Postal Van 6.0 LS Swap Mid-Mounted!

Summary

The video follows a father and son as they remove the original inline 6-cylinder engine and transmission from a 1971 International Metro M delivery van to swap in a more powerful LS V8 engine. They encounter several challenges fitting the new engine and adapting components like the radiator and driveshaft to work, but ultimately get it mounted securely. The upgraded engine's positioning significantly rearward could greatly improve the van's handling. They seem to relish the problem-solving and camaraderie of working together on vehicles in their spare time.

Takeaways

• 😀 They removed a locked up 6-cylinder engine from a 1971 International Metro M van and swapped in an LS V8 engine
• 👷‍♂️ They had to cut part of the engine compartment and move things around to fit the new LS engine in
• 🔧 They fabricated custom engine mounts and a transmission crossmember to install the LS drivetrain
• 🚚 The Metro M was formerly a right-hand drive postal delivery van that they lowered and modified
• 🛠 They encountered various chassis clearance issues and had to modify the oil pan and transmission tunnel
• 🏎 They moved the LS engine back significantly compared to the original engine location
• 🚗 They test fitted a radiator and adapted the hoses to work with the LS engine
• 🔊 The LS engine should give the Metro M much more power compared to the old 6-cylinder
• ⚙️ They plan to upgrade the camshaft, springs, and possibly add a turbocharger in the future
• 🚦 The project highlights the custom fabrication often needed to swap a modern LS V8 into an older vehicle

Q & A

What kind of vehicle is being modified in the video?

A 1971 International Harvester Metro M van.

What engine is being swapped into the van?

A 6.0L GM Gen IV LS engine.

Why are they swapping the original engine?

The original inline 6 cylinder engine was locked up and worn out. The LS engine will provide more power and reliability.

What modifications did they make to the van before the swap?

They lowered the van by doing an axle flip, replaced the brakes, added caster, and notched the frame.

How did they get the original engine out of the van?

They had to cut part of the engine compartment and carefully maneuver it out the side door.

Where are they positioning the new LS engine?

Around 2 feet farther back than the original engine, behind the front axle.

What adjustments did they have to make to fit the LS engine?

They had to cut the transmission tunnel, make custom engine mounts, get a shorter oil pan, and fabricate a new transmission crossmember.

What drivetrain components are they reusing?

The transmission and rear differential. They had to shorten the driveshaft.

What are some challenges with the right-hand drive van?

It's harder to see the lane markings and judge clearance on the passenger side when driving.

What are their plans for the van once the swap is complete?

Use it as a mobile merch vehicle and have fun driving it to shows.

Outlines

00:00

🚗 Initial Excitement and Discovery

This segment captures the initial reactions and discoveries of the team as they embark on a vehicle modification project. The scene is filled with excitement, confusion, and a series of unplanned events that unfold while working on the vehicle. They encounter various challenges, such as dealing with unexpected issues, making impromptu decisions, and reacting spontaneously to the vehicle's responses. The dialogue is rich with humor, technical jargon, and camaraderie among the team members as they navigate through the complexities of the task at hand. This introduction sets the tone for a project that is as much about the journey and the interaction among the team as it is about the technical achievements.

05:02

🔧 Navigating Mechanical Challenges

The team continues to tackle mechanical challenges, engaging in troubleshooting and problem-solving to keep the project moving forward. They deal with specific vehicle components, such as the engine, transmission, and various mechanical parts, each presenting its own set of difficulties. The segment illustrates the team's technical skills and their ability to adapt to unforeseen complications. Their interactions highlight a blend of expertise, determination, and a willingness to experiment, showcasing the intricacies of vehicle modification and the importance of teamwork in overcoming obstacles.

10:03

🛠️ Technical Deep Dive and Progress

This section delves deeper into the technical aspects of the project, with the team making significant progress on the vehicle. They focus on specific tasks such as engine tuning, adjustments to the vehicle's frame, and the installation of custom parts. The dialogue includes detailed explanations of the work being performed, demonstrating the team's knowledge and passion for automotive engineering. The segment captures a critical phase of the project, where the team's efforts begin to visibly shape the outcome, reflecting both the challenges and rewards of their hard work.

15:04

💡 Innovative Solutions and Setbacks

The team encounters setbacks that require innovative solutions, showcasing their creativity and resourcefulness. They face issues that test their problem-solving abilities, leading to moments of frustration but also breakthroughs. This part of the narrative emphasizes the unpredictable nature of custom vehicle projects, where plans often change, and new ideas are constantly explored. The team's ability to think on their feet and come up with unconventional solutions underlines the dynamic and evolving nature of their work.

20:05

🤝 Collaboration and Learning Moments

As the project advances, the team experiences key learning moments and deepens their collaboration. They share insights, learn from mistakes, and support each other through challenges. This segment highlights the educational aspect of the project, where each task provides an opportunity for growth and knowledge sharing. The team's interactions reflect a strong sense of community and a shared passion for automotive craftsmanship, illustrating how collective efforts lead to greater achievements.

25:08

🎉 Final Touches and Anticipation

In the concluding phase of the project, the team adds the final touches to the vehicle, anticipation building for the finished product. They review their work, make last-minute adjustments, and express their hopes and expectations for the vehicle's performance. This segment captures the culmination of their efforts, the satisfaction of nearing completion, and the excitement for what's to come. It underscores the journey's significance, not just the technical accomplishments but also the personal growth and camaraderie developed along the way.

Keywords

💡LS swap

Converting a vehicle from its original engine to an LS engine. LS engines are GM V8 engines known for being lightweight and high-performance. A key theme of the video is the LS swap on the 1971 International Metro M van, upgrading it from an inline 6 cylinder to a 6.2L LS V8.

💡custom fabrication

Building custom parts from scratch for the LS swap, like engine mounts and transmission crossmember. This is needed to fit the new LS in place of the old inline 6. It shows the custom complexities of an unconventional engine swap.

💡weight distribution

Moving weight towards the center and rear of the vehicle. This is a handling and traction benefit of the LS swap since the engine sits farther back. The lowered stance also contributes.

💡sleeper

A vehicle that appears slow or ordinary on the outside but has a powerful engine swapped in. The upgraded LS engine makes the humble mail van sleeper.

💡postal vehicle

The van was formerly used by the postal service, as evidenced by markings on the sides. Fitting for its new use as a merchandise vehicle at car shows.

💡car shows

Events where modified vehicles are displayed. A goal is using the upgraded van to transport merchandise to sells at such shows.

💡scrap metal

Repurposed steel cutoffs used to fabricate custom parts. Saving money and putting discarded materials to use.

💡welding

Joining metals together at high temperature. An essential skill for fabricating custom swap parts and structural modifications.

💡camshaft

An internal engine component that contributes to performance. Upgrading it is suggested to boost the power of the transplanted LS.

💡autocross

Timed competitive driving events on circuits outlined by traffic cones. The balanced weight distribution could allow the van to competitively autocross.

Highlights

The build begins by removing the existing straight 6 engine from the 1971 International Metro van

The team decides to swap in a 6L LS engine for improved power and handling

Fitting the larger LS engine requires cutting and modifying parts of the engine bay and transmission tunnel

Custom engine mounts and adapter plates are fabricated to mount the LS engine

The engine is mounted very far back in the chassis for better weight distribution

A custom short 18.5 inch driveshaft is required due to the engine setback

Much of the episode is spent figuring out how to route coolant hoses and mount the radiator

A custom transmission crossmember is fabricated to support the transmission

The fuel tank is dropped to provide clearance for the crossmember

The build showcases advanced fabrication techniques like welding and metal shaping

The finished van retains a very sleeper look despite significant upgrades under the skin

They plan future upgrades like camshafts, intake, and headers to further boost LS engine power

The unique right-hand drive vehicle promises to be entertaining to drive once finished

The video provides DIY educational content for those interested in engine swaps

Viewers get to follow and learn the full process of a major automotive conversion project

Transcripts

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speed that this thing came in at we're

going downhill yeah yeah this motor is

shot you can see it's already steaming

and we just started it up I mean if you

watched our videos of driving this thing

before we drove it to two shows I think

she's

a it is like driving a steam train I

mean it is rolling doesn't run good and

when it gets hot and you shut it off the

motor like as soon as you turn the key

off the motor's like it stops because

it's tight if you've watched our channel

for a while this is our 71 International

Metro m mom bought this thing with a

locked up motor it's got an inline 6 AMC

engine this is basically the 4Runner to

the 4.0 Jeep motor and these are these

are great engines but I think this one

got ran out of oil and locked up before

we owned it so definitely some issues

there if you remember we tried to

started on 12 volts and failed never did

get it running and then we tried it on

24 volts in another video and finally

got the thing running but uh it just

runs good enough to like lot Drive is

all it'll do it used to be a postal

vehicle that's why it's rightand drive

and here and there you can see stuff on

it that talks about the US mail service

I think the other side you can see it

says ZIP code or something on that side

but they used it at a craft fair after

that that's why it has the funky paint

job we lowered it before we did an axle

flip front and rear on this thing gave

her 10° of Caster in the front c not of

frame in the back we got some old school

bus seats gosh it's got to be two years

ago now probably right and we eventually

want to set up with school bus seats

like this where we can ride a bunch of

people in it we also would like to use

it kind of like as a merch vehicle it

shows Look it's even got a bay door in

the back and how cool is this

where are you going to get that you

can't can you no had to leave the dog

chain on there apparently at some point

it was somebody's Anchor Point for their

uh blue healer or whatever but our plan

in this video is to pull out the inline

6 and the three-speed Auto and we are

planning on putting a 6 L LS not even a

48 or

53 and we don't know what we're going to

have to do to make it fit cuz I know

it's really close on this side so I'm

assuming we're going to have to do some

cutting and modifying to make it happen

we got a little rust in the floor so

it's probably not that big a deal if we

modify something I guess let's get right

into it and tear into this thing woohoo

you're welcome Mom mhm I'm excited I

know you will be you ready to work on it

granny she's like Omni presentes you

never know when she's going to show up

she's always watching check out her Hood

latches it's like so bab you how that

works that's your hood latches so we got

a junk radiator here a reservoirs junk

all that but it's got a brand new brake

system it's got a Town and Country van

mask cylinder that's manual all new

wheel cylinders and all that stuff I

think we're going to have enough room to

fit the ls in there that's what you want

to see right there you can literally put

your hand through the radiator they just

rolled it up and tried to pinch it off

but it it was leaking really bad when we

actually drove it it does not look like

this comes out at all this is all welded

to this which is welded to this so I do

not think this comes out we may end up

having to cut this and then weld it back

later yeah we may have to I'm not seeing

any other way to do it this all this is

welded solid isn't that weird very weird

we might be able to bring it out to the

door possibly Lord I don't think so look

how long that engine is I don't think

that's going to come out this way let's

just start pulling bolts and cutting

things and find oh Lord why don't uh you

guys take this radiator and this out

we're not going to use either one of

them they junk so it's going to have to

get the Shroud and everything at the

same time okay okay y'all work from that

and I'll work on things

inside how does this

say those little guys wasn't they

yeah

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this is

like barely in here what is

this you might can cut that hose

baby well I'm not using it but like if

it's a old hose we probably probably

won't care if you're cutting it you're

like show yeah just cut it cuz there's

no Sav it yeah they're super old anyway

they're hard as a rock

anyway I don't think we'll be using

them oh I don't get her

done you got your supplies squeeze not

all

them look at the junk in there e is it

nasty oh it's

nasty that's

weird oh gas just poured out of the

ground did you do that or did I do that

I did it okay I'm taking a fuel line

loose it's okay as long as you did

it I was surprised that we never had to

put a fuel pump in this thing oh just go

down in there it's really surprised us

for a locked up engine

yeah we can keep like the battery cables

the carburetor and stuff there's several

good parts on it hey I'm sure somebody

could probably rebuild this thing if

they needed one for

something so that's our throttle cable

bracket we might be able to reuse that

thing yeah I got all that loose so all

the fuel lines and throttle our battery

cable should be able to go out with it

not much to this pretty simple system

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it is did it yeah there's more bolts is

