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Here's some pics of how we have done the last 2 5.3 street rod set ups. I think most of what we've done would work on the trucks also, but it's mainly just to give you some ideas if you are trying to figure out how to make the swap. I know we sell a lot of idler pulley relocation brackets; I don't know how many people actually complete the swap to the LSx intake.
Here's how we went from this:
to this:
On this one we kept the stock truck water pump, pulled out the hose nipple, made some band saw cuts in the bend so that it could be bent into a sharper turn, and then rewelded all of the cuts shut. We then drilled the new hole in the front boss (the one used on the F-bodies) and pressed the reformed truck nipple into the front. We finished it off by making an aluminum plug for the hole on top:
This gives decent clearance all the way around it and looks pretty good too:
We also switch to a car coilpack on the drivers side to clear the fuel fitting:
We've also done it with the car water pump and spacers, but I think this looks a little nicer.
If and when this catches on, I wonder who's gonna be the first company to offer complete bolt on conversion kits that include tensioners, water pump, etc. They won't even need to do any R&D, just keep checkin this website!
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99 5.3 Z71 RC/SB - Comp 206/212 515/520 114, LS6 Springs, Harland Sharp 1.7's, 02 PCMforLess PCM, 02 Injectors, 160* stat, 05 E-fans, Nelson Harness, Volant CAI w/ Ram Air, StainlessWorks Headers and Catted Y-Pipe, Gibson single in, dual out muffler dumped before axle, 3.73 G80, Dropped on Gibbs 20's **Slowly saving for FLT Level7 and parts for my LQ9! CircleD Triple Disc already waiting!**
If and when this catches on, I wonder who's gonna be the first company to offer complete bolt on conversion kits that include tensioners, water pump, etc. They won't even need to do any R&D, just keep checkin this website!
I think this is getting easier everytime someone does this.
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2003 Silverado SS WCCH stage 2 heads, 220/224 Comp, Dynatech headers, TransGo shift kit w/ vette servo, Outlaw air box, Magnaflow.
LS1/LS6 intake on truck engine
