Official NBS 4.3v6 to GEN 3 V8 swap Guide

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Originally Posted by Frankiels3

LS3 huh?
Well the prob is not finding a motor, but having the funds!
Thought putting a ls2 or 3 was opening up a whole new can of worms?

Btw zebra, you thought about making your a full time all-wheel Drive?
Sounds like that may be pretty awesome!!

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i hear the lack-o-funds part... that's why my engine swap took 5 months!
as for the LS2/3, i do believe it's a more-involved swap, but it's doable.

AWD - i've thought about it... & then i stopped thinking. it'd be much more trouble than it's worth considering mine's the NP241 (the manual version without the wiring harness & the second hole in the floor), and it wouldn't be as good off-road. then you get into lowering, stiffer suspension, better wheels/tires, turbo, bigger brakes, bigger engine, etc...

...but an AWD 5 speed would be pretty freakin sick!!

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Originally Posted by zebra

now that's just creepy...

i watched Zombieland last night & the girls supposedly toasted the Esky & they ended up replacing it with an H2... to show how dorky i am, the first thing i thought was "well, it sucks they lost the LQ9 for an LQ4"

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Thank God, I thought I was the only one who thought that.

yay... at least 2 lame-o's in the house! :)

Agreed!! Awd and a manual would be slightly adicting!!

Clutch is now going!!! Dammit!
I'm going to have to do something extravagant now to get this swap moving!!:

I have a pretty much new set of GM performance accesories rims
chrome 20x8.5 look like torq thrusts. With chevy caps. With gm's stupid expensive locking lug nut set. Figured they would look good on my W/T after the swap.
Now I'm going to put them on the classifieds in the next couple days:(
this sucks!!!!

at least it wasn't as extravagant as breaking a rod. that'll sure get your butt in gear!

Haha your right about that one!!! At least I can still drive a lil at this point!!

Does anyone have the part numbers for the motor mounts for the 5.3 ? The engine and the frame side?

Check my Swap threads I did. I think I might have posted them in there. It took me 3 different tries of ordering stuff to get the right ones

These are for an '06 2wd. Frame side.

Left - 15113848
Right - 15113847

Left side costs almost twice as much FYI

My next question is, My truck is a 05 with the 4.3. If i buy an 01-02 5.3 complete with harness. Will the harness be plug and play with my pcm (which is getting tuned for the swap) or will I need to have a hybrid harness or custom harness of some sort made?