Running a return line is no biggie
I just used the stock fuel line as the return line and ran a new line for the high pressure line
I used a 87 tank , it's less than $100 at Rock auto we tried using the stock tank with an external pump on the frame and it just didn't work right
It will work after you prime it , but if you ever run it out or let the level get low and take a sharp turn and it sucks air , it will never reprime itself , you have to remove the discharge hose and use a vacuum pump to reprime it
So we used the 87 fuel pump assembly but swapped the actual pump for a higher pressure one.
You use everything from the 87 pump assembly except the actual electric pump
Let me doc around and see if I have the pump number and what it's actually from
Edit :' pump is AC deco EP381
You have to shave off a little plastic tab on the pump to get it to fit into the 87 assembly
Don't buy a cheap off brand pump
Get the GM one
Used a filter from a 80s cross fire corvette I think
Let me roll under the truck and see the number
Used the dorman adapters to connect the rubber hose to the rails
Don't use the adapter behind the intake manifold to run your stock oil pressure gauge
We did that and ours cracked and blew oil everywhere
Drill and tap the removable plate above the oil filter for your sender unit
If I had it to do again I would definitely pay team208 to do the harness work and include his fusebox and relays box , it comes back with every connection labeled and only three wires to hook up to your vehicle and they are clearly labeled
It's very time consuming to do the harness yourself and this swap will take some time , was my sons truck and he wanted to do the harness himself just to see if he could and so he could and tone able to say he did it himself
And if a 16 yr old wants to spend days reworking his wiring harness instead of playing video games , I'm ok with that !
I wouldn't change the oil pump or timing chain or cam
Our engine had 260K on it and it runs great and has good oil pressure and good compression
I figured if it made it this far on the stock oil pump then why mess with it ?
We did replace all the gaskets while the engine was out ,
Intake, valve covers, oil pan , rear main seal etc
except the head gaskets, again, if it ain't broke, don't fix it . I'm not cracking open a 15 yr old stock head gasket that's still sealed up.
But the good rubber gaskets that are reusable
I would check the compression before you install it
We checked it hanging on the hoist
Pull the plugs and hook up a jumper cable to the starter
We flipped the fuel rails to make the connections be on the left front instead of the drivers rear
And you have to do a little surgery with a sawzall and dremel on the intake , there's some tabs and junk sticking up
But it's worth the trouble to me , takes about an extra hour or so
We just painted the valve covers and Intake cover with red primer
And did some custom surgery on the intake hose , used a dremel to chop off the giant square box on the hose because it was hitting the radatior and we used the metal plate to cover it up , I snagged the plate from a 50s era coal fired power plant that was abandoned , I was with the crew mapping out the asbestos and lead to be removed and thought the metal plate was cool, turned out it was the perfect size to cover up the hole
We used the LS throttle cable
The metal cable inside the plastic tube is about an inch too long where it connects to the gas pedal
We wrapped the cable around one time and used a tiny clamp to take up the slack but you have to put something inside the loop to hold it open ,
think we used a tiny bolt with some washers and nylon nuts to make a miniature spool
I cut a slot in the top of the stock gas pedal from the top down to the factory hole
Spread it open just a little and snapped the plastic groove into it and it works fine
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