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

[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
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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

[NoTaTurBo]

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

looks very very good bro

[myzterray]

looks very very good bro

thanks! i love this site. pretty much everything im doing to my truck i learnt from this site.

[Mhotrodscooter]

Have you ever weighed it? I've always been curious to how much of a difference would their be between yours & rcsb 4wd..

[myzterray]

Have you ever weighed it? I've always been curious to how much of a difference would their be between yours & rcsb 4wd..

yea this was when i had 2 huge 18 inch subs 4 amps and 26 inch rims it was a little 0ver 6200.