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A guy with a truck
Join Date: Sep 2005
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'70 c10 lq4
Here we go again...
This will be my fifth official swap attempt, including two of my own and two friends' trucks. I have had both a 5.3 and a 6.0 ready to drop in this truck, but due to 'life' happening, I sold both setups. Starting from scratch again with an LQ4 that I plan to hook to my current 700r4, at least until it croaks... Here's pics of the truck's current state and of the 350 currently residing in the engine bay: ![]() ![]()
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-Chris Instagram _elgringoloco_ '70 Short-Wide How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10 ‘70 Blazer ConversionHow To: Ruin a Perfectly Good 4wd '72 Highlander How To: Ruin a Perfectly Good K/5 (SOLD) '72 Blazer 2WD How to: Ruin a perfectly good Blazer (SOLD) '05 Yukon Daily Driven (not so stock) Yukon (SOLD) ‘07 Yukon Denali (daily) Members met list: SCOTI, darkhorse970, 67cheby, 67cheby'sGirl, klmore, porterbuilt, n2billet, Fastrucken, classicchev, Col Clank, GSFMECH, HuggerCST, Spray-Bomb, BACKYARD88, 5150, fine69, fatbass, smbrouss70, 65StreetCruiser, GAc10boy |
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Re: '70 c10 lq4
The plan is to drop this motor in with a few minor upgrades, keeping in mind my budget. We'll see how that goes
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-Chris Instagram _elgringoloco_ '70 Short-Wide How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10 ‘70 Blazer ConversionHow To: Ruin a Perfectly Good 4wd '72 Highlander How To: Ruin a Perfectly Good K/5 (SOLD) '72 Blazer 2WD How to: Ruin a perfectly good Blazer (SOLD) '05 Yukon Daily Driven (not so stock) Yukon (SOLD) ‘07 Yukon Denali (daily) Members met list: SCOTI, darkhorse970, 67cheby, 67cheby'sGirl, klmore, porterbuilt, n2billet, Fastrucken, classicchev, Col Clank, GSFMECH, HuggerCST, Spray-Bomb, BACKYARD88, 5150, fine69, fatbass, smbrouss70, 65StreetCruiser, GAc10boy |
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Re: '70 c10 lq4
Pics of the truck when I got it, back in '05. If you wanna know more about how it got to its current state from this, check out How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10
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-Chris Instagram _elgringoloco_ '70 Short-Wide How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10 ‘70 Blazer ConversionHow To: Ruin a Perfectly Good 4wd '72 Highlander How To: Ruin a Perfectly Good K/5 (SOLD) '72 Blazer 2WD How to: Ruin a perfectly good Blazer (SOLD) '05 Yukon Daily Driven (not so stock) Yukon (SOLD) ‘07 Yukon Denali (daily) Members met list: SCOTI, darkhorse970, 67cheby, 67cheby'sGirl, klmore, porterbuilt, n2billet, Fastrucken, classicchev, Col Clank, GSFMECH, HuggerCST, Spray-Bomb, BACKYARD88, 5150, fine69, fatbass, smbrouss70, 65StreetCruiser, GAc10boy Last edited by gringoloco; 03-13-2012 at 12:03 PM. |
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Re: '70 c10 lq4
I'm in for the ride!
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Re: '70 c10 lq4
Hello, I am running the same wheels, did you use spacers?
