Although its cost prohibitive, is it possible to setup an 8.1 vortec with a harness to go to LBZ ben?
LBZ going into my 02
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Although its cost prohibitive, is it possible to setup an 8.1 vortec with a harness to go to LBZ ben?
So you have a 2001-2002 8.1, and want to go to LBZ? Yes, I can definitely do that. There will be extra cost of course though.
Ben
Just sent payment for my LLY. Unfortunately, by the time it gets here I'll be out of state for a week and a half for the robinson helicopter factory maintenance course. Get back on the 25th in time for Ben to be on vacation. Looks like I should be able to get it done the first couple weeks of April. Ben, with your harness, is there even any re-pinning to do? I know we always say the 03+ is "plug and play" but there is a couple of things to change correct?
Sweet deal, well now that it can be done, my wheels are turning, going to see what kinda costs ill get into
No re-pinning, no splicing, no nothing. 100% plug and play! :thumb:
Send me an email at btdieselworks (at) gmail (dot) com and we can coordinate shipping and ordering.
Ben
Need advice on this. My LLY is coming in next week. I'm debating on throwing studs and new head gaskets on it before it gets dropped in. Would be so easy on the engine stand. The other part of me says to just swap the engine in . It could go many miles without issue (has 180k now). I can't decide, my LB7 is still running great and the haze at warm idle is very slight for now. I could definitely get by for a few months with occasional camping trips being it's only use.
That's what my gut is telling me. Just an extra 12-1500 bucks.......Are you just doing heads or a whole motor?
I'm doing a complete lbz engine swap. With s366, 60%s, profab manifolds and up pipes, studded with new gaskets, etc
Studs and gaskets should be about 1000..
Yea I forgot that part! I've got 550 in studs in gaskets. Picked up a set of used studs here and lml grade c gaskets from the dealer. Got a buddy who works at the machine shop so I got a deal there too
Got my motor. Going to probably tear it down and do head studs, empire crank pin, welded water pump, s&b mouthpiece, egr delete, and pcv reroute. During that time, I'll have Ben do up the harness. Words cannot describe the trouble we went through to get the cherry picker support legs out from underneath the engine.
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Clrussell, any progress updates? Hopefully I'll be getting to pulling the heads on my motor and getting them to the machine shop soon. I've been pretty busy so haven't made a lot of progress.
Went ahead and ordered studs as well as a profab boost tube and down pipe. Also got the harness and ecm prepared for shipping. I'll probably get it out tomorrow.