Well color me ignorant....

For a long time now, I've been collecting parts for my LSx swap for my S10. I've got the short block ready and am about to drop the heads on. A friends of mine is building a 5.3 and has been posting his findings on another board. Well, I got into some truck 5.3 brackets/pumps/accessories and thought they would work fine. However, my friend posted pics of his 5.3 with truck accessories and an LS1 intake. It looks like the alt bracket is in the way of the throttle body.

Can anyone confirm this. I've got my fingers on a few leads so I can get a hold of some LS1 peripherals if need be.

Thanks for your input.

yup, truck accessories wont work with a car style intake

says who? Blue Cajun runs them on his and many other people too. Even Virgil has a LS2 intake with truck accessories.(mean05)

Ok, here are the pics of his 5.3 with LS1 intake.


Needless to say, I just need to go home and bolt up my stuff to see if it fits. I'm just stuck at work and thought I'd become educated on the subject and get some ducks lined out in case I have to buy more parts.

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Originally Posted by RedHeartbeat

says who? Blue Cajun runs them on his and many other people too. Even Virgil has a LS2 intake with truck accessories.(mean05)

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really? id always thought you had to get the f-body stuff to run a low profile intake...

If I can keep my truck stuff and make it work, it would save me a lot of cash.

Thanks for your inpute.

i was wondering the same thing regarding the brackets. right now i am stuck between doing the fbody intake/tb swap or going carb'd with the msd ignition controlled coil pack setup. decisions decisions

lol

you have to relocate the idler pulley and get a different length belt but thats all the glory related to getting to use a car type intake manifold on a truck. you also have to trim off part of the bracket.

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Originally Posted by RedHeartbeat

you have to relocate the idler pulley and get a different length belt but thats all the glory related to getting to use a car type intake manifold on a truck. you also have to trim off part of the bracket.

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Anyone got a pic of this layout? Seems it would look almost identical to the LS1/6 belt layout with the idler relocated.

Have you read this topic yet? http://www.ls1truck.com/forums/front...take-swap.html

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Originally Posted by RedHeartbeat

Have you read this topic yet? http://www.ls1truck.com/forums/front...take-swap.html

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lol greg:
New Member joined Nov 2003
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I thought it was the water pump that got in the way? Not the alt bracket....?

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Originally Posted by RedHeartbeat

Have you read this topic yet? http://www.ls1truck.com/forums/front...take-swap.html

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Thanks so much. I appreciate it.

In that LS6 topic, looks like that is a DBW TB. In the pics of yours performinorman, your TPS and IAC may still be in the way of the alt bracket ???

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Originally Posted by flattopwill

I thought it was the water pump that got in the way? Not the alt bracket....?

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The car DBW throttle body does hit the alt bracket, because it has the DBW motor on the opposite side of the TB.