s10studduts01s' LATEST project

This is a copy/paste of a small write up I did in another thread about this new camaro water pump. So some of the things I mention in here I ended up changing when it was all said and done. So be sure to read all the way through it.

Alright this about the 5th gen Camaro water pump I was talking about earlier, I took a good number of pictures to help show before, during, and after. Here we go...

Here is what it all looks like stock with stock truck intake.


This is the water pump in question which is from the 5th gen Camaros part number is 19207665.


Lucky for you guys I have a ls1 intake laying around so it will be easy for you guys to tell if this is going to work. and the whole reason you have to move the idler pulley is because of this.



I scribed some lines on the bracket to give me a guide to cut with my angle grinder with a cut off wheel.




Some of the cuts that needed to be made since I only have a 4.5" grinder at home.


Had to cut sections out like I said because it wouldn't cut all the way down




I cut off a little bit more than you guys might have too but this was my first time so I didn't know exactly where they needed to be



here is what it looks like with the ls1 intake and the throttle body on it


Seems to line up pretty good with the crank and power steering pulley to me...Now to see if the water neck will rub on the belt where it goes to the alternator


AND ITS GOOD!!!!


I had to steal the belt off my other truck with a 2.2 to get pics so this isn't the belt ill be using. I'll probably be going with the one dirtydingo sells [IMG]http://www.dirtydingo.com/store/index.php I just didn't want to buy one if this water pump wasn't going to work. Also I didn't take a pic but the tensioner pulley for the truck water pump will not work for this water pump. So ill have to get back to you guys on which one will actually work. Hopefully I can find one for pretty cheap.


here is how the dirtydingo relocation bracket routes the belt.


I hope this helps people out in the future that might be running a traditional radiator with the outlet on the top drivers side. I believe that a 09+ corvette radiator hose will work for that and is a solid one piece hose. For some reason the Camaro one is split in two so it can branch off to something else. Ill be sure to post up my findings about the hoses in here in about a week or two. I just wanted to make sure the water pump fit first before I bought anything else. Enjoy guys and I hope this helps you make a decision on what water pump you will want to use with truck accessories.

Alright well I guess its about time to start wrapping this thing up...

Here are some pictures of the truck tensioner and the 4th gen camaro tensioner. As you can see neither one would work because they spacer the tensioner pulley out too far. So you MUST use the corvette tensioner.
Camaro

Truck

both side by side


I got the bolt and washers I needed to relocate the idler pulley from Fastenal you may not have one around you so I gave all the dimensions so you will be able to find a close match.
The parts list consisted of:
(1) M10 x1.5 pitch 160mm long bolt part# 38674
(8) M10 30mm fender washers 2.5mm thick for a total spacing of 20mm w/ 8 washers part# 38405



For the belt I tried two different combinations to eliminate some of the guess work for you guys. Both were using the truck tensioner pulley on a corvette tensioner but I tried two different sized idler pulleys. The part numbers for the belts in the picture below are for Advance Auto which is my preferred parts store.

Somebody mentioned on another forum were a guy used a 102.5" (2605mm) belt and a corvette idler pulley so I tried it out.
Here is the difference in size

So the belt slides on but pay attention to the tensioner marks NOT GOOD!



So I did my own version using the truck idler pulley and a 103" belt. The tensioner mark is just barely between the two but it still has enough room to move and not be maxed out.

For the radiator hoses I used the following and you can get a good idea of what I needed to trim off of the original shape of the hoses to make them work with my superior radiator which required a little trimming to make it fit inside the 2nd gen core support despite what Superior Radiator tells you before you purchase it

(Upper Hose) 88-91 Buick Lesabre upper radiator hose E71375 at advance auto same as NAPA's 8379


(Lower Hose) 94-95 For mustang 5.0 upper radiator hose D71772 at advance auto same as NAPA's 8817

Here is where im at right now...

Because of a wreck I had back in 06 in the truck the frame was bent and even though I paid to have it straightened they never did get it exactly right and the driver's side wheel was cambered in and the fender wouldn't line up with the cab right.

So I bought this frame this past Friday from a 03 zq8 s10 (that they got through cash for clunkers) and brought it to work to notch for the a/c and get it blasted before it gets repainted.

just got done taking it outside and pressure washing the oil and dirt off before I run it through the HUGE blaster we have at work. Ill have to get pics of the ac notch for you guys.

A guy a few miles away put these up for sale right before I went to bed Sunday night and I picked them up Monday at lunch time. $500 for 5 rims 6 chrome center caps and 4 decent tires. I thought they were a pretty good deal and I need 16" wheels or larger for my LS1 camaro brakes on all four corners. I think these will give it a somewhat sleeper look and with a drag radial on the back I think they will work pretty decent.

Heres a few of the other suspension stuff im upgrading.
Speedway tubular upper control arms and ProForged tall upper and lower ball joints

Moog 5606 coil springs.

I also am replacing all the steering linkage with TRW components from advance. Its just that some of it is outside and they aren't anything special so I didn't take a picture of them