Not the best "budget" LS swap C10. Holley Terminator is much more expensive than just buying a ready to plug and play harness with ECU tune. Plus the ICT billet stuff was not even needed nor was the Corvette or Camaro water pump and relocation kit(s).
Title of the video isn’t “cheapest LS swap”. In doing dozens of LS swaps myself, I consider this the best looking/function combination on a budget. Sorry if I hurt your feelings 😘
@@MechanicalAdventures "hurt my feelings"? Because I called out the obvious when the title claims ***The Best*** "Budget LS Swap C10" and it clearly isn't that much of a "budget" swap when it clearly could have been much cheaper (a.k.a BUDGET) and looked much cleaner and been just as functional and reliable if not more than. Sounds like your feelings got hurt my guy, not mine, but thanks for your comment showing I was correct. ✌️
@@JustAGuy781not every budget build has to be the cheapest ugliest swap ever. He said in the first 30 seconds it's not the cheapest. It's a clean budget setup that you can actually be proud of
I hope the Moog balljoints work out for you. Their quality has gone downhill. I've had balljoints last about 6 months from them. Other people had them be bad out of the box. They moved their production overseas and they are living off their name.
Hi! I’m doing a 1972 K10 LS swap What do I do with the gauge cluster? Is it possible to have a working speedometer and do the sell gauge clusters for this purpose? Thank you, Bill
Do the drum brakes still stop it? I'd like to do the low AC & that water pump & a few other things on my swapped '65 C10. If you was closer I'd pay you to work on mine, but by your CA tags your too far away
Beautiful swap, you spent money in all the right places its not the cheapest but it looks great and its probably reliable, i have an 87 and im doing a swb conversion and im going to put a t56 behind a cammed 5.3 with the holly terminator and dakota digital, if it takes a few years who cares!
Interesting how wiring can make/break the "clean-ness" of the install. *Almost* makes me want to think about the possibility of deciding whether or not to consider buying some loom and clean up my horror show of an engine bay. Tbd...
Thats how it should be done. All my upgrades and installs go in looking like they should stock. Great wiring work there. Doing it yourself is what its all about. No flash, all go.
I have no clue what I'm doing when it comes to building a truck but I let my square body go a year ago but now I want to get the ball rolling and send it .
I’ve gotta ‘73 fleetside short bed that I’m running a cammed 4.8 with ls3 intake and vortech centrifugal supercharger all controlled by a Holley terminator x with a 3000 stalled th350, I’m in the final stages of bodywork and prep before a paint it…….the truck boogies with that 4.8…..I have a freshly rebuilt l96 (6.0) on standby for either the c10 or my lsa supercharged 370 lq9 nova when or if need be……but honestly I really love the efficiency of the 4.8 and the way it loves to rev to the moon!!!
The A/C bracket is from Holley. Its their low mount a/c bracket: www.holley.com/products/ls_power/ls_and_lt_accessory_drives/gm_ls_accessory_drives/low_mount/ls_and_lt_accessory_drive_brackets_only/parts/20-159
Love the build ! I'm currently working on an 84 square body frame that 58 Apache will swap to . I'm going to start on the LQ9 soon . Will I have to use the ac compressor adapter you mentioned or was it a personal choice . I like the Camaro water pump tip . Thank you for your time in advance !
It was the cheapest 3” stainless mandrel “builders kit” on eBay and the mufflers were 3” stainless as well from eBay, looked like a magnaflow knock off
I don’t know what you mean by frame mounts but I have ict billet engine mount adapter plates with stock engine mounts, and a trans xmember I got on summit with a stock trans mount
@@guamazolopez6456 Holley can’t control 6 spds, the only way to use a 6l80 is with a stock computer. They are a great transmission, just not much support yet.
Pretty sure I just got one from summit that said it was for a 4l60e. If I remember correctly I had to make a little bracket to hold it cause there’s no threads in that hole in the engine/bellhousing
@@MechanicalAdventuresI have to ask with consideration of value VS investment. I have a 78 C10 and will be swapping to a 5.3 4l60e, what did yours go for approximately?
My speech is as clean, clear and uncluttered as my engine bay. Top 5% probably, maybe even top 4% world wide, I should probably narrate audio books. Plus I’m already taken, thanks
Not the best "budget" LS swap C10. Holley Terminator is much more expensive than just buying a ready to plug and play harness with ECU tune. Plus the ICT billet stuff was not even needed nor was the Corvette or Camaro water pump and relocation kit(s).
Title of the video isn’t “cheapest LS swap”. In doing dozens of LS swaps myself, I consider this the best looking/function combination on a budget. Sorry if I hurt your feelings 😘
@@MechanicalAdventures "hurt my feelings"? Because I called out the obvious when the title claims ***The Best*** "Budget LS Swap C10" and it clearly isn't that much of a "budget" swap when it clearly could have been much cheaper (a.k.a BUDGET) and looked much cleaner and been just as functional and reliable if not more than. Sounds like your feelings got hurt my guy, not mine, but thanks for your comment showing I was correct. ✌️
@@MechanicalAdventures and you might wanna save the kissy face "😘" for your boyfriend guy!
