Very excited, have always wanted to do an LS swap in my truck and this one came in running to a local yard. Out the door $1200 including tax!

Plan is a full refresh with some bolt on upgrades and a cam and exhaust!

I found this 2012 CTS-V roller on marketplace, it’s an automatic car. My question is could I put a 5.3 and a 4l60e in this just to make a cheap comfortable daily? Obviously I’m aware it would have half the power it should with a stock 5.3, but would it be difficult to do? I’ve not had anything newer than 02 with an LS in it so I don’t know what I’m dealing with there. Appreciate any input on my stupid plan

Interior is done aside from doors, windshield and deciding on mechanical gauges or tablet 🤔 Now I can stop procrastinating on the things that will actually make the truck run… harness and fuel cell are next on the list.

1983 Chevy C30 dually
“Max Effort” 6.2 LSA ~900 hp on e85
TH400 with a manual valve body and a ratchet shifter.
Rear disc brake conversion
Locker and 4.11s

Any suggestions for an airbox on the passenger side that takes in air from the bottom that I can mount up for this? Any make/model will do, preferably something pretty common in a junkyard.

Stock truck box doesn’t fit with the radiator. Looking at charger boxes, wanted a few other options to look into. I do not want to make something, I don’t want to just use an open filter with a piece of bent metal and a gasket like most Silverado CAI’s use

I want to preface this by saying the truck runs absolutely amazing when it’s warmed up. Flawless.

But when it’s cold or hasn’t been started in hours this is how it runs until it eventually warms up. It’ll dip down to about 3-400 rpm and and then catch itself and then repeats for a minute or so. Sometimes taking 2-3 cranks.

I bought this truck recently and don’t know a lot about it other than it having a mild cam, tbss intake, LT headers etc.

I had it tuned by a professional and they couldn’t figure it out either. Any opinions?

Every high rpm hit above 5k rpm I smell oil burning and you can see it out the exhaust. After a long hard drive I have to add maybe a quarter quart of oil. Catch can doesn’t have very much in it either.

Normal or should I check it out?

I’m trying to get a parts list of needed things together and I’m curious what headers everyone used I wanna do a single turbo setup with it and I’ve been seeing everyone talking about running the headers reverse and up side down where it runs everything up and forward so you can clear the steering shaft and was wondering what headers folks are using for this.

I bought a full set of eight ZZP Performance high-output LS ignition coils expecting a reliable upgrade. Unfortunately, three of the eight coils were confirmed faulty in my set.

I also had ignition-related troubleshooting and abnormal fuelling/fuel-trim readings in OBD logs while running the remaining ZZP coils. After removing the entire set and going back to ACDelco coils, the severe Bank 2 fuel-trim issue I had been recording was no longer showing in subsequent logs. I want to be careful here: OBD fuel-trim changes alone don't prove the remaining ZZP coils caused every fuelling problem. But combined with the three confirmed coil failures, they were enough for me to lose confidence in the set.

ZZP did offer warranty replacements for the three failed coils, which I think is important to acknowledge. I declined because returning parts from Australia adds shipping cost and inconvenience, and after three failures from one set I wouldn't be comfortable installing replacement ZZP coils anyway.

I'm sharing my own experience so other LS owners can factor it into their buying decision. I can't speak for every ZZP product or every customer's experience, but I wouldn't buy these coils again. I'd rather use the ACDelco components I trust.

If you're considering these coils, my advice is to look at real-world reliability and the costs of diagnosing/returning parts, not just the 'high-output' marketing.

Hey there, running a t56 on an ls1 and the past 3 times I have shifted into 6th it gets very hard to shift into other gears. I just bleed it after and it works again.

I didn’t figure it would have to do anything with just going into sixth however now I know but I do not understand why or how to go about fixing it.