Need help.

[welsh907]

Been kicking this idea around for quite a while and figured I'd ask.

I want to get rid of the wiring mess under my hood and make things a little more simple.

Basically the big question:

What does it take to swap an old school carbed 350 into an 01 silverado.

Nothing super fancy, just a nice little cammed 350.

Will it just bolt up to the 4l60 and work?

So many questions, sorry for being vague but I'm lost as to where to start.

 

[Jared]

no, just do a carbed 5.3 or 6.0 ya big damn dummy

 

[Dakota]

Agree with jared..dnw old school 350 over ls

 

[Cheeny23]

and the tranny wont work with a carb'd engine, its a 4l60e, it's electronically controlled. you have to buy a transmission controller box for it to work.

 

[welsh907]

What all could I do away with as far as wiring but keep the ls?

 

[Khaos]

Yank it, cut a hole in the floor & flinstone that bitch.


Seriously though, it's cost prohibitive to swap in a Gen I motor as you'd be spending more to get the transfer to work/swapping in a compatible trans. Cleaned up wiring along with a carb setup & efans will drastically clean up under the hood.

 

[Huck]

I know it's 10 times as time consuming, but worth it in the end....I vote keep the injection and just tuck/clean everything as good as you can. There's plenty of show cars that have a flawless engine bay where you can't see a single wire, but still have FI. That way you'll keep your power/driveability/mpgs.

 

[BOO5TED]

^^ this. Fuck going backwards in technology just so you don't see a few wire looms.

 

[Cheeny23]

unless you switch your whole engine over to a cleaner efi setup, just re-route your wire and loom and clean it up. make trim panels with beadroll work on them to help cover shit up if need be

 

[Jared]

hell, even the honda guys do that shit

here is a quick tutorial I found
http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?4368818-DIY-Tucking-Wires-Away-in-the-Engine-Bay.!.!.!

 

[BigBoi]

A cammed 350 with a four barrel does sound nasty as fuck when cruising around town. Would be a neat project.

 

[welsh907]

^^ this. Fuck going backwards in technology just so you don't see a few wire looms.

It's not so that I don't see them, it's the fact that all these huge looms of fucking wiring are in the way of everything.

I'm too lazy and not smart enough to cut into a harness and extend it.

Would rather just get rid of as much of it as possible with older cammed 350 swap. Not to mention, I've never been a big fan of cool packs. Give me a distributor any day...

 

[welsh907]

A cammed 350 with a four barrel does sound nasty as fuck when cruising around town. Would be a neat project.

Kinda what I was thinking.

Plus would be less wiring, and people would notice something had changed in the engine bay.

 

[Cheeny23]

then do it, but you're better off buying a different tranny, from what i've read, the controller boxes cost more than it would to buy a 700r4 or a th350.