Conversion Progress Report

[mike205]

Hey I was wondering what hose did you use for the 05 radiator?
I'm using the same setup and I was thinking the 05 hoses would work could you tell me if I'm right before I buy them thanks

[Bear]

I did use the factory 05' hose on engine to radiator and throttle to engine. For the heater coil hoses, I just used my C1500 hoses. I purchased my hose from rock auto for dirt cheap. Fit great, I did have to shorten the lower hose by one inch.

[Bear]

IT'S ALIVE!!!!!! Well, sort of alive. I got to start it for the first time! It fired up so quickly I could not tell the engine even rolled over. It only ran for 2 seconds and then shut off, but it ran. I am assuming VATS is why. I will be sending off the PCM Monday. Finally got the filter installed. I just cut the lines installed aircraft line fittings and then flared them to fit the filter.



I got my vacuum for the booster by bending a half inch line out of 6061 T6 aluminum to fit from the back of the intake to the booster.



Now just trickle charging the battery to recover from checking wires all day before the first start.

[kewljay223]

you do have some "play" in the brake booster line right? to allow for engine vibration and movement when the throttle is punched??? thats why they are usually a rubber line.

[Bear]

Sure do, the connector between the line and check valve is a soft flexible connector hose.

[Jmac527]

I see someone has been hitting up the scrap pile from work....lol Yeah, that's VATS kicking in. Glad to hear that it runs though.

[Bear]

Me too, with all this installing of parts, I forgot to add an air intake to my build. I could not find a drivers side CAI, so it looks like I will be moving the battery over to the drivers side. Got a smoking deal on this 4" Spectre cold air setup in town. Now too just move some wires and install.

[Jmac527]

Have you moved your battery yet? If you haven't I found out that you can use those 99+ CAI w/o moving the passenger side battary tray. Look up LT1swap on Facebeook and look at his 88-94 C1500 conversion and you can see how he positioned the metal tube.

[Bear]

It's already moved. I am glad I moved it, it looks better and made me put some thought into making it a true functional CAI. It's airtight and draws from the factory hole through the passenger, it also gave me a place to mount my fuse/relay box, and a nice hidden channel to run wire loom through. I will post some pics of it tomorrow.

[Bear]

Got the computer back and she runs great!!! I got a few questions though about it. What is the voltage output for a 2005'ish 5.3 setup. The guage in the cab is reading high, very high. Also, I have no Tach, is there a trick to getting it to work? I know I have it wired in, but is the PCM signal strong enough for the 94 tac?