Chevy Colorado junk yard LS swap part 1

we get started on the ls swap for Seth's 2006 Colorado, the 3.5 junk comes out and we get started on wiring and prepping the truck (including chopping the core support) for the junk yard v8 ls and 4l60E transmission, we cover the gotchas and the things we had to buy to make it all happen

[@edwinvazquez2685]

I have a 2005 with 437 K miles and it runs smooth no noises, I love it. 3.5L inline 5

[@gageboysgarage6059]

That's amazing

[@ninoreeves7702]

.48 seconds in, i'm in...........2012 colorado I5 as well, want to do this too!!!!!!!yes this was a collaboration between chevy and isuzu. remember kids isuzu makes the duramax for chevy as well!!!!

[@gageboysgarage6059]

haha that’s very true. good luck with your swap!!

[@Messenger67]

Fellow Michigander here! This has been fun to watch thanks for posting these. I've got an 06 Colorado with a I5 and 200k miles and I'm thinking it's on it's last leg. The truck is in great shape just the engine might be going out. I've been debating on rebuilding the i5, buying a new colorado, or doing something like this.

[@gageboysgarage6059]

I highly recommend this swap, the difference in the drivability of this truck from the I5 is unbelievable, if chevy had the v8 in this truck all along it probably would have outsold the bigger trucks.

[@lanceam24]

So far so good, I did a barebones junk yard swap into my dads 06 Colorado. It was fairly simple, but i didn’t worry with installing ac. What are you doing for wiring?

[@gageboysgarage6059]

we are skipping the AC install on this as well, for the wiring we have the wire harness and computer from the donor truck so Grant has been working on cutting out all of the extra wiring and re-looming it along with adding a new fuse/relay box for everything. We swapped the oil pan last night and slid the engine in, it clears the diff now but we definitely have work to do fabricating engine mounts that will work. Thanks for watching/ commenting

[@lanceam24]

@@gageboysgarage6059 i know the cp mounts are expensive but it’s so simple. I’m on my second Colorado ls swap and the first one i got the mounts for like $85 on marketplace. Second set i paid $175 ouch lol

[@gageboysgarage6059]

@@lanceam24 I ended up ordering a set of these they had them in stock and shipped them yesterday when I ordered them, hopefully they are straight bolt in for the money www.badlandindustries.com/product-page/v8-engine-swap-mounts-04-12-colorado-canyon-h3