95 z71 6.0 swap

[bowtieguy79]

Hey Josh, I've read your post a few times. Nice clean truck your working with. You had asked me about gauges. We had all of the gauges except the tach in my dad's 95 working. Then one day the speedo just quit. Not sure if it burnt up or what, but had good clean signal all the way to it. We are in the middle of doing a custom gauge package from Dolphin gauges in that 95 right now. It comes with its own sending units and shipped to my house for right around $275.

Have you looked here? http://www.lt1swap.com/index.htm

Here is the swap thread on my dad's truck. http://www.performancetrucks.net/for...ght=Dad%27s+95

[bowtieguy79]

Have you looked here? http://www.lt1swap.com/index.htm

Lots of good info in the wiring section, he talks about tach wiring as well as using the Truck fuse blocks

[scarybowtie]

thanks For your help! I'll check all that out. I have read a ton go the last couple months but i dont think i crossed that one yet. I'm sending off the wiring harness today to have a fuse block put on and everything labeled, also ordering the dirty dingos

[scarybowtie]

Quick update, i think i have everything i need to finish aside from little odds and ins. Ordered maf sensor i needed, throttle cable, cable bracket, Walbro 255, dorman fittings to hook my factory fuel lines to my return style fuel rails, transmission parts from pro built, umm.... I think thats 255 i already have the flywheel and spacer. Is there anything else you guys can think of i will need?? Will be starting tear down in a week! I'm pumped

[scarybowtie]

Another update,,, Things are still moving along, I am getting parts in the mail out the wazoo. Got a trail blazer torque converter ordered, f body electric fans came in.
My throttle cable and all that stufff is in. I will get some more pics up this weekend! One other thing, Will a gauge cluster out of a 96-99 classic plug in to my truck??? I noticed they
actually read 6k. Mine bein an ol' tbi truck just reads 5k THANKS guys please give me some pointers/suggestions/encouragement! lol

[scarybowtie]

Alright well i may be a new member but i have been reading the site for a long time, it seems if you search a couple years ago and someone was doing a swap there would be several replies that day with help or just to say nice project. Am i going about things the wrong way here? Or is my build not interesting enough? I get on here about every 2 days and expect to see something on my thread but not a thing, aside from bowtieguy's help thank you. I've just been taking to myself even with the 470 views. Not tryin to seem like a whiner, but what gives?

[haveTBIwantLS2]

nobody comments on my thread either. I don't sweat it.
Yah, you can put the 96-00 (OBS) vortec clusters in your 95 interior.

why the TB converter?? higher stall? it probably doesn't have 6 bolt holes...something I like about the 80e
I'm using the stock LQ4 throttle cable, it looks like it will work. you using a vortec throttle cable?
What are you gonna do about the fuel lines? just curious, I've seen them a few different ways, that's all

[gta87305]

Hi I have a question for you because i keep getting different information. You used the original 1995 4l60e trans when you did this swap? I want to do the 5.3 swap and was unsure if the 95 trans would work right. I figured I would ask you because you did the swap and know first hand. Does everything work with the transmssion like everything shift right and everything? Thanks in advance for any hel you can give.

[scarybowtie]

Yes 95 and up have the same tranny harness and plug. Everything works as it should

[SEREOUS67]

nice swap. very informative and motivational.