TR65 LS2 T56 Engine Swap 65 C10

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6.0 LS2 and T56 6 speed swap. 1965 C10 short fleet BBW. Truck was bought new by my dad. He gave it to me a few years ago. Spent most of its life in a garage. Very good condition. The suspension is completely rebuilt, 4 wheel disk brake conversion, rebuilt 12 bolt rear with Eaton posi-traction, front sway bar. Rebuilt bed and under-bed gas tank with internal fuel injection pump.

The truck is to drive and use as a truck.

My overall direction is to keep the truck very much as it could have looked in 1965 with stock stance and update the electrical and mechanical systems to as modern a level as I can. Make as few alterations to the original truck parts as possible. Keep all the original parts.

Engine Swap OBJECTIVES:

• Good highway cruising. The 283 with 3 speed and 3.73 rear gears is not good for 70 mph highway cruising. Engine runs way too fast, likes to overheat, poor gas mileage.

• +20 mpg on average commute to work. I had an LS2 in a 2003 Vette and it averaged around 23 mpg on the commute.

• Clean running, low emissions. Use full 2005 level emissions systems except the fuel vapor recovery system.

• Use all the available electronic and mechanical systems possible that were on the 2005 engine: cruise control, drive by wire, power steering, hydraulic clutch, air conditioning, electric fans, OBDII gage info, etc.

• Keep all the original gages operational.

I did a lot of pre work before I took the truck off the road, end of August 2009. Here are some threads on that:

• Classic air cleaner for LSx motor
o http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=412824

• Hydraulic clutch conversion
o http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=300087

• Electronic dash panel
o http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=360205

• Power steering conversion
o http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=374519

• T56 Shifter location change
o http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=300892

• Hood spring removal and install
o http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=378660

• Fly by wire gas pedal
o http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=300335

• Cruise control stalk
o http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=324015