My progress pics - LS1 intake/cam and Corvette acc swap

[ducky]

How much does that dime weigh?

[Jonce]

How much does that dime weigh?

I need to scale it still. I think stock with the 4.3L, its spec'ed to weight about 3000 lbs or so.

[ducky]

wish mine weighed 3k

[Jonce]

Has anyone else swapped out their 5.3L stock cam for a '98-'00 LS1 cam? If so, did you use the stock 5.3L push rods? I'm getting varied answers.

[CHEVROLADE]

nice project,how hard and how much are the conversion parts to do this to a s10?

[Jonce]

nice project,how hard and how much are the conversion parts to do this to a s10?

The swap took me about 3 months to do - parts collecting, taking my time to do it right the first time. I bought everything new other than the 5.3l - probably have a solid $7-8k into it. You can get away for about half the price if you buy used and go carb'ed. I wanted a reliable daily driver from Spring to Fall, therefore I took my time and bought parts new.

[ma.racing]

yes keep the stock push rods and is that a alum block 5.3 or am i just blind

[Jonce]

yes keep the stock push rods and is that a alum block 5.3 or am i just blind

Thanks, it seems more people are saying stick with the stock push rods. I will give it a whirl.

The block is an iron block, its just gray engine paint. I like the looks of the metal color vs the bright chevy orange (old school colors). It would be nice if it was aluminum, it would save me some weight.

[ma.racing]

yea i wish i could get my hands on one for my 240 but it looks like im goin lm7

[Jonce]

Update - crank bolt is snapped off in the crankshaft. I bought a longer bolt 16mmx2.0x120mm and used that to put the balancer on. I then used the old crank bolt to press the balancer on the rest of the way as they instructed on several websites. As I was backing the old bolt out of the crank, it got pretty hard to loosen - not sure if it stretched too much or not. I did not use an air impact on removal or installation. I used a big breaker bar. Now, comparing to the new crank shaft bolt, it looks like just the tip snapped off, roughly 1/4" or about 2-3 threads.

The sad part is that everything was going great tonight. I removed the old cam, installed the new cam, put the push rods back in and buttoned that up. I got the timing cover on and then it was time for the balancer install. As soon as it snapped, I was like "are you kidding me???" I wonder if I can center punch it and drill it out? Any recommendations?