1997 2-door Tahoe 4x4 LT1 swap

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The a/c compressor fits without notching? i have a couple of good running low mile lt1's and 1 brand new oem crate engine, just iron head motors,. I have a 95 truck,. i would like to put a gen 2 in the truck, they are really torquey even at 350cid.
I didn't reinstall the A/C yet. It's a winter truck anyway so I might not bother. I would need to get an auxiliary pulley because the water pump sticks out so far that there is no pulley/belt on the driver's side. Apparently ATi sells those aux pulleys. Need to figure out the sheave ratio...
 

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Fancy new bumper. What do you think?
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Nice looking/running/sounding rig you're creating. Out of curiousity, can you get some lights behind the insert on that bumper?

Maybe for a different look, can you temporarily black out the fins on those two inserts with some elec tape or something? or maybe photoshop. I suppose I could do it here digitally if I knew how. It might help balance it vertically, and horizontally with the black trim on the parking lamps, but it might also be too much stacking... hmmmm :hmm:
 

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LOL at the eyes in the badge :)

Nice looking/running/sounding rig you're creating. Out of curiousity, can you get some lights behind the insert on that bumper?

Maybe for a different look, can you temporarily black out the fins on those two inserts with some elec tape or something? or maybe photoshop. I suppose I could do it here digitally if I knew how. It might help balance it vertically, and horizontally with the black trim on the parking lamps, but it might also be too much stacking... hmmmm :hmm:
I was thinking eventually I want to do a phantom grille. Then I would make the chrome parts of the grille body-color.
 

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What startet did you end up using? I messed up n used LT1 flexplate on my L31. Same issue with regular oem starter from caprice. Went with corvette gear drive. No clearance issues.
 
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