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 Post subject: 89' S-10 5.3
PostPosted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 6:01 am 
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Well , i started a thread a while back about this and i have been trying to build ANOTHER Street / strip truck . I have been looking for another Chevy Luv , but they are finally becoming hard to find and the ones that are left are pretty rough and rusty . I have always been a fan of the 1st gen S-10's and really like the second gens . I vowed to come into the new era of LS . Also just couldnt see doing a second gen without and LS swap vs 23 degree convensional sbc . I have been looking for a while for the right truck and came across this one . It is an 89' 2.5 5 speed truck regular cab short bed . The previous owner who was a electronics type guy swapped in a 2002 5.3 and 4L60E out of a suburban . This is a smog legal fuel injection swap . I drove almost 250 miles to buy the truck and drove it home getting 26 mpg . Truck needs exhaust and some mechanical touchup , but it will clean up real nice . I bought a 10 bolt 8.5 earlier this year and had a 3.73 and fresh posi unit installed along with 1/2 x 20 studs and new brakes . So it should be a tough little truck when im done . I intend to footbrake this truck in super pro to geive me the opertunity to run 2 classes at divisionals next year at Div 4 bracket finals . Anyway sorry for the noval . Here are the pics .
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 Post subject: Re: 89' S-10 5.3
PostPosted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 10:05 am 
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Nice looking truck...

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 Post subject: Re: 89' S-10 5.3
PostPosted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 12:17 pm 
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Nice truck, should be a blast.

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 Post subject: Re: 89' S-10 5.3
PostPosted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 4:19 pm 
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heck of a nice truck, the install on that engine is super clean, smog legal is a big plus on a v8 swap!
whats the deal with the intake over there by the battery? almost looks like it sticks right into one of the cells, is it passing under/around the battery?

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 Post subject: Re: 89' S-10 5.3
PostPosted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 7:49 am 
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I t actually goes into a spot down there with a hole in the core support . The battary needs a mount made .


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 Post subject: Re: 89' S-10 5.3
PostPosted: Thu Jan 02, 2014 12:16 pm 
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Well it's 42 degrees here right now so i farmed out some work . The truck had mid length headers on it and they had some leaks . New collector flairs Y pipe to 3" single . Some sort of 3" chambered style muffler and a 3" tailpipe exiting in the stock S-10 location , just as factory would have done it $200 head to toe . I'll get pictures up soon . Getting ready to be off for a week so rear axle and driveshaft are next . I put a 1/2 ton truck yoke on the S-10 8.5 Anybody have any experience with shortening an aluminum drive shaft . Thinking i could buy a 1/2 GM truck aluminum shaft and have it shortened .


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 Post subject: Re: 89' S-10 5.3
PostPosted: Thu Jan 02, 2014 2:00 pm 
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The local driveline shop couldn't repair mine in my tow pig, told me to find another one...

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 02, 2014 4:40 pm 
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I called a place here in Houston and they told me as ling as it doent taper they can shorten , reweld & balance it .


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 Post subject: Re: 89' S-10 5.3
PostPosted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 7:49 pm 
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I went by the salvage yard yesterday and got a few things . Tilt steering column and new door locks . Column was bit loose , so i disassembled it and tightened it up added a new tumbler and turn signal cam . Also getting the 8.5 ready to go in . Bought a used set of 15 x 4 Weld drag lites for the front . One of the local biys that runs a Jr. dragster polishes wheels for $20 each so i dropped them off with him . I have a spare set of 15 x 10 5.5. backspace with 28 x 10.5 on them . Also replacedthe header gaskets to finish the exhaust .
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 Post subject: Re: 89' S-10 5.3
PostPosted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 1:06 pm 
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i am super into 1st gens! this truck is sweet just the way it sits. not over done but still killer! sub'd and waiting for more posts


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 Post subject: Re: 89' S-10 5.3
PostPosted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 1:08 pm 
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also what about the interior? anything special or interesting?


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 Post subject: Re: 89' S-10 5.3
PostPosted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 8:28 pm 
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It is as factory with new carpet and tahoe door panels . It also has 98 Camaro bucket seats . There is a sony cd player and i just put a 4 speed plate in the shifter . Body is a middle Texas body so no rust down low or up top .


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 Post subject: Re: 89' S-10 5.3
PostPosted: Fri Jan 17, 2014 12:04 am 
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So what your saying by it is as factory... is its not all factory :lol:
Thats nice tho sounds like a good looking bunch of bits, anything done to the engine or is it more or less stock?

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 17, 2014 1:34 am 
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i also have 4th gen fbody seats in my red xcab. they are infinitely better than base model and alot better than tahoe buckets. i like them cause they sit lower and further back than the tahoe seat it came with so it give more head and leg room for people 6ft+ like myself. my sonoma gt has the syclone and sonoma gt specific seats that are really bolestered and well padded but they sit higher so i feel cramped.


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PostPosted: Thu Jan 23, 2014 8:02 pm 
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Well i removed the overload and cut the back half of the thirid spring off . I will be going calvert splits when i can right now my LuV is priority money wise and running 2 classes is a dream . Budget it is . Here is what i did .
Removed the over load and cut the back of the third spring off . Reinstalled the pin and cut off excess
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These are a homemade set of slappers i threw together today .
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 23, 2014 11:27 pm 
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 23, 2014 11:30 pm 
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Nice S10!

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 Post subject: Re: 89' S-10 5.3
PostPosted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 8:39 pm 
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Got the rear axles swapped in the last couple of days . the slapper bars didnt work out so no slappers . Bought a set of comp 3 ways off Yellow bullet for $50 to the door and added those to the front . The rear already had 3 ways and they were set on the wrong settings . One was 30/70 and one was 40/60 . I set them both to 50/50 which is the best transfer for the rear . I have to have the driveshaft shortened still , but these are the race wheels .
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 Post subject: Re: 89' S-10 5.3
PostPosted: Fri Feb 07, 2014 9:09 am 
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Got everything done except the nuetral safety switch and im working on that . the rear didnt set down like i wanted it to with the cut springs and it doesnt seem to be working correctly . Kinda has a twist to it when you load the converter . I also sold the 355 so i just went ahead and bought the -2 " split mono leafs and caltracs like $860 with u bolts and a set of adjustment wrenches that i needed anyway .


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 Post subject: Re: 89' S-10 5.3
PostPosted: Mon Feb 10, 2014 9:31 pm 
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Got it out yesterday just to drive it a bit . The gas peddle arm broke off . Looks like someone pulled it out and cut the steel shaft part half way and reinstalled it . Weird , anyway limped it back to the house and bought a newr model out of the salvage yard today and it has a cross bar from GM to keep it from bending or breaking . All that is left is the split monos and Caltracs . I have run the nuetral switch wires to the shifter so that wont take long to fix .


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