there definitely more bolts on the other

side yeah two more back there left C you

don't have any cooling of it we drained

this one for the winter didn't

we she's stuck on there there you go

that one's

off this is still stuck on

that barely

there uh fans going to be in your way

with this shroud probably take these

bolts out there's probably two more at

the bottom too one good thing about this

is it's all flat pieces of metal so if

we have to cut something out it's just

putting a flat piece of metal back in so

yeah that's true we've already got a

rusted out squat above the transmission

here um we've also got a 4L60E

transmission is what we're planning on

putting in here you like my choke on

this thing those have been on there for

like I was going to say those have been

on there probably a year yeah I drove it

a lot with my foot like pushing on the

throttle linkage with my foot to get it

to go cuz it was just easier cuz that

whole linkage system is really messed up

and seized up guess I can cut the

exhaust off this time yeah is this the

right size

ring all right here you go the exhaust

is

loose I'm taking the charging wire off

alternator here did you get that one

wall yeah what a deal it's funny how

this thing is like that's the fuse block

check out these old tags 1972 there's

the Vim plate we actually have a tile

for this thing which is unusual for

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us I remember that thing leaking really

bad look see where we had JB welded it

up trying to make it work and

look a hole in the bottom of it

but oh yeah you don't want that in the

right either huh look look how look how

much is in there

aw oh my

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gosh got this big like cast aluminum

radiator hose I'll keep that bad boy

that's pretty cool actually that neat

yeah this thing had rear heat or is that

oh I think that's a transmission cooler

I think I remember that it has a

transmission cooler on the side of the

transmission so like normally the

transmission fluid comes to the front to

get cooled this one the fluid stays in

the back and the heater hoses go to the

back so we won't use any that if you

want to cut those heater hoses out there

W you can just bring this whole mess out

you got one to cut up here on the engine

and two to cut going towards the

transmission I don't

remember I think you gra the F like a

falc oh and that's why we did that I

need think you started

hey d i leak something yeah I figured it

she spr Cooling in it at some point I

got both of those okay I got to take

these wires loose because there are the

starter wires and we'll have to reuse

them with the LS motor I'm going to pull

them off of here besides my car I really

like this one this one's like top on the

on the top of your list it has to be one

of my favorite yeah I really like how it

looks now that it's lowered it looks so

good lowered it does look really good

it's very low which I like all about

some lowered Vehicles so I've always

lowered my stuff so the black wire is

the one that turns on the starter and

the blue one I think is the main power

supply to all of this which probably is

like one blinker and one fuse or

something you know label your wires guys

you know I didn't always label my wires

and you learn

you're better off to just label them

while you got them right here and you

know what they went to so I got the oil

pressure gauge wire here and this is the

plus side of the coal here I know we

won't use it for that purpose but we

might use it for something else we're

probably going to run this on Holly

Terminator X cuz I'm really familiar

with it and like how it works do we need

to do some crazy intake or something

Mar I don't know I don't know in here in

the dog house about the dogghouse I feel

like we should hide that it's a fast

fast oh like sleeper sleeper who builds

those they were super worried about

these wires coming off they put that on

the headbolt oh Lord yeah it's got a

metal strap around the headbolt put

wires in place and they really can't go

anywhere anyway cuz the heater hose is

in the way so this came with a 196 a 232

a 304 a 345 or a 392 so ours has a X on

232 they put a 392 in these wow look 392

and you could have got a manual

transmission that' be cool talk about a

hog leg that'd be really cool that's a

hog leg that's crazy so you got the top

fan trap bolts out not the bottom ralie

yeah I couldn't get to them her is so

good she's not really that good

sometimes her webs her webs is you you

see how she acts in my they don't really

see how she acts she's good she's smart

that doesn't mean she's good coer all

the time Elanor bring me that that's not

yours that's

mine that's impressive amount of heer

Hose actually that's the first vehicle

I've ever had where the coolant went to

the transmission not the transmission

going to the

coolant okay there you go that's the

last bolt on

there oh

yeah

yeah it took a

beating front side's worse if you have

an international Metro M grill for one

of these hit me up coz because I don't

have

one you see what it's hanging up on

yeah we take the pan

off

come

on there you

go our belt was loose that's a very

small water pump

pulley we put a new belt on we're going

to save that for sure and's got a brand

new gm1 wire alternator and I actually

bought this thinking we're going to have

to adapt it it was a direct fit because

like you know International AMC just

used whoever's stuff you know there's

one of them ratchet straps we've been

looking for yeah you know every now and

then you got a fan hitting the Shroud

and you just need to fix it and you

don't want to put motor mounts in

it the Falcons had the same ratet straps

on it for like shoot years probably on 3

years now right still working had had

any more trouble look at that it still

has a piece of the old belt we drove

this thing for miles oh no look at that

it's a piece of the old belt still

rusted in there all right let's get our

motor mount bolts loose guys got pain

let's see it girl that's a good one

that's fair Bob Ross Bob Ross right

there who's going to

win

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definely that's that's probably how a

wall one you need to go up more

PP

the frame rails on this thing are

hilarious it's basically railroad ties

is all it is completely straight frame

there's no kick up or kick down or

anything which we notched it in the back

but we have't up here we we think we

have enough room all right the motor

mount bolts are out so our total width

of our engine bay here is like 34 1/2 in

but we also have like a big piece of

something here with the dash is in our

way let's see how how wide our LS engine

is we haven't even measured yet oh my

goodness at least we put four engines in

here after we put this thing in here the

widest point is like the exhaust when it

folds it's like 27 1/2 in there oh it'll

be fine and you could you can tuck them

in harder you know with headers we may

actually put headers on it we don't know

really if you don't take into account

the exhaust you 25 26 in something like

that and the height on it is right now

with this intake it's 32 I'm not really

worried about the length because you

know we can just keep going back with it

dead center of this engine bay is the

dead center of this engine so that makes

sense and what we say like 26 maybe

without the header issue so 26 half of

that's 13 so yeah we're going to have to

cut back on this side like 5 in probably

off this unless the engine sits down

lower than that it could actually sit

lower than that yeah being an LS we're

still trying to figure out how to get

this thing out of here honestly I say

don't slice this but slice this where it

merges I don't see a way that it would

come out the door easily I mean you

might get out there but the length on

this thing and I definitely don't know

how you drop the ls through that little

hole there I feel like the ls has got to

come through this way or something you

could drop it at the bottom but you'd

have to drop the whole front suspension

at the same time yeah you know how they

did it at the factory H the body wasn't

on the frame oh yeah they sit the down

on there and then they s the body over

which I do not want to pull the body off

the frame we'll figure something out

that would take

forever that's the old glass

pack

classic yeah that's not the factory look

where they welded all that what that one

back I like this one this is our

speedometer cable this is a cast iron

transmission automatic that's unusual

anymore at least back in the day it

wasn't so unusual looks like they left

couple bolts out on the transmission

mount this thing has been swapped to a

49 inry and I don't think that's what it

Happ in the factory you can tell it's

been pulled out of another vehicle but

I'm glad it got swapped to 49

in did you get it

yeah

there I forgot

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here right that come out

now there we go this screw was just

messed up yeah this has the strangest

transmission set up it has a yolk just

like the pinion does on the rear axle so

it has UB bolts and straps front and

rear you know might be normal to you

guys but definitely not normal to what I

would normally work on I've got both the

ebolt strap off we should be able to pry

this out we definitely need to work on

the rear axle as well at some point

during this because the rear Cas are on

the

ground look at that oo it's got a lot of

pinion slop can't believe it drove as

good as it did right Ralphie I need a

small pry bar please oh uh that's a

little too small

Ral oh thank you sorry this so

cool

yeah all right

that's so weird how it has I it looks

like you're looking at a pinion on a

differential that's called blowing the S

out of it right there your car ain't got

no s in it it's all blow I done blow her

out can you see how far out that bolt is

already and I haven't even touched

it wow that was the only thing holding

the transmission hanging by thread

there's only one bolt down here too it

looks like wow

uh we can probably slide it off of that

though I'm going go ahead and take our

new carburetor off here this thing's

worked nicely I'm sure we'll throw it on

something else at some point most of

these one barrels are pretty Universal

I've put the same one barrel on like

Ford inline sixes AMC we also put one on

that Flathead that was in that Rambler

mhm so we put them on several different

Vehicles they seem to fit whatever I put

them on we go Mr

Rie carry it proudly

what else is left unhook anything I

don't Reon no put the straps to her even

if we cut this out the distance from

like here to here does not appear to be

enough oh no to get the engine out this

direction it's unfortunate that is

unfortunate the only chance we have of

getting it out this way would be cutting

this rusted floor out right here cuz

then you can move the engine back and up

because it can't come straight up the

engine's too long to come straight up

wait that un screws by the way what it

has screws this comes up and right there

really right there maybe that's already

Rie I got an eye Ralphie got the eye for

the

screws okay let's try that maybe it

lifts up or something once you get that

un rusted anyway hes have we yes we have

I clean these out first and Stu this is

a comfy

seat you got one over there is it

turning don't strip it down no I can't

this one's a Phillips look dad I saw

it's moving in

there I think we're going to have to cut

the heads off these that one's not doing

anything so we got what three let's just

cut the heads off of

them come

on

what's holding

it is there is it welded and boled or

something I think it's just crusty I

don't see any

more

bolts I don't get it let me cut that

side see what it

does

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that's this side seems to be loose

