LB7: With LLY heads - LL7

[NelsonDiesel]

I've been thinking and did some searching but i haven't come up with the info i want.


Basicly, can one Grab heads, injectors, FICM and ECM and work some programming and get away with running a stock LB7 turbo?

 

[duratothemax]

so basically run an LLY with a stock LB7 turbo?

Sure why not...

 

[NelsonDiesel]

basicly

but could it really be that easy?

 

[Trippin]

Yes.

 

[NelsonDiesel]

seems too basic

oh and a harness.... i didn't add that to the list...

 

[Whitetail Addict]

Good idea Stewie, I have been thinking about the same thing.
How would I do it if I wanted to run the LLY charger? What else would I need?
I'm going to start collecting parts, I got over a year

 

[NelsonDiesel]

I'm thinking way in the future for mine..... but i have a federal truck so the LLY injectors and heads would be a nice touch but retain what i love the most... great fuel mileage with a wastegated turbo.... Oh, and the sweet sound !

I'm thinking just Heads, injectors, Harness, ECM and FICM. Then with EFI live remove the VVT and all emissions stuff that i dont have. Use my stock intake manifolds and intercooler plumbing.

What would one gain fromt his? The LLY's are a bit quieter then the LB7's. The Injectors would no longer be a huge burden should something go wrong with one....

 

[duratothemax]

seems too basic.

why? All you're doing is running an LLY with a non-stock charger.........

 

[duratothemax]

wait nvmind scratch that. I forgot you have a 2002. You will go insane trying to convert it to an LLY. Nothing plugs together and even if you spend days cutting and hacking the harness together, the instrument cluster and stuff still wont work.

Only LB7's that are fairly easilly "convertable" to LLY's are the 03-04's. Obviously in 03 they had the MCE and overhauled the electrical architecture, the 02 and earlier electrical architecture is not in anyway compatible with LLY engine management systems.

ben

 

[NelsonDiesel]

wait nvmind scratch that. I forgot you have a 2002. You will go insane trying to convert it to an LLY. Nothing plugs together and even if you spend days cutting and hacking the harness together, the instrument cluster and stuff still wont work.

Only LB7's that are fairly easilly "convertable" to LLY's are the 03-04's. Obviously in 03 they had the MCE and overhauled the electrical architecture, the 02 and earlier electrical architecture is not in anyway compatible with LLY engine management systems.

ben

DOH !

That was the bad news i was expecting....

I didn't think about the cluster and all that good stuff.... I was focused on the engine bay...

Oh well.

 

[duratothemax]

DOH !

That was the bad news i was expecting....

I didn't think about the cluster and all that good stuff.... I was focused on the engine bay...

Oh well.

Ya with the 03-04 LB7's, the LLY harness is already compatible with the UBEC and plugs right in, as well as the other body harnesses that go through the firewall. I know thats not the answer you wanted to hear though.

 

[sweetdiesel]

wait nvmind scratch that. I forgot you have a 2002. You will go insane trying to convert it to an LLY. Nothing plugs together and even if you spend days cutting and hacking the harness together, the instrument cluster and stuff still wont work.

Only LB7's that are fairly easilly "convertable" to LLY's are the 03-04's. Obviously in 03 they had the MCE and overhauled the electrical architecture, the 02 and earlier electrical architecture is not in anyway compatible with LLY engine management systems.

ben

Nor is It even compatible with a 03-04 lb7:banghead:

I would still like to thinks it's possible I think i would prefer lbz heads

 

[sweetdiesel]

Ben
what if you didnt care if the cluster worked? Would this set codes and screw ya up?

 

[mytmousemalibu]

Something ive conmtemplated doing for some time now, main reason...
I HATE LB7 INJECTORS WITH A PASSION! Other than that i love the LB7, however i was gonna dub mine the "LBX" kinda like a spin-off of an LSX hence the badassness:rofl:

 

[duratothemax]

You can convert an 03-04 LB7 into an LLY very easilly. Everything is plug and play.

 

[mytmousemalibu]

kool, good to know! Thanks Ben!

 

[sweetdiesel]

You can convert an 03-04 LB7 into an LLY very easilly. Everything is plug and play.

Wouldnt that be downgrading?oke::joker:

 

[NelsonDiesel]

I still will look into this a little deeper. Even if i don't follow through with it... i'd like to see hat it would take....

I was hoping this thread would become little bit more informative. but i guess we need some schematics and what not to see what it would take....

 

[duratothemax]

Wouldnt that be downgrading?oke::joker:

:rofl:

 

[Cougar281]

You can convert an 03-04 LB7 into an LLY very easilly. Everything is plug and play.

In theory, LLY -> LBZ should be just as easy with the exception of a few wires.