grinding and painting pedal lever

 

pedal assembly mounted

 

removed all unneeded wires, rerouted wiring and wrapped in felt tape to reduce noise of wires behind dash, its amazing how much excess wiring is behind these dashes especially when your doing one of these swaps

 

sound deadening layers first vibration layer next insulation layer finally noise layer from www.sounddeadenershowdown.com

 

installing HVAC box and dash reinstalledAttachment 253038

 

TAC module mounted, cruise control and throttle pedal wires routed

 

Movin right along!

 

Bulkhead connector wired

 

fuse block installed,OBD2 block installed,oil pressure switch installed

 

braided oil cooler lines installed and new transmission harness installed

 

transmission pan cleaned inside and out

 

alternator , power steering pump and balancer installed

 

belt installed and radiator installed

 

cold air intake

 

Lokar dipstick installed, filling oil and cranking oil pressure

 

y-pipe start

 

y-pipe installed

 

latest underhood pic, I have driven it lately but haven't gotten in the gas too hard as the torque arm is temp installed its running great! so happy I did this swap! the cruise control works well with the DBW, speedometer works no tach though.

 

Great work! Looks like you took your time and did everything right!

 

THANKS!

 

did you get the factory tach working yet? what ecm are you running? i have mine working but found how inaccurate it was compared to my autometer.it would also periodically drop to zero at high rpms at wot and then read again when i let off the gas.

 

I have not had time to figure out the tach yet out of town working, I think I just wired into the wrong wire in the dash I've been told you need the computer signal changed from 4 cyl output to 8 cyl output though. I am using the factory 2003 2500 Hd truck computer.

 

Yes it has to be calibrated in the tune for proper tach output.I cant remember the exact numbers you need to set the tach output to but its posted somewhere in the forums.

 

Stay tuned the next stage of this build is coming when I get home from 86 days of work , unbalanced engineering torque arm install (race version) , Be Cool fans , Holley LS A/C bracket , high output fuel pump (Granatelli), adjustable rear control arms , performance alignment , Loom wire harness , roll bar install for torque arm mounting and safety. Will be busy during Nov/Dec

 

Roll Bar pics

 

Roll bar

 

Seat belts

 

Unbalanced engineering torque arm install

 

Torque arm mod for improved adjustability

 

latest engine pict