68 shortbed 5.3 4l60e DBW swap :)
 

Yessir.. I'm starting this thread to help.. (Show off my work) lol I have a 68 Chevy c10, putting an 04 5.3L 4l60e in it... I had a 350/350 turbo.. I have done lots of research before the build... I got motor/trans PCM harness tac gas pedal for 1300$ motor had 62,000 miles on it... I live in Dallas Texas... These motors are very easy to find... I got a custom grind to cam.. Got some springs and lifters ... Professional valve job... Got the harness modified locally.. Can hook u up w number if interested.. Got PCM flashed from ol boy from lt1tech , quick turnaround.. Real good guys..

Pix coming soon I dropped motor and trans in today and it fits perfect. 5.3 manifolds didn't fit, I'm using dirty dingos and the pedestals that came with the truck when I got it.. Had 350/350... So gonna try the tbss manifolds? What year guys?? Driveshaft fit... Awesome!! Mounting fuel system tomorrow.. Got the vetted filter and a external fuel pump... Have a 18gal tank under bed ( came with truck) for now at least...
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Only letting me one at a time
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did you use the stock oil pan?

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So the stock driveshaft length fit just fine in the 4l60??

Any chance of getting a picture of the driveshaft in the trans?

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Yea oil pan fit perfect
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Ill try to find a pic.. Or ill get one tomorrow.. But yeah I have the adjustable adapter plates.. I set the motor as far as back as I could ..
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I uzed the dirty dingo mounts with my engine all the way forward mine was 3 inchs to long i went a head and slide the motor and trans all the way back and had 6 inchs taken out of my front shaft.
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Dude, Subscribed. I wanna see thin thing running.

Seth

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Where did you get the motor and transmission from?
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motorandtransfromjunkyard

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you have one clean truck. who did the cam swap for you. an what part of dallas

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northTexas machine.. I'm inIrving

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a1 engines and transmission in off Davis and loop12

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Far out! more pics of the truck when you get a chance.

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Are you running the 350 trans ?
what cam and springs are you using ?
truck looks clean
I had major issues with manifold/headers using cpp's pedestal mounts had to modify a set of pacesetter headers to work , did not want to fork out the coin for dougs headers

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Im running a 4l60e
I ended up using stock 5.3 manifolds.. had to grind a little on passenger.
side
I'm using the sbc stands and dirty dingo adjustable mounting.plates. I have motor as close as I could to.fire wall