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Old 07-29-2013, 10:12 AM   #1
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How to make a truck motor look good?
You go look in vettes and camaros etc and the motors look clean and pretty sweet, however when it comes to these truck motors they just look butt ugly.

So my question is for some of you 5.3 and 6.0 guys.... what have you done to make the engines eye candy?
To my understanding if you use a car intake that requires alot of other changes like to accessory brackets ect.

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Old 07-29-2013, 01:36 PM   #2
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Re: How to make a truck motor look good?
Car intake + accy's.

I've seen some smoothed intakes where they cut all of the ribs off of them and they still looked awful.
Wise man once said - you can't polish a turd.
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Old 07-29-2013, 01:38 PM   #3
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Put one of these on top.......
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Old 07-29-2013, 02:42 PM   #4
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Put one of these on top.......
That does look sweet.... but no not for what I am doing lol....

Where are your coil packs hidden?

What accessory setup are you using?
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Old 07-29-2013, 04:20 PM   #5
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That does look sweet.... but no not for what I am doing lol....

Where are your coil packs hidden?

What accessory setup are you using?
The coil packs will be in the stock location. I'm using the Holley LS accessory brackets.
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Old 07-29-2013, 09:47 PM   #6
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Here's what I did.
Just a little paint and I think it looks O.K.
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Old 07-29-2013, 10:00 PM   #7
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I don't think it looks too bad?
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Old 07-29-2013, 03:13 PM   #8
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I just used an engine cover.
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Old 07-29-2013, 03:54 PM   #9
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That cover looks good, maybe I will have to find some for my build!
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Old 07-29-2013, 10:46 PM   #10
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Old 07-29-2013, 11:01 PM   #11
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Those look really nice. Hope mine looks as nice
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Old 07-30-2013, 10:42 AM   #12
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Old 07-30-2013, 10:47 AM   #13
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That looks sharp.... The vortec Max cover I assume. How did you get rid of the logos?
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Kim57 is that Pontiac metalic blue? Your paint job looks good.
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Old 07-30-2013, 11:47 PM   #15
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That looks sharp.... The vortec Max cover I assume. How did you get rid of the logos?
Thanks for the compliment, it is a Vortec Max cover, I just ground off the letters with disc sander and then used bondo to fill and feather it out. Be sure and scuff the rest of cover and use a plastic adhesion spray before painting.
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This factory looking orange and black is awesome! This is the look I'd like to achieve!
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^^I thought that too in the first picture, but the second picture looks more gray-mica. sweet color
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I'm building a whole engine cover out of aluminum since I don't care for the stock ones and with it fully covered it cleans up everything. It also allows me to go hood less.
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Old 08-01-2013, 03:23 PM   #19
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Re: How to make a truck motor look good?
It's still pretty ugly, but LS3 intake and F-body accessories helped. Also moved the coils.

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Old 08-02-2013, 01:49 PM   #20
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It's still pretty ugly, but LS3 intake and F-body accessories helped. Also moved the coils.
Nothing Ugly about that engine! work of art
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Old 08-01-2013, 06:03 PM   #21
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Re: How to make a truck motor look good?
I like that too... other than the turbo what did it take. Dont you have to have l92 heads for the ls3 intake?
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Old 08-02-2013, 10:06 AM   #22
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Re: How to make a truck motor look good?
Yes, i have LS3 heads (rectangle port)...hence the LS3 intake. Just bolt the f-body accessories on (with an F-body balancer) and go. I made brackets to relocate the coils down by the motor mounts.
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Old 08-02-2013, 10:09 AM   #23
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Yes, i have LS3 heads (rectangle port)...hence the LS3 intake. Just bolt the f-body accessories on (with an F-body balancer) and go. I made brackets to relocate the coils down by the motor mounts.
Is the crank pulley the same? Just need the balancer?
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Is the crank pulley the same? Just need the balancer?
The crank pulley is the balancer.
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Old 08-02-2013, 03:50 PM   #25
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Coil relocation & nicer valve covers are a good start. Putting an aluminum intake on it is expensive but probably helps. Brackets that are a little less industrial looking would help too but I don't know whats available without going to the full car accessory setup. A standalone harness will lay out a lot cleaner / nicer than a modified factory setup. Other than that... it's an engine.
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