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I went to oriellys the weekend before I started my swap to grab as much of the fluids, hoses, filters, connectors, etc as i could. I walked out completely suprised at my >$450 receipt...Quote:
Originally Posted by keniff
Oh and you need to do a writeup w/pics when you do the 3.73s/tru-trac swap cause I plan to do that too soon.
ok itll probably be on my CC first, its getting 4:10s.
yeah i got my tranny fluid,antifreeze from work ;)
I put a 2006 5.3/4L60E in my 85 last August that had been previously converted to TBI. It's an easy swap, A/C, cruise and all.
Here's my build thread over on 67-72chevytrucks.com, the actual engine swap starts around post #440-something:
Glock's new project: "Fred" w/ 5.3L LS swap info - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network
There are about a dozen other 5.3/6.0/6.2 swaps going on over there right now.
The only reason I was wanting to get an motor out of an '08, was for the possibility of not having to rebuild it first. I don't know of a whole lot of '06 trucks that would have low mileage...
Guess I should check out Jasper engines. Maybe they have a good rebuilt one for me.
My 2006 engine and trans that I put in mine had 58,000 on it. So it still has a good 150,000 miles of life left in it! It's pretty easy to find them with < 75,000 miles, and I wouldn't hesitate to buy one with 75k on it.
How many of you guys rebuilt yours first?
Slim to none. None of the guys I know doing these swaps, over a dozen, have torn them down. Like I said, mine had 58k when I bought. Unless something really bad happens to it, I probably won't open it up for a good 100-150k more miles.
the motor i bought is from an 07 with 25K miles, and have the papers to prove it. you be surprised you can get a low millege motor.
The one I bought had 97,000 on it. Runs great. You can find a <'07 with less than <60,000miles easy.
my 2008 5.3 has 1,000 miles on it. if you have an LKQ by you id try them for a complete pull out imo