Have finally got my fj-62 to Atlanta Custom Creations for the conversion. It's an all aluminum 5.3 out of a Buick Rainier with zero miles. I'll keep posting pics of the process.
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Great Motor! FYI...change the oil pan to a shorter Camaro pan. You'll need the clearance for that tall motor. If not you'll only have about 1" from the diff flange to the oil pan. Also, not sure how your exhaust manifolds are set-up, but I use center dump shorty headers for ease of exhaust routing.
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Don't know if I'm spoiling the secret knowledge, but Jonathan's main guy Jim at TLC does a cut and turn on the stock exhaust manifolds to make them fit inside the frame rails. He uses welding rods made for the cast material... says he's been doing all of them that way and no issues. Or headers work too.
swap is WAAAY worth it, BTW.
Don't know if I'm spoiling the secret knowledge, but Jonathan's main guy Jim at TLC does a cut and turn on the stock exhaust manifolds to make them fit inside the frame rails. He uses welding rods made for the cast material... says he's been doing all of them that way and no issues. Or headers work too.
swap is WAAAY worth it, BTW.