borahshadow
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Well I'm finally doing an LS swap in my truck. I've posted around this forum before since I've been looking into this swap for a while now. I originally wanted to do a 6.0 but due to financial limitations and the realization that a few more mpg adds up a lot over 100k miles I decided to go with a 5.3. I'm looking to dive into this swap in a month or so but I've got a few questions.
Flywheel: The guy I got the 5.3 from thinks that the flywheel it's got will bolt up to my current 4l60E just fine but I seem to recall that there is a difference between the 97 4L60E and a 2002 4L60E. Will I need something different or will my 97 bolt right up to this 2002?
A/C. I know that most people use the Sanden 508 compressor but I'd really like to avoid that if possible. Since this is a 2002 motor the compressor has a clutch on it and I believe it was still designed to cycle unlike the constant run compressors they went to in the newer years. I know that some people have issues with it clearing the frame rail but even if it cleared the frame rail I don't know that I want to use it because of the stories I've heard about the problems with low mounted compressors (and one of the reasons they went to the constant run compressor on the newer years) Anyways has anybody ever used the stock 97 compressor? I'm proficient with a cutting torch and a welder so I'm thinking about fabricating a bracket to use my stock compressor if that is going to be feasible at all.
Anyway that's kinda a long paragraph so to summarize.
1. Will the 2002 compressor clear my frame rail?
2. If so is it a good idea to use the low mount compressor?
3. Is it going to be reasonable at all to fabricate a bracket and use my 97 compressor?
4. Does anybody know what compressor the 2002 5.3 has on it? Or in other words who makes the compressor anybody like York or Sanden?
ABS: Has anybody ever been able to keep their ABS when swapping to a newer computer? I know it should be possible with a 411 but I've been talked into using the stock 2002 computer.
Torque Management Do the 2002 5.3s have a lot of factory torque management in the computer and if so should I have some of it turned off with the computer reprogram? I know that the 5.3 is going to be a little less torquey on the bottom end so if I can prevent the computer from artificially limiting my bottom end torque even more i'd like to do that I think.
Flywheel: The guy I got the 5.3 from thinks that the flywheel it's got will bolt up to my current 4l60E just fine but I seem to recall that there is a difference between the 97 4L60E and a 2002 4L60E. Will I need something different or will my 97 bolt right up to this 2002?
A/C. I know that most people use the Sanden 508 compressor but I'd really like to avoid that if possible. Since this is a 2002 motor the compressor has a clutch on it and I believe it was still designed to cycle unlike the constant run compressors they went to in the newer years. I know that some people have issues with it clearing the frame rail but even if it cleared the frame rail I don't know that I want to use it because of the stories I've heard about the problems with low mounted compressors (and one of the reasons they went to the constant run compressor on the newer years) Anyways has anybody ever used the stock 97 compressor? I'm proficient with a cutting torch and a welder so I'm thinking about fabricating a bracket to use my stock compressor if that is going to be feasible at all.
Anyway that's kinda a long paragraph so to summarize.
1. Will the 2002 compressor clear my frame rail?
2. If so is it a good idea to use the low mount compressor?
3. Is it going to be reasonable at all to fabricate a bracket and use my 97 compressor?
4. Does anybody know what compressor the 2002 5.3 has on it? Or in other words who makes the compressor anybody like York or Sanden?
ABS: Has anybody ever been able to keep their ABS when swapping to a newer computer? I know it should be possible with a 411 but I've been talked into using the stock 2002 computer.
Torque Management Do the 2002 5.3s have a lot of factory torque management in the computer and if so should I have some of it turned off with the computer reprogram? I know that the 5.3 is going to be a little less torquey on the bottom end so if I can prevent the computer from artificially limiting my bottom end torque even more i'd like to do that I think.