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98 s10 4.8 now 5.3/4L60E swap

Old 07-07-2015, 01:51 PM
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Looks good. I would love to have a daily like this. Light, fast, decent mpgs, and a bed for the dirty stuff.
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Originally Posted by blueracer15
very nice build ! well documented
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Looks good. I would love to have a daily like this. Light, fast, decent mpgs, and a bed for the dirty stuff.
It has been a very good daily driver, it has hauled an lm7, an lq4, an lq9, a bed, dressers, cabinets, deer, dirtbikes and 4 wheelers and pulled a 4 wheeler trailer and a car trailer once. It gets a pretty consistent 23 mpg and is really fun to drive for a pickup. Unfortunately I may be selling it soon. My job is changing directions requiring me to travel quite a bit on my own dime and 40+ mpg sounds real good. Besides, I have the Studebaker on the road now and it is more fun to drive.
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How do you like the vette wagon wheels? I have been thinking about picking some up for my s10 as well the only issue I can think of with my truck is its so low i feel like they will rub up front when turning. What size spacers and tire size are you running?
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Originally Posted by Tuckin15s
How do you like the vette wagon wheels? I have been thinking about picking some up for my s10 as well the only issue I can think of with my truck is its so low i feel like they will rub up front when turning. What size spacers and tire size are you running?
I like them. I had been contemplating an aftermarket wheel but for the price you can pick these up for with tires on craigslist they are hard to beat. And they look like they were factory for an s10. Really the only downside is the spacer, I used 2.5" hub centric all the way around. I only have a 2" drop spindle on the front but have purchased Zq8 springs, just haven't had the time to put them on. I'm sure they will still clear just fine. I don't know how low yours is. I'm running the stock corvette tire sizes.

245/45-17
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I'm 5/6 drop right now. I might lift it an inch all the way around though so I can stuff some caltracs under it.
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If and when you decide to sell, post up in this thread.
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If and when you decide to sell, post up in this thread.
Sorry, I sold it a couple weeks ago. Lasted all of 2 days on craigslist.
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Oh WTF, you suck!

What'd you get for it if you don't mind me asking?
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What mounts did you use originally? Looked like you swapped the stock 2.8 mounts for CP mounts later, but I was wondering about the engine side? Looked like they didn't fit as planned.

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Originally Posted by JayinMI
What mounts did you use originally? Looked like you swapped the stock 2.8 mounts for CP mounts later, but I was wondering about the engine side? Looked like they didn't fit as planned.

Jay
Yeah, don't bother with the stock 2.8 mounts, they are way too soft. I used trans-dapt mounts, they were fine. I tried modifying them needlessly.


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