Starting my build thread on my LS swapped 80's series. This truck was purchased new by my father back in 1993 and was passed down to me when I began driving. Since then, I've absolutely fallen in love with the truck and made an extensive number of modifications including: ARB bull bar/winch, home made rear bumper, home made roof rack, home made sliders, 4" slee lift, on board air (train horn), etc.
I decided to go with an LS swap for the usual reasons. 270,000+ miles had me worried about reliability, I was tired of being under-powered, I always wished my 80's was built in the states so this was my way of adding some domestic content, but most of all I was running out of potential modifications and I wanted to attempt my first engine swap.
I did quite a bit of research leading up to this swap, including taking 200+ pages of notes from various Mud swap threads. I will post that document once I figure out a way to upload it to dropbox or some other file sharing service. Given that this was my first engine swap, I still had/have numerous questions after all of my research. My goal with this thread is to create to ultimate 80 series LS swap guide. I will do my best to document all my steps and make an idiot proof guide for those that follow.
Some pictures of my rig on her final journey prior to tear down.
I decided to go with an LS swap for the usual reasons. 270,000+ miles had me worried about reliability, I was tired of being under-powered, I always wished my 80's was built in the states so this was my way of adding some domestic content, but most of all I was running out of potential modifications and I wanted to attempt my first engine swap.
I did quite a bit of research leading up to this swap, including taking 200+ pages of notes from various Mud swap threads. I will post that document once I figure out a way to upload it to dropbox or some other file sharing service. Given that this was my first engine swap, I still had/have numerous questions after all of my research. My goal with this thread is to create to ultimate 80 series LS swap guide. I will do my best to document all my steps and make an idiot proof guide for those that follow.
Some pictures of my rig on her final journey prior to tear down.
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