My From Start to Finish 6.0L Build

Tonyrodz said:

Lots of guys seem to like using the oem AC Delco plugs, including myself. If you do decide to get them, buy them from a reputable vendor. Lots of fakes out there.

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^^^This

My roller rockers were shipped, expected delivery is Thursday.

Ordered AC Delco knock sensors. Having a hard time finding the wire harness.

My transmission oil cooler hard lines are in pretty poor shape. Decided to replace them with AN6 fittings and braided hose. I've already installed a 40K cooler. Ordered the required fittings and hardware to make this happen from the transmission to the cooler. Deciding whether I do this during the engine swap or prior.

RAMurphy said:

Ordered AC Delco knock sensors. Having a hard time finding the wire harness.

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I really want to use a new OEM wire harness but I may use the OEM harness on my current engine. We will see if I can find a harness I can trust.

Update from shipping show's that my roller rockers should arrive on Thursday. This weekend I will verify the required pushrod lengths and get them ordered. I will also start installing all the other components I've been ordering for this build.



Still a few more things to purchase but definitely getting closer:
1. Circle D torque converter
2. Plugs and wires
3. Oil and Coolant
4. Knock Sensor Harness
5. Could end up buying a water pump, not sure though. I will check my spread sheet and see how many miles I have on the current one.
6. Heater hose firewall connectors - believe it or not the original ones are still on the truck. Time to get those changed once the engine is out of the vehicle.

Still need to receive my updated tune from Black Bear Performance. Should be within the next week or two.

Just finished building up my new front steam vent crossover using a some components I bought from ICT billet and evil energy an4 fittings. Looks pretty good.

Components for the cross over.

4AN hose:

4AN to 1/8 NPT Male Hose Fitting Adapter:

4AN Hose End Fitting:

LS Throttle Body Coolant Bypass Hose Kit/Head Steam Crossover:

When I came home from work today I found these on my front porch.

Some additional pictures. Need to verify pushrod lengths this weekend. Pretty sure I will end up with 7.425 which is what I measured with the OEM rockers.