so if we take these screws out can we

get the whole thing out one piece think

this is I think it's a

possibility make sure you get in there

good

yeah that'll help us if that'll

work here I'm going to

stop is it want to round out it went a

little and then started to spin okay

this might save us here that'd be

awesome when it yeah I think this might

work well I got the eye I have the tiger

who else thinks that's probably the

coolest steering wheel we own it's

pretty cool cool I like the

International Harvester symol in the

middle and all that see what happens

now

yeah grab hold to

it this thing's like

Lego yeah snap together don't it here

well that's very easy to look there

better what is

this

I looky there that might have just save

us oh look at that crazy transmission

cor I was talking about right there

you're welcome I good job Ralph it' been

so much easier to unhook all this if I

yeah that's true it has like vents for

the bell housing some of the power

Glides had big holes for vents if you

remember we spent like over a 100 bucks

trying to rebuild a starter too cuz

nobody sold it so now what's the plan

pull the engine out of it out the door

uh yeah out the door yeah do you feel

better now I do you feel yeah you was

feeling some pressure earlier what yeah

I looked at it immediately and I'm like

this may not come out of here they may

have built this van around this engine

they built that for this purpose you

know yeah like it all in bolts luckily

the rest of the floors is in pretty good

shape oh that was not slow not slow

off is it going to fit under

it maybe it's going to have an LS so

it's going to have the same engine as

our truck does it have the frame enough

to fall look it's got railroad ties son

you can't bend them okay so we could

haul cars to an event and have merch in

the back the only thing that worri me

about towing with it something heavy is

it's a really short wheel base you know

but momb could drive it and y'all could

follow in something else okay I guess

I'm just going to bolt it right here to

the intake and the coal bracket the coil

bracket goes right to the block though

so it's really Stout look how nasty it

looks down inside that intake look Ellie

thought that was a mouse my oh she did

look it's just solid rust in

there now big

oh my

God

my thank you sir for that Bol and the

song you're

welcome we're hting something right here

where are we hitting giant bar I don't

know about that cuz I feel like we're

sitting

here look right there is it hit in two

places or just

one we have to take the cross out but

we're hitting them we're hitting

something over here too that's we're

hitting the leaf spring on this side and

the crossover on that

side that's

unfortunate we could jack it up yeah

Jack it up just a little bit is be oh

yeah all right see go in I don't know

how much it needs we go now oh there we

go that low

L FL this s it on that chain it'll be

fine can I get in front

of turn the wheel to the

RO Jack it

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up

there you go there you go hopefully this

chain is big enough to carry this cast

iron Behemoth out of here don't tell

what way all cast

IR oh wow what was it I don't know I

guess the

stud oh yeah it was a stud on

got you going to clear if I keep going

up yeah you're good on this side dad

what if we go back yeah go back you can

go back pull

back what stopped us from going back

farther your

old there you go okay you pass with will

the transmission come up is it still

hook or something no it's come up it's

off pick it up see if you can pick it up

one it's

free all right we're hitting at the

front back

wall I think you got it you just need to

go up you're good on the the water fell

ping can I take the water pum fully

off can't go back no starting

R hey you want me

to what was that

noise uh make sure you don't get under

it buddy I'm

push okay we're going to turn this

engine Wall come over here grab like the

alternator and pull it this way I think

you need to pull your way

also there we

got

it hold on hold

onen it

is you want me

to how much higher I need to go to get

out well I might just have to lift this

back of this transmission just don't get

your hands under it where it can get

crushed here there you go

go

woo that was pretty easy I love its

color I did too you going put it in the

living room I don't know about that but

I do love its color look how big it is

enormous the inline sixes are that's the

biggest problem with them for me is like

I like little cars and like a falcon 6

is like this far off the radiator up

front it's so long you know what's

really funny it didn't puke any fluids

out like cuz it's got that built-in Yol

on the transmission yeah usually they

dump a bunch of flood out of the back of

the transmission but this one didn't

yeah ready slowly here we go you can't

let Mom do this job right here at all I

Drop It Like It's

Hot watch your hands

I wish we had a way to weigh that thing

there's no telling what that thing

weighs I would uh dare say the ls is

going to be lighter you think so yeah I

think so because aluminum transmission

case mhm you got aluminum cylinder heads

plastic intake I there's a lot of things

are lighter these sixes aren't

AR iron yeah all this thing this whole

thing's faster I mean on the ls oh yeah

it's an iron block LS yeah yeah look at

all the room in there for activities we

got room now

boys easy that was extremely easy

compared to past

experiences had all the space you have I

thought it was going to be terrible I

mean we can cut whatever we need to cut

out of here it's all flat metal yeah I

wouldn't feel bad about it that's for

sure awesome good job guys

woo we could move the engine back you

know we could do whatever we want to do

wheelie machine huh huh H I don't know

if she she wouldn't do any wheelies she

put it way she's too low doing wheelies

I don't think it's going doing any

wheelies but we're definitely going to

have to do some sort of modification of

the transmission crossover that thing

have you seen how big that thing is I

I've never seen a cross mover that's so

deep like it goes down so far I mean

this is like 2 ft from there we're

definitely probably to shorten that up a

bit so we're putting this one in no no

that one no yeah that one there's no way

here we got to move this over out of the

way here pull that b Master box I not

even

realize I'm so

behind what she been

doing this over there guys we got

squeeze now we she's like a

tugbo just tell her where you want her

don't flip it over

walk all right all right it's so heav

oh okay maybe get around that is this a

Godzilla oh no no Godzilla I can't

afford no Godzilla wish godzill not that

big it's just all stuff on it we're

going to strip it down before we even

think about put we actually have a

transmission we got to get out of the

barn that

probably that's

the yeah you a I didn't even realize if

this was these with a cam shaft you can

make like 450 500 just with Cam B

spring we don't we I know about this one

mom's going to be ripping a chip get

over here against the wall

Mom okay sorry what you uh we about

broke the wall down I

think just keep it rolling you can get

it moving just

go we might could hook a strap to it and

pull out with a tractor now yeah got big

blue GRE aren't you supposed to be in

bed by now she I thought old people went

to bed

early she's like old she's looking

around for old people hey what y'all

doing look at we

there going a lot is that right with we

good all right I'm going to pull forward

you hook that to it we'll pull it out of

here

greedy's leaving trails everywhere we

go

yeah

wow

with absolutely no

answer gr good help good job

helping

are you hiding behind

me say I track dring get me

today at least we got that done today I

was really worried about how we were

going to get that engine out I'm still a

little worried about getting this engine

in there honestly but I think we can get

it through the door but that's going to

be all for tonight we're froze to death

we got to go get the transmission out of

the barn in the morning and stick this

thing down there and start figuring out

about mounts

and we'll see you guys tomorrow

ready it'll go forever it goes all the

way up I've never done that before Oh

that's a ghost okay gu I won't sleep

tonight bouncing and coming up I want

TR that's pretty cool all right for real

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woo next morning we're all cold but

