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  1. Ta2ed Texan

    DTC Gurus?

    New motor is a 350 everything came off of a 305... Untill yesterday I thought the old motor was a 350.. Then I tore the heads off and saw those lil pistons..so now im thinkin my missfire is more than likely the injectors not delivering enough fuel huh
  2. Ta2ed Texan

    DTC Gurus?

    what is a case relearn. Another thing I just realised.. The other motor was a 305..When I bought it I was told it was a 350. I swaped over the intake, harmonic ballancer, and flywheel. I went and got a harmonic ballancer for a 350 today it appears to be the same part number but a new one couldnt...
  3. Ta2ed Texan

    DTC Gurus?

    Ok so if any of you have read any of my recent posts. I have a 97 tahoe 4x4 that I just put a brand new crate motor in. When I say new I mean 0 miles. So I get this motor and swap over all the pulleys, brackets, accessories from the old motor. The upper and lower intake as well as the fuel...
  4. Ta2ed Texan

    Just SeaFoamed the Hoe

    Just my .02 I would use caution any of you guys who have high mileage engines. Sea Foam does work great I have been using it for almost 20 years now, Fogging your motor, which is what most of this thread has been about is safe and will benifit you greatly. For those who have 100k+ fog the hell...
  5. Ta2ed Texan

    any one know a trick to getting the upper and lower intake manifolds together

    Thanks guys, I've been workin on this swap for about a month now. I've put 3 engines in it, and decided just to go buya new crate motor.if im gunna spend all this time, effort, and money on puttin a new motor in if rather not ever have to do it again. So I figure if go with a drag racing motor...
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    any one know a trick to getting the upper and lower intake manifolds together

    figured it out Ok here is what I did. I put a o2 socket between the spider body and the bracket it snaps into. Then I gently pressed the upper intake down over the spider body. The right side went in while the left side wouldnt go in for any thing. So I took the nuts that attach the fuel line...
  7. Ta2ed Texan

    any one know a trick to getting the upper and lower intake manifolds together

    tell me that aint a pretty motor I coulda spent that 4 grand on rims or airbags or something to make the vehicle appear to be in better shape than it really is... but instead I wanted to stomp a mustang or two ;)
  8. Ta2ed Texan

    any one know a trick to getting the upper and lower intake manifolds together

    I just put a new claimer 350 in my tahoe. When I was taking the stuff off of my old motor to put onto my new one...Like a jackwagon I seperated the upper and lower intake manifolds, thinking that I had to get to bolts under the upper to get the whole thing off... Well now I got them apart and I...
  9. Ta2ed Texan

    Oil Filter Doesnt Fit 97 Tahoe 5.7 4x4

    well that is the problem. The filter is sposed to be mounted verticly on this motor. so I either need to find a shorter oil filter than the one I have cause it wont go on. The drive shaft gets in the way. I have a part that was attached with a wire to the bottom of the truck(the previous owners...
  10. Ta2ed Texan

    Oil Filter Doesnt Fit 97 Tahoe 5.7 4x4

    Ok so I got a tahoe from some dude who blew up the motor. I have a motor from a 98 extended cab. I put the motor from the 98 ext cab into the 97 Tahoe. The problem is the oil filter comes into contact with the front drive shaft. The tahoe came with something that appears to be an oil cooler that...
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