Re: 79 C10 swap with L92 with 6L90
 

I'd love to see only 3100 at 70 mph, I'm at just under 3800 rpm even with my 32" tall tires.

Re: 79 C10 swap with L92 with 6L90
 

mine has a 3.42 gear with stock 28in tall tires.
i needa upgrade to a 700r4 to have a overdrive :metal:

Re: 79 C10 swap with L92 with 6L90
 

Yeah my tire tall is 27.? so i be somwhere there.
Thats why i went with the 3.08 i trying to get over 20 MPG and I have something in mind for later but i want to keep it a suprise ;)

Re: 79 C10 swap with L92 with 6L90
 

:lol: bad @ss!! cant wait...

Re: 79 C10 swap with L92 with 6L90
 

Update :metal: sorry crappy phone pic forgot the camera agian

Radiator support is on the truck

http://i363.photobucket.com/albums/o...k/IMG_0055.jpg

http://i363.photobucket.com/albums/o...k/IMG_0052.jpg

A/C Con. bracket it looks perfect gives enough space A/C lines.

http://i363.photobucket.com/albums/o...k/IMG_0056.jpg

New A/C compressor with the bracket from S&P

http://i363.photobucket.com/albums/o...k/IMG_0053.jpg
http://i363.photobucket.com/albums/o...k/IMG_0054.jpg

Escalade radiator pipes with coolant reservoir fits perfectly it looked more like it came from the factory.

http://i363.photobucket.com/albums/o...k/IMG_0057.jpg
http://i363.photobucket.com/albums/o...k/IMG_0059.jpg
http://i363.photobucket.com/albums/o...k/IMG_0058.jpg
http://i363.photobucket.com/albums/o...k/IMG_0060.jpg

Re: 79 C10 swap with L92 with 6L90
 

Your going to love whats coming menace :lol:

I am process of research :metal:

Re: 79 C10 swap with L92 with 6L90
 

thats awesome! everyday you keep getting closer and closer. research!? tell me about it!! its no longer counted in hours but days... :haha:

what are you doing about the steam line hose?

Re: 79 C10 swap with L92 with 6L90
 

Yeah i loving how clean working out and about my research its going be a surprise ;)

I know i will get a heart burn when i see the final bill :lol:

If you mean the steam line from the water pump its going to the radiator.

Re: 79 C10 swap with L92 with 6L90
 

sorry bro, i ment the steamline hose from the bottom of the throttle body...

Re: 79 C10 swap with L92 with 6L90
 

are you gona paint that vent thing? the white your gona see threw the grille

Re: 79 C10 swap with L92 with 6L90
 

looking great, interested in the escalade resevoir.

Re: 79 C10 swap with L92 with 6L90
 

Ohh sorry yeah its the one i meant i dont know why i said water pump I losing my mind :lol:

Ohh yeah thanks for the heads up i totally forgot about it i knew i wanted to say something when i went today but i couldnt remeber I make sure about it tommorow.


Yeah me too :D they need to do some brackets to mount it.
It give the truck a factory look under the hood.

Re: 79 C10 swap with L92 with 6L90
 

With the relatively light truck you are working with you should have no problem hitting 20 mpg if you can manage to stay off of the accelerator. That was always my problem after a swap, they were just too darn fun to drive mildly enough to see what kind of gas mileage they could get.

Toss a turbo or two on there and you can pretty much keep the same MPG you were getting cruising down the road but have a great power increase when you want it.

Re: 79 C10 swap with L92 with 6L90
 

Yeah your right it was hard with my old engine even though i got around 8MPG i don't know what i am going to do with that :lol:

Turbo will be nice but :smoke: I am worried about a putting stress on the trans cause they haven't got anything for it yet although the shop told me it good to 600rwhp but that not reliable assumption it all depends on who's driving :lol:

Re: 79 C10 swap with L92 with 6L90
 

I'll trade you my 4L80 for your 6L90 ;) It's much more reliable and easy to get good internal parts for since it uses many of the same parts as a T-400.

