L94 & 6L80 Into My '92 2dr K1500 Blazer

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Dirty Dingo and KDS motor mounts. The dirty dingo mounts have more range, the KDS are 1" setback +/- a little bit. The KDS have locating slots that mate with the factory motor mounts and make installation a snap. The Dingos are fine to use as is, I had the KDS welded completely up, straightened and then powder coated. (The welding warps them.) I don't like the way the KDS come partially welded. Nothing wrong with the Dingos, I prefer the KDS after they are finished up. The Dingos are probably easier to tighten up the bolts if you leave them loose for installation. I'd rather make damn sure they're in the right position before dropping the motor in.
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Aeroquip push on fuel and evap lines. I'm adding a sleeve to protect the lines from abrasion.P1030633.jpgP1030630.jpgP1030631.jpg

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Hoses.jpgHere's a pic of the AC installed. You can see the hoses are off.

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Here's the boss I trimmed. The installed pic is after trimming.
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Here's some post install pics: (The first two are tranny shift linkage.)
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A couple more: (The second pic shows the trans cross member with the mounting bolts centered in the slots.)

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It seems like there's just a million little details... I've got the power steering done. The stock return line from a 2012 works perfect; I had to fab up the pressure line because of the electric fans. I cut the 2012 hard line from the pump where it comes even with the front of the pump. Then had a -6 AN male fitting welded on. I put a O-ring to -6 AN fitting in the steering box then ran a line between them. I'll add pics later.

I'm using the factory hard lines for the Trans cooler. I had to cut them half way up the engine block for clearance. Had -6 AN fittings welded to them there, I'll run hose the rest of the way.

The factory hard lines for the oil cooler don't fit at all, so I'm going with an improved racing low profile adapter/thermostat at the block, then hose from there. http://www.improvedracing.com/oil-co...80f-p-209.html

I found out that the Alternator I have won't run without massive work, so I'm swapping the 2 pin voltage regulator for a 4 pin voltage regulator off of an AD244 alternator. The alternator I have is a 160 amp model with 5 miles on it, so well worth keeping.

I have to trim the fan shroud some more; the evap can interferes with it a bit. Just a bit of trimming will fix it.

The original harness is all trimmed and covered with nylon corrugated loom. I re-routed it a bit to keep it further away from the exhaust. All splices were done with Ancor marine grade wire and Ancor marine grade butt splices with adhesive line heat shrink. That keeps all of the connections waterproof, plus the marine grade wire should outlast the truck. I have like 10,000,000 feet of loom leftover. I couldn't find nylon loom anywhere but at Waytek wire in 100' rolls. Couldn't find it locally and most of the online stuff is polyethylene. Several online places sold what they claimed was Nylon, turned out to be poly.

The intake goes on tomorrow, I'll get what I can get done this week and then it goes in for an exhaust system on Thursday. Mandrel bent stainless dual exhaust is my plan right now. I want both tubes to dump out the passenger side though. I've heard that dumping out both sides sounds terrible in V4 mode...

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Got the heater hoses done. I used a stock 2012 return line and standard hose for the hot line. The stock return line has a 3/4" connection to the motor and a 5/8" connection to the heater core. Perfect. It also has a tee to the surge tank. (I'll be running the 2012 surge tank.) The hot line is 5/8" out of the motor and 3/4" into the core. I just used an adapter to mate the two.

I also got a bunch of minor details done, tons left to go! Still on track for the exhaust on Thursday.P1030688 (Custom).JPGP1030689 (Custom).JPGP1030690 (Custom).JPGP1030692 (Custom).JPGP1030693 (Custom).JPG

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Wiring pic... Nothing running down by the exhaust now. The starter solenoid is re-routed around and in from the front.P1030694 (Custom).JPG

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Dropped her off at Get Bent Exhaust in Portland today! Getting a true dual, stainless steel, mandrel bent, crossover pipe behind the transfer case, dual tailpipes out behind the passenger side rear wheels, Dynomax VT mufflers, front and rear O2 sensors. Hoping to have her back on the 11th. Here's the before pics...P1030722 (Custom).JPGP1030721 (Custom).JPGP1030723 (Custom).JPG