my first ls swap 1996 2 door Tahoe 4wd 385 Stroker to LQ4 cam headers **pics**

[myzterray]

came home from work today and saw a little package sitting by the door. opened it up and...

my motor mount adapters came in. Found these on ebay for 29.99 not bad!

ok so everyday i try to do something to the truck to get it one step closer to being finished! today i painted one of the wheel wells and ran out of paint doing the second one. came out pretty good i think!

heres the finished one


heres the one where i ran out of paint


then i ripped out the rest of the old wiring harness


and finished as much as i could cleaning up the frame


this weekend i will get the pressure washer from my neighbor and let this thing have it. let it dry and apply some primer come sunday morning! if all goes according to plan!
Meanwhile.....



The motor still sits in the trunk of my tahoe waiting....

[RedHeartbeat]

Those mounts are going to make you move the transmission unless you customize them.

I like the hard hat paint that they sell at Home Depot, its like Epoxy.

[myzterray]

Those mounts are going to make you move the transmission unless you customize them.

I like the hard hat paint that they sell at Home Depot, its like Epoxy.

oh that sucks. i thought they were the ones that set the engine back so i wouldnt have to do that. how do i customize them?

[RedHeartbeat]

bolt the plates to the block, bolt the motor mount cups to the motor mounts, lower the engine into place, mark where to mount, weld the mounts to the plates, remove the engine, adapters and mounts, drill clearance holes through the mounts so you can mount the adapters to the block and then have the mounts welded to the plates. The plates should be spot welded in place when the engine is in the frame and then removed to complete the weld process.

[smithkid1996]

yea thats crazy. it never gets that hot out here in long beach Ca.

yeah, not that hot any more, so im happy , lol. once it gets to the point its only in the 70s, i will be happy as can be. thats perfect to me.

your really getting a lot done, im impressed... so out of curiosity, are you rebuilding the 5.3, or is it allready good how it sits? how many miles?

lol, i wanted to sugest bedlinner, but didn't want to seen like an idiot, oh well. hhahahahah

also, i like your goal, to get another thing done every day. i am trying to start doing that myslelf.

[myzterray]

bolt the plates to the block, bolt the motor mount cups to the motor mounts, lower the engine into place, mark where to mount, weld the mounts to the plates, remove the engine, adapters and mounts, drill clearance holes through the mounts so you can mount the adapters to the block and then have the mounts welded to the plates. The plates should be spot welded in place when the engine is in the frame and then removed to complete the weld process.

wow sounds like a lot of work. i dont have the expertise or apparatus for a job like that. should i have paid the extra 30 and got the trans dapt? i think they just bolt right on

[pl4yboy]

wow sounds like a lot of work. i dont have the expertise or apparatus for a job like that. should i have paid the extra 30 and got the trans dapt? i think they just bolt right on

Dirty Dingo

[myzterray]

yeah, not that hot any more, so im happy , lol. once it gets to the point its only in the 70s, i will be happy as can be. thats perfect to me.

your really getting a lot done, im impressed... so out of curiosity, are you rebuilding the 5.3, or is it allready good how it sits? how many miles?

lol, i wanted to sugest bedlinner, but didn't want to seen like an idiot, oh well. hhahahahah

also, i like your goal, to get another thing done every day. i am trying to start doing that myslelf.

thanks. this is my first time doing this much. i usually take it to a shop or something for all this. but i love this truck so i think i will appreciate it more if i do the work myself. the 5.3 got pulled out of the avalanche with just under 20k. i will leave it as is for now except for the dbc conversion. then once i get it running ill do little modifications here and there. yea i think ill go bedliner on top of the paint. any specific brand?

[myzterray]

Dirty Dingo

i saw those. whats the difference with mine. they look like the same shape and the holes are in the same place

[pl4yboy]

I don't know man. That's just what EVERYONE uses who does this swap now.