@@MechanicalAdventures I'm not hurt im thankful for the information ! Thank you again for your video
@@JustAGuy781not every budget build has to be the cheapest ugliest swap ever. He said in the first 30 seconds it's not the cheapest.
It's a clean budget setup that you can actually be proud of
Would love a video on how you ran/hid the wires.
That’s a real clean build. You have every right to be proud of your work.
Thanks bud!
I hope the Moog balljoints work out for you. Their quality has gone downhill. I've had balljoints last about 6 months from them. Other people had them be bad out of the box. They moved their production overseas and they are living off their name.
I have the same fucken build man goodshit. Junkyard lm7 Holley terminator max , 4l60e , btr turbo cam with beehive valve springs
How does the 4l60 fit when they come with a transfer case? Can you just remove the transfer case? New to this !
How much was the whole thing
Hi!
I’m doing a 1972 K10 LS swap
What do I do with the gauge cluster?
Is it possible to have a working speedometer and do the sell gauge clusters for this purpose?
Thank you, Bill
Do the drum brakes still stop it? I'd like to do the low AC & that water pump & a few other things on my swapped '65 C10. If you was closer I'd pay you to work on mine, but by your CA tags your too far away
Super clean nice build. Got a few new tips watching this video. Keep it up your work is awesome !!
Thanks my man!
Beautiful swap, you spent money in all the right places its not the cheapest but it looks great and its probably reliable, i have an 87 and im doing a swb conversion and im going to put a t56 behind a cammed 5.3 with the holly terminator and dakota digital, if it takes a few years who cares!
Interesting how wiring can make/break the "clean-ness" of the install.
*Almost* makes me want to think about the possibility of deciding whether or not to consider buying some loom and clean up my horror show of an engine bay. Tbd...
Nice job. I like the patina on the truck, very unassuming. I'd like to do something like this, but I'd probably boost it 😅
That was my plan until someone paid me a bunch of money for it
Nice work. How you get the ac compressor wired into the ls pcm and cooling fans? Please advise
Great work, I'm inspired for sure, just subbed.
Looking great!!! Currently I piecing everything I need for my swap. Thanks for sharing your build.
Do you live in the mystical part of california that doesn't need to do smog check? Or the homie hookup to get around the bs?
I really want to do this one day. I have no clue what I'm doing but I'm gonna do it eventually
looks like you have a shop, are you in los Angeles and do you do work on other peoples trucks ?
The motor mounts adapters plus???? Thks
What would you charge me to do my 85 c10 just like yours ... I have truck in 5.3 motor and transmission
email me at mechanicaladventuresemail@gmail.com if you're serious
Do you have a link to the throttle cable you used?
Whay serpentine belt you use
Would a setup like this fit in the 73 model?
Super nice job 👍
What transmission did you use ? I've blowin 2 of the 4L60e on 5.7 vortex. Thanks
Drinking game take a shot every time this guy says its a clean build!! You'd be falling down drunk in no time!!😂😂😂
Link to headers
Looking good in there nice keep it coming gotta keep the old school chevy classics alive keep it coming 👀 🍿
Did you have to smog it?
So clean. I am currently struggling with a wiring nightmare on my LS swap
Nice truck, I’d have to have a blue tooth radio with at least one sub!!
Thks for the video you did it im on the fence with mine need more parts do I go with holley terminator max x or howell wiring and stock ecm re flashed
Thats how it should be done. All my upgrades and installs go in looking like they should stock. Great wiring work there. Doing it yourself is what its all about. No flash, all go.
Thanks bro. Good video. For whatever it’s worth….this video has inspired me to do a ls swap. Thanks
nice tig hand work !! looking killer wish i would have finished my 81 cheyenne 05 5.3 swap
I have no clue what I'm doing when it comes to building a truck but I let my square body go a year ago but now I want to get the ball rolling and send it .
That is definitely a clean build brother.
Nice work you spent good money on the right parts . Wiring will make u crazy if u have a short so neatness is a must
You should be proud, what a fuckin BEAUTY of a sleeper. Phenomenal job my friend 🫡👏
Thanks dude!
Very very neat job outstanding!!!
I’ve gotta ‘73 fleetside short bed that I’m running a cammed 4.8 with ls3 intake and vortech centrifugal supercharger all controlled by a Holley terminator x with a 3000 stalled th350, I’m in the final stages of bodywork and prep before a paint it…….the truck boogies with that 4.8…..I have a freshly rebuilt l96 (6.0) on standby for either the c10 or my lsa supercharged 370 lq9 nova when or if need be……but honestly I really love the efficiency of the 4.8 and the way it loves to rev to the moon!!!
A lot of people discount the 4.8/5.3 but they are great engines!
I wish i was able to hide my terminator wires as well as you did yours
Where did you get the one piece driveshaft?
