My 5.3 swap thread!

[y5mgisi]

Woot indeed! Hoping I can give it a test fire next weekend. I could do it today but i just don't think I will have enough time to adapt my exhaust and stuff.

 

[y5mgisi]

Motor in!

And a pic of my newb mistake... Out came the cut off wheel for this one!

 

[beto101]

i got my harness and pcm tuned from SSP Wiring in Mayer AZ. was cheapest i found and they are new check em out sspwiring.com

 

[Teck]

Motor in!

And a pic of my newb mistake... Out came the cut off wheel for this one!

Dang I should have warned you of that, I found out the hard way too but I was able to slide the motor forward enough to get it out, thanks to the slotted dirty ding motor mounts.

Congrats on getting the motor in. Its a good feeling isnt it.

 

[y5mgisi]

Beto101, I already have a harness and computer but thanks though! Could help someone else out!

Teck, no big deal. And yes, it is a really good feeling! I go back to work tomorrow from x Mas break so i was really hoping i would at least have the time to get the engine in so that I could just fiddle with it in the mornings before work.

 

[y5mgisi]

Sneak peak of what its going to look like!!

 

[Russell]

Moving quick on this man! Way to go!

 

[Engineered Vintage]

NICE!!!! So what's up next?

 

[y5mgisi]

WIRING! Actually its going pretty good so far. I got rid of the tbi harness tonight. THere is still a few wires left over that go to the driver side that i have to figure out that i will probably be asking about here soon. Also mocked up the exhaust manifolds. The strange thing is that the passenger side clears super good but i might have trouble with the driver side! Anyway, you know me, on to the pics!

Left over wires.

Removed wires.

This goes to one of the injectors on the TBI setup. Wonder if this could be part of my problem? Screw it.

 

[Pinsco63]

Sneak peak of what its going to look like!!

oh I see buddy wait till I leave then put manifold on! It was my Idea! No but really good job man

 

[496truck]

I soooo need to do this.

 

[y5mgisi]

Scott, I had the idea long before you did beleive me! I just had to get the old fuel lines out of the way and stuff.

Brian, Yes you do!

 

[ashman]

I soooo need to do this.

same!

 

[y5mgisi]

So i just went out and checked on the drive side exhaust and sure enough i have a clearance issue. Super strange to me as everyone has said its the passenger side i need to watch out for. Anyway, it will be fine after i take a pie cut out of the down pipe. They also should both be pretty easy to adapt to the old exhaust.

 

[magik235]

Excellent progress on an outstanding project.

 

[Teck]

Nice progress.
Damn, I think you are going to get yours running before mine.

 

[y5mgisi]

LOL maybe, but on mine this is all im doing. You are doing 1000 other things also! Im sure that if all you were doing was a motor swap you would have yours done first. Im still surprising myself with the amount of progress i have made! Still a good amount to do but its dwindling down!

 

[shady]

any idea on total cost sofar?

 

[y5mgisi]

I'm keeping a tally in the first post but i think It's at $1293? Or $1253.

 

[Teck]

It's really been easier then I figured it would be.
Y'all don't want to know how much I've spent on my swap so far.
My problem is I don't give myself a budget to get it done for.