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Originally Posted by Tx Firefighter
Karl, I'll be following the LS swap closely. I'm interested to see your approach. There's been multiple times on here where guys have said you can buy an LS and install it as cheaply as buying a 1300 dollar crate engine and installing it. That's sounds like horsesh1t to me but I have never called anyone out on it since I haven't personally done this swap. I'm hoping you can pave the way for some sensible and simple money saving swap tips.
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My plan is to keep a running total of what I spend and why. I will try to justify my decisions so that it makes sense to the rest of the forum in hopes that others can learn from it.
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Originally Posted by Low Elco
I know doing it in a square makes it a lot easier. See the "Fred" thread. Especially if you find a robbable '87 in the yards. I'll be excited to see this as well, y'all do nice work!
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First off, thanks for the comment on my other build. I am not sure that doing it in a square is any easier (other than the EFI in-tank pump) since the front frame is basically the same for '63-'87. Some of what I will be doing to this one, will be to try ideas I have for when I do my '65.
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Originally Posted by 2000Limited
Nice start. I read all of the other build, It was a great job from both of you.
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Thanks for the compliment!
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Originally Posted by Jonboy
I am still bald, but my swap isn't up and running yet. Maybe there is still hope.... 
Karl, I am interested to see how you do it. I have tried to do mine the poor boy way, but I broke down and bought a harness and a few other things along the way. Not 100% budget minded, but close. |
I did my harness myself following the stuff on lt1swap.com. There are some things that in the end I was not happy with. Most of it was in the way it looks and how the harness was routed around the engine/trans. I will be redoing that on this one and make it tighter/neater in my opinion. Its not hard work, but time consuming. I got more time than money for this project
, but in reallity, I don't have any time either...