we're going to go ahead and strip this

engine down I was going to go get the

transmission first thing this morning

but it rained all night long so it's a

muddy mess out there so we're going to

let it dry as much as we can while we

take this apart and it's going to be

exactly the same wetness out there when

we get done with this we can take the

airbox off the intake the exhaust

manifolds all the wiring harness if the

motor home project has taught you

anything I'm not going to use this

harness I guess we should unstrap it

from the tow huh hey I got one of mine

CU ret I was going to say did that come

with it I think that came with it man

he's probably watched this video that's

that ret I've been looking for right she

Wiggly wobbly now that's

a you take your pocket knife where's

your pocket knife I don't have my that's

the problem you pop this guy up so

that's like a lock to make sure it

doesn't come unplugged push the black

part in and then it comes

out but okay pretty easy oh holy good

yeah that's that's what you want to see

right there oil all in it yeah that way

you know it's not ran out of oil all

that is is waste his space I don't think

we'll be using this but we'll keep it

just in case the this is a mass air

sensor hey you should recognize this

it's a

dipstick you can make this even much

smaller that is a transmission cooler

which there's no transmission on here

that's how you want your Flex PL to be

too you want it to be loose on there

that way it can line itself up oh wow

somebody cut that didn't they yeah they

it don't look like we have a complete

harness anyway do

we did

it your

it measures the mass of air in the

engine hey don't get besid there girl

you going to get right over I think this

came out but youon Den nollie I believe

you take yeah let's take it all off here

what is anything that's not mandatory we

need to get off there no one needs

plastic this is a 10 mm I

think eight to

10

you're coming

up it's

all

out there we go just for sound purposes

only you want me to take the intake off

yeah I want to take the whole intake

it's a 8 mm okay wa what's

this yeah they they stay in

it this off is

RA uh yeah well ises it Bol to the

intake yeah right here you should be all

right you should be able s on there

we're have to unplug on this wall put a

13 on that I need that easy to work what

are you wait what is she she's just

going unscrewing anything what are you

unscrewing I'm just unscrewing

everything we don't have to take that

put that

back she's going wild here random things

no we don't need to take that off on

a

czy where did that go actually yeah

actually find it I saw the madness

happening I know she's just ripping and

going sound crunchy somebody's already

broke or popped with the air

conditioning what is

this tsty D if you get the clip tool

pliers you can just Cy that out

there we've already got three broken

exhaust

metap that got the same off I think I

got one

more is he got the

longest I think I need a long

one okay that might be all besides

sensors help we just had to get LS swap

headers for a second 71 Metro M I'm sure

they make that M you can unplug your

coil packs here you can leave all these

small plugs plugg in I unplug the whole

bank they just slice through that this

got drive by wire all

body uh dipsticks in my way I'll take

these

on that that one is that your new

favorite tool yes it definitely

is I'm going need to get

a got it why does have a plastic intake

no all the ls's had a plastic intake

saves on weight also it doesn't absorb

heat like aluminum does two snapped off

here we might be able to use those

exhaust folds but to get it through the

door I'd rather just have as few things

as possible on this engine it's

ready maybe yeah here you never took

loose

no always good to have a Bose yeah right

there justy confidence the very last one

so we just taking random things off or

no we're

taking the harness out

of all right let's see if for

go I

succeeded what's this right here look

right here this hose and that one right

there hard The Rock isn't it

yeah give it the twist that's that's the

key the twist you got clamps right there

yeah it's got those squeezy ones where's

this going wall we follow this down

here all right we got a vault here one

13 yeah yeah we got to put a chop CHP

cam in this thing oh for sure we'll

probably do cam Val

Springs possibly intake and headers R

wants me to Turbo it but you got to

turbo everything if you're going to

Turbo it you probably need to put a

built Transmission in it then yeah or a

408 I just wanted to make it a cool

Cruiser go to car show sell merch and it

probably would still go to the Post

Office you know it would probably still

be really fast you can probably click

cruise control and it'll drive to the

post office probably vehicle I got that

one well this one the plants are hooked

but it's and then there's that one it's

all

it's just up in there is

it here's

that oh man that's dirty under there

isn't it oh yeah okay all the way down

the intake ports that's that's a good

sign

that the ground way under

here ell are you ready to work this

morning oh she's

defitely if you show scooter attention

he thinks they want me to lick him okay

that's what he his love language is

giving you a little kiss sit

down too to be out here right now

okay this is your crank sensor it's

hidden behind the uh starter and there's

like a gray one and a black one I'm

thinking the black one was the gen three

and the gray one was Gen 4 at some point

they changed from a 24 Toth reluctor

wheel to a 48 tooth reluctor wheel and

they changed the crank sensors as well

at that same time and the cam sensors

some of them have Cam sensors at the

back some of them have Cam sensors at

the front depending on the generation

same thing with knock sensors the early

ones had the KN sensors under here which

looks like what we have later ones I

think they had the knock sensors on the

side of the block there's transition

years which is probably what we got here

where it has a little bit of both maybe

at some point we'll figure out exactly

what it is looks like the wires go up

under the crank and around here to the

air conditioning and the starter ral's

going to take our AC compressor

off here take this one loose here we

pull the compressor off there maybe

probably a hidden bolt behind

that okay now see that hidden bolt we

may put air on it at some point I don't

know I thought about putting a rooftop

AC unit like the motor home has that'd

be cool then we just have to have a

generator going though to run it is the

only problem this is your low oil level

sensor here so if your light comes on

saying you're low on oil that's what

doing it Ralphie's done took the

alternator off the inline six over

there is this a brand new gm1

wire there you go you can let

off that belt roached

so cracked me up when you say roached it

is look at it we're going to have to

pick the engine up to even get these

wires out all this can like lay over now

over

here the bolt turet

yeah they they they're ctive I believe

we might need to take a vacuum for that

yeah we're going to wait is those the

cathedral things yeah they're cathed

Port yes so we just got to get these

wires up underneath here but they're

like underneath the oil pan right now do

you want me to take this H yes take that

hose off it's ridiculously long we can

probably use it but we don't need it in

our way it's like it's like an elephant

really I was going to say it's like a

snuff lus like these back two here are

stripped out already or broke off or

whatever that I put pressure on it and

it broke Why didn't it do that I don't

know you tell me I've seen it happening

I know you were a

witness at least my fourth LS swap cuz

I've done some for other people help

other

people you as a OG Ls swapper I'm not

really I wasn't super early he was

pretty early pretty early it's been I

don't know i' have to look back what 7

years ago something like that I was

making my own wiring harnesses and using

a micro squirt computer which is like

the size of my uh Groove wallet it's

such tiny little computer it's a

computer designed to run four cylinders

at Max and the way I got it to run was

using waist spark and Bank firing the

injectors so I would fire four injectors

four injectors four injectors four

injectors and then firing two cylinder

spark plugs at a time is how it got to

run you smarty boy no I didn't come up

with it I just followed other people's

plan like SL mechanic I didn't come up

with

that it's like the perfect size for

it that's this junk that was sitting on

the intake that fell

down what do you think that does that's

some type of bracket or something

there's no hook for it Target so this is

your knch sensors we will not be using

them basically if you're running on 87

Octan all the time you're pulling your

double wide trailer behind it up a heel

and 120° and she spark knocks it pulls

timing back to to keep from hurting the

engine we got we're not going to hurt

the

engine right here that's your noock

sensor got two of them right

here

right can't see those head bolts they're

so stuck in mud

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we don't need that we're not going to

have power steering either we may or may

not use this alternator bracket just

depends on R that's the nice thing about

these LS Motors you can buy an

alternator bracket to put it here there

there here wherever you want it all

these 15 mm that go into the block and

heads take them out

okay

what's hold

now oh it's this back one over here here

take this one

out there we

go that gives us a better view of this

this is our oil cooler here which we

will block off that's probably about all

is there I mean I want to keep the motor

mounts on there cuz we may use them

right old plug wires like this get so

stuck that's ruined I even gave it a

Twist I will get the tractor pick this

up and y'all can pull all this out from

under

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okay

this time you hit 10 mm on the

impact I'm going to take it all

FL I made a

mess we can pull all this out of our way

let's get that pet out of the

building doing that's a good

pallet UNH

that

CER shoot us save our biks don't it

yeah

I was going to sit outside and I'm such

a softy I just couldn't do it I already

had him getting a trash bag to cover it

up but we'll probably throw this thing

on Facebook Marketplace and give

somebody a deal on it I would definitely

think it's a rebuildable engine and you

know I know it's a good transmission so

not sure how many people in the world

still want one of these but I'm sure

there's somebody out there all right we

need to go get our transmission if Rocky

still got it categorized out there for

us ta he's killing out

here we got to give them a treat so they

stay away from the tractor cuz they're

so nosy is that good Rocky huh that

good the day we got the F350 we got this

transmission me and mom so the guy with

the golf cart remember yeah yeah yeah I

don't know if we're going to rebuild

this one or if we're going to build

another one and just Swap this out for a

core but yeah I bought this just so we'd

have a way to put all this together and

make our mounts and stuff all right you

got it yeah why work I'm glad Rocky kept

this in order for

me look perfect light work murf hi you

see the tractor huh you guys stay away

from it come

on he really wanted the

tractor he was for sure thinking he

could ride on

it so much bigger than all the goats

he's like as big as

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El is he eating the goat Fe too yes oh

