04' Colorado LS1 swap (Amy's Truck)

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Some more stuff from Summit Racing, 02 sensors $52.99 LH, $57.99 RH I also cut and extended them 18" to reach down to the headers. I also used FIRE tubes by DEI to protect them, as I had issues on my firebird with these melting on the header.

Spark plug boot protectors $49.00, Ron Francis 4 relay junction block 40/50 amp $80.49. I am going to use 3 of these for the electric fans, and transmission cooler fan plus I will have an extra for whatever down the road.

I could not use the F-body style air intake for obvious reasons, so I went out to my Silverado and pulled the intake off and put it on the Colorado to see if it would fit. It fit perfect, so I bought a Spectre intake for $149.00. The MAF will go in location of where it would be on the Silverado, and I am going to drill a hole and install a grommet and o-ring for the IAT sensor as the Silverado never had it.

I am going out right now to work on installing the electric fans, until next update!!!

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Pics of the 02 sensors with extensions hooked up, front end is starting to come together.

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Got the alternator from Rockauto new for $76.00, bracket came from chevy dealer for $33.00. Then I realized later that there is an idler pulley that goes on that bracket, dealer discontinued it and I could only find it on ebay for $57.99 so I bought it but wasn't happy!! Got the heater hoses on, I was going to buy braided ones but I was worried about them rubbing the paint off the engine cover.

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I got the 98-02' F-body fans installed yesterday, they fit perfectly with the Colorado radiator. There is about 2" in front of the water pump pulley which is fine. It is bolted in place, and very secure. I also hooked up the relays and got it all working and ready to go, we had one bad relay junction block it had a crack in the bottom of it making it short out so I have to take it back. I also brought the transmission cooler wires up front as well, I have to buy an adjustable controller for that. Until next update!!!

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Here's some pics of the intake, we basically had to cut half the tube in half and at first we used the straight piece but that created a problem with the upper radiator hose. So we ended up using the curved end which brought it up high enough to clear the hose. I have to make a small hole for the iat sensor, so that will be the next project.

Looks good cant wait to see it in person.

Nice work... doesn't get much tigher than that! lol

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We went to a couple garage sales last week and came upon this, It's a miniature Colorado monster truck. It has a lifted suspension with big tires. We are going to strip it down take the glass windows out, sandblast it and paint it to match the full size Colorado. Always wanted to do this, so for now It's a side project.

Today I bought Greg Banish's tuning DVD from Summit Racing, I'm going to need all the help I can get. I haven't watched it yet, but I will let you know what I think about it on a later post. That's all until tomorrow, then I will have more to post!!

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Here's some pics of my windshield washer setup, universal pump wired into the factory wiring, Pabst blue Ribbon quart glass bottle mounted in a pcv cap with a rubber isolater underneath.

Also got my power steering brace, I ordered the bracket should be here wednesday. Until then!!!

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We test fitted the engine cover, and it would not seat properly on the fuel rails. The gas line was holding it up, the fuel line was too thick to fit down the slot they had precut in it. We ended up buying an aeromotive 90 degree AN elbow, which also got the gas line away from the header and enables the engine cover to sit flat.

We also got all the fittings and hose for the power steering setup from Summit Racing, they are a mix match of russell, earls, fragola, and aeromotive. I followed a members advice on here about how to use tube nuts and sleeves, and It came out really good I think. I will take some pics tomorrow up close of how it looks. We did both the return and pressure side lines in braided line, total was under $100 which I was happy with.