1989 Mazda B2200 Ls 5.3/Th400
 

Wanted to start over with a real build thread. Got rid of my old Lt1 Z28 and got a new toy a little while back. 1989 Mazda b2200 currently setup for sbc. Roll cage, Race seats/harness, and fuel cell.

Got the truck home and sat several months and gathered bunch of parts. Now have a Lmg 5.3/317/6.0 cam/DoD and vvt delete and a Th400 to put behind it. Motor setup for boost but just want to get it running and rolling first. Pics and info as I go along.

Night we got along with previous owners sbc setup they ran.

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Previous owners small block setup
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Got it home and took some more pics
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Needs a motor in it so the front will sit back down again lol

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So I was just gonna find a cheap 4.8/Th350 and throw my nitrous kit on it, but things changed since then. Ended up getting a 4th gen Lmg 5.3. Did DoD and vvt delete. Had a 4th gen 6.0 cam lying around which is a hair bigger than the factory cam. Used the old 317s off my 6.0 build and regapped piston rings for boost. Roughly 8.5:1
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Buddy is doing an Ls in a Rx7 and decided to go with a different mount kit so I got these
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Solid sbc clamshell mounts
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Bought a used E38 ecm online for my project. Turned out it came out of a v6 Impala. Luckily working at a Gm dealership I was able to reflash it with a usable Vin# before I upload HpTuners to it
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Engine harness I got free from work. Rat chewed through customers harness and insurance company paid for a new one. I kept and repaired this harness for this project. Bought a 4l80e flex plate to mount to a Th400 stall. Gas pedal/pigtail to splice into my engine harness.
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And my box of ricer goodies.

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Main thing waiting on before it all starts to come together is a stall converter. No pics of the trans yet. It's at a buddies shop. Thanks for checking it out.

That looks like a fun little rig. I need those ZQ8s!!

cool project. Keep us updated

Thanks. Once I get a stall converter I can bolt the motor and trans together and drop it all in the truck. Then I can start on the wiring harness

This gonna be a n/a truck or you gonna turbo it as well, either way it's gonna be fast.

I'm going to boost it. Flipped manifolds with a TC78. At first just wanna get it running on motor.

Nice build!!!

what rearend is it running??
i'm doing a 5.3/4l60e swap in my 87 b2000 and thinking ahead of how to use stock rearend, and what to use for drive shaft :bang: any help on that subject??

Right now it's a factory Mazda rear end with a welded differential. The drive shaft he gave me was for using a long tail shaft Th350, but I'm running a Th400 anyways so I won't use that shaft and will have to see what I need when the motor goes in