96 chevy k1500 lq4/4l80e swap

[Bomba02]

haha that's cool! too bad you are getting rid of the lt though.... but an ls7 should be tons of fun. I thought about swapping an lsx into my car, but I really like the lt1 when it is running right....which it is not right now. going to replace the opti for the second time since the spring this weekend which will hopefully fix the stuttering issues I have been having. car will eventually be going turbo (already have the kit with a PT76 turbo) just need to build the trans, rear end, cage and swap to the 24x ignition... good bye opti! lol

anyways, I am in process of fixing up the rear of the frame on the truck. pulled the bed off on Tuesday and dropped it off at my buddies shop to have the rust fixed and have it repainted. most of the crossmembers and brackets are swiss cheese so I am replacing those and applying por15 to everything. also will finish tearing down the motor this weekend and once I get the bed back on, I will be bringing the short block to the machine shop to have it gone through and checked and cleaned up. hoping to be able to do that next week, but all depends on how long this frame work/painting will take

Truck should be nice when its done. Where about are you in NH?

I have a 97 k1500 6.5 with the 4l80e that I want to swap a 6.0 from an 03 3500 into. I can get the whole truck, running and driving for $200. Just looking for ideas what I have to do to throw it in? Thanks!

Not to high jack thread. Im starting a lq4 700r4 swap in my 92 and i bought a 97 diesel cab rust free have all the wiring have to switch truck over and gut what i don't need. Gonna run a stand alone harness for motor which ill make out of the stock harness. Do you have any info I've been re sreaching like crazy.

[hokeplaya05]

Truck should be nice when its done. Where about are you in NH?

I am in southern NH, Greenfield.

truck as just about back together, it is running and driving I am just waiting to hear from my paint guy on the bed since that is the only thing holding me up at this point. took longer than I expected due to having to return and wait on parts. I will post update pics later. now I can resume work on the 6.0 and 80e and continue gathering the swap parts. it is looking like I will have to use the stock truck ex manifolds as I am still having no luck with longtubes that fit 4x4 trucks

[hokeplaya05]

okay update time....truck is back together and driving again! on top of the frame work, I also did a few appearance changes that I will point out in the pics.

here is the frame all finished, had to build a new rear cross member which came out good although a bit over kill I think


rear axle and gas tank reinstalled

and with the bed back on

found an OEM chrome grill and fender flares on craigslist and sprayed them with bedliner for a tough finish and appearance and also did the bumpers as well. tossed a set of power tow mirrors on it as well as darker than OEM taillights I found on ebay. I plasti dipped the silver on the cab to hide rust and continue with the black theme, the cab will eventually get fixed and re-sprayed all red like the bed.




So now that the truck is done, I can focus on getting the lq4 torn down and to the machine shop. the swap should commence in the spring/summer time.

[Greenchevelless]

Just curious what you used to paint the frame? It looks good.
Im trying to get a 99 k2500 to replace my 96 k1500 and going to do lq4 swap in it and it already has the 4l80e and 14 bolt rear. So ill be watching your progress

[hokeplaya05]

I used POR-15 for the frame. seems to be holding up well so far, but the true test will be seeing how it lasts after this winter.

still no update on the motor build, got too many other projects going on atm. 350 is definitely getting tired though so I need to get my ass in gear for sure.

[Greenchevelless]

I used POR15 on my chevelle frame about 10 years ago. its held up great. I dont drive the car in the bad weather anymore but it was my daily driver for the first 4-5 years so It got all the bad weather