will motor fit
- Thread starter BIGOXJ
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Yes, It will bolt up to the bellhousing - However you're motor mounts will have to be re-fabbed or you'll have to buy the kit from AA. that adapts them to old style motor mounts. The vortec motor is about 1/5 inches longer then a regular small block, but it fits better under a firewall becuase the 5.3 doesn't have a distributor. There are some things you're going to have to do to the computer so the engine will rev. ( it'll think the trans is in neutral all the time)
- Location
- Bountiful, land of rocks
BIGOXJ said:
When doing ANY modern engine swap, I'd want the harness and computer from the donor vehicle. If you don't have that, I think you're in for an expensive trip.
- Location
- Bountiful, land of rocks
BIGOXJ said:
I'm not sure where you'll need to interface to what you have of the 5.3L harness. There are a number of places (I remember a thread about that on here somewhere) that specialize in adapting your harness to work independantly of the vehicle harness. I'm sure it will matter what year and options came in the donor vehicle what you can strip off and how you'd want to attach that to your current electrical system.