my gosh this whole time is a good snacks

yeah you like it don't

you

good job ralie ralie

power every time we use that tractor now

I'm like how did we ever do I know I was

telling Rie earlier it saves our backs

so much we were all the time moving

engines of transmission and like

struggling me all the time so I love

that thing I'm very grateful for my

tractor I mean your tractor H exactly

man we need to probably drain the W out

of this thing just so we don't spill a

bunch doing this it's just bolts look

you want to see

it you don't even have teeth how you

going to eat a bow if you don't have

teeth you need go hang out with your

boyfriend Rocky was Murphy being a good

goat today oh he was all over the place

Buck Wild so if you're not familiar with

the ls architecture which I don't know

how you wouldn't be at this point it's

been out so long this thing started back

in like 98 I think in the Corvette

something like that it's a total new

design from the small Blox Chevy so

nothing inter changes at all the

cylinder heads is a huge upgrade from

the old Small boox Chevy cylinder heads

these have sixbolt main caps all your

intake gaskets and everything it's all

o-ring seal the intake is dry so it has

no coolant passages in it they have a

bigger cam board which allows you to go

with a bigger cam shafts very strong

block crank all that lots of guys making

over 1,000 on a stock one like this

modified guys making 2 3,000 horsepower

so they're really great engines they

make a lot of power for their size and

they're plentiful for truck engines

that's why a lot of people go with them

and it's hard to beat a LS

engine what is this thing she does is

this my ears itch or what I don't know

but she won't let you mess with her ears

no TSH tries to like clean her ears out

she's like

nope nope not going to happen oh that's

a pretty

smile look at

that is he going to fit through the door

Rie yes it's going to fit through the

door give us a pre-measurement there

here give us a whip no no check the whip

this way and check that door mean this

is a V versus a inline we're right there

about 23 in I've got that got that 27 27

man we can put a big block in it I'm so

tempted to move the engine back why just

CU way transfer are we not going to put

the transmission yeah we're going to put

the trans we're going to drain the oil

out real quick somebody's running what

is that super tech oil filter is that

what that is

yeah W never mind that's a

little well I don't see a bunch of water

or anything that's a good size done lean

it back with the cranky dle Dandy there

I don't see anything that scares me

there oh my finger was in there okay wow

man this had a 4L60E behind it you can

tell because it has three bolts here uh

4l8 has six around there and the 4l8

flex plate doesn't have this step out

it's just a flat flex

plate we'll probably torque those a spec

later yeah tell the back flat we

transmission on it

now we don't need this snare now cuz

we're just mocking it up donut it's the

donut look at that every

time get try in the middle of the pan

bring it over

here that worked good didn't it yeah we

lower that down yeah we

will she's been scratching on that as

well I

bet look you act like I keep these bols

around for nothing more

look they come in handy when you don't

have bell housing bolts and stuff got to

keep this

stuff reverse does she have a reverse

no excuse us go she follows us every

step trying to drain everything I can I

don't want to make a mess in here more

than I normally

do okay you're almost on the DS I need

need to go up okay it goes yeah right

there I think you just need to go

forward let him get a bolt in

it we'll probably put a stall torque

converter in it when we actually final

install it we got to figure out exactly

what Cam and intake and all that before

you pick a convered are we putting it in

there yes I'm my brain on this project

has what did you think we put in I don't

know I thought we was going to like you

know do things to it yeah we're going to

but this is we got to make e mounts

transmiss mounts stuff like that we got

to make sure it actually works and yeah

we want to make sure it fits fit through

the door that would be good too before

we do all that stuff I think we should

put it in transition first that's my

plan what I don't know where I've been I

don't know I guess you just haveen like

picking up and what you talking about

that way

through the door feels so

weird oh it's going to go

now I'm standing on theair so we're

going to have to nose the transmission

down underneath the floor okay tilt it

tilt it probably need to tilt it yeah

don't get under

it it might be easier for w to crank

that down well cranky cranky cranky you

need to turn it back your way yeah okay

now we're hting if we you get this fast

yeah when you get fast here we can turn

it really this is the weirdest way

to if I go down with the whole thing was

go to the floor no he here we go then

going down wa don't hit the oil pan

going that's about as far as I can go

without our oil P up here okay I think I

can push this over yeah there we about

now I can go down a little farther

yes well no no

no you're going to have to go back up

why push it around push it just push it

don't get your

hands there you go nice

move hold on pull the transmission

towards Ralph yeah wow what are you

cranking I'm cranking this other op the

other

dire it can't dire oh man we can go

super far down um your motor mounts are

on this piece of metal but push this

over just a scos more there you go a

little bit more there is no little bit

more well it just got to get under

it okay we're going to have to get one

side under and then move the other one

it's a

good hold let's go down as far as we can

here okay you go your way in at all now

yeah not

falling yeah yeah you're good okay go on

back with it you can really every time I

say back he repeats

it oh wait hold on hold on hold on hold

on hold on the Sens is probably about to

hit spark about to on spark plug okay

this side we got sensor if it could come

back slide some you could slide the

transmission back or forward that

that'll pick up just pull the spark plug

out oh that's

smart it does have we definitely

probably going to trim this though

anyway it does have extremely big intake

Port yeah compared to well if you saw a

LS3 or the new LT Motors they're even

biger what yeah remember the Godzilla

the Godzilla's like I can almost put my

hand in there this is probably going to

have to get in like we about the sensor

it's got to probably

break you got this pull the engine your

way we'll just bend us back for now till

we figure out what we're going to do I

should be able to go down now right yeah

go ahead go slow don't smash

FL scared me your motor's hitting right

here turn what's hitting on your side

transmission pans on the cross member

yeah that's fine though that's fine you

can you can push it over this way yeah

you can come over our way nothing's

hting

on man that was really going out wasn't

it I didn't know she was throwing up I

know or

what okay that didn't go

nowh not want to go at all no what's it

hitting I think if you had a jack on the

bottom I picked it up I think he might

move it I'm going to pick up on the

front see if y'all can move the

transmission over my way oh mom's got

her TRS in there now there we go we just

leave it this far back like we kind of

should it's hting though it must be

there's something there's a metal

there's a metal plate remember it s up

oh there's a a bracket I think this

engine is meant to be this far back

think we just shook once you've seen it

like this you can't unsee it yeah like

we got the RO so we're almost centered

there really the engines want off center

so bad all that sheet met there in

Center Way so the front of the engine

needs to go that way facilate

that that's better we should be able to

go farther the more I let down I

think is it getting more toward Center

there mhm it's sitting on something yeah

we'll figure out what later what is it

sitting on is it sitting on the leg is

it sitting on the jack I don't see it

sitting on

nothing what's holding up here and look

the front is tight I think it's just a

transmission in there

okay is it supposed to set on those

thingies right there these yeah that's

the original motor M I think we should

leave it this far

back the only thing is like this is flat

here though it's like not a dog house

like that what you mean to say is this

was flat here it was we can

easily easily strong it would definitely

help its handling and traction

characteristics if it was this far back

or farther back than this yeah it's

pretty easy to make a dogghouse I'd say

make a flat sheet and just make that one

is just flat look at it it's like a flat

yeah it was to put your mail on we could

probably you could probably like

replicate that we could probably make

the same thing and just make it more

farther back I don't know they're very

good account

he's terrible I'm telling you he talks

me into all kinds of things especially

candy we could just It Go I say I say B

what are you going to do you going to

have all that up there looking like hey

it'd be funny ridiculous just just put

the radiator it be so funny cuz like if

you went to shows and you like had the

hood popped open and people be like

where's the engine walk around they' see

it in here be hilarious gives you plenty

of room for turbos up there if you

wanted them am I right oh my god look we

can make this all one piece and it be

removable if you wanted to do something

to the engine it a lot easier you could

drop the oil pan off the thing without

pulling the engine yeah you could

rebuild the engine in the van if you

needed to the last thing in your way is

right here which is your steering arm if

somehow we ever blew up this you know

which would never happen it would be

just it would easy just be able to take

it out or we could just literally break

it down right in here and it wouldn't be

like a big instead of having to work

with that that this a l Hood

yeah I definitely think we need to trim

that back because really I mean what

does that even do your pedals are over

there and I think it just matches up

with the the dog house so you just have

to but that dog ain't going to work with

this thing let's go eat lunch and think

about we'll come back we went to go to

town and Mike the neighbor had this rack

he was trying to give away so we've got

a rack for some of our books Ralph is

holding it with his hand on the way home

yeah he we always need some sort of

shelves we're back we going to have to

try to take this bolt out

now that I should have took out

originally but I thought well maybe we

can use that transmission mount but I

don't think there's any hope of

that I think that bolt is bent now cuz

this was sitting up straight you

remember well 2 seconds of that and I

figured out that I'm going to have to

cut these bolts off apparently I bent

the bolts when I lower the transmission

down on top of that ready to go back up

for a

minute I got that out so this gooped up

thing look this bolt was still in there

but the hole so big in the cross Mir

this wasn't even grabbing anything and

this guy was bent yeah it doesn't look

like a usable transmission mount anyway

does it

no on that

side

your mouth's about

there what' you

do that's where it wanted to

be what's your

side it's on the railroad

tra probably go

over you old pants about on the ground

that's what you want it's already too

low probably isn't it yeah yeah okay

trying to look at the frame here and

figure out the angle so about there is

level oh shoot yeah we may have to

change oil pans just for ground TS so

this is designed to sit on shock towers

and like hold the engine up if you're

say changing the motor mount but you

don't want to pull the engine or if

you're mocking something up we used it

when we did our big block Fairmont swap

I think we can set it here and hold the

front of this engine up what do you

think Ralph yeah and if we can support

the engine like this we can pull this

engine hoist out which means we can

lower the truck down and see how far the

paint is off the

ground we're just run into each other we

I

know this will kind of help us level it

too won't it yeah I guess let's see what

happens when I let this

down oh we're good we're

golden I don't know how stable that's

going to be I can't we'll see I can't

okay the farthest it can go is to the G

back okay I got to lower the front end

down

now okay lower your transition down a

little bit I just don't want it to hit

the floor pan all right I'm going to go

down some

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more basically LS what now what hold on

