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Old Jan 5, 2007 | 08:28 AM
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Default Pics of my LS6 into '90 Silverado progress

Here are some pics of my Ls6 into my 1990 silverado. The engine you see sitting
in there is a spare 5.3 that I'm using to mock everything up. I plan on using the
truck accessories and all my clearances have worked out pretty good so far. Just
thought I would share these.





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Old Jan 5, 2007 | 08:31 AM
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looks good, keep up the good work
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Old Jan 5, 2007 | 10:06 AM
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good progress, keep up the good work. cant wait to see it done!
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Old Jan 5, 2007 | 03:07 PM
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Looks good man!
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Old Jan 5, 2007 | 03:36 PM
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Wow so much room in that engine bay! That will be nice

Looks great man!
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Thanks guys. Finished fabricating my engine mounts and I'll try to get some pictures of
those up.
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Pics of my engine mounts. I went a little heavy, 3/8" on the engine plate and
1/4" on the mount ears.



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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 06:01 PM
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Thumbs up Nice Motor Mounts

The guy that made my mounts for me when I did my LS1 installation made mine from something thinner than just under 1/4" steel plate. He builds big-block drag cars, offroad trucks, etc... When I asked him why he only made them from such thin material & that I thought he should have made them with a bit thicker stock, his response was: "It's only a smallblock!". So far, they have worked fine. Gar
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good looking mounts
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Old Jan 9, 2007 | 10:27 AM
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Just an update, I now have the mock-up engine out and I am cleaning and prepping the
engine bay. Hope to have the Ls6 at least sitting in by this weekend.
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Old Jan 23, 2007 | 08:50 AM
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Default Engine is in!

Finally got her set in this weekend. Here are some more pics.




And this is what it is in.
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bye bye 454.
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Old Jan 23, 2007 | 03:26 PM
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Originally Posted by eviltwin_1987
bye bye 454.
Don't worry, the 454 isn't going anywhere but in my basement. I had a rod start
knocking and the engine has 183,000 mi. on it so I decided to go with something
a little different. Gonna prep it for storage so one day if I decide to put it back
to original, I can. I didn't have to modify the frame or engine mount position
so it could go back really easy.
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