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The build started by pulling the BBC and trans out on the 20th, It took 4 hours of ripping stuff out and low and behold The Other Woman as my bride calls her sits nose high, she looks kinda sad sitting empty. Me and my brother Mags installed the BTR rocker conversion parts into the LQ4 and called it a night.
Target is LSfest 2016 with a possibility of driving to Milwaukee for the summer nationals. Pics to follow soon.
Car - 1969 Chevelle Malibu
DTS Custom 12 bolt, Detroit Truetrac with 4.10 gears, ford big ends at the end of the tubes to hold in the 33 spline axles,
12.19 Dynalite Willwoods 4 piston drilled and slotted rotors round out the rear end.
LQ4 2001 Silverado stock - (Rocker upgrade) going to use stock truck intake and drive set up with stock computer and harness
4L60e from local Transmission shop
Things to follow - Heat/AC , cruise control , rebuild the seats for the long rides, coil over set up for the front and then either a little NOS or a hair dryer,
Last edited by sonnyd9; Dec 21, 2015 at 01:23 AM.
Reason: added stuff about the build
so i stopped on my rx7 build. sold the t56, ls6 intake and some other stuff and wasnt planning on building anything else then found a running/driving 03 is300 for $1000 so picked it up. still have the ls1, about to trade the f-body pan for a gto one and bought an aftermarket LS style intake manifold. so i guess im building this now. goin to repaint the motor and do an auto. just tryin to figure out if i wanna make everything work still or just gut it and make it a fun car since i have my daily one.
1982 Volvo 242 - originally with 2.1L/4 speed w/OD; since 1996 powered by a 5.0L Ford/T5/(more recently) 8.8" rear. In process of installing new LS3. Pic below before Ford engine was pulled.
Last edited by Michael Yount; Feb 25, 2017 at 09:13 AM.
Has anyone out there swapped an LS 5.3-6.0 motor into the 2003 and up ram? I know the installation should be easy with the adjustable mounts so I am wondering about my factory guages, will I still be able to use them? The only reasons I am wanting to do this swap is I am tired of head and timing chain issues I have been having with the 4.7 motor... Three times now! The truck is paid for and I love how it rides compaired to the GM trucks and its so much easier to install and tune a turbo on the LS motors...lol I would like to hear from anyone that has done this swap and yes I do want to keep it fuel injected and will be using a gm transmission... Hopefully the 4l80E.
I am new to the site and first posting so I do have this posted elsewhere on this site where I did it wrong...sorry
1968 Camaro convertible. Originally a 2-barrel 327 with a 3-speed stick. Now sporting an LS1 and T56 from a 2004 GTO. 228R cam kit, Doug's Headers, Wilwood discs all around, 3.73 gears in a 8.5" rear.
71 Nova/73 Acadian L33. My recession rod, price of oil is low, I'm out of work so this is going to be cheap. One day there will be a turbo going on this and I'll change out the pistons and rods to forged and drop the compression a little bit so I don't have to run water meth
ok guys i have a question for ya im doing a swap lm7 into a 87 iroc im using the 5.3 4l60 harness and pcm from the same truck i plan on having it flashed or whatever but im also thinking about just getting the hp tuner kit for 500 and flash it myself if thats possible i know u can do alot of tuning on those things but i see there is a credit system? i dont know what for but curious if anyone has used these to disable the vats and get it going any suggestions i would appreciate thanks in advance
Well pretty soon, this LS3/TR606 from a 2012 Camaro SS
is going in this 1991 C1500, replacing the 25 year old 4.3L 5 speed.
Working on parts collection and wiring because as if that isn't enough work I'm swapping the 1991 dash to a 1998 at the same time. I'm going to create a thread once I actually get all the parts and the swap actually starts. Can't wait.
1969 Firebird
L76 from a G8 GT
BTR LS3 Stage II 225/238 .612"/.585" 113+3
Mike Norris Motorsports tune
T56 from a 2000 Firebird
LS7 Clutch and Flywheel
Holley/Hooker LS Swap kit
Mast oil pan
Tanks Inc fuel tank
2-1/2" Stainless Magna Flow Exhaust
DSE Subframe connectors
Griffin Radiator Combo
Classic Auto Air A/C
Ridetech Tru Turn
Ridetech Strong Arm - upper control arms
Ridetech coilovers shocks
Speedtech Torque Arm suspension
12 Bolt from a Monte Carlo
3:90 Gears
Moser Axles
1994 Jeep Wrangler
2004 LM4, 160,000 miles out of a Trailblazer
4L60E and drive by wire.
Advance Adapters transfer case adapter
Lunati 262 camshaft
Trailblazer harness, mounts, harness, manifolds, accessory drive.
Stock Jeep fuel pump. Hard lines and nylon tubing from both Jeep and Trailblazer from the tank to the engine.
Engine wiring integrated into Jeep underhood fuse block.
Modified stock intake, stock pickup truck and Trailblazer exhaust manifolds, 3" exhaust to the tailpipe with Magnaflow muffler by Bob's Masterbend.
Stock 4cyl radiator with PCM controlled cooling fan. I6 thermostat housing.
ECU programming by Brendan @ LT1swap.com (stock tune, disable emissions codes and VATS)
All factory gauges working (tach is being problematic......)
Current status:
45 days from 4 cyl out to LS blowing smoke.
90 days to roadworthy.
$5,000 spent to date, including hard top, bedliner-ing the interior, new wheels, Krylon paint job, and various miscellaneous fixes/upgrages (addition of power steering gear, Lokar shifter, etc.)
To do list:
Lean DTCs
2" suspension lift (front driveshaft hits engine mount on hard bumps)
Tachometer
Hi I'm new to the site an to the ls motor. So my question is, I swapped my 4.3 in my 94 c100 for a 5.3. The motor in an mated to the Trans. I removed my c100 plug an harness. I got a psi harness. What wires are need to power my dash an head lights an radio
69 Chevelle LQ4/4L60 
