Second Engine post, first here

[tuckermitchell]

the question that I had about the vortecs is, and I don't know if you had the same problem, but I thought that the vortec came out in the trucks in 95 and the yukon/tahoes and suburbans in 96. I know that my 95 tahoe has a 5.7 350 TBI engine and it is not vortec. Because of all of the computer parts and sensors, was it not quite difficult introducing them into the engine compartment and making it all work together correctly? Also, when I was talking about the internals, you said that you have an ls6 block with ls1 internals. So I was figuring that if I could get my hands on one of those blocks, then I could just get an ls1 rebuild kit and that would have all the internals that I would need? or am i wrong? I just thought that this would be easier than trying to find one of these engines blowed up around here. Idaho is not exactly notorious for fast street cars... all we have around here is jacked up 4x4's...

[farmtruc]

Hmm, no vortec huh, my bro in law has a 91 s10 i believe and it has a vortec engine, v6. The new engines are also vortecs, if that's worth anything.
If you buy a ls6 block and then a rebuild kit for an ls1, i'm not sure, but aren't rebuild kits, especially ones that come with pistons and everything else, require a rebuilt block also, like boring the cylinders and stuff. If you can find a rebuild kit for stock dimensions, it will work.


allen

[tuckermitchell]

what i meant about the vortecs was directed at you farmtruc? wasn't your truck a 350 tbi before you put your engine in? and if so, was it hard to introduce all the extra computer?

[farmtruc]

i had the v6 / auto. i ripped all my engine harness out and replaced it with the truck harness. i simply spliced into my existing power lines and added a fuse box.

not too hard,



allen

[tuckermitchell]

thanks allen... i'm definitely interested in doing this I am just a little bit afraid... I've only done two engines before, and both were carbureated (sp?) so I don't want to bite off more than I can chew... youknowwhati'msayin? I just want to get some decent power and some gas mileage...

[farmtruc]

i was kind of like that too with my harness ( not as bad, i have a little wiring experience), but if you take each wire one at a time and find out what it does and take your time, it's really easy, mark all your wires, power, signals, sensors, etc... and before you know it , you'll know that harness very well. just clip or pull all the other wiring out of the harness and it really cleans it up.

good luck, and don't hesitate to ask questions,


allen

[95TahoeSS]

What ever happened to this project?

[farmtruc]

Originally posted by 95TahoeSS@Nov 13 2003, 03:08 PM
What ever happened to this project?

I'd like to know too, I'll be doing a similar project once I get everything in order, been kind of crazy lately.

I'd like to know how it all turned/turns out.


allen

[Jewmont3]

all the full size gm vehicles started the vortec in 96. I believe 88-95 was TBI.


-Mike