Re: My swap. 5.3 into a 1990 3/4 ton 4x4 Suburban.
 

Great job on the swap ;) I noticed you used a VDO temp sender instead of the autometer version that most of us have used. How well does that sender work with your factory gauge? The autometer sender reads too low at full temp.

Re: My swap. 5.3 into a 1990 3/4 ton 4x4 Suburban.
 

The VDO sender does not work with the stock gauge. Im doing it the "smart" way now with a stock sender for the burb thats turned down to the 12x1.5 thread to thread right into the head. Its pretty popular and a friend has done one also with no problems. The sweet thing is that because its brass, and therefore soft, you can chuck it up in your cordless drill and use a file to turn down the outside until its the right size to run the die over it.

Re: My swap. 5.3 into a 1990 3/4 ton 4x4 Suburban.
 

What's your plan to mount the pcm this go round?

Re: My swap. 5.3 into a 1990 3/4 ton 4x4 Suburban.
 

That's interesting, I never thought of doing that. Might have to give that I try with mine.

Re: My swap. 5.3 into a 1990 3/4 ton 4x4 Suburban.
 

Im going to mount it between the battery and radiator on the driver side using a custom mount.

Re: My swap. 5.3 into a 1990 3/4 ton 4x4 Suburban.
 

Here is one of several places that talks about doing it.

http://www.impalassforum.com/vBullet...d.php?t=273845

Re: My swap. 5.3 into a 1990 3/4 ton 4x4 Suburban.
 

any updates? i'm considering buying a cherry 88 burb 3/4t and getting rid of my z71. what kind of mileage are you getting with the 5.3l/th400?

Re: My swap. 5.3 into a 1990 3/4 ton 4x4 Suburban.
 

oops. Guess i never got back to this thread. Yea its all done and back on the road. Really runs better than ever with a proper tune on it! As far as MPG its right at 12 in town. About 14.5 on the highway empty. It just a fun driving truck.

Re: My swap. 5.3 into a 1990 3/4 ton 4x4 Suburban.
 

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Re: My swap. 5.3 into a 1990 3/4 ton 4x4 Suburban.
 

Looks great man!!

Re: My swap. 5.3 into a 1990 3/4 ton 4x4 Suburban.
 

Thanks!

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Re: My swap. 5.3 into a 1990 3/4 ton 4x4 Suburban.
 

i am thinking about swapping a LQ4 or L96 into my 1989 k2500 suburban. my tbi engine is tired and worn out. will i have issues with mounting to a nv4500 transmission? that engine matched with a nv4500 with my 5.13s would push the 37s nicely. i welcome any thoughts.

Re: My swap. 5.3 into a 1990 3/4 ton 4x4 Suburban.
 

Earl...there are a many posts about hanging a nv4500 behind a LS...I've done 2 of these...it ain't cheap..especially if you have to get advanced adapters products like I did...there are some factory parts to do this but I couldn't find all the stuff needed...