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im going to put a 350 fuel injected chevy from a 1988 Suburban into my 1984 Hilux this weekend

putting the motor in seems straight forward enough as theres a 283 in there at the minute.

what i would like is some wiring diagrams......

i have the loom and ecu, but its the wiring from the fuse box plug, and all the emissions stuff like egr etc.

can i bin the egr & lambda sensors, or will it run shit and in limp mode or something??

any advise will be greatly appreciated

cheers

weemsy

You probably should have sorted that bit out before getting to the "it's going in" point.

Google is your friend, go mental looking for wiring diagrams.

This Lux wouldnt happen to be a black double cab that you might have recently acquired would it?

yeah, googled & got several wiring diagrams

was hoping to get some concrete info off the local crowd, as there are lots of different diagrams for the same motor in the states if it comes to it i can figure it out, would like the swap to go as easy as possible though as i have to supply beer to the lads at work over the weekend - could be costly

hey saddam, yeah thats the one. got it off tom.

weemsy

Weemsy wrote:hey saddam, yeah thats the one. got it off tom.

weemsy

Check the casting number on the back of the block coz it should already be a 350 not a 283, my mate owned it for about 5-6 years and its a good motor in that truck

tom said it could be a 350

how do i tell? its the first chevy ive ever owned

im a pom, so V8 is a no-no with the fuel prices in the uk

the casting number is at the back of the block behind the head on the bellhousing flange, its usually a 6 or 7 digit number ie 3970010, you can cross reference the casting number to find out what size the engine is here

It was always a good motor in that truck so I wouldnt go changing it unless you really wanted to

the reason im changing it is all the scare stories about carbys and hills

the motor runs sweet as, but im hearing of cutting out on hills and flooding on sidlings etc etc..........

i just thought banging in a fuel injection motor will cure all those ills in one hit , but whats the general opinion????

Weemsy wrote:the reason im changing it is all the scare stories about carbys and hills

the motor runs sweet as, but im hearing of cutting out on hills and flooding on sidlings etc etc..........

i just thought banging in a fuel injection motor will cure all those ills in one hit , but whats the general opinion????

this is a bush truck yea??

can you fix the wiring and computor in the bush??...no?? me either thats why i stayed with the carb, i can fix it in the bush with a pair of pliers and a screwdriver

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is_PRh0at28

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hR3YVxVPZE

Weemsy wrote:the reason im changing it is all the scare stories about carbys and hills

the motor runs sweet as, but im hearing of cutting out on hills and flooding on sidlings etc etc..........

i just thought banging in a fuel injection motor will cure all those ills in one hit , but whats the general opinion????

dont change

carbs are fine

had a 600 holley on my ol 350 in the 40

did trials stuff, teams recovery stuff

had it on angles including vertical up and down and upside down a couple of times

ran sweet every time, never died etc etc



fukn far too much effort in changing a motor when ya don't really have to

Dont pull that motor out Weemsy you dont need to and you'll probably find its a whole lot of work and money for nothing

but if you do end up pulling it out I'm coming up to get it

The trucks had a good history since that motor was put it, 1x nana owner whos only used it once a month for the past 5-6 years to get up to his bach in the bush, its never been snotted or thrashed or cooked or anything

Sadam_Husain wrote:Dont pull that motor out Weemsy you dont need to and you'll probably find its a whole lot of work and money for nothing

but if you do end up pulling it out I'm coming up to get it

The trucks had a good history since that motor was put it, 1x nana owner whos only used it once a month for the past 5-6 years to get up to his bach in the bush, its never been snotted or thrashed or cooked or anything

I can back up his claims on the motor too

did any of you guys fit them 'whistle' things to the carbs?
supposed to stop them flooding, or are you on standard carbs?

this one has got a 4 barrel holley on it at the moment.......

wopass wrote:can you fix the wiring and computor in the bush??...no?? me either thats why i stayed with the carb, i can fix it in the bush with a pair of pliers and a screwdriver

Yep I even forgot to turn the power and the whole system was still on underwater for atleast 5 minutes Used some crc and air and she was going again mint an hour later (after the motor which was filled to the top of the rocker cover with water) and went hard for the rest of the afternoon and many preceeding weekends until I broke the gearbox

Weemsy wrote:did any of you guys fit them 'whistle' things to the carbs?
supposed to stop them flooding, or are you on standard carbs?

this one has got a 4 barrel holley on it at the moment.......

http://www.jegs.com/i/Holley/510/0-90470/10002/-1

i got the slightly bigger version but i have a few extra cubes.

skid wrote:

Sadam_Husain wrote:Dont pull that motor out Weemsy you dont need to and you'll probably find its a whole lot of work and money for nothing

but if you do end up pulling it out I'm coming up to get it

The trucks had a good history since that motor was put it, 1x nana owner whos only used it once a month for the past 5-6 years to get up to his bach in the bush, its never been snotted or thrashed or cooked or anything

I can back up his claims on the motor too

X3.................nice truck.......

sweet as, the motor will stay put

will sell the tbi motor, very nice runner if anyone is interested??

what radiators work well?

mine has a double radiator setup thats pretty untidy