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

[smithkid1996]

yea thats crazy. it never gets that hot out here in long beach Ca.

yeah, not that hot any more, so im happy , lol. once it gets to the point its only in the 70s, i will be happy as can be. thats perfect to me.

your really getting a lot done, im impressed... so out of curiosity, are you rebuilding the 5.3, or is it allready good how it sits? how many miles?

lol, i wanted to sugest bedlinner, but didn't want to seen like an idiot, oh well. hhahahahah

also, i like your goal, to get another thing done every day. i am trying to start doing that myslelf.

[myzterray]

got home a little late today so i didnt get to do much. i decided to start on the wheel wells. im a novice at painting so please forgive me LOL

heres what i started with..


then i washed it down with soap hot water and a scouring pan. sanded down with 320 grit. then wet sand with 600 and primered. (again...im a novice...saw a post where someone else did this to paint something) heres hot it turned out


and heres another shot


my makeshift paint booth was the laundry room at my house. tommorow ill lay some paint...still deciding where i want to go gloss or flat black on the inner wheel well...im thinking flat..

[pl4yboy]

Inner is going to get scuffed to hell anyway man. Just do whatever you feel like because it'll be trashed soon.

[RedHeartbeat]

Is it not in the fuel injection hole? Either way, pull the intake and go get it. A piece of duct tape wadded up and taped on a stick can retrieve it.

[Minime168]

It's a major pita to put the DBw pedal in the truck of you don't have cutting and welding and bending equipment. Not the same by a long shot. Half the reason I ditched mine and went dbc

Edit: oh hey and I have the 706 heads too! It's like we got identical engines

[myzterray]

It's a major pita to put the DBw pedal in the truck of you don't have cutting and welding and bending equipment. Not the same by a long shot. Half the reason I ditched mine and went dbc

Edit: oh hey and I have the 706 heads too! It's like we got identical engines

oh i thought i could just drilla hole in the floor and bolt it on...i tried searching for some threads where someone did this but didnt find anything. yea i got my engine from an 05 avalanche. once i get the frame painted and finished ill drop the engine in place and bolt it all up. im going to go buy a stall next week so i can bolt it up and start putting my front end back together. thats going to be the hard part there.

[myzterray]

everyday i plan to get something done on this build. so today i got the engine out ofthe truck and started to clean it up. didnt use a hoist. just me and big red.(my 3 ton jack). i took the wheels off the back and lowered the rear to the floor and just kinda wiggled the engine out. got it on the floor and went to work.

started off masking off the heads so could paint the block.


came out pretty decent i think


Thien i decided to paint the top cover as well


did the valve covers and the vortec cover in red



painted the intake black and the coil holder things
before

after


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after


started putting everything back together










so i accomplished cleaning up the engine today. it was a mess too.i think the guy had it sitting in the corner somewhere for a while. tommorow i will pressue wash the fame get the last bit of dirt and then primer and paint the frame. then it will be time to drop the engine in and bolt up the trans!

[Mhotrodscooter]

Looking good man..

[myzterray]

Looking good man..

thanks alot! i would like to see the numbers your getting on mine

[GMC1994]

What is the difference between a DBcable and a DBwire? Other than you have to have the pedals for one and not the other....