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Re: '70 c10 lq4
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-Chris Instagram _elgringoloco_ '70 Short-Wide How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10 ‘70 Blazer ConversionHow To: Ruin a Perfectly Good 4wd '72 Highlander How To: Ruin a Perfectly Good K/5 (SOLD) '72 Blazer 2WD How to: Ruin a perfectly good Blazer (SOLD) '05 Yukon Daily Driven (not so stock) Yukon (SOLD) ‘07 Yukon Denali (daily) Members met list: SCOTI, darkhorse970, 67cheby, 67cheby'sGirl, klmore, porterbuilt, n2billet, Fastrucken, classicchev, Col Clank, GSFMECH, HuggerCST, Spray-Bomb, BACKYARD88, 5150, fine69, fatbass, smbrouss70, 65StreetCruiser, GAc10boy Last edited by gringoloco; 03-13-2012 at 02:03 PM. |
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Re: '70 c10 lq4
I'm in. I'm just starting to get ready to put my LQ4 together. I'll stay right behind you and let you figure it all out for me
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Re: '70 c10 lq4
Love it, the stance and wheels are perfect.
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Re: '70 c10 lq4
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-Chris Instagram _elgringoloco_ '70 Short-Wide How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10 ‘70 Blazer ConversionHow To: Ruin a Perfectly Good 4wd '72 Highlander How To: Ruin a Perfectly Good K/5 (SOLD) '72 Blazer 2WD How to: Ruin a perfectly good Blazer (SOLD) '05 Yukon Daily Driven (not so stock) Yukon (SOLD) ‘07 Yukon Denali (daily) Members met list: SCOTI, darkhorse970, 67cheby, 67cheby'sGirl, klmore, porterbuilt, n2billet, Fastrucken, classicchev, Col Clank, GSFMECH, HuggerCST, Spray-Bomb, BACKYARD88, 5150, fine69, fatbass, smbrouss70, 65StreetCruiser, GAc10boy |
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Re: '70 c10 lq4
I'm in.
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Re: '70 c10 lq4
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Re: '70 c10 lq4
Count me in here too. There's nothing I want more then an ls swap for my truck. And like others have said, I'll let you do all the R & D and I follow suit. (or what ever the saying is)
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Re: '70 c10 lq4
Signing up for the show,...
This should be good!
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Re: '70 c10 lq4
sweet truck man!.....I'll follow along too..I'm gonna be starting mine real soon as well..
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Still Just Havin Some Fun!
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Re: '70 c10 lq4
if you have any questions I'll help where I can. I have done two these now from top to bottom. If you can do a regular engine swap, you can do one of these easy.
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Re: '70 c10 lq4
cool man...i def hit you up later on....gonna start pullin **** this weekend..
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Re: '70 c10 lq4
Thanks for everyone jumping in! I went back and forth deciding whether to upgrade the small block or go LS, then I stumbled upon this 6.0 on the cheap, did some quick number crunching and realized I could have more power, reliability, and dependability for less money (that's what I told my wife, too). Gonna try to keep it simple and inexpensive, but done right. We'll see how it goes- I do tend to get carried away sometimes...
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Re: '70 c10 lq4
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Re: '70 c10 lq4
This appears to be on its way to a sellout event...... Count me in!
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Re: '70 c10 lq4
hold on, let me get some popcorn.....
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Re: '70 c10 lq4
In for the win...
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Re: '70 c10 lq4
Are you going to Good guys this weekend ?
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Re: '70 c10 lq4
More watchers! Now I feel like I have to entertain you guys
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-Chris Instagram _elgringoloco_ '70 Short-Wide How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10 ‘70 Blazer ConversionHow To: Ruin a Perfectly Good 4wd '72 Highlander How To: Ruin a Perfectly Good K/5 (SOLD) '72 Blazer 2WD How to: Ruin a perfectly good Blazer (SOLD) '05 Yukon Daily Driven (not so stock) Yukon (SOLD) ‘07 Yukon Denali (daily) Members met list: SCOTI, darkhorse970, 67cheby, 67cheby'sGirl, klmore, porterbuilt, n2billet, Fastrucken, classicchev, Col Clank, GSFMECH, HuggerCST, Spray-Bomb, BACKYARD88, 5150, fine69, fatbass, smbrouss70, 65StreetCruiser, GAc10boy |
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Re: '70 c10 lq4
in going 5.3 on mine so i in for this one also !!!!
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Re: '70 c10 lq4
watching
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