look the motor did that when I did it

you're like this far from the ground oh

yeah Are we more than 3 in

cuz I think we've been 3 in before yeah

um get out of my face qu we're

definitely going to have to go with a

shorter oil pan look down here they make

plenty of oil pans for these things but

that is the lowest point like the

transmission pan is probably 3 in higher

up than that and we're definitely going

to have to modify that cross member

there we're going to cut it off probably

and just do something totally different

looks like but we got to figure out

where we want this motor to go here come

here Here's my thought this is pretty

thick like yeah it's the frame yeah I

say go straight off of here and then

tilt it up a little put a bat through

there You' be good that was literally my

plan okay well I'm just telling you that

it lines up we really got to find out

the distance though where are we going

to sit it at right here Mom wants to put

it all the way forward like it was I

just like to keep things how they were

well we're not doing that either way

it's an LS swap now they need the engine

to come over this way so it's not SE it

up I love how you when you step in this

thing it's like barely a step up to get

in here perfect it's dead centered

absolutely leave it like that for sure

would you have room for a seat and

everything just think about the car line

the engine's literally beside you when

you drive the car line it's set up this

way and the motor home's close to it

yeah motor home I think we got to go

back with this thing yeah the front of

the crankshaft is is just behind the

drag link in the front you you have

literally nothing under the engine you

could drop the pan if you had to I love

that it would be really easy to work on

if you had on the lift yeah like with

the oil pan and stuff yes okay well

screw it to it to it we got to look into

oil pan Solutions here I'd like to keep

a rear sum that way you don't have

starvation issues on acceleration or

anything but we got to go shorter than

what we are now for sure we need to be

probably 3 in shorter so we're even with

the transmission pan H I like it if you

put put like a uh

LS1 LS2 style LS6 intake on it it would

only be this tall so you could build a

dogghouse right over the top of it and

come back and step down here could you

just remove this

back of course

might yeah a tall intake is probably

going to be out of the question unless

you want to build a dog house that's up

to here which the factory dog house was

that high it was this tall well we

probably to come up with some sort of

mount for the engine and figure out

exactly where we're going to set this

thing and then we can work off that if

we move it forward you can see how close

that pan is to the block we're still

going to have clearance issues even with

the pan that flat because that drag link

goes up and down about 4 in of

suspension travel although we could go

up higher with the engine we're already

like against the floor with the

transmission back here so I'm thinking

at a minimum we stay where we're at so

we're out of the drag link

I'm tempted to go back about 3 or 4 more

Ines personally without having to build

anything here we could go back about

another 3 in with it something like that

get as much weight in the middle well

you need to dry shaft at all just you

join it to the rear end well it's going

to be pretty short let's see oh my gosh

prob like 30 in look there's the pinion

there and there's the transmission yeah

it's probably 30 something inches like 3

ft which we got a couple short drive

shafts upstairs I know should scoot it

back yeah man it's look look how low the

engine is in the van that's so cool but

that's what you want there's any chance

of making this thing handle decently the

lower and farther back we get the weight

the better off it's going to be three

more inches back this thing's going to

be like a Corvette the whole engine's

behind the front axle mom's scared

already I guess work we just got to make

sure and put a good solid seat in there

with a harness for when you go

autocrossing in this thing you know that

would be so oh Lord

it's going to be turning over and

everything oh no no we we got it too low

it can't flip it dragged the Rockers for

it flip now I think we need to sleep

mertile sticker on it's merchantile what

are you talking about it's not Merchant

it's not merchantile yes it is it's

mertile a whole life this cuz you caught

it your whole life I'm been used right

your whole life what was the other thing

it was mangerine or something mangerine

mangerine oh wait there's been a lot of

them there was one that was hilarious

there's been like tons of these words

that her friends have told her are wrong

she don't listen when we say they're

wrong so she gets make fun of at school

then she us that she was wrong so I

think there's been like Dunhams and Home

Depot those were my

favorit I actually thought as a oh my

gosh as a child yeah last week yeah well

the way your mom talks you there was

just no way around it you know there's

no so we've got a bracket under here

that's straight above the transmission I

think it's for the factory emergency

break cable which which who keeps that

stuff I'm going to cut it off cuz it'll

give us about 2 more in of room under

here there we

go it might be hot Mar I ain't touching

it I'm going to cover up the intake

ports here because we don't want to drop

nothing down in the engine squeeze is

with her grandmother today she likes to

spend time with her grandparents so we

let

her hopefully we can take this out now

and put it wher we

want hold on right there I love that

it's rightand drive too and the goofy

little gauges and stuff oh yeah it's

it's super cool it is I'm glad I T you

in The Bu oh please you ain't getting no

credit for it

okay wall pick it up some more

please all right w w that's good let's

go let's go back a little just a little

just

sco oh

yeah y better get your size 14s out of

there about there is probably the legal

limit on this here's what I'm thinking

can we get it back far enough to put the

factory dogghouse on it in the front and

just add to it back here maybe you know

we should try well we should sit the

dogghouse in there and you might be able

to bend that back down now no so if we

put it like

here oh I love it you're feeling me

needs to be more in the middle that's

pretty good put this back where it

was oh

wow I'll do it alone okay it's got pins

that it slides

onto oh there go here a little the small

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sledgehammer

well it goes back farther than I thought

we might could use it from here forth

and have to trim some here or something

yeah what do you think bro I

agree it does have a nice color to it

doesn't it it does look before backing

up that's what it says up there too so

this is where they would put their mail

which I would clearly have at least one

to two Road atlases up here having so

bsy just think of all the uses this

thing could have I was hoping this would

sit down I thought this was shorter than

this in my head all right let's take it

back off cuz that's just in the

way oh wa that thing's heavy it's so

heavy is it level yet not at all need to

go

farther that's probably good is that

level or is that a little down that's

level Ralphie get in there and measure

between the frame rails figure out what

the middle is and that's kind of where

we want our crank Bolt there I want to R

strap it over cuz I think it's too far

to the that side

oh right what are we up to the other FR

roll the flat part of the FR was it 30

and2 so 15 and A4 at the crank bolt

would be centered up yeah I need to go

that way all right we hold this

here there you go that's good right

there yep w why don't you get in there

and take those engine m off the frame we

may be able to slide them back and move

okay yeah

here they coming out

yeah it's heavy it is

heavy you be your seat up here

huh

good job boy than Mom and some heavy

dookie ones right there heavy dookie I

can't get under here cuz it's too low if

you can slide under and loop this around

the transmission tail shaft like a lasso

lasso yeah I'm going to pull it this way

pull on that wall a little bit we need

to move this about an inch my way easy

easy that was not easy wall I need to go

your way now Ralph like another inch at

least a little bit more right about

there Ry will sit there and stay that's

15 and a qu isn't it yeah is all right

leave it there you can't give wall the

RoR strap should R your ears off okay

that's centered up in there it's hard to

see it centered up cuz this metal in

here is different it doesn't look Center

does it so it kind of freaks me out

every time I look at it I'm like it's

close to working it's just the wrong

angle isn't it yeah maybe we can build

off of that somehow I need to look at

that rear end because people think that

the rear trunk is dead center and

usually they're not and that's it's set

up for like drive line angle things let

me look at that in the back so that

chunk is pretty much center of the van I

mean I'm sure it's offset a couple

inches or something but I just wanted to

make sure this rear axle wasn't way off

the side cuz our drive shaft's going to

be ultra short under here but like right

there with that he the transmission

Pan's not lower than anything else so if

we can get a shorter engine oil pan we

should be pretty good with that kind of

height there before I figure out the

exact height we're going to mount this

thing I want to see what our oil pan

options are so this pan is 9 in deep

it's just a standard you know truck oil

pan you can see that the pan is only 3

and 1/2 4 in off the ground which is

doable but I'd rather it not be that low

I don't want to knock it off of there

you still have an oil filter there

that's going to be in the way so you can

only go up so high a Marge driving it

would definitely be oh yeah it be gone

so I did some research our pan is 9.1 in

from the factory and Holly makes a pan

that is 5.4 in it's their low profile

retrofit pan I think we'll go with that

option it's still a rear STM pan Which I

like so that'll give us like 3.7 in more

space I mean even with the stock pan

we're probably 3 in off the ground so

that should put us at about 7 in off the

ground I mean I'm good with that Lord

our Bumper's probably 6 in off the

ground isn't it like here we're sitting

pretty level we're sitting kind of

Center we need to start making some

mounts guys little ratchet straps like

this are your friend when you're trying

to mount something like if you want it

to stay at a certain spot and not move I

think I'm going to come forward like

maybe an inch little

more right right there be just about

perfect we may have to look at water

pump options cuz that upper hose right

there just goes straight up to the Moon

they make a bunch of different water

pumps for these things really would need

that to come straight forward like if

our thermostat housing went straight

forward and so did that that would be

best case scenario for us we're going to

have some long radiator hoses we're

going have to make them is what we're

going to do what rubber on the end

middle in the middle oh okay we might

have a frunk in the I was going to say

what are you going to have up here I

don't know just opportunities is what we

have up here hey maybe you can make an

oven out of it cuz you got a radiator

here oh my gosh you can make like a

metal box put your food in it when you

want to heat it up oh no I'm going to go

ahead and pull the coil pack so we can

set a level across this engine I think

it should be level considering how we

have it chained but I just want to

double check before I weld anything we

should

definitely we have the room we have the

parts and we have the

computer transmission isn't

really I would do why not do it the

transmission be fine if he'd stay out of

it but you know when you get a turbo you

got to hear that thing

well I was going to use the stock truck

motor mounts but problem I've ran into

is the mounts go down so far that

they're actually below the frame rail

you basically have to make a bracket

that comes back and around up I don't

think that' be very strong most of my

cars I've ever built were solid mounted

anyway so I think we're just going to

bolt it straight to the block cuz that

giv us more of a straight shot over to

the frame and if we did turbo it at some

point or do something like that it would

make it easier as well being solid

mounted here's our t gosh he's got the

turbo stash out I mean we need something

responsive that's the same turbo that's

on the super Coop it it easily work yeah

but that's too small for this motor

that's a

T3 I mean you can do it as twins should

have said

that yeah that's a T4 see does that

work it's shiny it could it would be

very responsive if you use that and that

would be good for autocross it's a it's

slow 59 mm compressor

that would be a small turbo for a 6 L

for sure it this a shiny boy they were

on sale you see what are you going to do

they were on sale I think we should

definitely use this one we'll think

about it there ain't no thinking it's do

one I'll s it right here for you to look

out these are 15 mm if you're wondering

see how far down that moves everything

that just puts us below the frame ra so

we should be able to use this as a

pattern to make the plates I wish I had

there plates sitting here I didn't have

to make them me and Ralphie went digging

we got a couple pieces here that we can

probably use for transmission cross

member mounting stuff and we got enough

thick plate to make our flanges for this

thankfully squeeze is not here to find

out that I pulled a piece out of her

notebook when your hands are this

dirty you can Mark out the

holes with your dirty

thumb no pencil needed

that's some pretty Dirty Fingers

yeah so there's what we need to bolt for

engine and Mark where these holes need

to

be sure was niome m to give us that

shelf

huh okay so

that's invisible to the human eye I can

feel okay so we need to cut out two of

these we should be able to do like one

here one there making a little big would

be better than making it too small sorry

about your

face like go you did

it if this one fits we can use it as a

pattern for the next

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one so we're going to make a little

pilot hole here

first so the factory bolts our 10 mm

which is 384 diameter so we're going to

go a little bit bigger to give us some

wiggle room so it's going to go

4424 which is 7/16 I'm going to give

this a little bit of lubrication here

we're always needing sharp drill bits we

seem to never have any

good me that air drill gets are done you

like that you'd already be

done

give it the wobbles at the end right

yeah I knew that was going towards my

toes as long as that fits our engine we

just need to make another one do you

think it's going to line up absolutely

you're overconfident I'm never

overconfident it always works out in the

end except for when it didn't I don't

remember any of those you're like them

guys that play the lottery you only

remember the time that you won yeah well

believe it or not I must have guessed

right cuz it fits y we going to have to

build something from there to there I

wonder if we can use these now I can do

that and then a stand straight up to

there what do youall think about that

yeah

yeah okay so we know what shape all this

needs to be

now W has been playing with the auto

punch and now she don't know where she

put it you

want some holes everywhere okay oh my

gosh it's so fun I want to do Center it

up why is she holding like a dagger the

approach

angle that's so funny the approach angle

is straight up and down completely

straight and completely centered in the

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hole de Center the hole a giant angle

I'm so nervous right

now jiggle my fingers I think I can do

it better this

way that was definitely dead dead center

right

there okay you're definitely

awesome Ellie's very interested metal

I'm not sure why she's so into it

tonight

[Laughter]

the that little L

RI

you got

it got to get them Piggies out of the

way quick they match up with each

other

somewhat all right well both of our

plates fit so we did something route

today all right be good I will I promise

act good just cuz you're around Mike

doesn't mean you have to act like him

okay all right she's going over to

Mike's house cuz she's buds with Mike's

daughter so we're down to just me and

Ralph tonight oh man he

with we put even more ratchet straps on

it and moved it at the inch here and

inch there but basically this strap and

that strap is twisting the motor level

because it wasn't level so we're sitting

level now we're centered in the frame

rails and we're front and back the

distance we want all because of ratchet

straps which is my favorite tool to use

when installing an engine the

transmission is actually sitting on the

engine stand right now gives us 7 1/2 in

off the ground around I gave the engine

just barely like half a degree more than

what this is on the frame rail so

hopefully that's a pretty good spot to

be at we got a short Mount and a long

Mount here either one of them will work

all it's going to do is change the

length of our little stubby Bob here

what I'm thinking is we'll use a short

one on the other side to give us extra

clearance to get the starter off if we

need to get the starter off we'll use a

long one on this side and it'll just

make for a shorter little stub Bob there

that's what I'm currently thinking what

do you guys think sounds like a plan to

me I'll probably move this one back as

far as I can like this to give us room

for the alternator cuz I'll probably do

a low Mount alternator and is that going

to be okay with your exhaust or whatever

we'll find out in the future

great all right I think we're ready to

tack her in

place now I just need to make the

upright piece looks like an inch and a

half ought to be perfect and if you're

wondering how far we move the engine

back I wish I would have measured the

bell housing flange but I didn't this

motor mount is 2 ft back from where it

was before so we move these them back

about 2 ft wow I was going to use that

like inch and a half Square Tubing but I

found this clamped in the chop saw and

it's heavier wall and it's about twice

as wide so we're going to use

it

just need a sleeper dude hoodie you

don't have to worry about Hood's looking

rough oh it's so close huh there we go

just a little push it's all she needed

right there should hold our engine in

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huh

what do you think will that work looks

great just repurposing what we have here

you Pro fish right there I'm probably

going to weld everything right now

because I'll do that when we pull the

engine back out probably and just in

case we had to move something it'd be

really bad if we saw W everything oh

dang son you like that yeah that a hold

of in was it yeah for show I was

grinding this frame rail down the bare

metal and the bottom of this the other

rail wasn't like this this has got like

a quarter inch of goop on it I don't

know

wow see that oh my goodness it must have

been leaking on this side cuz it just

caked up with this

stuff huh you got your eyes on M

yep since this Mount is shorter and it

doesn't go all the way down to the block

that should give us enough room to get

the starter out easily if we use the AC

compressor we should have room here too

and this guy is going to be 3 and2 half

inch tall the other one kicks up so this

one doesn't kick up that's why they're

different you think I brought the glove

with me over here oh no I didn't again

you got a baby with you that's going to

sit

right like that

Marge there you go posos looking good

I'm happy with it still sitting level

it'll be comical to see how long the

drive shift is cuz this thing looks big

when you look at it and then when you

actually see how long it is when you sit

next to some other car yeah it's short

if you move the Pino back to where

they're even it's like the same length

as the Pino probably which is the Hop

makes it looks it kind of is optical

illusion yeah let it down slowly there

they're just tacked in

place okay I feel the front end going

down

there you go it's sitting in

there there you go I guess we can take

our R straps off

the since it's where it's going to be

now it was nice having that handle there

yeah it helped out yeah I'm getting so

excited about it it's going to be so fun

to have like basically a Corvette engine

in your Metro M and basically mounted

where a Corvette engine would be in a

car this size you know and it's way back

behind the front axle yeah

I'm super excited about it so as you

know the transmission is sitting on the

engine hoist right now which gives us a

nice 7 and 12 Ines off the ground I'm

going to put this Jack under here I

think it's not going to be too bad to

make this transmission cross it doesn't

look like you can pull the engine hoist

out there you go our drive shaft's going

to be 22 in long oh my goodness the

shortest drive shaft in the H flors 22

in how long was the Scarlet it was long

learn that I think it was 30 something

here's our Factory transmission cross

member and this is where our Mount is

back here that's how far back we're

moving this thing wow well I think

that's going to be the end of it for

tonight we had a lot of work done today

though yeah for sure I mean just

yesterday this thing was a driving

six-cylinder vehicle now it's a non-

running LS swap vehicle so look at all

the progress we've made exactly I didn't

want to leave it hanging off the

Hydraulics cuz what happens is is you

leave it hanging from the engine hoist

or a Jack under it and in the morning

everything you know moved on you so I

wanted to get it in here before we quit

tonight I guess we'll see you guys

tomorrow and we got to make a

transmission cross member

woo look at Scooter mom shaved him and

he's like a peeled onion

now you weren't down there today were

you too scared he's too scared to sit on

the couch watching

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Dr really feel quite at home here all

