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    5.3 swap/4L60E

    I'll ask a better question, then- I may have a line on a known good 4l80e from an 01 2500. It's a 4wd trans, but I will be keeping my floor shifted transfer case (np241, right?). So swapping the wiring I understand, but from what I've read on other threads I need to change the transfer case...
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    Built not bought

    This is what awaited me under the heads At minimum, the pistons are going in the trash and I'll be tearing the whole block and heads down this week, and taking them somewhere to get cleaned. I can't work under those conditions, lol.
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    small turbo+5.3?

    She's been smoking that good **** I haven't gotten the pistons out yet, but from what I can tell, there's still factory crosshatching on the cylinder walls. I haven't seen any gouges yet. At minimum, this block and the heads are going to require a complete disassembly and a bath in the hot...
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    Built not bought

    This poor motor has no idea what it's in for :cool: Got a little sidetracked this weekend, but the goal with the motor is to get the heads off and see what the guts look like. If the cyl walls look good and mating surfaces check flat, I'm gonna put it back together with LS9 gaskets and ARP...
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    Built not bought

    Next was the 14 bolt swap. I had bought everything to do it last year before I got hurt, except the axle itself. Got SUPER lucky and found a guy locally selling what I needed, with matching gears, for $125. I NEVER find deals (people want $1500 for an lq4 6.0 around here, which is why I'm doing...
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    Built not bought

    thanks @frito-bandito it definitely sucked but what do you do. I was pretty down about it last year but I've come around. Plus, I'm working again, so it helps that I'm actually doing things instead of sitting around and moping. My next mod was pretty simple- adding a running light/blinker to...
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    Built not bought

    I didn't really do much with the truck after the first round of suspension/steering parts, other than buying some misc interior parts and doing a tuneup. I'm on a working man's budget, so stuff gets done to the truck basically when I work overtime :D I bought a set of 20x10 Ion wheels and some...
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    Built not bought

    Figured I'd start a writeup on my suburban after mentioning something about it in a thread I have going about boosting this 5.3 I bought. Kinda going for an overland look with the truck. Any comments/suggestions/etc are appreciated, this is a learning opportunity for me. I've wrenched on cars...
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    small turbo+5.3?

    Whatever I do for exhaust, it definitely won't be dumped under the truck. I had a 4.9 powered Cadillac 60 Special before I got this truck that I had to redo the exhaust on (cat was clogged, car had a ground issue and the PO flogged it). Local shop ran all new pipe from the manifold back into a...
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    small turbo+5.3?

    Your build is sick!! I especially enjoyed how you took the time to make your wiring nice— bad wiring is a pet peeve of mine. After seeing what you’ve done, I definitely want to blueprint your setup. I haven’t gotten the heads off my motor yet- bad thing about turning your own wrenches is once...
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    small turbo+5.3?

    Here's another one I'll throw out there- what about exhaust piping? I'm not interested in a super loud exhaust- again, efficiency is key here. I like the look of a dual exit exhaust but I'm not really hung up on the whole "true dual" thing (not that I'd want to anyway with my plans of running a...
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    small turbo+5.3?

    @RDF1 Thanks, I appreciate the help. I don't mind saving up the cash- I've already been doing that. At some point, I'll have to drop the hammer though because I have a bad habit of saying "Well if I've already got THIS much saved, this other part isn't that much more expensive..." and then I'll...
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    small turbo+5.3?

    I also see what y’all are getting at with a trans swap. I had asked a question in the trans forum about using my 95 4l60e and I’ve found some answers on my own, but nothing definite. If I can get a 4wd 4l80e for a decent price I’ll make that swap too and be done, but they have the same problem...
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    small turbo+5.3?

    @RDF1 I like where your mind’s at, this is exactly what I was looking for. The wiper fluid idea is great- I’ve done stock rebuilds on motors before but this is the first time I’ve done anything with forced induction, so I appreciate the tips. I’m definitely down with keeping charge temps cool. I...
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    small turbo+5.3?

    I scored a complete 170k mile 2001 5.3 with all accessories and wiring harness, pcm, etc for 600. Plan on tearing it down this weekend to see what kind of shape the internals are in. It turns over with a socket on the crank is about all I know about it besides mileage. I wanted to do an LQ4 swap...
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