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I am in the middle of a 6.0 conversion into an 88 silverado and I have a 2003 LQ9 motor. Of course it's drive by wire, but I was wondering if anybody knew where or someone I could get a cable throttle body from for a good price? I am eventually gonna do an lS6 cam, intake, and probably a t66 or so turbo kit. Any help would be appreciated.
My first guess would be a local wrecker, might be the cheapest. Then there's eBay, buddies, etc. You'll find one eventually
I am doing a 5.3L into an 88. What are you doing for wiring? Getting a harness? Wiring it yourself? I am wiring mine myself, but am still searching for a wire connect explanation. I am sure someone has done it, would be awesome if they posted some sort of guide.
yea im doing the same swap also... 5.3 into an 88.i think i might do a nelson harness, but i seen some places that sell them for $350
I am gonna use a factory harness from a 2001 GMC Sierra 2500HD and just piggyback all the guages and essential wiring into the harness and the PCM. If you guys have any questions I can help with just ask. Im doing it the hard way. lol.
a motor doesnt know what type of TB it has on it. so yes you can run a normal TB
Just make sure you use a 02 or older wiring harness and PCM so it has has the drivers for the air idle motor and you will be fine with a cable throttle body. I put a 04 5.3 with dbw tb in my dads 72 4x4 and had to find a throttle pedal and TAC module to make it all work.
sorry to thread jack, but if you went with a lq9 and switched the throttle body to a drive by cable and told nelson performance for instance, would they be able to make a plug and play unit
The Nelson guys from what I've heard can make pretty much anything you want and make it easy to use. I am going custom and making a lot of the harness and adapters myself. The wiring shouldn't be too hard if you have a pretty descent knowledge of doing wiring. I am a GM tech and have a pretty good knowledge of the stuff. But yeah, give them a call or email and I'm sure that they can tell you anything you need to know.
Yes I am going to use a 2001 GMC Sierra 2500 harness and make it a cable drive throttle body. If anyone has any ideas, let me know.
y not just get the drive by wire pedal
anyone know how to wire the damn thing in? I have an ls6 intake and ported tb I picked up and need to change from dbw to the ported cable throttle body.
Someone needs to split this topic.
There could be more questions answered if the topic made more sense.
you will have to get the pcm for it i think but i think it would be much ezer to get the drive by weir pedel