A buddy of mine wants to put an LS1 into his truck (he shows his truck). He found one with ~20,000 miles on it. It still runs. It comes with eninge and automatic transmission, computer, wiring harness, everything to hook it up (minus little details). I have a couple of questions though. I know this engine will fit in the truck with the right motor mounts. It is a 99 GMC 1500 regular cab shortbed 2wd automatic V6. Will the stock fuel pump on his truck support the fuel flow neds of a stock LS1 (for now that is)? We will eventually be ripping this thing out and building it high performance (heads, cam, pistons) for nitrous use. We'll be spraying a 75 shot on the stock engine for now. Will his stock fuel pump support that? How bout the transmission mounting points? The tranny is out of a Camaro and I'm guessing it is the 4L60-E. And if it is, shouldn't it have the same tranny mounting points? What about the intake setup? On a truck, it sucks air from the passenger side fenderwell. ON a LS1, it sucks it from straight ahead. I could probably fashion up some kind of intake to make that work, right? How about the gauge cluster in his truck? The engine is coming with all the electronic gadetry. I know the clusters LOOK different, but do they hook up differently? Are there any special adapters that my friend is gonna have to buy? Do yall know of any websites that might help us in our search for answers? I know this has been done before, I just don't know where to look. Also, if any of yall are in College Station, Texas sometime next March, drop me a line. The help would be much appreciated. Thanks for any info yall can give me.
Oh yeah. Great site by the way. I just found it. Lots of info.
2000 GMC 4.3L 2wd Auto Reg Stepside
Performance: Volant Cold Air, Flowmaster Duals, Powerraid Throttle Body Spacer, Derale 18" Electric Fan, 180* T-stat, Underdrive pulley coming soon
Exterior: 3" Body Lift, 31" tires
Interior: Full painted interior (and I mean EVERYTHING except the cloth)