They make tons of turbo kits for my 4th Gen trans am. I wanted to build it myself. I like to say “I built that” when people ask. It’s clear you are the same way, and I’m sure you are convincing others to DIY with this channel. Nice job bro.

You know, this process of discovery and what you are doing gives me less hesitation to tackle stuff on my own. Thanks for sharing the info and not being afraid to blaze a trail on this BEARD build!!! LOL

You might want to look in to Gates heat shrink hose clamps if you have to cut down that hose barb. They are single use but I think they clamp better than worm gear style over a wider area.

Sharp car man. Hope all goes good. Thanks 4 the tips helps out a lot.

Really makes you appreciate having acres of room in your engine bay lol

Thank you for sharing.I have a 4.8L engine with a corvette intake and 92MM throttle body. The water pump is still the truck water pump which created a huge problem for my accelerator lever on the side of my throttle body as it was hitting the upper water line. I added spacers to my throttle body to push it closer to the radiator giving me a bit more room, but I feel I need to switch my water pump. I still have the truck Crank Pulley, Which water pump do you suggest the LS1 water pump, or the one you just showed with the spacers?

If your not worried about hood clearents you could get intake spacers to raise the TB about the rad support, I was thinking you would have better air flow if you tip the rad the opposite way and put the cap thro the bumper shroud kinda opposite of an FD rx7 set up, would give you getter upper hose location and trap the air flow a little better

Great explanation a always,

Holy frigging Moses the first half of this video is exactly me at this moment. Just got my LS1 Water Pump and it hits my Radiator hard. So ordered a different pump

Thanks for the info bud!!! 💪😎

I think Im missing something. The $30 spacer gets to half way to a buying a new LS3 crank pulley, relocating the accessories is just time (unless Im missing something here?) and in the end you gain an additional 3/4" of clearance. ???

Will that shallower water pump with the spacers line up with the LQ4 harmonic balancer?

As far as your water pump goes you could get the top water inlet off a truck pump, pull the inlet off your pump and weld a block off in it and if you look at the top of your pump you'll see the areawhere the truck pump inlet goes. Just bore out the hole and press in the truck inlet. Set it at any angle you want or weld on an aluminum elbow.

So that spacer you have will work with the ls3 water pump on the truck balancer? Asking because I have the ls3 water pump and the truck balancer

Can u use the truck accessories with the ls1 or ls3 water pump?

Can't you also swap the truck pulley to the ls1 water pump with the truck crank pulley? I have a lot of room, just looking for throttle body clearance.

I have a LQ4, putting in a FiTech complete 750hp system, I happen to be helping another person put another one in before mine, we ran into this issue, thankfully we learned on his. I do have to get another water pump, with spacers, i'm keeping the LQ4 crank pulley as I have enough room in my M-715. 12-Bravo SAPPER

Can't wait to see this done.

you save me dude , I’m running into the same problem, my ls1 pump is too close to the radiator too , can you tell me what part number it is for the ls3 spacer? Or a link where to buy it ?

Not sure of the pulley setup on the escalade 6.2 pump ( just like truck perhaps?) But the outlet will point in a better direction. Not sure if itll have hood clearance issues though.

I'm almost wondering if the new water pump, spacers, etc. would cost as much or more than having the driveshaft shortened. Plus you'd have better weight distribution with the engine further back. Now, if you relocate the radiator, it should give you more clearance so you could take the cost of the waterpump/spacers out of the comparison. That throttle body to radiator support looks really tight. Just a thought. I'm enjoying the series. Bummer you didn't get int he 10's with the truck yet.

The 2010 L99 Camaro water pump is a corvette style that is spaced to the truck dimensions therefore those spacers would be unneeded

Very helpful thanks!

My question is do I just reuse the water pump bolts And even though all water pumps are different do all the bolts stay the same

What about the water pump used on a front wheel drive LS4?

What brand of Water pump do you recommend I have a 2013 suburban that I can’t find a water pump that want to stay sealed on the shaft bearing.

