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Nope no issues with anything. It's an easy swap on the motor (easier if said motor is on a stand). the kit includes everything you need to replace the truck pan with an f-body pan.

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RE: tow/haul - it shows up in HP Tuners as 'performance mode' in the tables. Essentially it's two tables (one for standard and one for performance). The standard table is the default and the performance is activated by using a momentary push button switch to ground a circuit. The PCM will then...

I used HP tuners and was very happy with the program. You have full control over everything. I really liked using the tow/haul programming to activate different tunes and shift points. You can have the grocery getter mode as default and then activate a performance tune with the push of a button...

Yes this is correct. I originally started with a dual electric fan from a lincoln mark 8 (it's a near perfect fit to the 80 series radiator) and controlled it with a DC Controllers controller. It worked but the a/c was janky. I then activated the fan control circuits in the GM PCM and sourced a...

There are differences in wiring between the 4 speed and 6 speed transmissions however the GM harness and PCM takes care of this. Where people get in trouble is trying to combine different years and it's why i would recommend getting a complete assembly from the donor vehicle. Gm made a lot of...

before i went with the dakota box, i tried a 'pull-up' circuit to try and boost the signal. I must have done something wrong because that caused a lot of smoke. the dakota box was ordered after than experiment failed.

yep go directly to marks. don't waste time with A/A and them adding more to the cost. And marks will ship to you by DHL and it will arrive in a matter of days versus weeks/months. They take paypal which takes care of the currency conversion.

I tried this with my swap. Yes you can correct the tach so that it reads the 8 cylinder engine correctly but for whatever reason the signal coming from the GM harness isn't strong enough to get the tach to work. I still had the use the dakota box as a signal booster. the gm PCM took care of the...

When I went through the certification process at the highlands ranch referee station, they looked to make all of the emissions components that go with the donor engine were installed and functioning with no CEL activated. All the emissions readiness monitors have to be showing 'ready' which...

Good call. My rig was a 94 so the pin out I posted applies to the '93/'94 model year. These had the separate tcu and a 3rd connector in this harness. The '95 and up deleted the external tcu and connector. Wire colors are different as well. Anyone taking on the later model year swap will have to...

I have received many requests for this sheet. Probably should have done this long ago. These two images will help those taking on this swap to pinout the IH1 and IH2 connectors that are located behind the glovebox and serve as the main connection to the vehicle harness and vortec harness. My...

PM me with your email if you want a copy of the pinout i made up. Ditch the whole two step fuel pump relay thing. The vortec motor needs a constant high pressure supply. Toyota used this to help control fuel pump noise so that the pump speed is slow when fuel demand is light but when you punch...

FWIW - i bought a scan gauge and mounted it right under the AC control panel in the spot next to the rear fan control switch. it will report out all of this info including trans temp.

hey guys. i am not on this forum much because i sold my cruiser a little over a year ago after a job change. I had to get something for business use. At any rate, I still have the pin outs and the EWDs for the 80s. If someone wants to host them for easy download please PM me and I will send them...