my first s10 sas

[W.I.D.T.O]

i dont know.but id hate to get it all in there and have it not work haha.

[96superflow]

i think if it were me, i would try and find a 4l80. I like automatics in my off road trucks, but if i had a muscle car i wanna be able to snag some gears!!! or even a 700r4. It should be able to handle the power, and pretty easy to find.

[W.I.D.T.O]

im kind of thinking of this project in steps.its gonna be alot more money to go for a 4l80e cause id need a new tcase,a computer to run it and other misc. stuff.but it would be nice to have an automatic but i dont mind a manual.im still trying to get money for the engine haha.

[DieselS10]

Plus your driveshafts would have to be changed with the new tranny and transfer.

I have/had a spare 4L80 laying around, but I'm starting to think that it got sent to the crusher in the trunk of whatever I had it stored in at the time.

[W.I.D.T.O]

damn it diesal haha.id just like to be able to drive it right now.i dont realy want to put money into the 4.3.but im preaty broke right now and dont have money to start on the 350.diesal do you know anything about why the t5 wouldnt work on the 350?

[DieselS10]

If it were mine I would probably bolt it up and try it. I don't have any experience with the T5, but as good as GM is about interchangability( is that even a word?) I wouldn't be surprised if it would work.

I'll do a little research on it and see if I can't find out.

[W.I.D.T.O]

your awesome diesel.i can only think that the clutch might be a bigger diameter or somthing.but bolting up everything from the 4.3 sounds like it'd make it work

[W.I.D.T.O]

your awesome diesel.i can only think that the clutch might be a bigger diameter or something.but bolting up everything from the 4.3 sounds like it'd make it work

[DieselS10]

Ok, from what I've just read, the T5 will bolt up to the 350. You have to have a correct manual 350 flywheel on it. Some recommend that a clutch from an Astro Van be used as they are stronger.

Now the bad. It is overwelmingly everyones opinion that the S10 T5 does not live long behind a 350, especially a strong one. They did say that you could convert the internals of a WC (world class) T5 from a Camaro or Mustang into the S10 T5 case and it will be stronger, but it will still have it's limits.

Now this is just what I've read, I don't personally have any experience with them, but it sounds like you would be better off with a different tranny.

[96superflow]

is that 350 built up now? or are you planning on building it? if its in stock form and i was you, i would do the clutch out of the astro van and try your luck. I just wouldn't bang on it too hard. I figure that would be the easiest way to get it running.

Its just like all the jeep guys saying that the dana 30 wont hold up to anything over 33s, but you can run larger tires on them just depends on how much you beat on it. I think its that and they dont know how to drive.

[DieselS10]

Quote: Originally Posted by 96superflow

is that 350 built up now? or are you planning on building it? if its in stock form and i was you, i would do the clutch out of the astro van and try your luck. I just wouldn't bang on it too hard. I figure that would be the easiest way to get it running.

Its just like all the jeep guys saying that the dana 30 wont hold up to anything over 33s, but you can run larger tires on them just depends on how much you beat on it. I think its that and they dont know how to drive.

X2

Abuse is what kills them according to what I read. Most of what I found was drag race applications. It is already in there, so it sure ain't gonna hurt anything to break it before you pull it.

[W.I.D.T.O]

thanks abunch diesel.i didnt even know that you could get astros in a manual haha.no superflow it isnt built.its not even running at the moment haha.i think(and its a big think) that he said it was a goodwrench 350.but its complete except for an intake and its got a spun baring but hey it was free.i was gonna build it to be real torque like i had been talking about.but i might do a milder build to start off with.

[96superflow]

id build back to stock, then upgrade later when you do in the stock drivetrain. Or just do a mild cam, port and polish job on the heads, and headers, and one mean sounding exhaust. I wanna see a cherry bomb extreme on that thing!!!!

[W.I.D.T.O]

haha ive never even heard of a cherry bomb extreme before.it looks like it would be loud as hell(exactly what i want haha )ill start out either at stock or with minor upgrades.hopefully it wont snowball as much as diesels did haha.ill let my s10 be somewhat of a ginny pig for yours superflow.

[bubbagt57]

if you want loud and raspy go with a SLP loudmouth they sound GREAT on ANY 5.7 series motor (ls1,lt1,vortech)

[96superflow]

Hell yeah. I didn't even think of the SLP exhaust. Im not a ford guy, but they do sound nasty on a mustang too. I love um on the new GTO too!

Sounds like a plan man!!!!! haha.

[bubbagt57]

new new challenger hemis sound SICK with them too

[contact420]

Quote: Originally Posted by W.I.D.T.O

ya im with you on re-gearing only one.would 4.88s be to low for long trips.like i said its probly gonna haul my quad around.and ya were preaty close but i have an older tahoe its a 1996



anyway i got another question.so i was checking some stuff out on my s10 when i notice this



the bolts that hold my front drive line to my front diff were all loose.i didnt think much of it just glad that i saw it before something bad happened.but when i went to tighten them i realized that the nuts are actualy hiting the diffs input shaft and they wont tighten anymore.just wondering if anybody had any sugestions.i was thinking of grinding down the metal abit so i can tighten them all the way.

