This is the truck I bought for 300 dollars. It had 4.3. Auto . Has 17 inch wheels and clear tail lights. I've purchased a 98 vortec 5.7 for 300 bucks along with the harness from which I have removed the v8 injector plug and knock sensor wire and installed into the 4.3 harness and repinned for 2002 express van. I have a friend thats gonna reflash the 0411 pcm with the express van program so thats covered. Now just getting more funds for the mounts and headers. I plan on using twin electric fans off of a 96 subaru they cover the factory radiator great and are shrouded for good air flow. I noticed that some guys are flipping there valve pans to clear the air duct. I just removed the extension and screwed the oil cap straight into the pan. I'll post more as it gets done I have front spoiler I removed it to get on dolly. Pics of wiring harness are during change over to v8 and finished product.
You're going to need a C4 Corvette water pump and Mercruiser pulley on the front of the engine to get some room for your fans. If you look at the stock water pump it sticks way out and then the belt rides on the back edge. Why? The Vette pump is simply about an inch shorter and the boat pulley puts the belt right where it belongs so nothing else needs moving. You gain close to an inch. Even so you may have to recess you rad into the support a bit.
V8S10.org has more info on the C4 pump.
Ok backstory on my build: I bought this truck when I was 16 it was my first vehicle and originally wanted to do all of the cringe worthy things that were popular back in 2002 (neons body kit wing you get it) Well I started to bag it then lost interest moved on to other things and life happened...
Finally found the truck of my dreams lol, but seriously this was the first car i ever owner and have always had a love for the sport side/ reg cab s10’s. This truck isn’t going to be anything special, just a daily driver, parts getter and fuel saver. After searching for a few weeks on craigslist...
So, I'm a couple months behind on getting this build thread started, but that's mostly because I didn't know I would be joining the S10 forum until recently. More on that later. I'm going to let this thread play out the way it happened in real life. Full disclosure; This is my second attempt at...
I started this "little S10 project" about three months ago. Evidently I got the S10 itch pretty bad and have been gaining on it pretty steadily. If I can figure out downloading photos the progress might interest you. You can also follow it in DragRacingOnline.com.
'91 S10, will have either a 5.3...
After a long hiatus from tinkering with S-series,and just now getting back into them it’s starting to become more then a passing thing again I figure a new thread was in order to stop spamming the forum.
I’ll start off with what I’m working on now,and add trucks as I work on them. I bounce...
