StryfeS13's Build Thread..No more KA-T...5.3L LSx

[95zenki man]

Looking good man, what to do plan on getting it tuned on?

[StryfeS13]

No clue dude. I'll worry about that later haha!

Cut out the square areas in front of both of my fender wells today. Gonna re-do the sheet metal there so there are no intercooler holes.

I also cut my crossmember and it's ready to be welded with new plate...pics of that tomorrow!

[StryfeS13]

Modified my crossmember today..

Here it is all cut up and ready to be reinforced



Measuring the size of plates I need to cut



Some chop saw action



Here's what the corner plates looked like



Tacked together



Welded up



And finished..

[StryfeS13]

Bought an LS1 intake manifold and these bad boys...

[Razi]

Nice headers!

Will you brace the crossmember a little bit?
I assume it'll be under a lot of stress.

[StryfeS13]

Yeah, I'm gonna run 1/4" plate across the bottom. It's just I left it open for now just to see how it fits, i'm gonna see how much space I have to add support, and then add it.

I'm thinking I'll put the oil pan on the motor while it's on my engine stand, then put the mounts on, and then the crossmember. To avoid the trouble of having to drop it in the car over and over again.

[Razi]

Good idea!

[StryfeS13]

Just a quick update..

LS1 intake
Daft headers
Daft mount kit
etc

[Razi]

Neat!

[StryfeS13]

Sorry for the lack of updates. Not much is goin on, just saving up $$$ for the swap.

I did get a T56 though, and I touched up the valve covers.

[StryfeS13]

Got a GTO pan, LS1/T56 wiring harness, throttle body, injectors, and rails today.

[Stev0n]

Glad to see i'm not the only one around here with a 5.3

[Stev0n]

While I am just now getting around to finishing mine after a few years, I have ridden in C3sierra's & Cnichols' LS-240's... and... OH MY GOD!

[Stev0n]

hey stryfe, what bumper/sideskirts are on your car?

[StryfeS13]

I dont have them anymore but it was a GP Sports rep kit

[StryfeS13]

So here's where I'm at as of today. I took the dash out of my car and everything because I need to re-locate my fuse-boxes behind it, since I decided to do tubs.

Here are some pics.

The motor...all finished but I need front accessories.



Waiting to cut the rest out until I get my trailer fenders...



Wiring mess...this is literally longer than the car.

[Jagdman]

and that is just the engine bay harness on the floor the main harness is double its size hahaha! A b*** to make new and continuity test uno wire at a time.

[StryfeS13]

Thats not my engine bay harness, thats the harness that runs into the interior and connects to the SMJ. It goes to the headlights, horns, ignition, interior fuse box behind kick panel, blah blah.

I want my fuse boxes behind my glove box, so I'm gonna try to mount them here and see how it fits. If the glove box doesnt fit I might make some panel that will take up the void.



The other half of the harness went over the top of the dash and plugged in with no modification



Here's the harness before I started sorting it out...



And you cant do wiring without this!



Here's where I left off today. I've been de-tangling the harness and getting all the wires out of the way that I don't need to shorten, etc. Pretty much I'm cleaning it up to the point where I can easily see which wires run between fuse box to fuse box. This kinda sucks, but it's fun at the same time.

[Razi]

Have fun man!

[DaniMike]

I love the work so far!!


AND ZOMG, you have my stove!! Are you in my house?!?!

[StryfeS13]

Thanks man, and no haha I'm pretty sure that's my house!

Here's some more wiring. I slacked off today because it starts to become tedious...all the wires lol.

Got all the wires that dont go to my other fuse box sorted out. (to the left)



Then here is my fuse box before I started sorting it out and figuring out what goes where.



And after...