the random projects i have (1968 beetle 1995 Tahoe currently)

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Also, where does the LS swap begin?

not any time soon as i have a vortec 350 with a bad crank i was going to steal the heads and rollery cam parts off of for the TBI 350


just because i do not want to mess with OBD1 it will get a carb and HEI if i do the swap so when the 4l60 goes out i can use any year and an aftermarket controller preferably i would go 4l80 if the 60 dies. . if i was to keep it injected it would get MPFI and a terminator set up.

if i was to change the engine i would go 3800 v6 with a turbo (have all the parts to make a solid 500+hp set up out of one) and make a fat typhoon out of it. before going LS just for something different as i have had a few LS powered vehicles LOL

 

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also update... ***** cold in michigan and the tahoe has a foot of snow on it LOL

 

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now that snow is melting will be poking at it some more soon.

 

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well did not do much as weather and work but today i finally cleaned all the pine needles and tree junk from it. blowing out the fenders ect.


redid the door weather strip as i noticed it been leaking at the back of the doors the top weather strip was full of needles and also slid forward on both sides leaving a hap in the back moved it back and put some rtv to hold it a bit better on the rail

vacuumed a bit of the front interior to check the dash wiring and figure out why it will not crank and if i could jump the ignition switch.

did not do that but did fix the HVAC. it now goes into all positions and the blower motor now turns on it does seem weak even though it;s going full tilt. i think they tried to replace the motor and did not seal the box back up correctly.

and that was all about 3hrs of work. net day off i will finally get to the ignition wiring and see if the yellow crank wiring is getting 12v with the key in crank. could check at the starter but i am really avoiding going under there to see how bad it's rusted form sitting in a back yard under a tree for 5 years LOL

(i already know it;s bad and will have to do some frame plating)

 

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been a wile sense i last posted some one actually offered me money for the tahoe way more then i paid so i let it go but i am not with out a gmt400

just not a suv

got a 98 1500 for $400 unlike the tahoe it has a frame also unlike the tahoe the interior is rough and the engine needs to be replaced.



first real roadblock i have ran into is apparently the make door shells but not the window regulator mounting plate/ door frame

previous owner removed it to replace the regulator 6 years ago and just never did.

 

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the sheet metal is rough but $400. going to get the starter hooked back up and just crank it over and see what the engine sounds like

already have a L31 core i will be rebuilding using 2 rods from a 305 i also have laying around and trading the 305 crank to a roundy round racer for a stock l31 crank. so far only have a total of $600 into this as the L31 and TBI 305 i have had for almost a decade and can not remember what i paid for them or what they where for

 

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so started tearing down a 98 350 vortec i got 8-ish years ago from a suburban that spun a rod. only had 50k on it when it happened only thing i found was the pick up full of bearing so not sure what caused the loss of oil to the rods. got new oil pump and will clean out all the gallies

traded my 305 crank i had sitting around for a L31 350 crank from a circle track racer that needed it for the LT1 pistons and rods he is running in his stock class engine

not going to do much just a small clean up on the head ports. back face the intake valves, front face the exhaust valves. LS6 springs i had sitting around form when i messed with 3800s and a set of 1.6 roller tip rockers that where on the 305. and will do a bit of porting of the exhaust manifolds

measured the big end of the rods and they are not egged out and still with in spec for standard bearings. broke a ring wile cleaning the pistons so new rings it is.