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    Adding Cruise Control To 1988 K1500

    Several years ago I added cruise control to my 1988 K1500, using parts pulled from a junk yard. It never worked quite right, and eventually I figured out that I had incorrectly connected the speed signal to the cruise control module. Instead of the buffered signal it needs from the DRAC, I had...
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    1993 LT1 Swap Into 1988 K1500

    Yeah accessories are getting increasingly pricey all over, and they add up quick if you need them all at once. That was a big deterrent for me, it was hard to swallow that cost when I already had a complete set of TBI-bracket-compatible accessories in good condition. If the Corvette...
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    1993 LT1 Swap Into 1988 K1500

    I ended up abandoning this route and am trying to resell the LT1. When I weighed my options for the costs involved with adapting accessories, plus modifying the cooling and fuel systems, it ended up not being worth it to me compared to upgrading my existing TBI block. The whole project has...
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    Used LT1 350 Camshaft Swap Into Truck Block w/Vortec Heads?

    I ended up abandoning the LT1 cam about a month ago, the scoring on the bearing surfaces plus a couple of odd wear spots on two lobes were too bad to reuse it. Instead I picked up a Summit 8800 cam per L31Man's suggestion, and it appears to be more in spec with what stock Vortec heads can...
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    Torque Specs For GM Performance Parts TBI-to-Vortec Intake

    The carb stud idea is genius, that would have saved me a ton of headaches over the past 10 years. I've always struggled with intake gaskets for one reason or another. Is the Gasgasinch what you use as the extra sealant around the water jackets as well?
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    Torque Specs For GM Performance Parts TBI-to-Vortec Intake

    As always, no one in my crappy little town stocks what I need, so I guess I'll buy another set of intake gaskets online to replace these. Again. It's wild that the paper gaskets are somehow even more expensive than the plastic ones. EDIT: I went ahead and ordered the Edelbrock 7235 set from...
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    Torque Specs For GM Performance Parts TBI-to-Vortec Intake

    I picked up a pre-owned GM Performance Parts TBI intake for Vortec heads, so it didn't have any paperwork with it. An Edelbrock Vortec intake install manual I found online says to torque to 11 ft-lbs, so I used those instructions and the torque sequence that was included. However, I'm seeing...
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    Air pump?

    I'm in TN, so I'd say a lot of them around here just straight up got deleted as well.
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    Air pump?

    I'm curious what trucks even had them. I've always wondered what the empty spot was on my accessory bracket, and of the several junk yard trucks I've pulled parts from I'd never seen one of these pumps in person. The only place I've ever seen one was online pics of engine bays, and this thread...
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    Manual Vs. Automatic Knock Sensor

    That makes a lot of sense. I have an early ECM truck, but he had a 1995 truck pulled up because I was also buying the later small starter. It may have been showing him details specific for the PCM-era '95 where the knock sensor depends on transmission type, while I had my '89 truck pulled up on...
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    Manual Vs. Automatic Knock Sensor

    Just stopped at AutoZone for a new knock sensor. They had a sensor listed for $37 and one for $57. When I asked for the $37 sensor, the counter guy said it was for a manual transmission truck. Do the manual and automatic 88-95 trucks really use different knock sensors? What's the difference and why?
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    350 tbi to vortec conversion

    Yes to accessory brackets and exhaust manifold. No to intake manifold, it won't directly fit on Vortec heads due to the mounting holes being drilled differently and a lack of the EGR plumbing your factory TBI intake uses. You'll either need the GM Performance Parts TBI intake, or a carb intake...
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    Broken Lifter Spider Mounting Hole

    At this point I'll just be satisfied if it just drives to the junk yard I guess.
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    Broken Lifter Spider Mounting Hole

    It's on an end boss, not the middle boss. If it were the middle one I don't think it would have been nearly the headache. I could be wrong, but I have trouble picturing a scenario where the battery terminal would fail. With the clamping force applied and the piece locked in with the threads...
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    How to Put a Vortec Motor in a TBI Truck

    I've not seen this directly addressed yet, how does Vortec compression stack up against TBI compression? Specifically the reason I ask is that I see different starter part numbers listed for my '88 TBI truck than the later Vortec trucks. Reading another thread on here, I saw that high-torque...
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