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Yes luckily!
Project "Sparkles"-1997 LX450 Gen V 6.2 Swap (29 Viewers)
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Which header are these? I am looking at their site and seen a big selection of headers.
Reason I ask I want to add them to my spread sheet so when it is time for the swap I have everything in one place.
Hey Matt, when you decide to head out to Ouray let me know. I live South of Montrose and would love to take a look if you have time. Thanks, Doug
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Sounds good! We will be out there 2nd week in July!
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Stock oil pan
Out of curiosity, any word from Tor on why this particular fit doesn't seem to work as planned?
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I wouldn’t say it doesn’t work because it absolutely does. To think you can have a 100% bolt on no problem LS or LT swap is unrealistic. The only thing I’ve had to do was swap headers and space out the gear box. Hell the factory crossmember even lines up.
That's fair. I was just surprised you needed to since Torfab's site specifically says you won't:
"I assume I’ll need to source 5th gen tight fitting headers. Any recs? You should use the truck or SUV manifolds that come with your donor engine"
Really just selfish curiosity since I'm planning something similar.
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Ya I mean “technically” they fit but I did not like how close it was to the drive side frame
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2 days spent on cleaning up and deleting wiring. I’m happy with how it’s turning out but man, that’s a lot of spaghetti to clear out. How the heck does a 6.2 V8 have less wiring that a 30 year old I6? 
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I went a different direction and dropped a Cummins in mine. A lot of the wiring deletes will be the same between the LS and Cummins. I have a couple of post showing how I did mine and included a pdf attachment with all my delete notes.
Post in thread '6bt cummins NV4500 1996 LX450 swap'
6bt cummins NV4500 1996 LX450 swap - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/6bt-cummins-nv4500-1996-lx450-swap.1278090/post-14786528
Thank you.
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Yep. That. He’s the man and his notes are what I followed.
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Update number…whatever this is:
After adding the Speed Engineering headers I had to replace the dip stick with one from Summit. It’s for an LT1 and clears the aftermarket headers. Chevrolet Performance Part # 12678823
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After adding the Speed Engineering headers I had to replace the dip stick with one from Summit. It’s for an LT1 and clears the aftermarket headers. Chevrolet Performance Part # 12678823
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Couple teaser pics.
Curious, what are you planning to run for gears? Watched a SwapTime YT vid yesterday that has me a bit concerned about the gear ratios and the 10/8 speeds. I know my 4.88’s will need to go and I don’t want to run larger than 35’s for a daily. Anyone have an idea on what the lowest numeric gear set is that we can get?
