Hey guys never done this before so cut me some slack...lol! I picked this truck up back in May of 2011 and have been doing some random stuff to improve its looks and performance. When I got it the radiator was clogged and the fans were rigged up to a switch by a ...just saying and I kept leavin the damn switch on and killing the battery!. The rotors were warped so badly the truck wobbled all the damn time...lol. Anyways I got some pics of the motor swap me and my buddies did here recently but mainly of just the new motor out and in the truck...so here ya go! I will start taking pics of other things I have done and I will post them too!

 

 

Wow! Is that really the same truck?? Looks great, good work!

 

I got the wheels from a member on here called ILUVDJM for a great deal and they are awesome...thanks man! The motor is a 05 LQ9 with less than 20,000 miles out of a escalade and with a lot of help from my buddies we threw in a TR 219/230 117lsa cam with pat gold dual valve springs and some hardened pushrods. Upgraded the coils to msd with msd wires and tr6 plugs. Also installed a dual fan controller box from DERALE with a thermostat. Then I put a 09 TBSS intake with the stock 30lb injectors and 87mm throttle body on top...both with adapters from fuelinjectorconnection and torquerush.com. Lets see....oh and I installed pacesetter longtubes and a Circle D stage II 3200 converter! I think that is it right now. Things coming real soon just waiting for them to show up and time are
LC-1 wideband
HSW wet plate kit with interface and 200 shot
ASP underdrive pulley
Performabuilt Stage II 4l60E
Tru Kool Trans Cooler
Suspension I am going down 3 more inches and flipping the rear with tow bags and c notch. I also have powerstop slotted and drilled rotors that I will put on eventually!

 

Yeah...I know! The paint is in horrible shape but I am converting the front end to a 06 style with the raised hood and repainting the whole thing the same color...I have all the body parts for the front and I also just got a joe gibbs front bumper from a guy on here along with the billet insert to go in it! Definitlet Hard to come by both!!!

 

Looks great man.

Engine compartment looks awesome.

 

Well at least better than what it did...you could barely tell it was red under neath it really...it was covered in so much grime and dirt...took a lot of washing and cleaning!

 

wow man. very nice. the truck looks good and i like how good the engine bay is coming together. are those stock tbss rails and injectors?

 

You said the fans were rigged up by a switch??? was an 03-04 model that some one did an electric fan conversion???

 

Yeah they are stock rails...with 30lb injectors!

Yeah I'm guessing the guy I got it from pulled the clutch fan and tried to install electric fans but totally rigged the wiring! It was just a on/ off switch mounted in the dash. The wires were just twisted together still exposed! I bought that dual fan controller box from derale on summit and hooked it up right! Put a thermostat and a a/c override on it and it runs flawlessly! And the temp is adjustable