67 goat

I did the mid-shift conversion. I thought I had a picture, but I'll take one tonight of where it comes thru the floor. I'm guessing it's very close to where a factory 4 speed shifter would come thru. I think it's perfect. I'll likely make my own shifter, but might buy one from Hurst if I can find one with the right length and bends.

This is the mid-shift conversion kit I used. They call it a front shift.
https://shiftsst.com/store/shifters/...shift-kit.html

No linkage. I'm running a concentric slave hydraulic setup. I'm running a factory C10 master cylinder to the factory GTO (LS) slave and using the GTO hydraulic lines which have really sweet quick disconnects throughout. The only adapter you need is at the master cylinder to go from 1/4" to 3/16" I think.

You should definitely do the 6 speed manual!!!

67 goat

Mcleod Super Street Pro installed. I had one in my '67 GTO and was very happy with it. I only swapped it for a dual disc RST to handle the increased power from the blower.


T56 is in! Took a little floor "massaging" with a BFH, but I felt better about that then cutting a bunch of the tunnel out and fab'ing a new one (which I did in my GTO).

The Hooker trans crossmember sits pretty far back on the frame rails. I actually slotted the holes where the trans mounts (in the center) further back so I could move the crossmember forward. It sits right where the frame starts to curve (up on one side, down on the other), and the extra inch really helped.

67 goat

Mcleod Super Street Pro installed. I had one in my '67 GTO and was very happy with it. I only swapped it for a dual disc RST to handle the increased power from the blower.


T56 is in! Took a little floor "massaging" with a BFH, but I felt better about that then cutting a bunch of the tunnel out and fab'ing a new one (which I did in my GTO).

The Hooker trans crossmember sits pretty far back on the frame rails. I actually slotted the holes where the trans mounts (in the center) further back so I could move the cross forward. It sits right where the frame starts to curve (up on one side, down on the other), and the extra inch really helped.

67 goat

Not the best pictures, but here you go.

67 goat

New fuel tank and fuel pump setup is ready to go back in the truck.

I also mounted the PCM. The rubber isolators I ordered from McMaster are sweet!

badassstepsides

Awesome work. Rust free square body's are impossible to find in the north east. Sub'd from a fellow new Englander.

67 goat

Thanks! And you can say that again.

Where in Mass?

And do you have a build thread for the '55 LS1/T56 swap?

badassstepsides

Central Mass. Gardner area. Im up your way a bit getting parts at Peterbilt or Berubes. No build threads yet, I'm just a lurker who's too time crunched to photograph stuff.

67 goat

Berubes is like 3 minutes from my house. Stop by for a beer!

67 goat

Shifter installed. Position is perfect.

The shifter stick is the 16" single bend from American shifter along with their Tremec adapter. Only $55 on ebay as a set. I'm very happy with it.

67 goat

Exhaust is complete and I couldn't be happier with it. The Speed Engineering headers are amazing and I can't say enough about them. $289!!! And the Hooker exhaust is pretty sweet. Dual 3"!!! The tailpipes hit the leaf spring when in full droop on the lift, but they fit nice at ride height. I guess if I don't jump the truck over railroad tracks or something, it'll be OK.




V-bands!






Tailpipe interference with leaf springs at full droop.

67 goat

It's alive!!!!

The red dragon breathes again!

rockusaf

Nice job, I know that feels good. I'm driving my '91 though I still have a bit of cleaning up to do on it.

" Tailpipe interference with leaf springs at full droop. " That's why I had mine dumped before the axle, sounds good with no drone at all and no hitting anything especially since mine's dropped 4/6 so things are close under there.

Rock

67 goat

Floor mat, seat (not pictured) and shifter boot installed. Shifter boot came out nice I think. I've got a couple hundred miles on the setup now and it's driving really nice. Pulls pretty hard, but feels slow compared to the GTO, which is not surprising. Dyno next Thursday morning! I'm hoping to have the nitrous all hooked up by then, but we'll see. The nitrous wiring is a little overwhelming.

85LSXTRUCK

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Real nice job. I have a longbed 85 I did a 6.0 and a 4l60E and really wish I would of done the manual. I really cant get the full potential with the 4l60e in fear of tearing it up. Curious what you will dyno at the wheels , mines a thompson motorsports 6.0 iron block and it made 360 at the tires which is what I expected but really hating the automatic. Where you find your pedals? Once again real clean job.

67 goat

Thanks!

I got the pedals off Ebay and they weren't cheap. I think they were around $300 or $350 but they are in great shape.

The biggest drawback to the T56 is the cost. Wow, is it expensive to swap one in. I bet the T56 swap alone cost me $4,000. $2100 for trans, then you need pedals, master cylinder, slave cylinder, forward shifter kit, shifter, cross member.

67 goat

Long story short, 350 RWHP on motor, 450 RWHP on Nitrous.

Overlay of N/A and nitrous. Nitrous in bold.

Toddoky

Nice results, that truck will be fun to drive for sure.

67 goat

It's so much fun. And the T56 is so sweet. It just needs 4.10s to replace the 3.42s. 80mph in 6th gear is only 1800rpm! And, of course, a little more low end grunt never hurts.

There's still a fair amount of work left, but it's great to be driving it.

New England dragway in a couple weeks.

lowchevytrucks8503

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Very nice!! I'm in the middle of an LS1/4l80e swap. Really wanted to mount my pcm inside, but my PSI harness isn't long enough and I can't find room under the dash. Where did you get the rubber pieces for under the pcm mount??

I am using an LS3 camaro water pump, with the upper radiator hose Gates part # 23080. Same lower radiator hose as the 99+ trucks. The 2010+ Camaro pump uses the same belt spacing as the truck accessories if you decide you want something different in the future.