89 K1500 ls swap?

[Chevrolac89]

You my friend are GREAT help haha. Im thinking about while its down get it repainted, sandblast the frame, etc. like carpet seats and you name it. I will have about 5 as a limit. Are you going with the truck intake or ls6 or what?

[myzterray]

You my friend are GREAT help haha. Im thinking about while its down get it repainted, sandblast the frame, etc. like carpet seats and you name it. I will have about 5 as a limit. Are you going with the truck intake or ls6 or what?

yea no prob man. i know how u feel with all the veiws and no one was responding lol. just give it time and someone will usually chime in. if i had the space i would have took the body off the frame and redid the frame and everything. right now im keeping the truck pretty much stock. this is my first ls motor so i want to start from the base then see how much of a difference each mod will make. so far im just running the long tubes and a tune. i have my efans but im not going to put them on just yet. future mods will be cam, under drive pulleys, maybe a ls6 intake and probably some head work. ill probably pick up a pair of used heads and get them done. that way i dont lose any major downtime. eventually ill try to find a 80e trans. 5k is a great budget especially if ur mechanically inclined. you could pretty much have you a brand new truck. good luck bud! keep your thread updated as you go along.

[Chevrolac89]

I appreciate all of the support man and along with reading the thread. I didn't even expect to get a true response. I saw your thread earlier today, looking fantastic man, what all are you lacking on being finished? I want to have a really clean install (least wires and everything) I wanna do heads cam long tubes while it's out. Not sure I'm kinda on the young side haha. My dad and I will most likely be doing it, gonna test out the new heated and air conditioned shop. Getting his BMW for grad so that will be the daily driver until then.

[myzterray]

I appreciate all of the support man and along with reading the thread. I didn't even expect to get a true response. I saw your thread earlier today, looking fantastic man, what all are you lacking on being finished? I want to have a really clean install (least wires and everything) I wanna do heads cam long tubes while it's out. Not sure I'm kinda on the young side haha. My dad and I will most likely be doing it, gonna test out the new heated and air conditioned shop. Getting his BMW for grad so that will be the daily driver until then.

i still have to finish my harness. i bought another one last night however it doesn't have the controls for the trans. it was hooked up to a 700r4 trans. so i have to transfer the plugs. also because it was a 6.0 harness i need to change the oxygen sensor plugs as well. once i get the harness finished gotta get a starter, air intake, and exhaust done. still gotta buy the fluids and thats about it. home stretch now. oh yea i gotta find someone to modify the gas pedal for me as well since im switching over to the dbw system. how old are you? im 25 and this is the most ive done on any of my vehicles by far. my old man doesnt know the difference between a starter and a seatbelt so that cool you have that support.

[silverado_lover]

my old man doesnt know the difference between a starter and a seatbelt so that cool you have that support.

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Also $5000 is a good budget, mine should be done for a little over $3000 and I bought my wiring harness

[Chevrolac89]

I'm only 17 so its a little bonding time for us gonna be pretty time consuming I figure.

[myzterray]

sheesh when i was 17 i wish i was swapping motors...thats awesome tho bud! yea ill be in vegas from friday til wednesday so ill have to hold off on the truck til i get back. hopefully all my packages come in.

[Chevrolac89]

Haha well I've been around cars and stuff since I was about 2 or well as long as I can remember. Dad and I actually built the engine thats in the truck and installed it. It's lasted quite a while under his and well my heavy foot. I just feel its hit a downward slide as far as internals, it's been put through ALOT! Haha

[myzterray]

oh ok..cool...well i think you will be happy with the ls swap. i actually got to drive a ls swapped c10 truck yesterday and it was awesome. guy had a 86 c10 with a all stock 5.3 and 4l60e. only thing it had was a tune. it ran like a bat out of hell. super smooth and sounded great with dual magnaflows.

[Chevrolac89]

thats awesome man. im thinking 6.0 4l60e beefed, gotta beef up rear end too, some kind of killer cam, and ive been looking at gtos with a spintech exhaust. it just sounds NASTY but i havent done any research in that department.