74 k-5 5.3L swap

Over this past week i started my 5.3 swap into my 74 Blazer

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Freshly Painted 5.3L waiting to go into the truck
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My 74 k-5 waiting to get the engine swap done
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Front Clip Stripped off in preparation for removing the old 350
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All the extra stuff stripped off the 350
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The empty frame rail getting ready to put the new engine in
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Test Fitting the 5.3 in the frame rails
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I had to clearance the engine cross member some to let the engine drop in
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Clearence needed on the exaust manifolds
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More of the swap from this past week

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While every thing was out i primed the firewall in preparation for some paint to make the under hood look a little better

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Hydro 465 Bell housing hooked up to the 5.3

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Transmission installed onto the engine

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engine and transmission installed into the truck

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the engine mostly wired and put together

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Mostly back together now

Is that John Deere green?

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Originally Posted by RedHeartbeat

Is that John Deere green?

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its is supposed to be hunter green, i am not happy with it i want to go darker green

i am doing the rust repair on my 87 K-5 now, have a 5.3 4l60 will be installing soon, hope you get it done first and then can tell me the easy way!!! good luck

sweet! it looks like you got everything moving right along. love the orange on the block.

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Originally Posted by duckysbht

sweet! it looks like you got everything moving right along. love the orange on the block.

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thanks there is no better color for a chevy motor than orange

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Originally Posted by blander66

thanks there is no better color for a chevy motor than orange

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haha damnn straight

i'm gathering information for a similar swap.

will you be using a/c? does it look like there would be frame to compressor interference on the pass side?

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Originally Posted by randybill

i'm gathering information for a similar swap.

will you be using a/c? does it look like there would be frame to compressor interference on the pass side?

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I am not using AC thats why i have a convertable :rock:

From the looks of it i do think that that would be the biggest area for clearence issues you sould have to do some cutting and welding to reinforce the frame

Awesome. Job well done. Anyone around austin want to help me with my 74 K5 5.3 install?