Great work so far. Subd

 

Amazing work! Thanks for sharing...maybe I missed it, but what engine are you going back with?

 

thank you, its been fun, to get the factory power windows and door locks i would have had to grab the bcm, and complete dash harness from a truck that had them from the factory
thank you, engine is a 5.3 that got reworked to ls1 specs, with 243 heads

 

rear bumper in paint



under side of the hood in paint



i guess you can say im weird, but this is the part i enjoy, getting the wiring figured out with the factory speaker wires removed from the harness, installing a little bit thicker speaker wire. running the harness for the power windows and door locks up inside the dash up with the factory harness to keep it clean



dash plastics starting to go in



i found where these trucks had generic spots for foot well lighting, so i wired in some sockets with leds, and tied them into the dome light wires



front suspension blown apart





frame coated and beginning the installation of the lift kit. brakes are replacement calipers for an 09 avalanche because i had an extra powerstop kit laying around



front suspension completed. also has braided stainless brake lines all around



rear brakes are suburban dual piston calipers



some how got lucky and ended up with a trutrac when i got the gears installed



lift kit completed









rear bumper installed just missing the tailgate cap



iron ls1. 5.3 got built to ls1 specs



all assembled minus intake



put the daily to use and picked up a suburban for parts. thing has a mint interior with a full console that'll be going into the silverado

 

front accessories installed





engine dropped into place

 

Headers installed



leather wrapped steering wheel installed



drivers fender in paint



test fitting the full console after stripping all the bose system out of it



added wires for a power drivers seat, and a power wire to the rear 12 volt outlet for the people in the back



dash pad installed





Drivers fender installed





Gauge cluster rebuilt by steve at GMgaugeguy with a denali bezel because it matches the paint





starting installing the wiring



Carpet cut to fit and installed



intake installed



headliner installed

 

braided stainless steel cooler lines with -6 an fittings and a trucool 40k cooler all mounted up



it fired up and moved out of the garage on its own!







better picture in the light of the cooler



finally a windshield









Full single 3" exhaust exiting like factory



mock up of the bumper and welding he mounts for the front end swap



a/c system charged up, and got the wheels and tires.





tires are a 315/70r17



size comparison





off to get tuned





power at the rear wheels. its very conservative tune running on 87 octane injectors are maxed out, still has a mechanical fan and it has the 3 bolt truck intake. still has alot in it, but i think those are some good number put down at the rear tires considering how big the tires are

 

Great work so far. I'm curious how those injectors were maxed out with such a conservative tune.

 

Thank you, nicd (the tuner) said they are only 25# injectors factory in these trucks and the added displacement with the cam, better heads, and long tubes they maxed out very quickly

 

hood installed





grill shell getting ready to be smoothed and painted



in primer



in paint



bumper in paint