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#514114 03/07/2009 1:57 AM
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Anyone put a Gen 3 (4.8,5.3,or 6.0) in their TF?
I put a TCI MII front in and set it up for an old school small block and 700r4 but I got a deal on a 4.8 and 4l60 complete with wiring, computer and all accessories.
What did you use for exhaust manifolds/headers?

If anyone has seen an install on this let me know, I googled all kinds of stuff but can't find one in a TF.
Thanks

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Wow, from the silence I guess I'll be the first...
I'll let everyone know how it turns out.

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firedriver: you might have noticed that this place is about Stovebolts, ie, inline GM engines. Yes, we all have those bent motors too but we work at not discussing them anymore than we have to. I'd recommend a HotRod site were they know a lot about bent motor headers.

Now if you decide on a new GM OHC inline six (or 5) like a Trailblazer uses we would be all ears.


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or you might find someone next door, at the HiPo hot rod shop

Bill


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"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
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Your swap has been done before, I have seen a few.
I think one good place you have to check out is the LS1Tech forum (http://ls1tech.com/forums/. It specializes on 3rd Gen chev engines and there is a mountain of knowledge among the members of this forum.
Most people there are indeed into drag racing their street-driven their 3rd Gen, but in the Performance chapter, there is a section called Conversions and Hybrids (Hybrids being cars that never had a 3rd Gen engine from the factory, not the semi-electric cars!!!). There, anything goes. Chances are good someone there has done your swap; anyway, ask questions, people know a lot. During your swap, you probably will have questions about fuel system, harness... They know all that!
There is also knowledge that does not apply to you but that you can use, for instance where would the various aftermarket engine mount adapters put the back of the 3rd Gen engine compared to the small block; then you do your measurements
I have put a 6.0L in a '70 Impala, no one had done this swap on the site, but I could not have done it without the site!
Good luck


'57 Chevy Suburban; '70 Chevy Impala.

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