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Old 10-27-2011 | 09:22 PM
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First off, thanks to everyone who has provided their input to get me this far. I figured I would start a build thread. Unfortunately, all of my before pictures are in external hard drive heaven. The car started as a 94 3.4 v6, to which I swapped in a 383 sbc/t56. I sold that setup last year and began working on the current setup...
Budget 5.3
Precision T76
Tial 44mm wastegate
RPS 50mm BOV
Ebay intercooler
224/228 @114 cam and upgraded valvetrain
ARP rod bolts
LS7 clutch....for now

Anyways, here are the pics so far:

The 5.3...$400 bucks at 70k miles


motor pulled...waiting for its new powerplant


I began to clean up the front end...removing the rust and laying down some primer.







Notched out front frame for vertical griffin






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Repaint





A few brackets to help support the radiator





Block cleaned up and painted



Primed and painted the intake manifold and valve covers





Some more parts cleaned up


Repainted rails



Tap for the feed and drain



Started cleaning up my old firewall heater box plate


Cobalt MAP sensor installed


Cleaned up the truck manifolds


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Mounted the intercooler









Began preparing a few things for the wiring


Clutch and flywheel on


Coming together





More to come!
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Sorry for weird picture sizing...must be something with my phone.
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Oh yeah....and the goods






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Old 10-28-2011 | 09:11 AM
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looks like a pretty nice build

good work
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Nice build!
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Hell yea man good solid part list and looks like you got a good build plan.
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Finished up the heater plate. Double layered the sound/heat deadener on the back.





Got the engine/k-member in. Camera didnt focus very well. I will get some better pics tomorrow.

Much easier going in underneath!


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Nice build
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lookin good so far, I like the extra time spent cleaning and preparing everything first.
I was thinking this was going to be a track car but I see you fitting the bumper support plastics, whats your plan/goal with this thing?
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Originally Posted by TX RED
Nice build
Thanks!


Originally Posted by Fb0dy0nly
lookin good so far, I like the extra time spent cleaning and preparing everything first.
I was thinking this was going to be a track car but I see you fitting the bumper support plastics, whats your plan/goal with this thing?
You're exactly right. I'm not building a max effort track car here. I just wanted something that was fun, looked clean and was "somewhat" affordable. I wasnt sure how much the front bumper cover would sag without its support, so I tried my best to keep everything intact. I'm gonna see what this 5.3 will take. I have an LQ4 waiting patiently for its demise.
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What radiator and fans are you using?
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RealQuick - Im running a vertical griffin and two 12" puller fans. They are supposed to move 1200cfm a piece. I'm not sure if they would have the juice to run as pushers, but they should do the trick as pullers.
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RealQuick - Im running a vertical griffin and two 12" puller fans. They are supposed to move 1200cfm a piece. I'm not sure if they would have the juice to run as pushers, but they should do the trick as pullers.
Remember the P/N's of the radiator and fans?
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Radiator was from summit - GRI-1-25241-X

Fans were from Jegs - 555-52131
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looking good!!!
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Ive been working on the hot side the last few days. Some progress pics:




A bunch of room for the downpipe. I could have easily ran a 4" pipe.



The hot side



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More pics







I painted and wrapped the hot side. Reinstalled it and began putting the cold side together.





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Are you guys doing anything special with the vacuum line that runs to the brake booster? Right now mines routed straight from the back of the intake to the booster.

Also, does anyone know what size the drain plug is on the bottom of the griffin radiator?


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