not sure if this will help , but here's my build

https://ls1tech.com/forums/conversio...0-ls-swap.html

 

I've read more than you can imagine and think I ran into your build

Just the holidays are going to hit me hard and put the build on the back burner and this time next year it should be done

 

Well some more progress........Got the crank in and new bearings throughout got the cam sitting in there waiting for a new timing set didn't like the set I had was to loose for my taste got a 5.7 rod to switch with mine next week so next week I'll be checking PTV and if needs fly cut back to the machine shop if not heads are going on and not looking back!!

Pics on Pics

Honing the cylinders for the new rings


Before



after



Crank all cleaned up as


Setting her in there


Mains on


Mains Torqued to spec


Cam set in place


Pretty productive Christmas eve for me and the old man

 

Surprised no one caught the backwards main cap lol

That will be fixed tomorrow when I get back in town just seen it on here and was like hmmmm

 

Took the interior out of that and painted it up

Before:
Ugly Blue interior


New Vinyl painted Interior



And swapped the rear
New one out of the other roller
35 spline Moser Axles
TA Cover
C Clip eliminator
Welded tubes
Spool




Upper and lower control arms




She's getting there

 

Making some nice progress there.

 

She's getting there!! Hopefully the stuff for the coupe sells so I can "RECOUPE" (no pun intended) then go back to the motor since the car will be 100% ready for whatever I put in it minus wiring for the very little I'll have in the car

 

Good lookin swap man! Good find on the 6.0 and 5.3, hard to find a good 5.3 up here for the price you paid for them noth. LOL Happy New Year!

 

Yeah I lucked out really but they are around man just keep your eye out for em!!!

And the newer ones have 243's on it so I lucked out there too!!

 

How was it doing the dash? I'm been wanting to switch to black interior. Once my motor swap is done I may do the interior color change.

 

I did it with Vinyl spray paint the dash is pretty simple to take out 5 screws up top and 2 on the frame on the sides....Plus my car not needing any wiring and just putting the dash in there for looks I wasn't too worried about it just wanted to keep the inside looking as stock as possible for some classes that require that

Update:

Parts for the coupe have my phone ringing off the the hook.....Build is on hold till everything off the coupe and a court date I have then its pedal to the metal getting this thing finished before my April Time line!!

 

I did a bit of that on my build. Sold the factory airbags and whatever interior I didn't need as well as some of the factory parts off the 5.3 that I wasn't going to use. The extra money was put to good use towards the swap.

 

Yeah 2 more weeks when I get back to the car there will be more updates

 

hey arent you on SEFB?

 

Sure am

6ohStang over there

 

cool..i have the same screen name over there..

 

Super Victor on its way :O

 

Good to see my car wasn't the only one with the home brew boxed uppers, mine had the lowers and uppers boxed. When I saw that all I could do was laugh and think of how proud the redneck was who did it haha.

 

With those Megabite Jrs, weld up and reinforce the torque boxes and body side LCA mounts real well. They tear up the chassis pretty good over time.

Back in the late 80's and very early 90's boxed uppers and lowers were about the only options. SVO/FMS actually used to sell boxed uppers in their catalog way back then. Everything old is new again eventually.

 

Back in the days of Southside Lift Bars!! They were the bomb!! lol