96 2 door Tahoe ls swap

[ovaddiesr]

Nice build. Any pictures of the axle mounts you made for the Burb sway bar?

I didn’t make the mounts. I just used an Escalade rear end with the mounts built onto it already. The first time I installed the sway bar I used exhaust clamps on the axle. It won’t let me post the pics I have so I’ll try again in a few.

 

[ovaddiesr]

Some pics of the recent stuff I did. I’ve taken care of what I feel are most of the weak points so I’m seeing a turbocharger in the near future.

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[MrPink]

nice, what part of the mitten you in?

 

[b454rat]

Cool build!! I bought an LQ4 for my Tahoe, plan on turbo'n it, but for now just get it in and running. But even that won't happen for a couple years.

But for the sway bar, I put one in my 2wd Tahoe. It bolted in. I took all the stuff an Escalade, but anything that has the rear bar will work. All I had to do was bolt the frame mounts on, and had to cut the threads in the axle mount. Did it with a 3/8 ratchet.

 

[ovaddiesr]

nice, what part of the mitten you in?

I’m near macomb

 

[ovaddiesr]

So I decided to do the nbs brake knuckle upgrade because I run into brake fade and molten hot rotors every time I do some spirited driving. Last time I tried to slow down from over 130mph I warped both the tiny drilled and slotted rotors. The back hold up fine but since they are disc conversion rotors from a 2003 Sierra, the back rotors are bigger than the front and cause a dangerous slow down on slippery surfaces.

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[ovaddiesr]

Btw I didn’t just slap those rusty knuckles on. I disassembled them, vapor degrease, abrasive blast with 180 grit, ream the top ball joint hole, zinc nickel plated both, painted black, reassembled and mounted.

 

[MrPink]

so the upper balljoint taper is really all that is different?

 

[ovaddiesr]

so the upper balljoint taper is really all that is different?

Completely different. The threaded end is bigger than the hole itself. Makes me wonder why is the nbs ball joint stud so small

 

[Ty Snear]

It was actually very easy. The engine fits like it was designed for our trucks. I'm currentlyin the process of getting my speedometer and tach to work. For now I just use a speedo app on my cell. I used my old pcm to run the gauges and my remote start still functions great.

Where did find out your facts and info on the electronics? I'm about to do my 96 Tahoe and trying to find out about OBD1 etc.

Thanks- love your build