My 6.0 swap into 82 Chevy

[team39763]

I used F-body headers, but it takes a bit of work to make them work.  The driver side collector points outwards towards the frame.  Then one of the tubes hangs down a bit and may contact your lower control arm bolt/shaft.  On the passenger side, one of the tubes nearly touches the frame.  When I had my first set of standard Carshopinc. motor mounts, I just took a grinder to the parts that needed it.  Then later I switched to thicker adapters that had a 1 inch setback and I didn't have anymore clearance issues.  But they were a pain to put in initially.  Billy over at TRT showed me an awesome set of stock truck manifolds that they did.  They were ported and ceramic coated and they looked good like a set of high dollar shorty headers.  I think somebody came out with a set of headers that fits our trucks with a LS swap...ask CaptKaos..I believe he tried a set.

[Captkaos]

BRP hotrods makes them.

What is Billy up to now?

[team39763]

I haven't talked to Billy for a while now.  I've been keeping an eye out to see what he builds next since he sold his OBS truck with the LS1.

[Captkaos]

He closed TRT a while back.  Did he open up something else?

[modular93fox]

i remember when i tried truck manifolds and no way were they going to fit unless they were pointed towards the radiator for twins..  I used pacesetter headers for the NBS application.. fitment was no bueno. needed lots of tweaking but who can complain the motors not supposed to be in that truck right. I used home made motor mount adapters to accomidate the factory a/c compressor and mounting bracket.

[Captkaos]

This is what I have for mine:
http://www.brphotrods.com/1955-1987%20Chevy%20truck.html

Trucks will work, if you grind them.  I did that on a set, but won't be using them.

[team39763]

He closed TRT a while back.  Did he open up something else?

I didn't know he closed TRT.  I thought he was still working on stuff...I thought I saw a post about him working on somebody's ride and telling somebody else to come by the shop. 

[team39763]

i remember when i tried truck manifolds and no way were they going to fit unless they were pointed towards the radiator for twins..  I used pacesetter headers for the NBS application.. fitment was no bueno. needed lots of tweaking but who can complain the motors not supposed to be in that truck right. I used home made motor mount adapters to accomidate the factory a/c compressor and mounting bracket.

My truck manifolds kinda looked like they would fit if they didn't have the EGR port.  I think that's what Billy said he used.  Now that I think about it, I think he used truck manifolds on a OBS(88-98) and he told me to try the f-body headers on mine.  He also said he was gonna try the Mac mid-length headers since they looked as though they would fit our trucks, but I never checked back with him since the f-body headers fit decent enough.  One more thing I think he hinted at was the ZO6 manifolds...but those were too expensive for me to try.

[Captkaos]

The numbers I have for him no longer work, my brother called him and he said he was closing up.
http://www.trtturbo.com/ is down too.  Where was his post?

[team39763]

I think it was somewhere on LS1truck in the "for sale" section.  Maybe I'm confusing him with someone else.

[team39763]

I was working on my cam swap today.  Everything was going pretty good, then I realized I lined the cam up wrong, so I had to redo that.  Then it started raining while I was trying to tighten the rockers.  I went in to wait it out and after a few minutes heard a crash.  The jackstands under my truck sank into the ground and fell over.  My rear wheels and brakes were off, so it was kinda hard to jack it back up, but a got it up a few inches...gonna wait till it's dry before I try again.  The rain let up for a few minutes so I ran out there and torqued my rockers and now I'm getting ready to start test fitting the trans/converter.  I'm excited about getting my truck running again.  I think I have everything to get it running, I just need to get the truck off the ground.

[SUX2BU99]

   I take it you don't have a hard surface to do this work on?

[team39763]

Yeah, I'm stuck with a muddy driveway anytime it gets wet out here.

I just completely finished the motor and trans work.  They are bolted together and will hopefully be back in the truck soon.  Everything is going smooth at this point.  I'm just hoping to get my differential installed so I can roll the truck back and forth as needed.  My engine hoist doesn't roll in my dirt driveway, so I usually push/pull the truck with my right hand while I control the motor with my left.  I was gonna sandblast and paint my headers, but I think I'm just gonna let them rust and then try a set of those one that CaptKaos mentioned.

[team39763]

The motor and trans are back in.  I'm just hoping that I did everything correctly.  I'll be super happy if it fires up and the trans works like it should.  I would post pics, but it doesn't look any different than before.

[team39763]

IT RUNS! I did it.  I took the motor apart and put it back together and it runs.  I can't believe I did that with my own two hands.  All the guys around here were telling me to let someone else do my work, or to buy someone else's engine, or to give up all together.  It feels good to say I built it while they still can't tell what cam they have in their motor or what jets they have in their carb.
  The motor sounds great.  The cam is just a step above what I had in there before.  The heads are just newer truck heads with better springs put in them.  Only thing is, after a few minutes, the truck started to rev lazy and started to run a bit rich.  I'm not sure what changed...I'm just gonna sit back and enjoy this small victory/success for a few days before I let the carb stress me out again.  I couldn't get my hands on the camera today, but I promise I will get some video of it soon.