My story is one of the head gaskets blew on my '90 K-1500 that the previous owner put a '94 engine in out of a W/T. There was a tick that developed at high RPM before the head gasket went. Ive never done any internal engine stuff and the GMT-400 pages and forums seem to be all about the Vortec swap with a carb for more power. Friends are telling me that carburated would be a step back and kill the reliability. So I figured I would find a way to keep the TBI so that lead me to your video(s). I just purchased a '97 Vortec out of a 4x4 Tahoe, and now im starting to order parts for the full swap, but now I'm wondering if I shouldn't just go to carburated since that may just be the way to go after all (or efi 💰). Unsure about what to do distributor wise, too. I get it. We're all out here just trying to make things work. I'm a middle-aged dude who isn't into all the new technology that new vehicles have. I like crank windows and basic functionality. The less shit that can break, the better. It blew my mind when my head gasket went and I couldn't find a shop that would touch it. All of them said they would put a new engine in for around $6k. I figured that I would figure it out myself before I spent that much. Anyway, I thank you for your content. At least I know I should be able to get my truck back on the road and learn a lot along the way.
Im actually getting ready to do the hei distributor conversion because the problem im having with mine is that the ecm will not advance the timing whatsoever both before and after i did my vortec swap and i still have the vortec knock sensor too ive checked for breaks in the wire and everything but it all checked out everything in the truck works and all the sensors are working but when i try to start it, it fires runs for a few seconds and dies and i set the timing to zero with a timing light and ive been scratching my head trying to figure it out for the last year i know the engine is good but the ecm hates me😂
Thats my reason for wanting to do the swap on mine, same problems can't figure out. Code 42 43 backfire, hesitation, paid a mechanic $500 couldn't figure it out. Im just trying to make the thing run because I can't afford a new one. So with the tbi/hei its running good?
Hei i did the hei distributor swap and now my truck act like the battery is dead after cranking on it a few times, is there any chance the hei needs more power or maybe i hooked something up wrong i did just like you did as far as hooking it up but im a little confused as to what to do next
My story is one of the head gaskets blew on my '90 K-1500 that the previous owner put a '94 engine in out of a W/T. There was a tick that developed at high RPM before the head gasket went. Ive never done any internal engine stuff and the GMT-400 pages and forums seem to be all about the Vortec swap with a carb for more power. Friends are telling me that carburated would be a step back and kill the reliability. So I figured I would find a way to keep the TBI so that lead me to your video(s). I just purchased a '97 Vortec out of a 4x4 Tahoe, and now im starting to order parts for the full swap, but now I'm wondering if I shouldn't just go to carburated since that may just be the way to go after all (or efi 💰). Unsure about what to do distributor wise, too.
I get it. We're all out here just trying to make things work. I'm a middle-aged dude who isn't into all the new technology that new vehicles have. I like crank windows and basic functionality. The less shit that can break, the better. It blew my mind when my head gasket went and I couldn't find a shop that would touch it. All of them said they would put a new engine in for around $6k. I figured that I would figure it out myself before I spent that much. Anyway, I thank you for your content. At least I know I should be able to get my truck back on the road and learn a lot along the way.
Thank you for the comment hopefully it helps out!
Im actually getting ready to do the hei distributor conversion because the problem im having with mine is that the ecm will not advance the timing whatsoever both before and after i did my vortec swap and i still have the vortec knock sensor too ive checked for breaks in the wire and everything but it all checked out everything in the truck works and all the sensors are working but when i try to start it, it fires runs for a few seconds and dies and i set the timing to zero with a timing light and ive been scratching my head trying to figure it out for the last year i know the engine is good but the ecm hates me😂
Thats my reason for wanting to do the swap on mine, same problems can't figure out. Code 42 43 backfire, hesitation, paid a mechanic $500 couldn't figure it out. Im just trying to make the thing run because I can't afford a new one. So with the tbi/hei its running good?
I've had no problems so far!
Hei i did the hei distributor swap and now my truck act like the battery is dead after cranking on it a few times, is there any chance the hei needs more power or maybe i hooked something up wrong i did just like you did as far as hooking it up but im a little confused as to what to do next