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  1. GavinJansma

    To advanced man

    I have a 96 that I installed a 5.7 vortec into and I can't get the timing right everything is brand new and I can't seem to get it to run fine have had the distributor out multiple times and it's spot on. It seems like nothing I do changes. I can see it's advancing the timing 15-38 degree's...
  2. GavinJansma

    cleaning???????????

    Right now I'm doing a front end "restoration" on my 96 k1500 and installing a new crate motor and I'm going to be cleaning up the front end....what's the best and fastest way to clean all of this off its a lot of thick mud and grease so ill be doing a lot of scraping but otherwise what can I use...
  3. GavinJansma

    Brakes????

    I replaced all the front brake lines on a 1990 k1500 including the abs unit small lines I've been able to get fluid to both front calibers but is very slow on both sides... 2 lines in the back of the truck on the second line for the rear are broke and leak a crap ton but I need just the fronts...
  4. GavinJansma

    Misfire

    It's me again... My 5.7 was misfiring and blinking the engine light, put plugs in it and now it pops a bit, not like plug wires are not right as it runs "ok" feels sluggish and hard to start, dies sometimes when going into gear. The plugs now make it pop all the time but not as loud as a...
  5. GavinJansma

    Reliability???

    I recently swapped a 5.7 vortec that has over 200,000 miles (I don't know the exact amount) out of a junkyard truck into my daily. What can I do to the engine itself to make it as reliable as possible and get it to at least 400k?
  6. GavinJansma

    Headlight bracket?

    Hello I was wondering how hard it would be to swap out the back side headlight bracket with a different one that I have I spent over 100$ for some nice headlights and I ended up rear ending someone and broke the mouthing bracket it for it and I have some old stock headlights .....how would I...
  7. GavinJansma

    Tbi/vortec engine...

    Recently I put a set of vortec heads on a tbi block and when I put oil in it and started it, it ran fine. But when a put coolant in it mixed with the oil and half the coolent gushed out the back somewhere.. how can I fix this
  8. GavinJansma

    Timing marks??

    Are the timing marks on a Vortec , 350, timing chain cover, which doesn't have the #'s 0, 2, 4, etc, be the same position as a 92 350 block? Done a swap with the Vortec, TBI, GMPP intake. Voretc motor was, according to numbers, built in late 99. Did not change the cover, old sensor in, to plug...
  9. GavinJansma

    HELP no spark

    I engine swapped a 98 5.7 vortec in my truck and I can't get spark. The first time I cranked it over, I crank for 10 seconds and I stopped because both battery connections started smoking and the ground on the engine also started smoking so I immediately stopped. I came out the next day and...
  10. GavinJansma

    Cam choice?

    I'm rebuilding a 1998 5.7 Vortec and I'm keeping stock heads, block, crank, pods, rockers, pushrods along with the rebuild kit, I am going to be buying a high volume oil pump, a steel oil pump drive shaft, mid-length headers i want to put a slightly better cam in than stock I'm thinking a...
  11. GavinJansma

    94 TBI Bottom end on a 98 vortec top end

    Would a 94 TBI Bottom end fit on a 98 vortec top end? I understand that I will have to swap timing covers and such but will the Vortec heads bolt up to the TBI block?
  12. GavinJansma

    Rod bearings??

    Hello, long-time viewer first-time poster. I bought 1998 5.7 with around 200k going with what the guy I bought it from said. I swapped the engine in my truck and within 60 miles of driving it spun a rod bearing... I'm not going to rebuild or take the engine out again I'm just gonna swap them in...

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