LS-swapped S10 part 2...Dyno and Burnouts! 

June 26 of this year will be a year since I lost my pops to cancer. Before he passed, he gave me his 02 S10 2.2 extended cab which I’ve driven every single day. I’m a Honda tech by trade so I’ve done SOOO much to this truck from mounts to leveling the rear, paint restoration, having dents pulled, Raptor bed liner, blah, blah, blah. Every single oil seal that can leak, is leaking and I’ll be damned if I’m spending all that time to r&r a 4 cyl and not build a stout v8 to take it’s place. Loved watching your build and I’m hoping to turn mine into what my pops would love to have gone for a ride in. Thanks for the content

Heck yeah! I put a 2000 ls1 in my 1995 S10. Did a TSP 599-605 lift 233/239 duration @.050 cam, dual valve springs, titanium seats and retainers, chromoly pushrods. That and a 3600 stall converter. Just the cam and it made 382whp on the dyno. So much fun!!

Me an pops built a v8 vortec ls1 swap s10.. man I had so much fun driving that thing downtown and racing around, nobody stood a chance. All them kids in their ricers lol was funny revving the engine and stealing away a crowd at a little get together lol I miss it alot

Looks like a fun, quick, clean little ride!! 👍👍

Amazing project, man! I'm surprised at how awesome that exhaust sounds.. guess you don't need to spend the big money on the expensive mufflers! Also.. one of the best cam lopes I've ever heard on an LS. Sounds perfect.

Pretty bad ass little truck, very nice especially for a low budget build. Great work 👍

I'm also a trans plant here to south middle Tenn. Just picked up a 98 S10 2.2 and mentioned doing an LS swap. I was quickly directed to your sight. Great job !! Thanks for the videao and build tips, I look forward with getting my project started.

Nice job! Thanks for sharing. This looks like something my Pops would’ve built back in the days. Now I have to start on my LS S-10.

Getting ready to do the same things to my 03 Great video!

Awesome! I've got a 2001, 2dr, 2wd Blazer with a 4.3. I've been lookin at V8 swapping. Old school sbc or LS has been the debate. After seeing this I'm leaning towards the LS. And the SS VERSION is what I've been pondering as far as tagging it possibly turbo.

Man I been looking for this video for a while now preciate you doing it man seriously

Great Job with the S10. I wanna do something like this with a blazer

One of the first "lessons" I learned about open diffs is they will leave you stranded if you get into soft sand. For instance, I pulled over for a moment to check my directions and can't get traction to get back on the road, because the open diff sends power w/ the least traction. Not sure why this done/engineered this way, but a LSD diff makes life so much less hassle free and helps lay down the power like posi diffs when doing the straight line boggie. Best single upgrade I made to my 2WD S10 Blazer. Maybe someday I'll have enough money to accomplish an LS swap into my lil' truck. The engines are relatively inexpensive, but all of the little things can and do add up quickly. I've priced all of the extras I'd need and it adds up to $1500-$2000.

I just picked up a 97 2.2/4L60 with a blown head gasket for next to nothing, with no plans for it. Your approach to this project is about where I’m at with this s10 of mine. Since it has a good 4l60, I’ll follow in your footsteps. Thanks for all the good info and taking the time to put these videos together! 👍

good channel with lots of potential. you know your stuff I can see you making it big

Great build! Nice job!

I had an 89 s10 that we put a junkyard 400 in. Put a mini spool in the rear and had a 150 shot of nitrous. Broke the rear on the first launch at Summerduck dragway in Summerduck, Va. I put it on the trailer and took it home. Put it in the field and that's where it sat. My dad sold the property about 5 years ago. I assume it's still there. