Over this past week i started my 5.3 swap into my 74 Blazer
Freshly Painted 5.3L waiting to go into the truck
My 74 k-5 waiting to get the engine swap done
Front Clip Stripped off in preparation for removing the old 350
All the extra stuff stripped off the 350
The empty frame rail getting ready to put the new engine in
Test Fitting the 5.3 in the frame rails
I had to clearance the engine cross member some to let the engine drop in
Clearence needed on the exaust manifolds
More of the swap from this past week
While every thing was out i primed the firewall in preparation for some paint to make the under hood look a little better
Hydro 465 Bell housing hooked up to the 5.3
Transmission installed onto the engine
engine and transmission installed into the truck
the engine mostly wired and put together
Mostly back together now
Is that John Deere green?
See my truck data in the "My Garage" section here... http://www.ls1truck.com/forums/my-ga...tml#post191709
its is supposed to be hunter green, i am not happy with it i want to go darker greenOriginally Posted by RedHeartbeat
i am doing the rust repair on my 87 K-5 now, have a 5.3 4l60 will be installing soon, hope you get it done first and then can tell me the easy way!!! good luck
1987 jeep wrangler, 1999 LS 1, 4l60 231j transfercase, dana 30 frontend ford 8.8 rearend 3:73 gear ratio. sandersons shortie headers, 2.25 inch exhaust into 3 inch flowmaster muffler.
sweet! it looks like you got everything moving right along. love the orange on the block.
1951 3100
1984 C10
thanks there is no better color for a chevy motor than orange
haha damnn straight
1951 3100
1984 C10
i'm gathering information for a similar swap.
will you be using a/c? does it look like there would be frame to compressor interference on the pass side?
I am not using AC thats why i have a convertable
From the looks of it i do think that that would be the biggest area for clearence issues you sould have to do some cutting and welding to reinforce the frame
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