right next day we got a full crew again

they're all out of vacation days now so

we should have them for the rest of this

video look check it out

J look at that looks good weld in mounts

and all for the engine let's get to

making our transmission cross M now it'd

be good to be able to drive without a

floor jacket under the

transmission we need to get under the

back of this but it's too low to even

get under there so somehow you got to

support the transmission and still get

the the truck up in the air without

throwing off the transmission angle and

stuff I wish all this came out in the

middle that would be nice what guy made

the decision to move it so far back that

we can't even work on the transmission

here yeah

I here go under the pan as far back as

you can go can you hook it on something

there oh we got like look there's a lip

on the frame rail hook it on that frame

rail

yeah mine's good oh I saw it move did

you see it I've seen it

move we just have to remeasure

everything before we finish it all right

you should be able to pull that small

Jack out now

Ry while I'm Jack and the back end up we

all get the measuring tape and figure

out how big of a radiator we can fit and

go to see what we got upstairs got

squeeze you back on it this morning yep

looking good snake peek right there

Snake peek I'm going to go with 33 and 1

half go 35 look 35 over there no no no

look cuz this goes in farther I know I

would say like 34 okay 34 you

first where are you going with it I got

to get a jack back here

okay oo this is a low profile Jack it's

still what have you done I've made a

beautiful

automobile we got to put a tow hitch on

this should we ah if we can then I was

going to say

I got it you found one yeah

it's this one is 32 and it's hitting

that guy so it can't scoot over any it's

hitting the railroad track on that side

but if that would move and we

can where am I hit that look right here

D

what is that that's a brake proportion

Val can we move that up or something

this is the radiator out of the malib

well we'll be a finagle it I think we

can make that work yeah put a big fan on

it and run our we'll have to make our

own hoses probably well we have that

Behemoth we do that's accurate we might

can make that guy work we just have to

move some stuff around a little bit

maybe cut some little notches out for it

good find that should be enough radiator

for it for sure

that's about as high as we can go right

there thank you

sir that's going to be an extremely St

yes it is less than 2 ft woo that's

scary so if we use this guy we can put

it across there it probably honestly

needs a rubber Mount here that way if

the chassis flexes we don't bust a case

or something I've ranom solid solid

before so we might be able to get away

with it might have one in the parts room

this is the gas tank actually here oh is

it which is empty and it has a drain

plug we've never been able to get it out

so we're definitely going to have to

make something that comes to the frame

and comes down to this I'm going to take

this drive sha loose cuz let's do it s

good it's only about twice as long as

what we need yeah where is the softw bar

lay yeah a little

more little more oh oh right there all

right that's where we want to be just

leave it there I canot break this little

loose I say they're hard to get loose

like this needs a bolt to the frame it

doesn't need to like weld to the frame

cuz we need to be able to drop it out so

we need to make like some sort of

L-shaped bracket and then we can drill

holes in this and bolt it to it no Minka

can you break that loose if I hold

it you got to give it the hand Hammer

son man

this D

up probably good

LGE do we have a coral reef here what we

got yeah something like that yeah it

might slide out this

way there you go so this big piece of

angle iron here might work it's not

quite as long as I would like though we

may have to buy some metal for this

situation cuz we really need something

like that to bolt to the frame that

comes down another inch and a half or

whatever to where we can weld it to that

and then we can drill two holes on each

side you know what I'm saying so it's

removable yeah just in case yeah yeah I

mean I can weld it in there solid but

you don't want that so the only drive

shaft we had left upstairs with the yolk

is not the correct Yol but this drive

shaft that we plan on using for the

Galaxy wagon is the correct yolk so it

must be a GM drive shaft so probably

when we do the drive shaft for the

Galaxy wagon we'll save this yolk and

use it on this one and probably

adapt it to this drive shaft and cut it

about in half so the drive shaft's

actually going to be about 18 1/2 in

Center to Center I've never had a

vehicle a drive shaft that short I don't

know if that creates a problem with

harmonics being that short we'll

probably have to have our drive line

angles dead on though for not to shake

so if you've had a drive shaft shorter

than 18 in leave that in the comments

below yeah let us know I'd love to be

able to reuse this transmission

crossmember but the shape of it because

it's like u-shaped in order to get it up

high enough you basically have to cut

off all these mounting brackets so if it

was like shaped like you know square at

the corners we could just cut it down

shorter slide it up and put it in there

but we can't because of the shape of it

we'll probably just have to take that

out completely we are going to have to

get metal for this I do not have what it

takes I'll probably get a rubber mount

for this if I can get one locally so

we're going to have to move on to

something else until I get metal cuz I

have almost everything it takes but not

everything it takes to do it I'm going

to try to see if this dunk of a radiator

has

[Laughter]

work oh we're cooking with fire

now we should cut it down a little like

right

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there it takes one person to hold the

battery on and the other one to pull the

trigger this is like a Chinese knockoff

battery this

thing what we're trying to do is get G

just like an inch or two right here for

the

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radiator you get the sawce all

ra that'll give us just a little bit of

room there want it all right I need to

get this bracket out of the way cuz it's

right the way that's for our Factory

coolant reservoir we're not using oh you

going to do it try to get it wait we can

unbolt it let's just bolt it f alarm FAL

alarm No Sa is all

needed hey this back one I don't think

we're going to be able to take the

bottom bolt out wow the steering shaft

in the way oh they really put that one

in a bad spot is there yeah look how

tight that is in there it's like right

up against the steering shaft which goes

down into there somewhere I guess the

steering box is right there can you

believe I sent a picture of this to

pudding with the ls he wanted buy it

again did he say you wanted to buy it

every time every time I send him a

picture you can't send him a picture cuz

he just wants to buy it I told him it

ain't for sale you couldn't talk to toha

of it for nothing no I'm be driving her

he'll drive to Oklahoma Marge what are

you doing what are you doing his mirrors

you don't need no mirrors on it yes I do

those are so cool what's what you in big

mirrors you love big mirrors don't you

big yeah we'll have to get some new

mirrors for your brackets yeah I think

you can get that like truck stops and

stuff go down to the Flying J let's go

Flying J this radiator here we actually

got at the Ford Fest swap meat and what

is it 2 in narrower than that one

Ralphie is that right one or two yeah so

it makes it a little bit easier to fit

in there I think we're probably going to

need something this size you just

stopped my lift man that was in that was

in my set sorry just getting it going

will it fit

now squeeze you got to be positive

absolutely at perfect perfect fit now I

think I gave like 40 or 50 bucks for it

we'll probably just have to adapt the

sizes though cuz that's Chevrolet and

this is Ford so it probably has

different diameter hoses I bet money the

fact that this hose is actually too long

is

incredible we probably won't be using

anything off this except for maybe the

ends or something I think we're going to

have to build like metal pots okay I've

seen them do it in Copper but I don't

really have a way to do

well this one stripped out that's

Factory well we probably to make

something we really need something

that'll go over and like cuz it remember

that radiator had like a a stud pin that

stuck up here's how you do it get you a

long

bolt I am the smartest kid get out of

here what no we're not doing that we're

not doing that going to end up poking a

hole in your radiator yeah yeah we just

need something that's like L-shaped once

again and we can put some big huge fan

on it yeah that'll be good till it pokes

a hole through your core rubbing against

it it ain't going nowhere is it no oh

see we'll call that the oh yeah we'll

call that a temporary amount how about

that let's measure our inlets and

outlets on our radiar and see if they're

the same or not usually Ford and Sh are

different on them it's like an inch and

3/8 on that one and the one down here

inch and a half maybe inch and

916 that's definitely going to be

smaller than what that radiator is is

but if we're making all our own lines it

probably doesn't matter that's an inch

and a half so that is the same size as

the lower hose so what if we went

straight from there to there and then

the other one went down to this big that

way we' only have to adapt one side this

one down here is a in and 7/8 and what

did I say that one was inch and 3/8

that's just 2/8 Marge qu of an inch 416

8 30 seconds 16 64s wait what are we

doing 32 eight what

128 you better stop out your head we

need to have some sort of rubber cushion

you don't want this rubbing against the

metal you know yeah if we had something

that was about 6 in at least it could go

down and over and hold it like that we

need something to for it to sit in

either like this or at least something

to hold it from sliding back remember

the Grim one how it slid back yeah um I

think I may have a metal pop that might

work for this hose let me go find out

that yeah I was envisioning something

wider that might work there that's a

good one that's aluminum Lear it's got

to be wider than right here no it's got

to be it's got to be like it's going be

like 6 in that way

yeah that looks like a good piece of sit

the radiator in this yeah oh yeah that

is a practice frame rail from an iar

class that razor should probably sit

right in that and be perfect W this will

be perfect we can put it in the metal

brake and that could be our radiator

Mount that was the back seat for the

Starlet and it was part of the Falcon

floor before I replaced it let's go with

that what about this are we going to

bend this no we're not using the whole

thing we're going to cut it and then

we'll put in the metal breake yeah I

just use this so that's inch and 3/4

that's probably not long enough is it is

that flexy hose yeah yeah it's made for

that it's a radiator hose that you can

bend any way you want to I don't know if

that's long enough we can take it and

try it that's perfect yeah that fit ni

see I think that can hold it at the

bottom for sure just cut it straight

across

there like you got

it yeah I know what you're thinking that

thing's a good better do we want this

thing to be cool or fancy cool cool

or fancy cool for sure this one's

stripped out isn't it yeah okay we might

just drill new holes honestly just put a

bolt through yeah put a bolt in that

yeah I don't know how far over to break

this until we get the radiator actually

in

there I was drilling didn't know it but

there was an existing hole right

underneath it so once I got through this

layer it just fell and I'm like what is

wrong with that so that just happens to

be exactly where I need to be we on the

other side yeah we got one on the other

side too I just got l on it

up wash on both sides I need to wash on

the back side cuz the Hool is a little

big so that can go right there we're

just going to have to put some rubber in

there at some point so it probably needs

to sit about right there Ralphie yeah

just past that edge there is that about

right yeah is yeah looks great she's too

busy making a zip tie ball over here

what are you doing no no no no you're

ruining

them I tell every time he gets mad at me

it's like one ZIP out of like the good

jillion we have yeah how about you buy

one they're so fun they're so fun to do

this with things people do that don't

buy things for their

sh can we hold it down oh no we're going

to clamp it aren't we yeah let's clamp

to the table hold on we need like a

super solid workbench we're going have

to build one at some point Ellie's found

a glove he's silly

scooty show him your haircut yeah him a

peeled

onion a peeled onion that's what he

looks like that is pretty true isn't

that a C clamp it is I've heard that

before in the

Forum I feel like it's going to break

off the table any moment now that's

pretty thick stuff you hold up on them

yeah

ready

come lifting the table up

right

there we're just eyeball in the middle

probably about there Ralphie go for

it good thing the radiator was under

there why don't you go ahead and

drill

that should give us just enough room to

put like a rubber insulator on there of

some sort and hold that in hey good I

think I think that's some of our best

work abely I can't believe how good that

radiator fits this vehicle I know it's

like it was made for it it literally was

made for it I'm pretty sure there's some

masses in there oh get them put them in

the truck yeah he got in there oh he's

already been in there he got in there

he's

up him get him where they at where they

at huh my goodness oh my goodness oh my

goodness oh my goodness oh oh my

goodness you going get

me he's a vicious K get your mask get

your mask oh there he is no don't jump

off

that he

bra and that can fit on the

thermostat I think that'll make it up to

the radiator guys oh yeah so that fits

perfect that turns it away from the

frame rail

and we can go up to there with it this

thing will hold it shape if you bend

it do like that right there I've

probably had this for like 15 years the

same guy I got the engine from gave it

to me it was a big piece I've just used

pieces off of it over the years you want

to shorten it oh you never know when you

might need a little extra on the side of

road so that can go there think get to

work yep so now it just got to

do something different with that upper

one I'm probably not going to use that

water pump if there's another option see

how it goes straight up I need to look

at that what the other LS water pump

options are cuz if we got something that

comes straight out like towards the

front that would be way better for us so

I probably need to look into the water

pumps before I do anything with that one

it's very heavy and that ends sharp I

not know a problem already maybe the

yeah I'm running straight into the cross

but we're taking that out yeah crossb

okay well let's un Bol The Cross by the

way I'm just glad those don't have a nut

on the backside you got to get two truck

Falls in

half think you can get yours yeah it's

probably like a darn 40 lb cross member

looks so

thick okay just let her fly Let Her Fly

let's

cry this time work with it

oh this is ducked

up all right grab it can we lower it

down no got get rud here you go I'm

going to push

it hey there you go all the room now put

all the gunking

it it's black

e it's black

there you go it fits your fits it's like

touching your motor mou while the heat

shield is but it's good I'm hitting the

frame rail with mine look mine's perfect

like couldn't be better okay let me come

look at your side mine hits the frame

right here with the

stud yeah yours is perfect literally

perfect well maybe with some trimming we

can make it work on the other side

unless we're going to go to headers and

go that soon as I you definitely have a

performance game to run long tube heads

for Metro so I probably need something

about 6 in that's shaped like this cuz

this is only about 4 and

A4 I think this can work fine for our

cross member I think that'll be good I

guess I'm going to have to go to town

and figure that out it's probably going

to have to be tomorrow cuz they're

already closed today unfortunately

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yeah Miss Piggy's outside now on her own

