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THats way too much for a junk engine It's scrap metal Worth abou 67 cents a pound Keep looking for a complete donor car The only reason to not get a complete donor car is if you don't have the room to park it Learn from my mistakes We bought a take out engine from a salvage yard They damaged a lot of items that we had to have They cracked the oil pan and valve covers They cracked the starter They cut the air intake hose They cut some of the wiring harness They cut the throttle cable They lied about how many miles were on it , and not Ina small way They said 160K When we sent the computer off to get it tuned the VIN in stores in he computer we ran a car fax and the vehicle had 270K on it when it was wrecked But it does run fine So don't let the miles scare you With a complete donor vehicle you should be able to at least hear it run If it cranks and runs good with no smoke then it should be fine We used Camaro manifolds and down pipes We just knocked the innerds out of the cats We actually had to move the LA engine forward about an inch Not enough to be an issue with the driveshafts Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
We paid $50 for the manifolds and downpipes with cats Your stock Ps pump has a fitting on the back where the hose connects Remove that fitting and the screw it in place of the fitting on the LS pump and your stock hose will work We used "team 208 motor sports " for the computer The harness is not hard if you want to just leave all the unused wires in the harness If you want to cut open the harness and remove all the un used wires it's better to just pay someone to do it I've done a couple and it's quick and easy to just abandon the wires you don't need Although. Having the same guy that tunes the computer to do the harness and they usually add in a fuse box so all you do it hook up two or three wires You will need in tank pump and a return line We flipped the fuel rails around on the engine so the fuel lines come off the passenger front of the engine To do that you have to remove some plastic tabs from the manifold with a dremel We used the dirty dingo mounts and had to put one inch spacers under the mounts to get the engine to clear the frame Unless you want to run 36-37" tires you don't need a 4" lift You can run 33"s with no lift and 35"s with a 2.5 lift The LS swap is a lot of work and money if your truck runs good What year is your truck ?If it's a 87 it should have TBI already Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
4" lift & 35s35s will fit with no lift if you trim the lower corner of the fender a little 33s will fit fine with no lift at all Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
You think that 4.8 will have the power i want though to spin some decent size tires? If i do put it in mine i wonder if i decided down the road to do a 5.3 if the wiring/computer would be the same? I know they pretty much are the same just diffrent stroke. Heck i might just use that 4l60e too instead of having my 700 rebuilt but then i have to worry about the driveshafts, tcase and the vss but im sure there are opions for the last two...all about how much moeny i want to spend i guess!
Quote from: ajdmello on July 30, 2016, 06:02:57 AMYou think that 4.8 will have the power i want though to spin some decent size tires? If i do put it in mine i wonder if i decided down the road to do a 5.3 if the wiring/computer would be the same? I know they pretty much are the same just diffrent stroke. Heck i might just use that 4l60e too instead of having my 700 rebuilt but then i have to worry about the driveshafts, tcase and the vss but im sure there are opions for the last two...all about how much moeny i want to spend i guess!I dont think you will be able to tell much difference between the 4.8 and 5.3The 4.8 loves to rev higher , so makes almost the same HP just at higher revs The other issue is axle ratio Running 33s or 35s with a 3.07 axle ratio is going to make it a real slug Most 80s trucks had the 3.08 ratio 3.73 is what we have with 35s and I'd really like to have 4.56I have 4.11 axles in my bronco with 35s and its ok but 4.56 would be better The big expense in the LS swap is all the adapters, exhaust, driveshafts, fuel lines and pump , harness and tune , all the nickel and dime stuff etc etc etc Once you get it swapped in and running driving and want more power or have some issue with the engine, another engine is about $500 The engine itself is only about 1/4 of the cost of the conversion Regarding posting pictures I use the Tapatalk app on my smartphone Take and upload a pic in no time Does your truck have the in tank fuel pump for TBI ?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Well maybe ill just run the 4.8 then and see how it does like you said i can allways swap it out for a 5.3 if i really wanted too. Is the harness and computer the same? Ive got 3.42s hoping that will hold up good enough might get some kind of lovker for the rear down the road that would be nice. Yeah those adapters are not cheap at all hoping i dont have to spend 500 for one to put my 208 behind the 4l60e it came from a 700 so im guessing the splines are the same idk about bolting up though. Yes i have the 87 with the pump in the tank so all i have to do it get a pump puts out more psi right? I seen a post one here about what one to get. Can i buy steel fuel line in bulk and bend it? Or is there a better way to go with that?