TahoeDrifteR
TYF Newbie
What's up guys, I made this account forever ago and have been inactive since not long after it's creation.
I have a 1998 four door, two wheel drive Tahoe LT. It has 308,000 miles on the original engine, the body and frame are straight and rust free and there interior is ok. A few spilled drink stains on the carpet, the typical tear on the driver's seat side and I pulled the whole headliner and pad out after the fabric started sagging from lots of windows down interstate driving. It has been in a moderate front end collision, but has been repaired, although the hood and one fender are flat black still and it's got a cheap grille and headlights for now.
It has been sitting for a couple years because it needs an intake gasket, (imagine that) possibly head gaskets/heads checked, the spider injector and 0² sensors or possibly some wiring work.
My buddy and I were talking about it the other day and decided that it probably wouldn't be much more expensive to swap a 5.3 in it than to fix all that, plus I want to keep the truck forever as it has a lot of sentimental value and swapping it makes more sense in the long term than patching together a high mileage 350.
I'm hoping to take lots of pics and maybe some video and have a build thread here.
(Assuming this is the right place. Probably not knowing my luck with forums.)
I'll upload a pic of the truck when it was running great and a video too if I can.
Thanks for taking the time to read!
I have a 1998 four door, two wheel drive Tahoe LT. It has 308,000 miles on the original engine, the body and frame are straight and rust free and there interior is ok. A few spilled drink stains on the carpet, the typical tear on the driver's seat side and I pulled the whole headliner and pad out after the fabric started sagging from lots of windows down interstate driving. It has been in a moderate front end collision, but has been repaired, although the hood and one fender are flat black still and it's got a cheap grille and headlights for now.
It has been sitting for a couple years because it needs an intake gasket, (imagine that) possibly head gaskets/heads checked, the spider injector and 0² sensors or possibly some wiring work.
My buddy and I were talking about it the other day and decided that it probably wouldn't be much more expensive to swap a 5.3 in it than to fix all that, plus I want to keep the truck forever as it has a lot of sentimental value and swapping it makes more sense in the long term than patching together a high mileage 350.
I'm hoping to take lots of pics and maybe some video and have a build thread here.
(Assuming this is the right place. Probably not knowing my luck with forums.)
I'll upload a pic of the truck when it was running great and a video too if I can.
Thanks for taking the time to read!
