94blu1500
Rocky Hock Offroad
So here it is:
One week before Christmas of 2013 I managed to basically destroy my transmission in my truck, I knew it was coming but I still tried to do that burn out and the trans let loose . i had terrible slipping between first and second making the truck almost impossible to drive. Knowing that more power would eventually be in store for the truck i began weighing my options. The truck had over 300,000 miles on the original motor and it was feeling its years, and building an obd1 tbi motor didn't seem like the most cost efficient route, a carb motor just didn't fit the bil, so i figured I'd LS swap it. I gathered parts for the better part of 4 months before i started. I found a 2002 suburban locally and bought it intending to use the motor and transmission. Come to find out water logged vehicles are not the best doner vehicles. My Local trans guy wouldn't rebuild the trans and the 5.3 motor had to spend some quality time at the machine shop. I found a gm remand 4l60 from a friend who rolled his truck not long after replacing the trans and continued with the swap.
On the way to the shop
Motor Out
Past the point of no return
new motor in on dirty dingo adjustable mounts.
Its really just a stock 02 5.3 bored .030 over, .020 shaved off the heads, with a small lunati cam, and yella terra roller rockers. It was completely gone through at the machine shop and might as well be new.
I worked as money would allow through the summer getting more parts together and the wiring taken care of. I also lost most of the pictures i had on my phone during this time
I finally got the truck back on the road around the first of October 2014. This thing is wicked I still get a big old grin every time I punch the throttle. Its still not finished as there are some things I've got on the list to do but I've put about 6,000 miles on it so far and loved every minute. Justin at Black Bear Performance did the tuning for the truck and i could not be more pleased. Felts Machine shop in Suffolk VA did the machine work on the motor, I would recommend these guys to anybody in the area.
One week before Christmas of 2013 I managed to basically destroy my transmission in my truck, I knew it was coming but I still tried to do that burn out and the trans let loose . i had terrible slipping between first and second making the truck almost impossible to drive. Knowing that more power would eventually be in store for the truck i began weighing my options. The truck had over 300,000 miles on the original motor and it was feeling its years, and building an obd1 tbi motor didn't seem like the most cost efficient route, a carb motor just didn't fit the bil, so i figured I'd LS swap it. I gathered parts for the better part of 4 months before i started. I found a 2002 suburban locally and bought it intending to use the motor and transmission. Come to find out water logged vehicles are not the best doner vehicles. My Local trans guy wouldn't rebuild the trans and the 5.3 motor had to spend some quality time at the machine shop. I found a gm remand 4l60 from a friend who rolled his truck not long after replacing the trans and continued with the swap.
On the way to the shop
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Motor Out
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Past the point of no return
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new motor in on dirty dingo adjustable mounts.
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Its really just a stock 02 5.3 bored .030 over, .020 shaved off the heads, with a small lunati cam, and yella terra roller rockers. It was completely gone through at the machine shop and might as well be new.
I worked as money would allow through the summer getting more parts together and the wiring taken care of. I also lost most of the pictures i had on my phone during this time
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I finally got the truck back on the road around the first of October 2014. This thing is wicked I still get a big old grin every time I punch the throttle. Its still not finished as there are some things I've got on the list to do but I've put about 6,000 miles on it so far and loved every minute. Justin at Black Bear Performance did the tuning for the truck and i could not be more pleased. Felts Machine shop in Suffolk VA did the machine work on the motor, I would recommend these guys to anybody in the area.
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