105 amp..

4L80e will be behind it...Tranny is a 2005 too, has 27,000 miles on it.

Rear end will be geared 4:11

I also have a Vortec 6.0L style engine cover for it...has bigger alternator opening and has vented side covers for the coil pack heat sinks....

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Still alot more to go...but im getting closer...I have my motor, trans, wiring harness( custom length and fire wall plug and play setup) performance tuned computer and all my interior parts...just waiting for some sound deadning

[SBTork]

the engine looks great, a little paint and detail work goes a long way.

[Billla]

Beautiful work!

I have an LS1 sitting on my garage floor that I haven't had a chance to tear into yet - really looking forward to how this swap goes for you!

[pcmcobra]

looks good!

[sqrbdy]

Nice.

[chromyelow1]

wow, beautiful

[bigblock73]

Nice!!

[old Rusty C10]

thas some nice work ya did there

[tvblazer78]

I Like it man. keep it going!!

[swb85]

Now THAT's what a Gen III should look like!!! Nice work man!

[gimmie11s]

very sweet! i have a 5.3 going in mine as well! should be sweet.


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[85lt1]

looks great man should be a good runin truck

[killer71]

so when ya gonna mount it

[spudz]

LOOKS REAL GOOD!. I'd love to do a swap with one of these. BTW I think you mean .980 ohms..

[hessian18]

Thanks everyone, the build pics will keep coming as I get it done LOL

Originally Posted by killer71

so when ya gonna mount it

Well hopefully in June sometime.... Im still working on getting some other stuff together for the swap..

Originally Posted by spudz

LOOKS REAL GOOD!. I'd love to do a swap with one of these. BTW I think you mean .980 ohms..

I will double check with the DVM, But Im pretty sure thats what I remember It was a long day...LOL

Edit ** Still makes sense .980 and .180 LMAO !! haahaah had to re think about that one..

The truck had 81,000 original miles when I bought it...The owner was a customer at my shop's Uncle...he recently passed away...The truck is in killer shape..Been in California its whole life, was also built here in Socal...

She could use some paint and has some small rust.....But im concentrating on the drive train, interior and power plant at the moment...

The suspension has been all rebuilt in the front....Ball joints, bushings, tie rods, pitman arm, idler arm and draglink...Plus 4 new shocks... SO SO much better then before...The brakes where well maintained and in great shape....

Like I stated in the earlier post I have my seat, headliner, new sun visors and 95 % painted interior panels LOL sitting in my R/C room. The seat is charcoal grey along with the headliner..

Heres the truck....





Good ole six still runs strong....




I stripped the center caps and gave them some loving...I also hit the old white rims with some flat black paint....I had to do the grill too

Sometime Im going to have my rims powdercoated so it will last and look better too !!

It will stay black...

[85lt1]

wrd! now get that motor in and slam it to the ground. that goin to be very nice truck. got any pics of the interior

[hessian18]

As of right now the interior is sitting on the floor here in the hobby room....

My truck is GUTTED...no dash...no gauge bezel...no carpet...and one seat belt LOL

I have brand new black carpet, New seat and headliner....sunvisors..Black seat belts with chrome buckles (had blue plastic ) And im in the process of painting all the door panels dark grey....

Im also still working on painting all my steel in the cab metallic gray...

heres a shot of the seat and headliner sitting in the hobby room....




Just a matter of time before I get it done.....Im also waiting on some sound deadning material from ebay...

My stereo stuff is almost all complete too...just need a couple amps and some more component speakers..

Thanks everyone for looking...Your comments will keep me motivated !!!!

[Dave Kay]

Dang! Awesome detail-job on that 5.3! And from the rest of your posts I'd say this truck is going to be a looker as well as a GO-er!

Curious; living in SoCal myself, where/what/who is a good source for GennIII's? Please don't suggest local wreaking yards 'cause most of those guys are out-of-this-world on prices. Planning a similar swap for my old '77 longbed/stepper and haven't even begun to look for the power plant as yet... any direction here?

Thanks

[hessian18]

Thanks Dave for the compliments

I got this truck in a KILLER trade deal..... I setup a power assist steering unit in a sand rail for the truck....

This truck instantly brought back memories from young times...LOL even though im only 23...

My Grandpa had a 77 with a long six...My Grandmother also had a 84 4 door dually with a 454 !!

SO this truck HAD to stay with me LOL Its not going no where now.....

Hopefully this project will done by the end of the year....Before my B-day..News years eve...

[vern350]

thats a clean motor, and looks like a very solid truck too.....

[hessian18]

Thanks

Yea the truck is pretty sound...It has some very minor rust on one front fender and some minor rust behind the passenger side wheel well....Nothing bigger then say a 50 Cent piece LOL

[Dave Kay]

Cool. Sounds like you're hooked on The Old Iron too! And talkin' 'bout long-sixes... have had a 292cid in my old '77 since 1990 and with Clifford header and single barrel Rochester, she pulled uphill like a small V-8, towing a bike trailer PLUS a full-size camper in-bed to boot... just a great big old desert beater! Been a darned good motor but it's about near the end of it's life and am finally ready for some "GenIII POWAH!"

Anybody interested in an old worn-out straight-six? lol!

P.S. let's see some pics of that power-assist steering! (please?)

Originally Posted by hessian18

Thanks Dave for the compliments

I got this truck in a KILLER trade deal..... I setup a power assist steering unit in a sand rail for the truck....

This truck instantly brought back memories from young times...LOL even though im only 23...

My Grandpa had a 77 with a long six...My Grandmother also had a 84 4 door dually with a 454 !!

SO this truck HAD to stay with me LOL Its not going no where now.....

Hopefully this project will done by the end of the year....Before my B-day..News years eve...

[hessian18]

I love the old six it still runs strong just not to friendly on fuel anymore LOL

I think I have some pictures of a charlyn setup....Lemme check...



Kind of hard to see here..The top mount has the holes in it and its holding the actual assist pump...there is another bracket down lower.....Its actually a forklift steering pump..We have our own high pressure lines made and its an Assist for a rack and pinion steering box...

The high dollar stuff is hydraulic like this...

And its controlled by a input servo..


But what I did was take a non power steering car that was powder coated and everything and added all the brackets for the charlyn pump...Not to hard but it takes some time to not completely destroy the powdercoating...

[hessian18]

Well my gen III is all wrapped up in clear plastic looking pretty...


NOT in my truck LOL


Im suprised know one said anything about the FUBAR oil filter LMAO !!!

It has a nice new Fram now and some lubricant in all 8 cylinders....



Im still shooting to get this done by the end of the year......

Interior is what im working on as of now.....


Later on guys...

[BaddBusa2005]

It will make for an awesome setup.

Very nice detail, looks real good.