my first ls swap 1996 2 door Tahoe 4wd 385 Stroker to LQ4 cam headers **pics**

[smithkid1996]

ok woke up first thing this morning and got back on it. this is how it looked when i walked into the yard.

started marking off all the plugs for the harness so i know what im going to use

so thats where i ended off today. i just bought a grinder and some sandpaper and other stuff to start the clean up on the frame and firewall. hopefully try to get it all painted and finished by the end of the week. also ordered my adapter plates so hopefully once im finished painting i i can drop the new motor in..

any tips on painting the firewall/fenders/wheel wells/frame??

i only have a few tips, and they seem stupid, but it works a lot better...

first as far as what little masking you have, raping everything in aluminum foil is 10x faster then masking tape and paper.

also, even on the frame, fire wall, and wheel wells, use engine paint, its a lot stronger, will not fade nearly as much with the heat of the engine, and just over all look better, longer...

also, for the grinder there is a wheel thats black (lol, like every other one...) but it looks like cheese on cartoons, where is has a tone of holes/boubles and its 1/8"-1/4" thick, and it is parfect for stripping anything other then mettle brackets them selfs. its like $8 i think, you should only need 3 at most for that entire engine bay (but probably 1 or 2), frame wells, and innerfenders. sorry, i really dont remember what its called...

one more thing, just for cleaning, if you don't have one, buy a cheap steamer, just for cleaning gunk in the engine bay, boiling water and staem do great with getting 15 years worth of dirt, mud, and grime out.

so yeah, they seem kinda dumb, but will save you a lot of time and frustration.