ls 5.3 swap into my 85 el camino

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bigtmoney

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Dec 11, 2011
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That's a nice swap man, I'm driving a rental 2012 Tahoe with 16k miles and a 5.3 while my 1999 tahoe gets body work done w...I really want to get one of these and to put in my regal now.
 

hamiltonbs

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the radiator hoses are stock ones for a 01 suburban that I just trimmed off a bit. No air yet, I planned on making a bracket that goes where the belt tensioner is and use a R4 compressor for a 90 chevy pickup. the A/C hoses I plan to use are for a 85 cutlass with a 307 olds. we will see how they work.
 

hamiltonbs

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the headers are patriots for swapping a ls1 into a s10. I found them on ebay. they worked great!
 

thedoctorisin

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Very clean swap, I was looking at your pics in your profile earlier. With those iroc wheels, did you use just fronts or just rears or what? I always wondered because the fronts and rears have a different offset as a set.
 

motorholmes

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hamiltonbs said:
I planned on making a bracket that goes where the belt tensioner is and use a R4 compressor for a 90 chevy pickup.

I think my AC pump was a '91 Caprice, or Camaro I don't remember. The bracket was kinda tricky, but it's always fun making your own stuff
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hamiltonbs

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that compressor bracket and mounting looks awesome, that is exacty how it looks in my head! My wheels are irocs off the 88-90 models. They are regular front and backs, I put the front on the back and the backs on the front with 1/2" spacers and longer studs. Thanks everyone on the positive coments, I am happy with the way it is going now!
 

85GPLef41

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Nov 14, 2008
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I'm jealous... :wink: What transmission you using?
 

85GPLef41

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i looked at the modified crossmember and it's different then mine, But i had a 2004r, now i'm going with a 4l65E. Went with the same idea of extending the trans mount pad. 8)
 

galvesm

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Apr 24, 2012
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how much power does that 5.3l make might want to go that route because the motors are dirt cheap instead of an ls1
 
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