Awesome work, truly, but holy hell at the ad interuptions on this video.
Haha
I know you said Ebay Headers but would you have any more specific info? they sook sturdy from here
Unfortunately no, they we no name stainless headers for c10 LS swap
Very nice swap, clean ! Some great ideas for my upcoming swap. Thanks....t
Thanks boss! Glad I could help
Where did you put your IAT sensor? Granted I couldn't see your entire intake pipe but I didn't notice an IAT sensor in what I could see.
Good question. I drilled and tapped the intake manifold where the evap solenoid usually goes, so that it is true manifold air temp
Awesome build. Awesome video.
I re watched this video its a credit to you👍
Great job real credit to you!!
That would be a badass daily
Great clean swap im getting ready to swap in a 06 5.3 4l60e not sure on the t case yet but hoping for the same cleaness
Its going in my 88 4runner
Nice clean c10 LS swap but what's the deal with that gold duct tape on the Breather tube?
It’s heat reflective tape, trying to keep the engine bay heat out of the intake. Keeping intake air temps down helps with detonation and power
I’m doing the same combo what radiator/fan did you use
Stock radiator, derale dual fan shroud
So satisfying when you do the work yourself.
Where are you located ?
Very clean build . What cold air intake did you go with ?
Built it myself out of 4” aluminum tubing. Uses a K&N 4” filter that’s about 9” overall length
Nice job my friend. Can you tell me Where did you get the AC bracket from? I’m restoring a 71 c10 Hoping that the bracket will fits
The A/C bracket is from Holley. Its their low mount a/c bracket:
www.holley.com/products/ls_power/ls_and_lt_accessory_drives/gm_ls_accessory_drives/low_mount/ls_and_lt_accessory_drive_brackets_only/parts/20-159
@@MechanicalAdventures thank you!
Clean work
Nice truck
Does the wire harness come with the Holley Terminator
Yes
Love the build ! I'm currently working on an 84 square body frame that 58 Apache will swap to . I'm going to start on the LQ9 soon . Will I have to use the ac compressor adapter you mentioned or was it a personal choice . I like the Camaro water pump tip . Thank you for your time in advance !
It really depends on which accessory configuration you have. I don’t think the factory low mount compressor setup fits, but I’m not 100% sure
@@MechanicalAdventures Ok thank you Sir .
Love your setup it's extremely clean.. I'm going to attempt this on my truck as well.
Thanks my man!
Shuda jus bought 383 n save time n headache
Says jo blo 😂
Looks and sounds great. Nice build
Super clean and well done
Well done
Nice and very clean. Can you provide a link to the exhaust pipes, mufflers, thank you!
It was the cheapest 3” stainless mandrel “builders kit” on eBay and the mufflers were 3” stainless as well from eBay, looked like a magnaflow knock off
www.ebay.com/itm/133180790146?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=B2V_gRGmRC6&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=BT40IspEQIi&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
www.ebay.com/itm/275440577833?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=KBewltw-T9u&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=BT40IspEQIi&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
What kind of motor and frame mounts do you have ❓
I don’t know what you mean by frame mounts but I have ict billet engine mount adapter plates with stock engine mounts, and a trans xmember I got on summit with a stock trans mount
Good job did you get the motor and trans together?
No I got them separate
did come out nice and clean i need that swap im my k5 with vintage air
There is another company called Old Air in Fort Worth that make a better system than vintage air
Did you use stock belt?
I did not use the stock belt. With the accessories I have on this engine I had to measure and get a belt that was close.
Your swap looks really good. I am starting to do mine now 86 c30 .with a 5.3 & 4l80e
Nice 👍
why don’t people put 6 speeds in these you’d think they’re better
@@guamazolopez6456 Holley can’t control 6 spds, the only way to use a 6l80 is with a stock computer. They are a great transmission, just not much support yet.
@@MechanicalAdventures i see, is it hard to wire the stock computer or why don’t people use them often
How much did it all cost ?
Right down there in the description bud
Nice build man!
Thanks!
What's the trans dipstick out of?
Pretty sure I just got one from summit that said it was for a 4l60e. If I remember correctly
I had to make a little bracket to hold it cause there’s no threads in that hole in the engine/bellhousing
@@MechanicalAdventures thanx!
Looks great. I like your style, so you sell any builds?
I do, I just sold this truck for a pretty penny
@@MechanicalAdventuresI have to ask with consideration of value VS investment. I have a 78 C10 and will be swapping to a 5.3 4l60e, what did yours go for approximately?
@@brianlayton6704 17k
@@MechanicalAdventures wow! That's extremely impressive! Here I was thinking finish mine and hope for 6k! Thanks for sharing!
Man well done, this is the type of work that is admired.
This sounds like word salad. You should get a speech therapist.
My speech is as clean, clear and uncluttered as my engine bay. Top 5% probably, maybe even top 4% world wide, I should probably narrate audio books.
Plus I’m already taken, thanks
Maybe you’re just a dumb bitch and don’t understand what he’s saying? 🤷♀️