You totally forgot about the big brother the notorious LS9 . Your son's thinking this is Taco 🌮 Tuesday 😁💪👍🤜🤛

Does the heater hoses align the same? I making the same on a truck

Good information Thanks

I wish i saw this video before i bought a ls3 thermostat and tried to put it on my ls1 water pump 🤯 5 gallons of coolant later i bought the right one lol

I'm doing an LS swap with an LS4. Is the LS3 water pump manifold and pulley compatible with the LS4 block and crank pulley?

Part numbers for the spacers and water pump?

I have a LS truck motor water pump.. any other water pump will fit into it without a problem ? I’m thinking to buy the Holley kit for my C10Trucks . Just wondering if any of the water pumps are you showing it will fit into my motor. Thanks for your time

Any chance you could just add a 90 to that water neck somehow? Excellent video, great info, and thank you for sharing to help us all better ourselves and our projects, brome depot!

Question I want to run a LS3 water pump on my Gen3 5.3 truck engine, would I be able to run a LS Corvette pulley on that 5.3 Gen 3 ? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I need everything to sit in very close due to clearance issues.

Have the same issue but I just need 1/2 inch for the fan to fit better I was wondering if anyone cut half the nose nd weld it?

You can't move the engine back a little? It's cheap to have the stock drive shafts cut and balanced.. I had one made and cost $150 I only had to provide all the parts. Had my u joints upgraded to 1350 and also the yoke.

Why not shorten the upper radiator hose connection?

What kind of motor is that? Also, is that a ls3 corvette water pump?

dont forget its not just an "ls3" pump it depends on the application. An LS3 camaro pump is the same as truck spacing but a corvette LS3 is the short one. Corvettes where always shorter be it ls1 ls2 or ls3..

Good info! Is that radiator going to be enough with the V8 / turbo? I have some 80# injectors that I would cut you a deal on btw. ;)

Hey man I know this is a year old but I’m trying to find that water pump and spacers for my 02 SS. Could you let me know where you got them? Nice job btw car looks great!

Awesome video. I have a kind of related question. How do you align your front and rear covers for install? I'm trying not to buy the $70+ in tools to install the seals and align the covers.

If you get a diferent intake ?

Just to be a pain, I heard the car pumps do not pump as much water as the truck pumps!!!

Where did you get the spacers

Can that LS3 water pump work with a ls6

It's not just Ls1, It's corvette or camero spacing or truck spacing. they are all differenct.

Wanting to order a water pump from rockauto but they have water pump with ac and wo ac any ifo?

Way to dig up a gem for yourself since every inch is valuable space. And you might need that to add a, little turbo in there. Or a criminal lol

Crasy idea for the radiator. Run to aluminum honda radiators under the bumper space and modification for the plumbing on the radiators.

Hey I’m preparing myself to do my first ls swap. When doing these swaps is it important for the accessories to match the crank pulley? For example if I get an ls1 crank pulley my accessories should be either from an ls1 and/or an ls6?

What about the camaro ss pump

What are the part numbers?

Will this work for a 6.2

You could use the electric water pump

@2:10 - that's definitely a truck pulley, not an LS1 pulley. Corvette balancers have "flat" spokes and the truck pulley has those 3 "bumps" in the center around the bolt. Example of C5 pulley: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0049Z6VQE/

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So I can use ls3 water pump on a 5.3 ?

Should put a beard on the car🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

Or get a L99 water pump for truck accessories lol

TACO!!!!!!!

Abravo!

Get it zippin’ and you can shake out those criminals! Or at least make em’ sheit their pants 👖.

Buy the driveshaft.

Wizzzzzin

Zippidy do dah

Well, seeing as there is a beard in the series it technically counts as a beard series. It's just not the focus of the series; more like a guest star xD

Get a shorter pump and then put a spacer to make it longer🤔

Scrap the hood twin turbo that sh$#.

Taco😂

Every guy wants to gain 3/4 of an inch, I tell ya what

Taco TACO

Dosn't hake sense, to get your drive shaft dose not cost a lot, your just creating yourself a world of pain and a huge amount of time to work around the engine being further forward.