Speartech

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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.

mattrem

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John, thank you for posting this. Its a huge help.

Richard@WCCH

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I very timely subject. The pictures are worth a thousand words. Thank you for shedding some light on this.

Richard

Kano

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nice pics

but, I think if I tried that it would leak


what keeps it from leaking?

tdrumm

iTrader: (18)

How much to modify a water pump like that?

budhayes3

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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!

mattrem

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I think this is getting easier everytime someone does this.

Speartech

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It won't leak. The parts were all precision machined.

Now if you were just gonna chuck it up in a vise and drill the hole, you might want to use some RTV or some kind of sealer!

mattrem

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What did you use to cut the hole in the waterpump?

Speartech

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I don't know. It's not a service I can offer. We are completely covered up in wiring harness orders. I have to stay focused on that.