The G-Body Swap Thread
Staging Lane
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f body headers and column shifter? I'm running some cheapy China fbody headers and the hole collector is stopping the shift linkage from moving. Has anyone run column shift with fbody headers and remedied this? It's a 1983 Chevy el camino
Look into Lokar products, they have a lot of cable adapters for column shifters. I'm using midlength headers on my 87 Monte and was able to bend the bar a little to still work the trans. I'm pretty sure long tubes would not have worked so you may need a cable one that will have more wiggle
What have you guys used for the quick connect fuel fitting at the intake? I want to do something that looks like it came from GM, and not have 14 blue and red AN fittings to get it to work.
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. Answering about the column shift hitting the header. I had to slot the bracket that holds the cross linkage on the frame and move that up away from the header. It is also on a elcamino with f body headers
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here are a few pics of my swap. my wireless is super low right now so i don't want to wait just to make a thread. the engine is a 2008 6.0 ly6 with a built th350c trans (converter is made to 2400 stall specs)
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here are a few pics of my swap. my wireless is super low right now so i don't want to wait just to make a thread. the engine is a 2008 6.0 ly6 with a built th350c trans (converter is made to 2400 stall specs)
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Staging Lane
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I made mounts from 1/2 aluminum plate and used the factory clamshells. I have to run a cowl hood, because I mounted the engine high so that i wouldn't have any a/c compressor or pan clearance issues. I'm running the stock oil pan. For them most part everything went smoothly, but I've done a few pretty involved lsx swaps, so this is a cakewalk. i have to heat up the drivers side header (fbody) and bring it in closer to the trans and down to allow my column shifter to fit and i'll be done.
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Here is a pic of my 5.3 with kwik Performance a/c brackets and LS6 intake. You will need an 07 and newer truck water pump. You can also get the compressor from Sanden with the correct head on it for the factory hoses to connect to. If you get the compressor from Kwik, it will not have the correct head on it. You power steering pulley will clear the steering box if you put the motor in the right place. just build your own brackets for the motor so you can place it where you want it, not where someone else wants it.
Thanks
runs awesome! I havent gotten any tickets yet, so I will probably stop driving it with open headers before I do. Here are a few pics
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On The Tree
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Can anyone tell me how they have done the wiring and sensors for the air condditioning? I have a dark green wire on my cuttlass for compressor clutch activation. Are you guys using this and a ground with the appropriate plug to run the lsx compressor? Are there any sensors that need to be wired up? Sorry I'm not very knowledgable with the whole ac system.
Can anyone tell me how they have done the wiring and sensors for the air condditioning? I have a dark green wire on my cuttlass for compressor clutch activation. Are you guys using this and a ground with the appropriate plug to run the lsx compressor? Are there any sensors that need to be wired up? Sorry I'm not very knowledgable with the whole ac system.