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[Chevy1925]

Easier to work on, less bs with injector lines and such, plus LLY's rule

Exactly. Way easier to work on and if you go the LLY ECM route, you can take advantage of the sweet variable vane turbos available now.

I love my LLY swap in my 02

 

[motoking_1990]

Exactly. Way easier to work on and if you go the LLY ECM route, you can take advantage of the sweet variable vane turbos available now.

I love my LLY swap in my 02

What all has to be done to make the lly possible? The block its self is the same correct? Just the heads and other parts are different? I may be intrested.

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[Bustedknuckles]

guys my truck is a 2003 Crew Cab short bed LB7 with 5speed allison 273k miles on it and its very clean under the hood on the engine and all around the body and frame and NO GOOSENECK BALL in it so its all highway miles and never had its guts pulled out of it and does have a straight pipe its burning my coolant off but my radiator hose is still soft after a shut it off or rev it up i drive it to work and its fine when i let it sit all day it white smokes like a train but then clears up and after that it smokes when just idling

I would recommend starting your own thread but imo you have a cracked head since its not pressuring the coolant.

 

[nharroll]

Exactly. Way easier to work on and if you go the LLY ECM route, you can take advantage of the sweet variable vane turbos available now.

I love my LLY swap in my 02

Has anybody done a write up on this yet?

 

[Slowmax]

If the block is not trashed. Would he not be not only time, and money head not to mention the amount of in depth work in the LLY swap. To just get a LML crank, balancer, bearings' LML Grade C's and go back together?

 

[WVRigrat05]

Maybe. Hell in 08' when I was 20, I'd never even seen a diesel or apart before I owned mine, and I tore it down to nothing with minimal tools in the yard, an LLY swap would be a good experience.

Not to mention it needs injectors anyhow too, so there's another 2500-3000, I'd find a good LLY long block and swap it.

Broke kids and builds don't work out, I thought I'd have less than half what I had in mine, everytime I turned around something else was ****ed up or needed fixed.

 

[nharroll]

Maybe. Hell in 08' when I was 20, I'd never even seen a diesel or apart before I owned mine, and I tore it down to nothing with minimal tools in the yard, an LLY swap would be a good experience.

Not to mention it needs injectors anyhow too, so there's another 2500-3000, I'd find a good LLY long block and swap it.

Broke kids and builds don't work out, I thought I'd have less than half what I had in mine, everytime I turned around something else was ****ed up or needed fixed.

I have injectors, full gasket kit, headgaskets and everything. Just need a good short block.

 

[Slowmax]

Did you trash the block then? Sounds like your only an LML crank, bearings, and balancer away then. Crank is 670, balancer?, bearings 200? be in it a little more then 1k. Cheaper then taking somebody's word on a short block.

 

[nharroll]

Did you trash the block then? Sounds like your only an LML crank, bearings, and balancer away then. Crank is 670, balancer?, bearings 200? be in it a little more then 1k. Cheaper then taking somebody's word on a short block.

No still have the block. Just haven't looked at the damage the crank has caused

 

[CarolinaHD]

Broken cranks tend to lead to broken blocks.. A member on here, Adam/malibu795 went through the same issue last year. I would be looking for another block to build up

No it is not... This is why... #2 web PS glade I kept digging

4 engines.. Died
1 Piston @222k miles
2 reluctor wheel Dowel pin/crankshaft @244k
3 Water pump/bearings(junkyard LBZ) 263k ~19k on new water pump.
4 Using a block that had a crankshaft break inside even though everything checked out. And machined back to spec @265k....

....I've called several machine shops. Asked if they have seen a block break a crank, nothing wrong with block after through checking machine back to spec.. Then break a main web.. All have answered yes...
Normally you break a crankshaft you're lucky to be able to save the heads and above, everything is scrap after that.....

 

[WVRigrat05]

I have injectors, full gasket kit, headgaskets and everything. Just need a good short block.

If your that far into it just find a shortblock and get it together.

 

[tripleturbo]

Where at in Maryland are you?

 

[moparkxracer]

I want to think he's up there by you.

 

[04chummins]

I would recommend starting your own thread but imo you have a cracked head since its not pressuring the coolant.

I have looked and don't know how to start a new threat but I'll start looking for heads

 

[nharroll]

Where at in Maryland are you?

Cecil county, MD