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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 05:52 PM
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a few pics of my project, 1983 malibu wagon, 2005 6.0, edelbrock cam and headers, Zex kit, 8.5" GN rear, th350, 10" converter. I had a carb kit on it last year but needed a new MSD box, I found the FI parts would be cheaper so decided to try that route. Luckily My brother does computer tuning (jay_lt4) so he did my program and cut down a factory harness.




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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 06:40 PM
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Looks good.

Post up some more pics and some vids of that wagon in action.
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 06:56 PM
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sweet ride im doin a similar swap this summer in a grand national body i have sitting around.i was wondering if the lsx series bolted to older trannys i guess so, how about the motor mounts?
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 07:25 PM
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they sell conversion mounts, I used the s-10 lsx mounts.

Its winter here, I havent had it on the road yet, here it is running. With the carb it had a real loppy idle, with the FI it purrs.

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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 08:17 PM
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What are the specs on the Edel. cam? It sounded sweet....- Was that the lq4 or the lq9 motor?

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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 08:48 PM
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Sweet!!! I have a new motivation to finish my elky swap! Are those edelbrock longtube headers? If so, did they bolt right up without mods to the s-10 motor mounts or the headers?

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what kind of car did your radiator hoses come from? do you have the part numbers?
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted by flywheel
What are the specs on the Edel. cam? It sounded sweet....- Was that the lq4 or the lq9 motor?

Rick
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Duration @ .050'' 230° Intake/237° Exhaust
Lift @ Valve .540'' Intake/.540'' Exhaust
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Originally Posted by markarleta1
what kind of car did your radiator hoses come from? do you have the part numbers?
upper is a stock 99+ silverado
lower is a stock malibu with v8
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 09:24 PM
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Originally Posted by deeloc1
Sweet!!! I have a new motivation to finish my elky swap! Are those edelbrock longtube headers? If so, did they bolt right up without mods to the s-10 motor mounts or the headers?
they are edelbrock shorty headers for a ls1 firebird-camaro, bolted right up.
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 09:38 PM
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Very nice. Sounds great!

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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 06:49 AM
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pretty cool-that style body is pretty popular now, wish i didnt have slow dial up so i could see vid's, lol
a buddy of mine is sticking an lq9 in one to go bracket racing, i'll pass on some of the info to him
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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 09:10 AM
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Great job.. how about some more pictures..!
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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 09:43 AM
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Were you able to hook up the kick-down cable on the Turbo 350? I thought 2005 motors had the drive by wire throttle body?
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that's sweet
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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 10:17 AM
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Originally Posted by monteperformance
Were you able to hook up the kick-down cable on the Turbo 350? I thought 2005 motors had the drive by wire throttle body?
I dont run a kickdown. The motor was out of a 2005, but I used the FI off a 2002, so its cable.
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Old Jul 17, 2008 | 07:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Cool_Hand_Luke
Looks good.

Post up some more pics and some vids of that wagon in action.
first dyno run
this is a stock truck 75mm TB-intake, small .540" cam, headers , zex ( only added 80hp at the wheels ??) 2.5" cheap thrush turbo mufflers. max timing was locked out at 24 degrees. untuned and very rich, shut it down at 6000 rpm.



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Old Jul 17, 2008 | 08:06 AM
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Nice job! I see you used the S-10 mounts. How were the oil pan clearances? Did you use the truck pan? I'm putting a 2000 5.3 in my G-body (Monte Carlo), and I think I'll use the H3 pan. A lot of S-10 parts can be used on G-bodies, so I'll bet a lot of those conversion parts will fit as well.
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my motor is set all the way back to the firewall. Stock truck pan clears fine, but does sit about 2" below the crossmember, but there is still 5" ground clearance.
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