house how you doing Maple having a fence

between me and her is the best option

really show them your house yeah you

like it she's not quite big enough yet

to go in the field stay in there don't

bite me well it's the next morning Ralph

he had a brace face appointment hit him

with it Ralph so we're going to go to

the metal Place see if we can get the

stuff for this crossmember woo man I

always love coming to places like this

they ought to have something look how

thick that is what is that even for

I wonder how heavy it is it's super

heavy all right let's go in here and see

what they got this is

[Music]

big so we went around and got a bunch of

different cut off pieces and we're going

to buy them all so hopefully we have

enough metal for the next time right

ralie

yeah getting a delivery huh yeah all

right let's get out of here it was like

$36 for all this you would have paid

that for this piece at like a tractor

supplyer lows that's why I always come

to a big place let's get home and get

this built look at all the opportunities

out here yeah I love this stuff I I

always love going to scrap yards and

stuff like this yeah you got cool stuff

me and Ralphie didn't measure our

transmission cross member and we thought

this was the same width so it's going to

be a little bit wider than what we

intended not that funny Mar it's pretty

funny but we got a brand new rubber

Mount from aaley six bucks that's

awesome how they make this for six I

don't know I couldn't make it for six so

that guy is g to go in there once we

drill a hole then these guys are going

to go on the side is what my plan is

will that work Mar looks like it I'm

going to bolt this to the transmission a

9/16 and extension and a 38

me I knew you going to do something

qu how's it going looks like a perfect

fit Marge good I think I think we're

going to have to drop our fuel tank down

we probably should have done that a

while ago anyway cuz this plate is

probably going to have to go on the

outside of the frame rail now the way

we're doing it all right this thing's

coming down oh

God all right there you go Ralphie

straps are

[Music]

loose down it does not look like a

normal gas tank does it I love the shape

of it got like arms up

here this be a great chance to clean it

out before we put it back in huh I don't

know what stuff we got lines on top I

see a fuel gauge wire woo and it looks

like it's hard lined in with metal maybe

it's a 5/8 or something 5/8

fin I didn't even think about it this

has a metal line with compression

fitting for the fuel supply that's funny

you don't usually see that especially on

something from the s 7s I would expect

that from something much older I don't

think they changed the design of these

from like the 50s or something you know

yeah's that now we got oh we got wires

we got wires what in the world there you

go there's your gas tank

what don't think I've ever seen like

that it's a little Cube ain't it I don't

look like it's got no holes in it though

oh it looks pretty solid I'm trying to

keep it like

levish like six 6 in so that's I was

thinking that's what we were going to

need so we got to have enough space to

do that and bolt it or weld it to the

frame okay so that's probably like eight

yeah that would probably be enough so

let's cut two 8T strips of that 4in wide

metal that should be good about there

yeah the total width of our frame rail

is 34 and several eight so I think I'm

going to cut the cross member to that

width that should be exactly where it's

at once these plates are on the outside

of the frame dad says measure once then

cut her that's not what your dad

says right there is where the stud is

for the transmission mount guys figure

out the center of this and we'll drill a

hole so that's 2 1/2 Ines so right there

is where our stud for our transmission

mount will be that'll make it a lot EAS

e to mock this up because you know you

can actually put it the hot it's

supposed to be

at you put your leg back come on you got

go it's called

trust whoa you scared me to death so

we're going to keep the small hole here

which is the side the mount's going to

sit on but on the other side we need to

be able to put like a washer a nut and a

socket through here so I'm going to cut

this out bigger I was going to drill it

out bigger and then figured out every

drill bit I have that's that big as wore

out so let's try it with the jiggle

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saw is that good enough yeah yeah surely

surely surely

surely surely surely Temple that's going

to take forever to

edit that

oh I get it now and now we can put the

nut in through here hold up I I don't

know what in world you was cutting that

squaring it for yeah you got to have

access I see now and that'll hold that

up while I'm making all this so with

this rubber Mount if our chassis Flex is

W mhm I hopefully it won't snap our case

or anything what the word on the street

is at least oh

[Music]

yeah our sometimes welder going to work

maybe for short

bursts so my idea is I'm going to weld

this onto here and I'm going to drill

two holes in this and the frame we'll

bolt it to the frame and that way I

think that'll give us the strongest

possible outcome with

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this

[Music]

now I did everything right I should be

able to weld that Dr some hold in the

frame when we have a cross Mir awesome

it looks good thanks

Mar this is really thick metal so you

don't have to worry about melting

through okay so we just want to keep it

hot you're going to go back and forth

like little Half Moon shapes okay and

you can go right over my welds to kind

of help them go melt in better yeah let

me get some gloves nobody needs gloves

yeah I do she don't want those C hands

bro get tell them they

dishw they ain't dishwater hands no more

are they no more right don't look guys

so start at the very he your f

did you just start welding before you

weren't even there yet I couldn't feel

it and then I just sorry my bad how's

your finger okay I'm good this is like

the distance you need to be away from it

the whole time okay I'll kind of help

you a little bit the first go ahead pull

the trigger ready no

watch hold it down and watch the weld

I'm going to

help keep looking right into the weld

p all right let off that's pretty good

you're going a little wide with your

Swoopes oh it'll hold let's do the other

side good job he needs to practice it

start from about that distance

go you got to keep moving towards you

the whole time cuz you're kind of

staying still going back and forth so

it'll hold but you were just not moving

towards you quick enough that makes

sense I'll

do oh my wow okay what did you

do what you push on it super

hard she's the wor this time why you

can't break everything I give you oh she

Roger come here I'm

sorry it's a tiny drill thing come back

and get me look you need your saf I felt

it break away I'm like oh I'm already

through it

oh you went through it it's a small

drill B you see how it

flexes so you don't put a ton of

pressure on a small drill

bit you got it yeah yeah I'll do better

you can do that with a big drill bit but

not a small

one she's so rough see look easy your

turn Hey where's your sh glasses raap

you better back up up she done broke one

oh that's flexing

okay to crack open again push a little

bit there you go

okay come

[Applause]

[Music]

[Applause]

on think Ralphie got the only good Dr

bit good ah

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press fit is it that's a good thing it's

maybe my best cross M I've ever made you

know it's looking good got a lot of work

in

it now I just got to drill four more

holes through this fatty frame oh my

gosh thank the lord we found one good

drill bit that was the right size so

this is all bolted in now we should be

able to drop this

Jack look at that

awesome that's a good solid yeah piece

right there I'm proud of that one and

she's LS powered

now no more ret straps holding it in or

anything it's actually in there I'm

happy with it I'm happy how it's turned

out what do you guys think I'm really

very excited excited about it it's like

I want to see how how it drives with a

engine this powerful like I guess that's

where we're going to finish it off for

tonight we spent a bunch of time making

that today and getting the stuff for it

I really like how it turned out yeah M

it's just a few steps away from being

really fun you tired mom yeah I'm tired

sorry mom's yawning in the background

come on little kitties get in my van

I've got

candy Don't Mind If I Do we got to get

these seats bolted down they're just

sitting here and they only have legs on

one inside for whatever reason bus

things I guess things cracker open there

squeeze oh I'm riding the firing way

here guys if you're wondering why we're

in different clothes we tried to wait

for the weather to clear cuz as soon as

we got done what we're doing the other

day a big storm front came in they

actually got out of school for the day

because of it we weighed a whole day and

came back out here and it's still even

though the rain sto it's so windy

outside we're going to have to finish it

inside here super windy so at least

y'all did get to see Rocky for a little

bit you know pouring out for your homies

yeah exactly super excited about this

I'm really excited about the

modifications we've done with ls Swap

and especially moving it way back I

can't wait I've actually already ordered

some parts for it last night so

hopefully we'll have parts for this

thing soon really trying to focus on

doing more builds this year we got a lot

to build we do have a lot to build and I

hate having cars sitting around that

we're not doing nothing too YouTube kind

of favors me buying cars all the time as

far as getting views but I'd rather

build the ones we have cuz I want to get

these cars to where we can actually use

them you know get a few cars knocked out

before we buy any more hopefully I'll

say that and I'll probably buy something

tomorrow I know I've been on Marketplace

this morning already you can't get on

there anymore it's just not good she

sent me something this morning it's a

whole field pool cars for sale yep can

you hear the wind whipping out there

guys that's rain is it rain again I done

this thing ought to be pretty spicy with

a cammed up 6 l in it hopefully with our

new weight distribution she ought to

handle a little better stop a little

better all those things that be awesome

it is we got to get some front seats

figured out seems like that's all we've

done L trying to figure out seatat seat

seats I need to order some front seats

for it for sure I may get on there when

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s88 yeah I really like these LS swaps I

know people have been doing them for a

while now when I first got into it it

was kind of a new thing you know there's

a lot of people that don't know how to

do it so hopefully we're helping

somebody out I really like the 6 L 6.2

the big boy Motors yeah you can tell a

difference between a 48 and a 60 or a 62

they definitely have some grunt to them

they're basically big block power and a

small block size they may be lacking a

little bit on torque but it's not a lot

um they're pretty Rowdy let think of all

the sleeper DW merch you can take down

to the post office I'm going pack this

thing full it's really weird driving it

where I hand drive it'll take some

practice for me yeah the couple times I

drove it it's like it's hard to stay in

your lane you can't hardly see the line

over there how close you are to other

people and the way you drive it you

probably don't even need to drive this

cuz you already drive like on the line

yeah you're

always double yellow's like center of

the van cuz she thinks she's in the

right

spot I can just see it now I can imagine

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well I need to get back on the motor

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thing is scared me to death I feel like

I'm going to tear it all down and not

figure out what's wrong with it or

something you know and put it all back

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little bit I it had a Miss for a little

bit and I figured out that we had left a

rocker loose then it was acting like it

was running out of fuel because it was

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