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Highway Star 03-26-2011 10:31 AM

Suburban
 
It will be finished on Monday. I bought a longblock from Brandon (Notalent) with a 3 year unlimited mile warranty, and a pile of parts. A shop that does a LOT of work for the fleet vehicles at my job quoted a price for installation that I couldn't refuse. I watched them fire it up yesterday afternoon.

New parts...4 core radiator, water pump, MPFI conversion, plugs, wires, cap, rotor, oil cooler lines, etc.

:banana::banana::D

Hank70SS 03-26-2011 12:33 PM

Good for you Jake. Hope that's the last of your problems with the 'burb.

Berg 03-26-2011 05:34 PM

Sounds like it should be fun, go easy on that transmission! I did the Mercruiser camshaft swap with the adjustable rocker arm kit on my 454 in the 99 Burb and now my trans is slipping. It has 152 on it and I haven't touched it since around 100k so I'm guessing it is about due. I'm guessing you have a 350 that had the crappy spider injector. Did you go with the marine intake manifold for the conversion?

Ms Grumpy 03-26-2011 07:32 PM

It is always nice to get our vehicles back. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Highway Star 03-26-2011 08:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Berg (Post 22690)
Sounds like it should be fun, go easy on that transmission! I did the Mercruiser camshaft swap with the adjustable rocker arm kit on my 454 in the 99 Burb and now my trans is slipping. It has 152 on it and I haven't touched it since around 100k so I'm guessing it is about due. I'm guessing you have a 350 that had the crappy spider injector. Did you go with the marine intake manifold for the conversion?

Yes, the injectors looked horrible. They were the poppet style. I have the stock intake. It is going to be like a different truck.

grandsport 03-26-2011 08:32 PM

Great news Jake.;) Sounds like a trip to Latrobe will break it in properly.

flash 03-26-2011 10:43 PM

Glad youre getting your ride back.

Derek69SS 03-27-2011 09:03 AM

Cool! Hope the truck serves you well for a long time... unexpected repairs can really mess up your plans, but they're usually still cheaper than a payment on something new(er).


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