BlueAKSSS Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 (edited) Well haven't been posting as much as I have in the past because I've tied up with lots of work on my 55 Chevy project. I picked it up Feb. 7th 2011 as a body minus engine/trans. My next step was to find an engine and trans. So I figured I would go cheap and pickup a 350 or something and drop it in, after searching around it turned out to be equal in price to swap in a LS motor from the junkyard so I did a basic LS swap into it. I used a 5.3L junkyard motor, swapped on a LS1 intake for looks, deleted the power steering pump, modded the stock truck water pump to clear the throttle body on the LS1 intake and installed a GMPP Muscle car oil pan kit. Then added conversion engine mounts and a Borg Warner T10 4 Speed and Hurst 4 Speed shifter. Here's the video of the first drive: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4hywBY-gHo *edit note this was before I dynomatted the entire interior, and tightened up all the loose screws to fix the squeaks! Edited April 13, 2011 by Matt* (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87sheerips Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 Thats awesome, sounds good too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterp Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 Love it!! Mr. P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverado_ss_04 Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 Very Niiiiiiice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Bag Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 Great video Matt, enjoyed it, great work, sure you're proud!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueAKSSS Posted April 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 Thanks guys! Bad news is I had to pull the transmission back out because it needs a rebuild. Turns out it won't stay in fourth gear anymore just pops out after driving for more than 2 minutes in that gear. It sucks because the weather is beautiful and it would be a great day to drive it! Haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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