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Old 02-12-2013, 07:54 PM   #1
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Dion,
All that comes to my mind is, God bless you, and I wish you all the best with all of your "projects"! LOL!
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Old 02-12-2013, 08:48 PM   #2
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All that comes to my mind is, God bless you, and I wish you all the best with all of your "projects"! LOL!
Also God bless your wife with two kids and three on the way Lol.
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Old 02-13-2013, 01:46 AM   #3
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Thanx guys...you know having Triplets is scary enough, but this is the number that is causing a "little" bit of stress at our home.......wait for it....5 children under the age of 3.....

All in all it is the little victories that cause me to smile.....I got the starter in tonight, only took pulling the transmission out, changing to a smaller flexplate, removing the bolts holding the header in....but I paraphrase.
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Old 03-07-2013, 05:34 PM   #4
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Little bit of progress or small victories.. which ever
-electric water pump mounted (sounds minor but hurdles none the less)
-working on the alternator ( would you believe I have a machinist buddy helping on this)
-mounted the master cylinder and proportioning valve and line lock, of course the brake lines need some custom reworking
-Driveshaft loop is tacked together
-transmission shifter mount and switch panel mount welded up
-still trying to figure out how the roll bar and door arm rests are going to cohabitate...this can wait

as is life other projects are eating up time (1997 suburban aka Pandora's Box)
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Got any advice on putting 06 LS in a 94 Burb? The friggin 454 is killing me.
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Got any advice on putting 06 LS in a 94 Burb? The friggin 454 is killing me.
On another project, I got some ls motor mount adapters from "Dirty Dingo" and aside from the appropriate exhaust it should just slide in. The adapters I got were a neutral placement and you can get ones that move the engine forward or rearward on the mounts. As I am typing I recall the oilpan can be an issue depending on application, but I understand this swap is much like a traditional SBC swap outside of the electronics. I am about to put a 5.3/4l60E combo in an S-10 for a friend...fingers crossed it goes well.
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Got any advice on putting 06 LS in a 94 Burb? The friggin 454 is killing me.
Burbs are good candidates for the cummins 4or6BTs. More towing power and better fuel mileage and theres the rattle-rattle-rattle.
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I hear that, There is a dually on the Seattle craigslist with a cummins in it, 2 wheel drive though. I want to keep the 4x4 for Kelly though as her bad weather work vehicle. I feel better if she is driving a tank in the snow and ice. The ls swap should at least double the fuel economy in the burb and make it a little funner to drive. I'm still waiting for the guy to get his stuff off the totaled 06 so I can rip the engine and harness out of it. Hopefully in the next week or two I can get started on the swap, I have a guy lined up to deal with the wiring part so it should be pretty easy. Or maybe I should put the LS in the motorhome,lol.
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