BigRed Cummins

Well, it's done. He pulled an all nighter at my house and its in and running. I left him working on it at 11 pm last night, and when I woke up this morning to do homework, he was still working on it lol. 24+ hours straight of working on his truck. He's still sleeping right now, but I'll let him post pictures.

supersilverado04

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Dam. That's hardcore.

chevyboy.520

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Hell yeah! That's how you do it! I'm still tired from Friday and saterday night.

smokeshow

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Yeah its in and running. Runs great, just getting a few heat cycles on the new springs before I really get into it. Idle is just a little bit lopey, but cruising sounds quieter now, which is good. Didn't get a whole lot of pics of the swap. Mainly the ones I already posted. The engine looks identical to the 5.3 minus the 6.0 in the casting, and the engine bay hasn't changed at all. So theres not a lot to photograph

MikeGyver

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Did your truck used to be gray or silver? I don't understand painting the engine blue if the engine compartment isn't blue.

smokeshow

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The truck has always been blue. It's factory paint.

MikeGyver

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Why is the engine compartment silver?

smokeshow

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It isn't. Are you looking at the firewall? Thats the flame retarding fabric back there. I'm sure the paint behind it is blue lol.

MikeGyver

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Well then you should have covered the engine block in flame retarding fabric to match.

smokeshow

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Now that's an idea.