I think the bolts were supposed to be studs like on a connecting rod main cap. Those ones look like hardware store replacements and look like there backwards if they were studs like I think were there.

[crewcab rabbit]

if you have a tbi 4.3 you dont have a t5 you have a nv3500 which will bolt right up to your 350 with no change to cluch or any think and hold up to 350 hp , just pointing that out un less if missed that some where in you wight up nice to see more people, from oregon in the s10 world

[W.I.D.T.O]

i thought the nv3500 were in the 2nd gen. s10's?where you at in oregon anyway rabbit?

[crewcab rabbit]

check your trans and see if it has a fixed bellhousing or one that comes apart if its fixed its a nv3500 if it has a removable bellhouing its a t5 , and iam from mcminnville OR 35 miles south of portland

[W.I.D.T.O]

ok ill double check but i think its a fixed bell houding.we should meet up and and get are trucks muddy some time rabbit.what do you have anyway?

[DieselS10]

Quote: Originally Posted by W.I.D.T.O

what do you have anyway?

He has a sweet SFA'd Crewcab.

[W.I.D.T.O]

got a pic rabbit?

[crewcab rabbit]

hears the only pic i got this last weekend wheeling at browns camp if your trucks up to it were probly going up there agian the second sunday in november

[Tim99Zr2]

looks good, those pitbulls or thorn birds?

[W.I.D.T.O]

looks real good.those are thornbirds i personaly think there horrible haha.i havnt heard of browns camp until you mentioned it.it looks like its mostly ATV and MX.hows your s10 fit in there.

[crewcab rabbit]

ya its mostly atv trails but there's a good weekend of wheeling for trucks any thing from miled to wild , and for the most part my truck works really well at browns camp , only thing that sucked is some off the trails got really tight but ever one that was wheeling with me had a shorter wheel base then me,and has no problem with the tight spots , just took me a little longer and ya there thornbirds , i have heard all the hating about them , but i think i got a killer deal on them / trade a beat up 600 dollar go kart for them brand new (1300 summit) plus 200 cash. theres lots of videos of browns camp on youtube look up fire brake five tsf or i found this club up there wheeling some bad ass trucks and they have some good videos http://s956.photobucket.com/albums/a...keB9-25072.flv

[BuzzerPB]

lol... I see ya found all my pics and videos.....

i broke a motor mount and the driver side u-Joint....
i think i'd of done alot better, with some decent tires.

[crewcab rabbit]

ya thinks for all the videos you guys has some sweet rigs and where really fun to watch. this was my first run with my new dana 44s and i had to still drive it home so i tried to avoid braking any thing on the first run. hope you didnt mind me posting a link here to your videos iam shur there are a lot of people that would enjoy watching them.

[W.I.D.T.O]

think my tahoe would fit?or should just forget it haha

[crewcab rabbit]

your tahoe would be alright on most of the trails up there , as long as you at least have posi in the rear , but then again it just depends on how far you want to push the limits of you ifs, i think if a the toyota f-gays can do the trail your tahoe should be fine.

[Leftovahs2]

I used the stock flywheel from my 96 4.3 and an 11in 1-ton chevy clutch to mate up my 4.3 vortec to a sm465 tranny went together well haven't ran it yet tho

[96superflow]

F-gays, that funny as shit!!!

[W.I.D.T.O]

that is funny as hell .ill push the limits with my tahoe.its a long walk back to eugene though.

[W.I.D.T.O]

anybody know what an s14 is?

[crewcab rabbit]

i always thought that the s14 was the government version of the s10 but i was looking at my registration the other day and it says my crew cabs a s14 , i kinda think its just a typo

[W.I.D.T.O]

cause i just got my registration for my white s10 and it says s14.but im preaty sure my black s10 says s10 on the registration.

[W.I.D.T.O]

hey everybody im back.its been a real weird couple of months.was broke,got really sick,got better then was broke again haha.anyway finaly have time to work on the s10.im only 4 bolts away from having the motor out.once its out i have to decide to just rebuild it and run it they way it is.or put my money and time into puting a v8 in it

[96superflow]

I like the 4.3l power plant. It really does have enough power for the s10 (except for the guys that want to go really fast). I mean we've towed boats, car trailer(with cars on them) and a ton of other things and its not really a slouch out of the hole with proper gearing of course. I like them!

[DieselS10]

Welcome back!

I actually had a good reason for yanking my original engine.........it was a 2.5!

I've just got a little carried away since then.

[W.I.D.T.O]

glad to be back.i like them to but being unique is always cool haha.its a sasd s10 wich you dont see everyday.a v8 would just make it better.

[crewcab rabbit]

ya iam working on a l31 350 swap for this summer i use my truck to much for towing my 18" car haller and need a little more power plus i can pic my wife up a cheep 2nd gen blazer with a blow 4.3 and swap my 90,000 mile motor in. plus my 3"in duel 2.5 out flowmaster will sound way better behind a 5.7