TPI complete transplant, 83 k10

[LTZ C20]

Good. Now get to it, we expect massive burn outs by Saturday night lol.

Hey Rich84, side note here. You said the 87 tank has baffles, is the 87 tank steel or plastic? Could I swap my steel tank for a baffled one? I'm trying to eliminate the gauge floating around on acceleration and deceleration and turning once it drops below 1/2 tank. Would that be a direct swap? How many gallons is the 87 tank. I'd like to stay with 20 or maybe a few more.

[Brocksdad1]

I'll be on it as soon as my engine is in my possession.

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[LTZ C20]

No problem. Just givin u a hard time.

[Brocksdad1]

Oh yea. I can't wait. The guys were supposed to have it to me today but no dice. Hopefully tomorrow. If so there will be pics!!

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[fitz]

Do you plan to run the stock chip in the ecm?

[Brocksdad1]

Yes

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[Irish_Alley]

the beginning of this year i got a tcu from a guy in VA he had a crew cab that was dropped and had a tpi (i think, its been a while but i know he pulled it out of a car). in the morning if i can remember ill see if i still have his info on my phone. maybe i can talk him into joining

[fitz]

Do you plan to run the stock chip in the ecm?

Yes
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Have you researched the VATS  system? 
I don't want to beat a dead horse but Your truck will not run until you eliminate the VATS system.
One way to do this is to have a new chip burned for the ecm with the vats turned off.

[Brocksdad1]

What about using a resistor.

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[fitz]

A resistor will work if you know the value of the resistor on the key.
Any chance the junkyard will give you then ignition key?
If not, maybe you can just measure they value of it.
I'm looking forward to watching this build.
Did you get the motor yet?

[Brocksdad1]

Not yet but I think I can get the key.

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[LTZ C20]

I'll be watching this build too and here for questions if needed.

[frotosride]

Good. Now get to it, we expect massive burn outs by Saturday night lol.

Hey Rich84, side note here. You said the 87 tank has baffles, is the 87 tank steel or plastic? Could I swap my steel tank for a baffled one? I'm trying to eliminate the gauge floating around on acceleration and deceleration and turning once it drops below 1/2 tank. Would that be a direct swap? How many gallons is the 87 tank. I'd like to stay with 20 or maybe a few more.

Hate to have to tell ya this. It the tank is steel and baffled but the floating issue still remains. I replaced my right saddle tank's sending unit and pump but when breaking or accelerating level still floats.

Brock.. The 87 sending unit should be an easy swap and an in tank pump that will supply the higher tpi pressure is a direct for. Delphi also offer an adjustable length sending unit so if the tank is deeper. Or shallow the pump can still stay submerged. The best part is you got a return built into the a being unit so all you'll have to do is route a return line. Only real issue is the connections. If you checks out Capt's build he list the parts you can use to adapt the lines to something that wasn't designed to only see 17 psiof fuel pressure. The 87 sending unit has rubber linthat connect the sending units to the hard lines that feed the engine.

[Brocksdad1]

Ok cool. Do you have a link to the build thread? 

I was supposed to pick up the engine today but it's not ready. I think I'll have it this time tomorrow.

If the in-tank is best. I'll go that route. Gonna price them tommorow. Just need to decide what parts to get.
I'm thinking

87. 20 gal driver side tank.
87 TBI sending unit
89. TPI pump.

I'm pretty good at figuring out ways to do things, but I'm all for doing what someone else has already tried and proved good. So I'd like to see Capts thread.

I'm curious about exhaust. I have factory manifolds, now I'm a good welder, and my exhaust is new. So should I use the factory manifolds and welder in a bung for the 02? Or would it be better if I went to shortly headers?  I don't care about HP gains that headers produce, because it is not that much and this is a UN-molested engine.  For now. Lol.

I'm getting the Vet fan and harness so I'm covered there. Also getting the key, so hopefully I can do away with VATS by way of resistor.

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[frotosride]

Well if welding is easy for you Earls has fittings that you would remove the tube on the sending unit, apply part of the fitting and it adapts to AN style fittings. I will look for the link but I'm sure at some point he will chime in since he kinda owns the site and store its based off of. If you got to the members ride section and look for 1987 R10 driver you will find a what you are looking for. Granted he did a 6.0l swap and twin trubos but if his fuel system is handling that it will surely handle a stock tpi unit.

Oh and in these huge air plows I would never under estimate the extra torque a set of long tubes can do for that engine. I put the O2 sensor in the collector. A simple step down bit makes easy work of that. also welding cast always sucks!!