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1953 Pickup on a ford explorer chassis with a 2015 L83/ 6L80E combo having some fun in Las Vegas
Miguel did a budget build on this with the best performing parts he could find from the factory.
Ford explorer chassis fits perfect and gives him independent rear suspension. The rear end has 3.73 posi from the factory and disc brakes. The drive train is tuned and shifts lighting fast. Awesome build.
It is a completely stock L83 and 6L80E from a 2015 silverado. It is tuned by me for what I have learned on Gen V's but it is still a stock engine. Even has the truck exhaust manifolds.
Wow! That thing sounded hairy! VERY impressive! I do know that PROPERLY tuned, there is a fair amount of power to be had over the stock level. Good job man!
Awesome, I'll be starting on my 51 five window soon, I'll be running an old school roots blower on a 6.0 based 408 and 4l80e Bought the engine after it was hurt on the dyno, Here is what it did look like.... It will look the same when I get it back together. It made over 900hp crazy torque.
Vanatta20,
wow. great job. Tell us about your company.
Thanks for the kind words! I work for Motech which is in the Jeep scene. We are the go to source for later swaps in wranglers. We do gen IV and now gen v swaps. We are up to 20 gen v swaps now. We have learned alot and love the all around power of these engines along with the great transmissions. I am the head electrician and tuner there. I do most of the engine harnesses conversions . I also work with a Miguel who owns Velocity Customs. I help them do gen IV and gen v swaps in classic vehicles.
Here is my personal gen v swap. 1996 2 door Tahoe 4x4
vanatta20,
I take it the vvt and DOD still work? (The new trucks DO have DOD, right?)
Do would you cam the power come on with the DI 6.2L compared to the stock GenIV 6.2L( but tuned) for a true apples to apples comparison. Any chance of getting a chassis dyno chart of your 96 Tahoe? In 2 WD if poss. LOL
Feel free to chime in with more swaps. You guys do nice work!!!
vanatta20,
I take it the vvt and DOD still work? (The new trucks DO have DOD, right?)
Do would you cam the power come on with the DI 6.2L compared to the stock GenIV 6.2L( but tuned) for a true apples to apples comparison. Any chance of getting a chassis dyno chart of your 96 Tahoe? In 2 WD if poss. LOL
Feel free to chime in with more swaps. You guys do nice work!!!
A non tuned gen v 6.2 versus a maxed out tune on a gen IV is very close in power except for bottom end. The gen v will roast the tires effortlessly with the added torque they make. Mid and top end is very close.
Dod can work but it is annoying . It is loud and a awkward sounding tone. In my Tahoe it would go to 4 cylinder all the time since it is light weight. I turned it off. With quiet stock exhaust it can be used.
Did you guys wire in the Bcm and get the manual shift and cruise working in the 53? I would think this was quite a different swap than the Jeep swaps.
We make a can bus module for tap shift, ac, and cruise on the gen IV and now Gen V. Any switch can be used since our module converts a ground signal to the can messages needed.
Vannatta, does the can module also take care of the low range signal?
Could it also be programmed to provide signals to keep warning lights off for say ABS if one wanted to use a stock GM cluster in a swap? Is it some type of arduino?
I spoke with Robbie several years ago about this, great job on solving so many puzzles on this! Good job!
Butch
10-11-2017, 07:45 PM
1953 Chevy pickup with Gen V power! 
