86 C10 6.0/4l80e swap

Well,
since I have talked about it several times, and posted my progress everywhere but here...dunno why?
Here's some pics of the progress. As of right now, I am waiting on headers to start her up, that's it. After that, I'll get exhaust reworked a little and new posi/gears in back.
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Tranny Xmember mod:
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LS1 fans fit fine.
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all i can say is its about time, for some reason i cant view your pics on fire fox?!? but got em on ie7..
sick truck John, btw you get the cover?
Anyway nice set up you have there. more pics!

chevylee,
ya I got the cover, thx!
But, I found out the hard way, van intakes do not have that front "mount" with the screw insert, so I have no way to attach it. Could probably get a truck intake cheap, no worries.
Don't know why you can't view pics, I use firefox only, working fine. ?
Oh, and for those of you that asked about the thorley headers, they will not fit on 73-87. Hits drivers side firewall and goes right through where stock shift linkage is. Maybe they will have a "correct" header soon. To their credit, theirs are 1st class, but application is for 67-72.
I am having to go with s&p

Slick. Good job. Where did the throttle cable come from?

Fbody longtubes fit up in there. :thumb:

Lokar ls1 throttle cable.
Red, I had heard that from some other people also, but they mentioned "dimpling" one side. I'm anal about some things and don't want to do that. If there is a set that fits without dimpling I am up for suggestions!
thx all

I've seen them installed without dimpling. Dustin at TRTTurbo had a set on the orange truck and they fit nice.

wow that is really sweet!

Red,
how do I get in touch with him?

You could PM TRTTurbo. Billy can answer your questions about the headers. I think they may have put a very minor notch in the top of the frame channel that can easily be beefed up.

Sweet Truck! What's the drop on your truck? I've only dropped mine in the rear 3" but plan a 3-4 total drop. Those pic's got me going!!!Got to get mine finished!

3" spindles and 2" springs up front
flip kit on rear.
thx.

wow! that is one pretty truck. great job.

I started to use a flip, wasn't sure. But looking at yours I may have to reconsider, How drive/ride friendly is it?

Mine rides and drives fine, have not bottomed out yet, but I don't drive it much and I drive slow.

Yeah, I modded up a hidden hitch, so don't think that will work for me. I love the look, but need to be able to pull a small trailer from time to time. I guess I could add some air helper springs if i go that route. What kind of shocks do you run in the rear?

I got the belltech drop shocks all around.

So on your flip did you use the kind they sell on eBay that look like a C bracket?

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Originally Posted by HarleyDave

So on your flip did you use the kind they sell on eBay that look like a C bracket?

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I think I bought the djm kit, but you can use the ebay ones, they are the same thing just no shock extenders(which I did not use anyway)
If I were to do it again, I'd save a few bucks and get the ebay kit.

s&p shipped out the replacement set of headers yesterday...so I will hurry up and wait!
More to come!

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Originally Posted by pcmcobra

s&p shipped out the replacement set of headers yesterday...so I will hurry up and wait!
More to come!

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S&P is what im runnin on my ls1. They are more of a mid length, which ones did you get?

I got the s&p headers...for a c10/6.0
Don't look like they will be arriving today, guess next week.

I like everything about your truck, except the fact its not mine. :D

thx.
Got new headers in today, fit great, no pics right now.
More to come.

great can't wait for the pic's

Here are the pics as promised:

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n...576800x600.jpg

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VERY nice.

Those are so sweet. So how much room do you have on the front cross member, I think my engine may set a little farther forward than yours based on pic's of your tranny?It's an 80?

I've got room on the xmember, no problem.
ya, it's an 80
:)

If you want better flow from those headers cut the 02 bung about 1/2" from the flange and weld a 3" pipe all the way back and add the 02 sensor into the 3" pipe. The 1 5/8" primaries will lose horsepower but this mod will help. Here's a test set I was playing with. http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d7...g?t=1218074461

Oh, I'd recommend pulling the gasket out and welding up the square flange. This is the worst flange I've seen when it comes to leaking. LOL Give it about a month...............but they do work. :)

That modification makes it almost like a longtube header. Put a collector reducer at the end and it would almost be hard to tell the difference. Racers used different lengths of pipes off the end of the open headers to create more or less torque, I'm sure that modification will have the same effect.

The thought of re-engineering my setup has been crossing my brain lately. Pushing the powertrain closer to the firewall would be better for front-end air flow (i think). Definitely works well with those headers (I like those!).

Nice progress. Post many pics when possible. Love to see others similar to (and better than) my mild mod.

Still waiting on tuner to get his arse over here. D-Day was supposed to be Monday, now it looks like Wednesday. I hope so, cause exhaust guy said he could do it this week if I get it to him.
Gotta burn those new bfg's off!

it's alive!
Tuner came through for me.

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Git -r Dun!!!

matbe other people have asked the same thing, but I just started reading your post, first of all congratulation on your beautiful truck, it seems you have done a really good work on the engine swap harness etc. it is really nice, I have myself a 86 c-10 I just bought a 2000 vortec 6.0 to do the engine swap, I`ll like to know if you have any problem with the electronics, I mean the ignition key, or the sensors from the cats, or any issue that made the swap more difficult ?? I`ll apreciate your help, and again congratulation on your ride, it`ll burn those bf`s for sure

no problems with key, I'm not running cats, rear 02's deleted.
I am having a backfire issue right now, tuner says he will come over tomorrow and hopefully fix it so I can finally drive the thing!

Could it be a large vacuum leak such as the brake power booster fitting or just bad intake gaskets? Maybe the intake fitting for EGR or PCV?