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Picture of the added heater hose clearance from the body lift. I also got my oil pan the other day, It's the truck oil pan with the pickup tube and windage tray. I need the dipstick tube and dipstick though If anyone has one out of an 05' Silverado with the 5.3.
Last edited by TRPLXL2; 03-01-2012 at 07:32 PM.
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Here's a side pic of the truck, the bed is the stock location and the cab has the 3" body lift. I really like the look of the fenderwells now, I am seriously thinking about leaving the wheel liners out so It has a Nostalgia look to it. I bought an LS1 performance book to read up on my cam decision. Until then.............
Just out of curiosity, why didn't you install the shift kit? Another valve-body out of a core tranns is only a few $$$ if you wanted to change back, which I doubt you would. I really haven't seen any kits that don't require drilling so I'm wondering which kit you ended up with.
The swap looks good, now you just need to drop the suspension to make up for the body lift.
88 RCLB: LS swap in progress
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03 Yukon Denali: Wife's "soccer mom mobile"
Well got the cam out along with all the other goodies, thankfully the balancer came off without a hitch. My LT1 balancer was froze on, so this LS1 was a nice surprise when It actually came off. The timing chain however had slop in it, so that will be getting replaced as well. Next weekend I am going to finally have the money for the cam kit, so until then...
Attachment 6500Attachment 6502Attachment 6503Attachment 6504The main reason I didn't install it was because I didn't want to drill the holes in the valve body, I know that I would have screwed it up. Summit Racing carries a 2 stage B&M shift kit for the 4l60e, It doesn't require any drilling but If it wont work then I will probably end up taking it to a transmission shop to get it installed. I am actually going to leave the truck with the close to 12" lift it has now, It has a CST 5" spindle lift. It's definately not going to be a race truck, but I love the lifted look. Thanks for the compliment!!
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Well today I lifted the bed of the truck up 3" to match the cab, I left the rear bumper at the stock height to see how it would look. Basically you can see everything under there, gas tank and evap canister. I wasn't going to get the gap guards for the sides, but It is going to be a must now. The kit wasn't very hard to install at all, we have to wait to do the front once everything is done and running.
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I'm going to order the gap guards eventually, these are just some reference pics to show how much is exposed. I can almost take the sending unit out through the fenderwell the way it sits now.
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I took my exhaust off today as well, complete Magnaflow stainless steel catback. With all hangers, clamps, and so on. I never drove the truck in the snow, it is in very good shape. S/S 3" exhaust tips, the drivers side tip has light overspray from where we repainted the rear quarter. But the tips hide under the bumper anyways, or It would clean up with some lacquer thinner. I'm asking $250 local pickup only, Ohio zip code 44880.
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I decided to lift the bumper up to match the body lift, now it leaves the hitch right out in the open which leaves another problem lol! It was fairly easy to get the bumper off, but the instructions were really misleading. The one picture shows the before and after mounting bracket heigths.
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These are the stock bumper brackets that have to be removed, even though the instructions didn't show or say this!! I have a class 3 reese hitch, which posed no problem with this body lift at all. The gas filler neck and vent both had to be cut, and a piece of hose which they supplied be put in to extend the neck. This was the hardest part so far, as that hose was so tight i had to really work with it to make it fit over the metal tube.
On a side note I sold my motor today for $750.00, which I know is way cheap being that It included everything even the cats but I didn't want to die with it either. So now I can buy some more stuff for my project, until next weekend............
Alright well the guy that bought the motor also bought my exhaust, he is bringing a trailer tomorrow to pick it all up. I bought my cam kit today, I basically took a gamble because I was more and more confused the more I researched it. I am going to buy a stall converter next, and after watching a few youtube videos of automatics with stall converters I am really scared lol! One Camaro I saw had the car in reverse and it was chugging away, and the only thing I could think was how short my transmission Is going to last lol! I am already on the lookout for a spare 4l60e to do a complete upgrade and rebuild, anyways here's the link to my cam kit. Feel free to leave feedback or whatever, I was just so aggrivated I wanted to get it over with. Being a girl and asking about cams didn't go well lol!!!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/140684788830...84.m1497.l2649
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