11-04-2009, 12:40 PM
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Don't Kick me out Yet!
Hey guys and gals, my name is Jan and i'm from Buffalo, New York. I'm really out of my element here since I drive a Ford Ranger. Like the title says, don't kick me out yet! I'm starting a project for my truck to drop a 5.3L V8 out of an Impala SS (hopefully) in my Ranger. Weird I know but my buddy has an Impala SS with the 5.3L in it and it screams. Being more aluminum than cast it'll be lighter for my truck until i get my new axles and suspension under it. Any and all help and suggestions are welcome since like i said, i'm out of my element. Thanks!
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11-04-2009, 12:41 PM
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Re: Don't Kick me out Yet!
Welcome to 
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Ummm...By that, I think that would require sticking my own finger into my "Doug".
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11-04-2009, 12:43 PM
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Re: Don't Kick me out Yet!
Welcome.
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11-04-2009, 01:04 PM
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Re: Don't Kick me out Yet!
welcome from rochester ny, good to see someone from western NY.
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11-04-2009, 01:07 PM
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Re: Don't Kick me out Yet!
Sounds like you have your work cut out for you. Integrating that engine into a Ford will be interesting. Keep us updated and I'm sure we will help as we can.
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Thnx 9chevy4 
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And if he didnt spaz on you while you where balls deep in his daughter he probably wont flip on you at all.
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11-04-2009, 01:07 PM
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Re: Don't Kick me out Yet!
Sounds very interesting. Not many people here swap Chevy engines into other stuff, it mostly stays within the family. There's the odd Cummins here and there too.
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11-04-2009, 01:23 PM
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Re: Don't Kick me out Yet!
welcome to FSC!
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11-04-2009, 01:34 PM
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Re: Don't Kick me out Yet!
Welcome, but why the car engine??? Junkyards are full of LS truck engines.
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11-04-2009, 02:42 PM
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Re: Don't Kick me out Yet!
welcome
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11-04-2009, 02:57 PM
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Welcome, but why the car engine??? Junkyards are full of LS truck engines.
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why not take the near all aluiminum LS? if thats what he can get he should go for it. i would like to se him start a build thread on this. i think its going to be a cool project!
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11-04-2009, 03:05 PM
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Welcome, but why the car engine??? Junkyards are full of LS truck engines.
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Because LS4s are cooler than LY5 or LMG
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11-04-2009, 03:24 PM
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Re: Don't Kick me out Yet!
more expensive eh? to each their own. welcome.
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11-04-2009, 05:11 PM
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Re: Don't Kick me out Yet!
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why not take the near all aluiminum LS? if thats what he can get he should go for it. i would like to se him start a build thread on this. i think its going to be a cool project!
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Thanks for all the welcomes! I was thinking i'd get boo-ed out of here haha
My buddy has a LQ4 6.0L in his midsize blazer aside from his '06 Impala SS with the LS4 and both are great powerhouse motors. I was going to do a 5.4L Triton, but the same buddy has a GM performance tuner program that will be a great help with the LS4. he's done some minor tweaks to his SS and it's a helluvalot faster and you can feel the power. Plus the all aluminum LS4 is much much lighter than the LQ4 at cast block and heads.
The build will hopefully start in late spring, early summer when i'm done with school. Right now it's just getting all the parts and information together. It's gonna be slow going but hopefully it'll be a beast when i'm done.
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11-04-2009, 05:21 PM
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Is it gonna stay N/A?
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11-04-2009, 07:32 PM
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N/a?
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11-04-2009, 07:34 PM
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Re: Don't Kick me out Yet!
naturally aspirated or non forced induction.
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11-04-2009, 07:43 PM
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Re: Don't Kick me out Yet!
Non-alcoholic...
Welcome to FSC.
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11-04-2009, 07:47 PM
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Re: Don't Kick me out Yet!
Ah, gotcha well once i get it in the truck and running, depending on hood clearance, i'd like to throw a blower on it, but we'll see how it goes on my buddy's motor first haha
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11-04-2009, 08:01 PM
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Re: Don't Kick me out Yet!
well your bud shouldknow his stuff if he has already done a swap. between him ad the guys here you should be good
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11-04-2009, 08:12 PM
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Re: Don't Kick me out Yet!
Yeah he knows one or two things lol he's a bit ****y about it too but he's a cool dude
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