I didn't do the work on it. I had Mike from The Shop in Lisbon, Maine do all the work. I chose the motor and tranny 5.3l LH8/ m30 tranny I believe, dana 300 T/C. Drive shafts had to be redone on one end to marry the dana 300. New radiator, air intake, painless wiring harness, dual electric fans. No motor drivin fan wasn't enough room. Mike had to move everything around to make the new motor work in the space available.
Mike did a fine job on this project. He managed to get everything in and working without changing the look of the center console. Everything looks stock. I did lose my A/C no room. Not sure about 0-60 but I can tell you it is fast especially with the 4.78s.
The power steering pump is from the vx but all other motor parts are for or from the hummer motor. The original speedo and tach had to be recalibrated using http://www.dakotadigital.com/index.c...rod/prd126.htm 1 for the tach and 1 for the speedo. We added the correct PCM/TCM for the drivetrain it was out of a chevy 1500 pickup. Would have to reference the painless install manual for correct one but make sure they are from the same vehicle and for the V8. Painless doesn't tell you that in the manual.
Mike would be able to tell you more about the job. I will ask him if he can post some comments. He mentioned about maybe putting together a kit. He is very busy there working on some interesting projects.
I believe one is putting a 3.8l out of a grand national into a jeep. That will be pretty sick too.
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