obs to ls conversion going different route

[Botlfed]

any v8 harness elec tb harness will work man, or switch to a cable driven tb to keep your pedal, you dont need an SS one. not being an ass here, but im curious as to why your even going with an LS motor, i mean if youre gonna run a carb anyways why not just sell that LQ9 for a good chunk, then go get a sbc or a bbc, and not hassle with any of this other crap, just wondering why your going through all this just to run a carb'd ls. No matter what youre doing you questions can be answered here in time, lots of knowledgeable guys here.....im not one of em.

[89sierra]

ya i understand about the harness and any computer working. its just that to have anything tuned and stuff i need someone else to do it and to ship it out which costs big money from canada. and there are a couple reasons i want to go with the ls. one because they are a better design. two they have more hp to start with. three easier to get hp out of reliably. i would need to put a good chunk of change into a small block or big block to get it to where a stock ls would be. and my final reasons are i have a friend who dropped a bone stock tb ss motor in his regular cab short box and is running 4.10 gears wtih a built 4l60e tranny running 13.3 in quarter mile. my friend has the same motor out of an 05ss though dropped same carb set up i am on it and dynoed at 410 hp was put it into the same style truck with 4.10s and his truck is running 12.3. with the exact same set up on truck just carb not efi.

[myzterray]

as far as the trans im doing a lm7 swap into my 96 and i just got a dremel and elongated the holes.



worked great i got it mated to the trans and everything with the spacer on the trans side just fine

[89sierra]

hey man so you got away with just using the spacer? now that i know that i will get the flex plate off the ls and my old plate centre them up and rotate one of the plates and drill new holes. that way i do not have to worry about opening up the holes

[myzterray]

hey man so you got away with just using the spacer? now that i know that i will get the flex plate off the ls and my old plate centre them up and rotate one of the plates and drill new holes. that way i do not have to worry about opening up the holes

this is the flywheel from the ls motor. i dont think your original flywheel will work.i used the 2005 flywheel and mated it to my 96 4l60e

[89sierra]

yes i know my original flywheel will not work i was talking about the ls flywheel. what i was saying was take the ls flywheel lie it down then take your original flywheel and put it on top of the ls flywheel line them up so they are centered up. then rotate your original fly wheel clockwise or counter clockwise and mark the holes for the converter then re drill them. this way you do not have elongated holes but the proper size holes drilled in the right location.

[myzterray]

yes i know my original flywheel will not work i was talking about the ls flywheel. what i was saying was take the ls flywheel lie it down then take your original flywheel and put it on top of the ls flywheel line them up so they are centered up. then rotate your original fly wheel clockwise or counter clockwise and mark the holes for the converter then re drill them. this way you do not have elongated holes but the proper size holes drilled in the right location.

oh ok i understand. yea i dont see why that wouldn't work.