dirtyweekendrig
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Hi I've been lurking around the site for a few years with the intention of buying a ford excursion and modify it to be able to enjoy the outdoors and sleep in it and eventually get a roof top tent etc etc... Well I happened to get my 1989 V2500 for free from my gf's parents(original owners) because they bought a few new cars and ran out of room to store/park it and also because it would't pass emissions anymore but it was quickly taken cared of after I welded a new catalytic converter on it.
I have a 2004 2500hd 2wd silverado as a donor car for my swap and has everything as far drive train goes. I have seen several swap threads about lsx swaps but I would like to know what you guys would salvage from the donor truck to this suburban. I'm thinking about using the 14 bolt rear end with the disk breaks but I'm not sure if it'll be worth transferring all the abs stuff, not sure if I should keep the old ac from the suburban or keep the one that it's already in the silverado, I have rear ac on the suburban so I don't know what are the pros and cons in this case. Any other ideas are greatly appreciated, I'm sure I'm missing something else I can use on the suburban.
I'm probably going to rebuild the engine and transmission since the truck already had 120k miles and I'm not sure how well it was maintained. The suburban only has 95k milles LOL and it's in great shape for an 89. I know you'll want pics so I'll snap a few pics later and post them as soon as I figure out how to post them on here. I might keep all the progress pics on this thread or make a new one, time will tell. thanks in advance guys!!!
I have a 2004 2500hd 2wd silverado as a donor car for my swap and has everything as far drive train goes. I have seen several swap threads about lsx swaps but I would like to know what you guys would salvage from the donor truck to this suburban. I'm thinking about using the 14 bolt rear end with the disk breaks but I'm not sure if it'll be worth transferring all the abs stuff, not sure if I should keep the old ac from the suburban or keep the one that it's already in the silverado, I have rear ac on the suburban so I don't know what are the pros and cons in this case. Any other ideas are greatly appreciated, I'm sure I'm missing something else I can use on the suburban.
I'm probably going to rebuild the engine and transmission since the truck already had 120k miles and I'm not sure how well it was maintained. The suburban only has 95k milles LOL and it's in great shape for an 89. I know you'll want pics so I'll snap a few pics later and post them as soon as I figure out how to post them on here. I might keep all the progress pics on this thread or make a new one, time will tell. thanks in advance guys!!!