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Hey guys,
Newbie here from Alberta. Truck is a 1988 GMC, she is getting an LS motor within the next month or so, looking forward to it. Truck has been painted, 22" wheels, 4.56 gears out back,
More to come as I go on with the build, just wanted to say a quick hello!
welcome!! you'll love it here
Welcome. I like the color. :thumb: Need more pics of course.
Nice truck man, love the color need more pics for sure and weres alberta?
Welcome EH! What motor you slappin in there? We have several OBS LS motor swap threads and countless members who have already done it who can help answer your questions!
I will definitely try and get some more pictures up for you guys, will be sure to take lots with the swap!
I live in Lethbridge, about a hour and a half south of Calgary and about an hour north of the US.
For the motor I bought a 5.3 out of a 2002 RCSB, 60,000 km (36,000 mi) on it, and the transmission out of the same truck.
So far I have a set of Schoenfeld headers on their way, custom grind cam (out of a 6.0 in an S10 that went 9.8 in the 1/4, not sure on the specs of it yet), 4000 stall Yank converter, LS1 intake and all the goodies that go along with that, doing a shift kit and servo in the tranny, thats about it so far. Should melt some tires with that TC and with the 4.56's. Going to be a fun project thats for sure!
I have been reading alot in the forums for information, its sure great here! The guy I bought the cam off of is a genius with LS motors so he will be a big part of my build, some of you may even know him as Black X on s10forum.com
Anyhow, I will try and get some pictures together, been pretty busy with the build so far but will let you all know how it goes without a doubt, exciting!
Take care, talk to you all again soon and thanks a lot for the comments!
wow sounds like you got a good setup
Yeah man--that will kick ass!
haha another albertan, guess that makes 2 of us on here
Welcome! That should be a pretty sweet swap. You definitely need to get some more pics of the truck up tho!
What site do you guys normally use for hosting images? I used to use one but I can't remember which, been a long time since I have been involved in posting pictures on forums. Any suggestions would be great so I can get some pics up for you guys :)
b-rad, where ya from?
Alright so here are a few pictures. Decided on Photobucket, seems to be a good site.
Truck originally started out at a step side, but the box sides were wrecked so bad from rocks that we decided it would be just as cheap to buy a new box (found a fleetside off a 97) as it would to fix the old one, plus I like the look of fleetsides better anyways.
Not much else to explain, pictures are self explanitory as far as what has been done to the truck, hoping to get lots more pictures of the LS motor swap in the near future. Hope you like it!
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Here is one with my daily driver - 05 GMC 5.3L
http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv8/88LS/P018.jpg
http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv8/88LS/P016.jpg
nice it looks good
Looks better in each pic...
That was the idea :jumper::beerchug::smash:Quote:
Originally Posted by GasGuzzler
ricky this is what you need to do to you truck
from brooks, nice lookin truck:thumb:
kmc bofa's havent seen those in a longer time
hey welcome that makes 9 canadians lol yes I keep track or at least try too
nice to see some people for alberta im from spruce grove
thought i already said welcome and i like obs... but guess not, welcome
welcome! man that truck looks sweet! what part of alberta are you in?
Thanks again for all the comments guys...
I am in Lethbridge, about a hour and a half south of Calgary
Sure hope you accounted for an extra set of tires that your gonna need when I do the first burnout in it. That 5.3L is gonna eat dude.
BTW we are going to use full truck accessories and the truck already has a set of electric fans. Hopefully in a few days time the 5.3L finds it new final resting place.
Gonna be nice with the new found power.