Gen IV LS swap in a G20 Chevy van. Ep 2. Pulling the turd 350 out and stuffing the LS into the hole. 

I know it's a year late but always set these G vans on ramps on the front. Makes removal much easier because it raises the firewall opening relative to the engine hoist mast. The arm then easily clears the opening as you lift it up.

Owns a Chevy Van G20 myself. 10 years ago I unfortunately had a crank bearing failure. I lifted the engine out through thel right door............it's much easier. Of course, so you must remove the dashboard and the console that sits at the front of the engine where the AC compressor, servo and generator are mounted.

I had the same issue with clearance by the alternator. I bought ict 551777 and it gave me a lot of clearance.

Awesome work so far. The van will fly. Can't wait for the next episode.

that same holley plate with just a little mods will bolt to the plate under the intake and works great

I saw one guy remove the front body mount bolts, jack up the front of the van, block the body up and lower the frame to give several more inches of clearance above the motor.

Hell ya. Cant wait to swap my G20

I plan on doing the same thing, I have a 1992 Chevy G20 with a blown 4.3, I want to swap with a 5.3 and a 4L60E

That looks like it went well. Looks a lot nicer with the paint touched up. Surprised they don’t have a drain hole in that frame rail there I’d not noticed that before. You’ve got it planned out pretty well so should be an interesting watch have a good night

Thumbs up,,,,

010 block 4 bolts main 350 👍🏼

Well that went far better than I thought it would... 350 GM and 351 Ford engines are selling for ridiculous sums of money here in Aus. Good luck with the rest of the swap

Lot of work done 👍, very intriguing, definitely wanna see how you stuff some headers or manifolds in there cause it looks really really tight. Also looking forward to seeing how all the hoses and wires get done too. Overall looks bad ass so far! 👍

26:02 Fillet (fish) is actually a French word that the English adopted, along with its spelling. Da javou, is a also a French word that we use ;)

My dad loves these vans, he’s been using these as work van’s, unfortunately engines and transmission don’t last him that long

im just starting the series they make a adapter for the torque converter to make it line up on crankshaft you probably know by now

3 of us got it old and new in 24 hours

Where about are you located I I am trying to buy a 1988 Dodge put Van and I wanna put a helicopter in it. What do you think and I wanna put 4 by 4 quickly under it. But i'm Driving A 1997 Plymouth grand voyager s e van doing lots of work to it

Removing The motor mounts , makes the engine a little easier to get out, after you drop it down some. Still a bitch!

You made a good comment when you said the English language is something else. I believe we have 48 sounds or perhaps it's 46 or 44 I forget. ____ sound being expressed by 26 letters. It's no wonder so many people have trouble spelling. That wasn't insightful of you, that you brought that up. _____I use a lot of tricks to help me with spelling for example a word like guarantee, I will lock it in with united airlines! I am a van man too. In fact I used to own 2 of them. My next car most likely will be a minivan. ______I just stumbled a # your channel tonight. Interesting build. I normally watch a lot of automotive electrical diagnostics, so I assume that's why your channel came through my news feed. Good video footage and good communication skills I learned a few things.

Nice work if I had to go to a chevy Rap

Filet is pronounced "fill it" in all English speaking countries except ours. I suspect they heard the French pronounce it back in the 1800s and thought it sounded fancy so it stuck.

I am using the same ict swap plates as you and I measured the hole to hole distance for the mounts, The engine is 16 5/8"" The mounts in the 88 g10 van have a hole to hole of 18 1/8" Do you have any idea of what I have done wrong. I took out the 4.3 mount towers and am using 350 mount towers Thanks for your help

Looks like it would be easier to drop that front cross member an drop the engine an all out the bottom if you have access to a lift

i dont understand why people don't use a Toyota Prius A/C compressor they are electric could mount anywhere

When you overlayed the flex plates, how is a sharpie marking accurate enough?

I always use a chain to pull gives more room. Those engine puller plates are kinda lame.Good job though.Love the work.

As much as you disassembled.(gas, wiring, etc) would it be relatively easier to lift the body off?

you wrecked a classic van!!!

I was thinking [a dangerous habit I don't usually endorse]. Anyway, a lot of modern GM service vans in junkyards have floors and doghouses that fit these LS motors... with a sawzall and a small bag of tools... you could get that doghouse and section of flooring [possibly a 4L80E transmission with overdrive as well... not to mention another LS for another project] pretty affordably :-)) Like I said though... I try not to think but was looking ahead to that larger looking motor and that old tranny that may work better on a classic car along with the small block [facebook market place those two to finance the motor tranny from the junkyard... or from facebook marketplace in a swap?... no doubt you have a plan that blows this idea out of the water so ... anyway... most folks ask for comments lol Thought I'd share my bad idea [it does sound like work and not all work is an adventure unless friends want to help... [ maybe bribe them with a case of beer? Works here in Canada] lol

Bro you cant hear or what? I was yellin’ thinkin you was gonna rip the dip stick off but you just kept goin

Do you know where I can find the chassis number on a chevy G20 1995?