85 K10 LS & NV4500 swap

[Camarokayden]

Bought the truck with a blown up 454 in it. Got a new 454 rebuilt it bored it 20 over put forged domed high compression pistons in it with 396 heads and a comp cam. Had a turbo 400 behind it. Drove it for 2 years wasn’t happy with it. Was over the 4 MPG and having to run 91 octane non ethanol fuel. Decided to list the motor for sale guy came test drove the truck said he’d take the motor so I yanked it out. And now begins the LS swap picked up a 5.3 out of a ‘01 tahoe with 190 K from my local junkyard. Motor, ECM, wiring harness, and all the accessories for $550. Had a machine shop go 20 over on it. Put a BTR truck torque cam with LS6 valve springs.

Pictures of the truck when I bought it...


Pulling the blown 454 out...


The new 454 build...

Boxed the front of the frame in...
Fish plated the outside of the frame where the steering box mounts...

Picked up a NV4500 out of a ‘94 Chev...

New wheels and tires... not my favorite, but they were take offs the wife’s new tahoe...

 

[Camarokayden]

Haulin’ wood...
Opened up the NV everything looked decent...5.3 out of a ‘01 Tahoe with 190 K...
Rusty valves...Cylinder cross hatch looked good... Flywheel for a 6.0
Clutch kit for truck the trany came out of...Had a local rework the harness for me...Got her back from the Machine shop and started putting it together. They ended up going 20 over on it and got me a rebuild kit and did a head and valve job on it and installed my LS6 valve springs...

 

[Pile of parts]

Never seen anyone haul wood in a Blazer. This will be a fun truck!

Ok, I looked through again. Not sure why I thought it was a Blazer??? Still love the truck and direction you're headed!

 

[Camarokayden]

BTR truck torque cam...


Trump 2020...
BTR trunion upgrade...

NV4500 Vs TH400 only 3/8” difference in length...
Notched the cross member to clear

 

[Camarokayden]

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Trump 2020...
View attachment 134668BTR trunion upgrade...

 

[Camarokayden]

Black horse racing headers for a C10 swap off Amazon fit perfect...

 

[I Lean]

This is a cool truck! (both before and after)

Paging @mbryson , this will be his jam.

 

[Camarokayden]

Picked up a hydraulic clutch pedal assembly out of a ‘86 K20 at the junkyard bolted right in place and just drilled out holes in the firewall utilizing the factory dimples marking there locations. Bottom clutch pedal is out of the ‘94 that the trany came from. Middle one is the factory brake pedal from the truck. Top one is from the ‘86 K20...

 

[Hickey]

That brings back some good memories. Shortbed Chev trucks are classic.

 

[Thursty]

This is going to be cool! Can’t wait to see it finished. Makes me want mine back even more.

 

[mbryson]

Here’s a K5 friend for sale.


1991 Chevrolet Blazer
https://cars.ksl.com/listing/6962216

 

[Camarokayden]

Factory three center dimples for master cylinder. Drilled out lower one first then used NV4500 master to mark out other holes. Took nipple off the ‘94 clutch pedal and drilled a hole and welded it into ‘85 clutch pedal1050 flywheel thickness for a ‘01 truck with 6.0 L.

 

[85CUCVKRAWLER]

Bought the truck with a blown up 454 in it. Got a new 454 rebuilt it bored it 20 over put forged domed high compression pistons in it with 396 heads and a comp cam. Had a turbo 400 behind it. Drove it for 2 years wasn’t happy with it. Was over the 4 MPG and having to run 91 octane non ethanol fuel. Decided to list the motor for sale guy came test drove the truck said he’d take the motor so I yanked it out. And now begins the LS swap picked up a 5.3 out of a ‘01 tahoe with 190 K from my local junkyard. Motor, ECM, wiring harness, and all the accessories for $550. Had a machine shop go 20 over on it. Put a BTR truck torque cam with LS6 valve springs.
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Pictures of the truck when I bought it...

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Pulling the blown 454 out...

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The new 454 build...
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Boxed the front of the frame in...
View attachment 134655Fish plated the outside of the frame where the steering box mounts...
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Picked up a NV4500 out of a ‘94 Chev...
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New wheels and tires... not my favorite, but they were take offs the wife’s new tahoe...

Kayden can you tell me which yard sold you a 5.3l with harness for $550? I need to replace my 5.7l 350 carb motor and that would be a sweet replacement.

 

[Jackson614]

With that pedal Modified for that slave cylinder does it go all the way down to the floor like it should and pretty easy to mash the pedal? I’m asking because I just swapped a Nv4500 in my truck and used a factory 85 set of pedals too but used the 85 master and the clutch is super hard to press and just doesn’t feel right to me, thought about just using the nv4500 master cylinder like you did