2004 Chevy Colorado LS1
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Why yes they are, but it wouldn/t be fair to tell all the secrets, but I will be at the Watertown car show on Sunday. If not check out the city of Sun Prairie, maybe you'll see the thing ripping up some street along with all the other road construction. Good luck and watch out for what might be what you are really looking for... the HEMI belther
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1) How can you justify yanking out a brand-new warrantied engine to do that?
2) How much does doing something that crazy cost?
3) Did you get some sort of special deal on the truck, or sell the engine, or something?
2) How much does doing something that crazy cost?
3) Did you get some sort of special deal on the truck, or sell the engine, or something?
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Originally Posted by Another_User
1) How can you justify yanking out a brand-new warrantied engine to do that?
2) How much does doing something that crazy cost?
3) Did you get some sort of special deal on the truck, or sell the engine, or something?
2) How much does doing something that crazy cost?
3) Did you get some sort of special deal on the truck, or sell the engine, or something?
Cost. Not important. It's really fun to drive!
Special deal? No. Sell the engine? Still holding on to it for a rainy day....
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From: dallas
bad truck i saw this on cardomain.com and thought it was bs so i went on the hunt for it i recently purchased one and saving money for almost the same swap but i plan to go with the 6.0 the one in the ss so that i can have a colorado ss when ever i can get the chance to save money so what is your track time with this engine
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From: Florida
Sweet ls1 colorado
Originally Posted by nomad_jim
Pictures as requested.
For more please go to this page: http://webpages.charter.net/skipnpen...RADO%20LS1.htm
For more please go to this page: http://webpages.charter.net/skipnpen...RADO%20LS1.htm
Hmmm....I got one of those too....
But I am not about to swap the engine from the red one into the yellow one!
After all, mine's got the all mighty 3.5!!!
Sweet swap man..my friends have been suggesting for me to do the same thing!
Manny
But I am not about to swap the engine from the red one into the yellow one!
After all, mine's got the all mighty 3.5!!!
Sweet swap man..my friends have been suggesting for me to do the same thing!
Manny
Originally Posted by nomad_jim
Why yes they are, but it wouldn/t be fair to tell all the secrets
1. Entertainment
2. Learn from other people's experiences
3. Help other people learn from my experiences
So come on!!
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Originally Posted by RedSpeck09
the s10 has the same rear as the fbodies, its a 7.5". i'm not sure about the colorado's. the 4x4 s10's have the 8.5. i did the ls1 swap with my s10. i bought the carrier and gears out of a ws6 and swapped them out. i went from a 4:10 open to a 3:42 limited slip.
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Originally Posted by AntiVenom06
Some 98-02 S-10's had 8.5 in 2wd also. It was rare but out there.
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Sorry it's been so long I'm posting on behalf of dad (did this LS1 swap). Didn't post much because we were finishing my '69 Camaro (Old School Big Block Chevy, but, who knows, maybe an LS1 could be in it's future ;-).
Converted the Brake system over to a '98 Camaro brake system (may have already posted that).
We put a Lingenfelter aluminum (sp?) intake on it.
We put a BBK Throttle Body on it.
Bought some headers for it.
Just bought some 243 heads.
Going to 1.85:1 Rockers
Last Chassis dyno pull was around 294 RWHP (before the intake and throttle body swap). We'll have to see what it does after the heads and intake swap.
One of the recent accomplishments was getting the ABS and the traction control (using the '98 Camaro PCM) to work.
Oh, and now, a 2004 GTO rear independent suspension just showed up. Thinkin' about making that fit. I'm sure I'll get a bunch of posts about this.
It's a toss up as far as which one is more fun to drive. Camaro is an icon, but, this truck is a blast to drive!
I'll try to post more frequently.
Converted the Brake system over to a '98 Camaro brake system (may have already posted that).
We put a Lingenfelter aluminum (sp?) intake on it.
We put a BBK Throttle Body on it.
Bought some headers for it.
Just bought some 243 heads.
Going to 1.85:1 Rockers
Last Chassis dyno pull was around 294 RWHP (before the intake and throttle body swap). We'll have to see what it does after the heads and intake swap.
One of the recent accomplishments was getting the ABS and the traction control (using the '98 Camaro PCM) to work.
Oh, and now, a 2004 GTO rear independent suspension just showed up. Thinkin' about making that fit. I'm sure I'll get a bunch of posts about this.
It's a toss up as far as which one is more fun to drive. Camaro is an icon, but, this truck is a blast to drive!
I'll try to post more frequently.
