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LS3 swap thread
You dog!! Well that takes care of that haha- Old Painless
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- Forum: Engine Swaps (Gas) LS, Vortec, LT1 , etc.
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LS3 swap thread
All in good time man! Let me know if you need any help with the wiring fiasco; pcm work too if you decide to do that yourself.- Old Painless
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LS3 swap thread
I had some really good help from my brother - he's a mechanical guru. It's not the prettiest truck, but it's my favorite vehicle out of anything I've built. I didn't spend any time dressing up the engine compartment, so it looks like I slaughtered an '07 1500 and stuffed it's organs in my...- Old Painless
- Post #11
- Forum: Engine Swaps (Gas) LS, Vortec, LT1 , etc.
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LS3 swap thread
Awesome looking rig!!! Lt1swap.com That's a really solid resource that lots of folks use. I followed that site almost verbatim, and my swap has been a great daily. Only faults so far have been my own from cheaping out on certain parts. If you take your time, do plenty of research and are...- Old Painless
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Griffin radiator FAIL!
Yeah even id wince at anything pre '70 with an ls. Griffin is sending me a new radiator, so I'll let y'all know how well that one holds up.- Old Painless
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Griffin radiator FAIL!
I won't lie, I had a fearful moment when I had to hash though all these entrails. But paying due diligence and going slow made it a breeze. The hardest part is messing around with the pcm to get it to do what you want. Lots of folks won't fork out for hptuners, but it pays for itself...- Old Painless
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Griffin radiator FAIL!
What held him up?- Old Painless
- Post #26
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Griffin radiator FAIL!
Hey man ls swaps aren't that expensive! 2k for the entire drivetrain, with a bitchin fresh lq9. For its purpose as daily driver, that couldn't have been a better deal. I'll try to justify it as best I can... Done plenty of sbc/bbc wrenching and swapping, figured I'd find out what the ls...- Old Painless
- Post #23
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Griffin radiator FAIL!
I almost ran the factory 6.2 radiator I had, but figured it was a good time to spend a little for convenience. Little did I know... The ls swap definitely has its merits. I've had regrets about ripping that diesel out - don't get me wrong, but when the go pedal hits the floor, there's this...- Old Painless
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Griffin radiator FAIL!
Oh boy here we go haha- Old Painless
- Post #15
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Griffin radiator FAIL!
Just a matter of packaging. All water connections are passenger side - that conversion rad is nice since you don't need to run hoses all over the place. Join the dark side, and all this radiator b.s. will seem petty :)- Old Painless
- Post #12
- Forum: Engine Swaps (Gas) LS, Vortec, LT1 , etc.
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Griffin radiator FAIL!
Yeah man summit is awesome. They are going to replace it; I'm lucky enough to be under warranty. I just hope the next one holds up. As much as I value a good cooling system flush, it's not on my "every 5,000 miles" maintenance plan.- Old Painless
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Griffin radiator FAIL!
Good point. This is for my LS swap only - I do own another griffin radiator that works just fine in my tempest, so I'm hoping it's just this specific model.- Old Painless
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Griffin radiator FAIL!
Well I was singing its praises about 2000 miles ago on one of these threads, but the LS swap advertised griffin radiator finally crapped its pants. 4300 miles and done. https://m.summitracing.com/parts/gri-8-00013-ls/none/images Don't do it. Everything was great about it during...- Old Painless
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1985 6.0 swap
I had a 6.2/700r4 in my 85 that I swapped for a 6.0/4l60e - factory driveshaft was barely too short, and I ran the engine almost all the way to the firewall. I'm probably not much help since the setup is so different, but hopefully this gets the ball rolling for you. The factory shaft on my...- Old Painless
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