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[Jimbo]

A friend of mine has a 1975 Camaro, 355, th350 car. The 350 recently dropped a valve and made scrap out of many good parts.
We were kicking around the idea of a 5.3ls swap. I wanted to see if I could get some of the experienced people to chime in on what parts would need to be purchased and fabbed up to get a pullout 5.3 installed and running with his transmission and the truck injection setup. Thanks for any input.

[2165 Turbo Rail]

motor with all accessories ($550), a stand alone harness ($450), Computer ($100), Bosch 044 external fuel pump ($200) and then you can nickle and dime yourself to death on the rest (fuel lines, fittings, motor mount adapters, etc)

I'm sure there's more but that's all I can think of off the top of my head. I'm not sure about mating the th350 but I know its not hard but I went with a 4L60e myself


FYI.. JOHN might have an extra 4.8 or 5.3 with acc, wire harness and computer

[War Machine]

I have a professional products balancer, and stainless block hugger headers for sale for your ls build if interested


oh yea I have a ctsv pan and pick up too (which I will be returning soon)

["MrEd"]

https://www.ls1truck.com

i know, but i aint going into all the details,its easy to say the least...
good luck with your search

[dville_gt]

try to find a motor with the harness with it, it is pretty simple and straight forward to convert it to stand alone and you will save a lot of cash.

the f-body and the cts-v pans are good for car swaps

th350 will bolt up (sans 2 bolts) and he can even use his current converter with an adapter (i have a gm one with the right bolts i'll sell cheap)

the 0411 pcm (used in express vans) are good because they can control both DBW and DBC throttle bodies and they accept +12v a/c request vs. requiring serial request signals.

www.lt1swap.com has A LITERAL SHIT TON of information about the wiring.

http://lt1swap.com/2000harness.htm has the harness info

[War Machine]

I know where an aluminum 5.3 is with 60k miles for 600

[2165 Turbo Rail]

try to find a motor with the harness with it, it is pretty simple and straight forward to convert it to stand alone and you will save a lot of cash.

the f-body and the cts-v pans are good for car swaps

th350 will bolt up (sans 2 bolts) and he can even use his current converter with an adapter (i have a gm one with the right bolts i'll sell cheap)

the 0411 pcm (used in express vans) are good because they can control both DBW and DBC throttle bodies and they accept +12v a/c request vs. requiring serial request signals.

www.lt1swap.com has A LITERAL SHIT TON of information about the wiring.

and add water wetter to your radiator.. haha jk.. razzing dville a little

[dville_gt]

These are the PCM's to look for:

2003: Serv. No. 12576106 with Hwd. No. 12570558 - Pretty much all 2003 stuff should have this PCM.

2004: Serv. No. 12586243 with Hwd. No. 12583659 - Mostly GTO and Express vans got this PCM, as well as Caddy CTS-V. MIGHT be in trucks.

2005-2006: Serv. No. 12589462 with Hwd. No. 12589161 - I think you'll only find this in Express Vans. Maybe in some pickups, not for sure.

[dville_gt]

and add water wetter to your radiator.. haha jk.. razzing dville a little

I don't think that switching to water really did much, the best bang for the buck is the super shrouding i built that doesn't let any air go past the radiator!

[Jimbo]

try to find a motor with the harness with it, it is pretty simple and straight forward to convert it to stand alone and you will save a lot of cash.

http://lt1swap.com/2000harness.htm has the harness info

This is something I was wondering about. Thank you. I suppose the best place to find a harness would be a junk yard or supplier like lkq?

[Jimbo]

Looks like he found a deal on a complete wrecked 08 express van, 5.3.
Anyone have a link to that spacer needed to use his th350 stall? or info on which mounts to use?

[War Machine]

here is what I used http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/_W0QQ...T#ht_757wt_935

I have a set of new stainless block hugger headers for 200 if they dont fit I'll give your money back if you need em

[dville_gt]

Looks like he found a deal on a complete wrecked 08 express van, 5.3.
Anyone have a link to that spacer needed to use his th350 stall? or info on which mounts to use?

I'll sell the spacer and longer bolts for $20, factory GM parts.

[Mach1]

I've got a f-body harness and computer for $400 if you are interested.

[Jimbo]

I'll sell the spacer and longer bolts for $20, factory GM parts.

He will want it. Ill have him get in touch with you.