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Old Feb 2, 2010 | 06:44 PM
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ok.. so a small intro... I have a 84 silverado that came with the 305/700r4 set up, I had dream with a truck just like this since I was a kid, so just a little over a year ago I bougth one... and it didnt take long to start dreaming again... the truck was painted 2 months after I bought her... and now its time to do the most needed and anticipated hearth transplant to take this old truck into the Future years.this I hope shouldnt take me more than 8 weeks to finish.. I know its a long time, but I am a over the road driver and can only work at it about 10 hrs a week.... I first want to thank everyone that has done it before for taking the steps and making it easier for us to follow....ok enough enough I bought a low mile 5.3 and even lower miles 4l60e so here she is

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oh forgot the pic lol
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Old Feb 2, 2010 | 07:47 PM
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Well, you sure don't need to fix the looks.
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Old Feb 2, 2010 | 08:15 PM
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I thought this thread was going to be about putting a LSx into a DeLorean.

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Old Feb 2, 2010 | 08:18 PM
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nice truck. i have an 85 that i am about to start on.
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Old Feb 2, 2010 | 08:36 PM
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Originally Posted by TipsyMcStagger
I thought this thread was going to be about putting a LSx into a DeLorean.

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same here.
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Old Feb 2, 2010 | 08:40 PM
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that truck has a very straight body
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Old Feb 2, 2010 | 08:54 PM
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Originally Posted by ChrisBorsheim
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Glad I wasn't the only one.
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that makes 4 of us
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that makes 4 of us
Now it's 5!
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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 12:42 AM
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i hope this encourages you to post those pics of your swb. mine is almost complete.
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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 02:38 AM
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sorry to disappoint you guys on the " I thought this was a Delorean" issue I will see about a changing it some



Originally Posted by 726.0chevelle
that truck has a very straight body
thanks,, thats pertty much the way it was, actually the paint wasnt that bad, but there was a guy that owed me some money and he made me a offer to paint it at his paint and body shop in exchange for the $800 he owed me, I thought he was kidding, but he did it and not jus that but he took the paint to bare metal , and spray some expensive proxy black primer, then paint,, he did a real good job and I felt I should pay him some for the difference but he didnt accept any $$$$$....
I will post more pics when I get home sometime friday..........
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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 02:46 AM
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thats a nice looking truck dec010974 .. good to hear you are almost done,,,

actually as of right now.. all I have done is installed the engine into the truck, re worked the harness, I am waiting to get my pcm back, and right now I am researching the fuel system stuff,, I am going to run a inline pump with the vette filter, but LOST in the FUEL LINE FITTING WORLD there is too many is little confusing.. I have a question thread in the fuel system forum,, just no one has answered yet... i did order some 6an braided line and some fittings but dont know if they are going to work or not till I get them
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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted by ls1nova71
Now it's 5!
...and I thought I was the crazy one! You guys spend too much time watching movies.


Nice truck man! I vote for more pictures!
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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 01:36 AM
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Originally Posted by gofastwclass
...and I thought I was the crazy one! You guys spend too much time watching movies.


Nice truck man! I vote for more pictures!
I will post more pics once I get home man... I stop by today and took some just forgot bring the memory card with me to up load them...have to find a way to make them smaller.. for some reason my camera takes them huge

I did however get some mail.. I got the fitting to the back of the intake for the brake booster vaccum line, and a quick connect fitting to 6 an adapter to connect the vette filter to the braided line I got

once again sorry for no pics.. should post some by friday, now I got to go pick up this 46k pounds of dog food
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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 01:50 AM
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leave you with this one for now... old heart coming out nice and smooth
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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 06:02 AM
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Originally Posted by fptransport
once again sorry for no pics.. should post some by friday, now I got to go pick up this 46k pounds of dog food
You, sir, have a hungry dog.
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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Skip Intro
You, sir, have a hungry dog.
I was thinking the same thing. We better call before stopping by!
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Old Feb 5, 2010 | 07:24 PM
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here some pics of the fittings I bought,, also recived my 6 an braided line and more fittings.. sorry but still trying to figure a way to post some install pics,,, but they are huge like 2.5mb and cant seem to make it small enough to post
one is the hard to get vette filter to 6 an quick connect fitting, one the vacuum hose from brake booster to back of the intake, and one is a 6 an to 6 an , ,
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Old Feb 5, 2010 | 07:46 PM
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my 6.0 will be dropped off in the morning!!

what headers and what mounts are you using?
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