Igloo

It all started with my 90 c1500


My buddies all have ls cars and 5.3s here in Florida ,so i figured it was about time I build one for my self . So the truck came along for the right price and i jumped on it ,then started collecting parts .

First part i went and pulled from the bone yard was a harness from a 02 1500


Then i went about labeling the wires to remove all the transmission controls ( as the truck was going to remain 5spd nv3500)


Then I picked up the 02 5.3 for next to nutting . popped the valve cover and oil pan off once i got home and the motor looked brand spanking new !


With my motor sitting here i could start running wires and building my harness .Oh i also picked up a tbss intake and a 92mm tb (Ebay ) might have to f with that a little bit , ive heard ppl say the tps readings are off .




The harness all loomed and ready


About to finish wrapping it up ,


Picked this up from a buddy who went with a borg .


Things were moving along great . i had some time coming up i was going to gut the truck and start the swap .... Then one day someone made me a offer on the truck i could not say no to .. so with that i sold the truck . now what do i do with all these parts ?!?

In steps the ThunderChicken


This was my friend Brandon 95 super coupe with a 3.8 turbo motor making close to 500. Hed pulled the motor to put into a 4cly fox , so i bought the shell. the cars original irs was taken out for a 8.8 and ladder bars . The original tbird hubs were swapped out for a mustang pattern ,




Well i started hunting for mounts and what i was going to do with the motor and found these


and they worked out great , no other modding was done to the car , just burn the mounts in and let her ride!


You can see the old mount brackets underneath the new ones , i plane on cutting that one out for down pipe room . wich leads me to the manifolds im going to be using . we got these manifolds off of some swapped 240 and they work awsome .


Any who that my story as of now still finishing up some odds and ends .Hope you guys dig the car here are a few more pics ..Oh and as for the trans it will be a th350 for now .






how she looks now

Igloo

Here are some pics of the air to water intercooler I'm going to use ,also a water meth kit I might use . Idk to much about it ,got it from a buddy second hand .





The water meth pump





This is the only marking on the nozzle .



Finished the harness today and the fuse box . Was to rainy for pic ill take some tomorrow .

Igloo

Also got a few pic of my buddies 89 supra yesterday .We are in the middle of swapping a 00 lq4/4l80.




The motor was pretty grimy so we pulled it apart to give it a once over . Also why she out I'm going to gap the rings a little for down the line . I latex a stock 7mgte piston next to the 6.0 to show my buddy why theyota motor had to go ,lol.

agentruley

Rock on! Love the Ford>LSx Swaps.
Though, that trouck woulda been awesome!
Like mine! but I have the smaller 4.8, but the 4.8 loves some forced induction or a big, fat cam!

Igloo

I know I miss the truck every once and a while.. but I wanted something a little different. Plus I have a 96 extended cab for a towe rig ,lol.

Igloo

Well the weather here can't make up its mind ,lol. Gotta love Florida .

Igloo

Have a chance to buy some Bosch 42 debating thses or sin 60s.

LS1Silverado98

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That car port looks familiar! Can't wait to get a ride in the thunder chicken!

MrPotatoeHead

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Go 80's.

gofastwclass

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Glad you made a topic so I can see more pictures. You know where I'm at if you have more questions.

The weather here isn't any better. The Thunderbird temp gauge said it was 37 outside on the drive home!!! ...and did I mention it was raining earlier?

Igloo

Lol ya it was time I'm pretty deep into it now so I might assay post some progress ,lol.

It's rained allllll weekend and yesterday got down to 57 .....it was 80 today ,lol. today was the first day I could get any work done . So I did some turbo mocking and its going to be a tight fit ,lol


I might flip the one manifold not sure yet .

Igloo

Lol I was wondering if you were on here Joe ,lol . Shouldn't be much longer and we can go ripping in it .

Igloo

Well been slow going the weather has not let up . It rained most of last week ,and witg no garage work comes to a stop :/. But this weekend it let up just enough for me to get somework done .






That's all for now . I need to buy a feed line and make a drain for the turbo. Then I hope to fire it up !

grifter679

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Cant wait to see the supra finished. Im still gathering parts to do a 5.3 r154 swap into my 89 supra