86 C10 LS 6.0 6L90E Swap

[kidd79]

The original drive shaft from the donor truck was long enough to fit in the 86. Cut the back end off and changed it to the original 86 u joint size do I don't have to remember to get a special u joint when I break it. I see breaking lots of u joints in my future. Well. Hopefully only a few. And got some of the interior stuff changed over to black instead of red.

[natedogg]

Looking good.
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[tommy217xxx]

Your truck is a beauty. I want to do an ls swap also.
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[Advanced Design]

Well, somehow my sub to this cool swap disappeared...and I just caught back up. Nice work and parts going on! Tagging along for rest.

[kidd79]

Originally Posted by natedogg

Looking good.
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Thanks bro. I'll give you a shout when I get it home so you can come by and check it out. I still have the red dashboard if you still want it.

[kidd79]

Originally Posted by Advanced Design

Well, somehow my sub to this cool swap disappeared...and I just caught back up. Nice work and parts going on! Tagging along for rest.

Welcome back aboard bro. Thanks for the compliments. It's going together pretty good with some help from some awesome fabricators. Ls simple, tejas steelworks, and Holley/hooker. It wouldn't be possible without those guys for the swap parts, and redman kustoms in Memphis for putting in the wrench time, and knowledge base for making it all fit together.

[kidd79]

Originally Posted by tommy217xxx

Your truck is a beauty. I want to do an ls swap also.
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Thanks bro. It's definitely worth doing. You'll be glad that you did!

[kidd79]

Hooker long tube fitment. Had to shave an ear off the side of the trans for good fitment..but they're in there and fit really good.

[kidd79]

More progress. Hopefully she'll be done in the next two weeks. I got to ride in it last week. Still got some bugs to work out and tune it.. But. It's coming along. I love the fact that the exhaust is no longer hanging below the frame.

[kidd79]

Here's where we are right now. Still have a few things to tweak and install. A.c.lines need to be finished up, cruise control, spray in bed liner, re skin and paint the tailgate.

Enjoy!!


https://youtu.be/qbno-nclqGI

[Advanced Design]

Looks and sounds really good!

[kidd79]

Originally Posted by Advanced Design

Looks and sounds really good!

Thanks bud. :-)

[daddyjeep]

That sounds amazing...the truck does at least. I'm not sure what that was playing on the radio.

[kidd79]

Originally Posted by daddyjeep

That sounds amazing...the truck does at least. I'm not sure what that was playing on the radio.

Thanks bud. I think it was supposed to be country music.. Not sure what passes for country these days. Sure not what I grew up on. It was on the country station though. Lol

[kidd79]

Doing the detail work on the instrument cluster and cruise control.

[kidd79]

Sadly, not much progress has been made over the last two months. Getting annoyed..But hey. What can you do. The a.c.lines have been finished, got some billet rear wheels, still working on the hydro boost brakes trying to get those sorted out. And apparently the 6l90e trans computer speed signal doesn't like the Dakota digital gauges for some weird reason. Still have to do the fender and tailgate...but there's a spray in bedliner and New billet rear wheels on the truck. Matching front wheels are on backorder. Should have those by the end of January. Maybe I'll get my baby back by then. Who knows. Getting beat down by this whole build. Losing interest all together.

[Sik66]

Keep to it bud!.....will be a wicked beast when done!

[kidd79]

Originally Posted by Sik66

Keep to it bud!.....will be a wicked beast when done!

Trying to keep my head up. Thanks bro.

[superdav]

I scanned through the pages looking for what your truck was lowered but I didn't see anything specific, What is the lowering numbers and the size of your new wheels? I like it

[kidd79]

Originally Posted by superdav

I scanned through the pages looking for what your truck was lowered but I didn't see anything specific, What is the lowering numbers and the size of your new wheels? I like it

Currently it's got the 2 1/2" drop shackles in the back. 2"lowering spindles in the front. 20x10" 5 1/2" back spacing on the rear. 20 x8.5" front. 4 1/2"back spacing. Stock front coil springs. New 4 leaf rear leaf springs. Coil over shocks all the way around.
I'm considering doing the 3/4 drop to bring it down just a bit more because the new coil and leaf springs along with the coil overs make it sit up quite a bit even with the lowering spindles and shackles.

[superdav]

Originally Posted by kidd79

Currently it's got the 2 1/2" drop shackles in the back. 2"lowering spindles in the front. 20x10" 5 1/2" back spacing on the rear. 20 x8.5" front. 4 1/2"back spacing. Stock front coil springs. New 4 leaf rear leaf springs. Coil over shocks all the way around.
I'm considering doing the 3/4 drop to bring it down just a bit more because the new coil and leaf springs along with the coil overs make it sit up quite a bit even with the lowering spindles and shackles.

Thats the drop I was thinking of but Im not sure of the wheel sizes yet. The gap in the rear well surprises me though with 20 inch wheels I didn't know the coil overs made that much difference

[kidd79]

Originally Posted by superdav

Thats the drop I was thinking of but Im not sure of the wheel sizes yet. The gap in the rear well surprises me though with 20 inch wheels I didn't know the coil overs made that much difference

Well I'm far from a suspension expert. Lol. I was surprised too after I got everything installed. I took a step back, looked at the truck and said well shoot. Truck looks like it's back to stock ride height, and just started scratching my head. Lol. The coil over shocks are non adjustable. Just some el cheapo shocks I got from rock auto. The old rear springs that were in the truck was a 3 leaf pack and worn out. The shocks were toast all the way around, and one of the previous owners had heated the front coil springs to lower the front. I had bought some drop coil springs to go in the front along with the spindles, but the front sat too low for my taste. I went on and put a new set of coil springs in, kept the spindles and that's about where she ended up sitting.

[king-918]

Nice build

[kidd79]

Originally Posted by king-918

Nice build

Thanks bro!

[mcnally351]

Very cool build. Keep it going!