Honestly, the 6L90 may just be having the same intro years teething problems all the trans seem to have when they first come out. GM will get it dialed in over the next couple years after getting some warranty failures.

600 hp to the wheels is nothing to be ashamed of. It takes some minor mods to make a T-400 handle that reliably. Getting that bone stock is nice.

You will have a great truck when you get it done.

Re: 79 C10 swap with L92 with 6L90
 

That thing is looking good! Your moving fast on this thing..:metal:

Re: 79 C10 swap with L92 with 6L90
 

man those are the heads i want to go with when i start adding go fast parts.

You will have no problem getting 20 mpg. I havent seen what ive been getting lately.

Re: 79 C10 swap with L92 with 6L90
 

:lol: Thanks for the offer but i think i stick with 6l90 cause it got 4l80 internals :lol: 600rwhp is alot of power for everyday truck i think if i pass the 400rwhp i be satisfied :metal:


Thanks man :chevy:

They are really nice you wont regret it they fit like stock.

Re: 79 C10 swap with L92 with 6L90
 

Got some bad news this weekend :(

My bank account overseas were my incomes goes first then gets transferred here has been frozen :whine: unfortunately all the money i got to live thru is my project money for now.

I will still finish the truck but i keep it within my new budget.
Backed out on couple of stuff :whine:

1. Canceled my new exhaust design i will just keep the old dual flow-master but i taking cats out and will install the cutouts cause i already got them.

2. It was going to be a surprise but if i not getting it then you guys deserve to know Click here Or a paint job.

All the stuff that will still be done before its on the road again by order.

1. Installing Vintage Air A/C cause i already got everything.

2. Taking the engine out and for cleaning & paint.

3. Painting and cleaning the engine bay and firewall going black.

4. Taking the heads out for exhaust valve's change cuz they are weak and fails under stress. Extra insurance ;)

5. Installing the cam and putting engine back together and installing it after all of the above is done.

6. Changing the interior

7. Take it to get tuned and dyno'd :D

8. Post a burnout video ;)


I get you updated as soon i see some progress.

Re: 79 C10 swap with L92 with 6L90
 

Sorry to hear about the financial problems. Hope it all gets worked out.

Re: 79 C10 swap with L92 with 6L90
 

Thanks man its no biggy i survive but i wont able to get my truck to look fancy But i still do what i always wanted a newer engine in old school truck. :metal:

Re: 79 C10 swap with L92 with 6L90
 

yea, good luck bro... i know the feeling. just keep your head up and keep plugging away. things always work there way out;)

Re: 79 C10 swap with L92 with 6L90
 

Alright guys i am stuck and i need help.

Need some pics of exhaust setups i can't really figure out how to put a balance-pipe or x-pipe in my system.

I trying to do a two 3 in pipes that comes from the headers then a x-pipe or balance pipe which ever fits then two cutouts with dumps just before 2 magnaflow mufflers and exits just before the rear tires and after step side with splash tip's.

I have to figure it out within two days if someone can post some pic's it make my life easier cause the guy who's doing my exhaust is a friend and he weld's 18-wheeler tanks for living and really busy that way my money be well spent and defiantly help him.

Re: 79 C10 swap with L92 with 6L90
 

Here's a link to some nice cutouts.
http://www.quicktimeperformance.com/QTEC/index.php

http://www.badlanzhpe.com/

Here's a link to xpipes. Check out the one with the dump outlet already there.
http://www.pypesexhaust.com/xpipes.html

Re: 79 C10 swap with L92 with 6L90
 

I'm doing a version of this one from the Pypes link on mine.

http://www.pypesexhaust.com/images/rpe631x.gif

I'm going to extend the cut out tubes far enough that I can manually remove the caps at the track and keep the exhaust gasses out from under my car. I may turn them 45 degrees so they exit perpendicular with the rocker panels just in front of the rear tires.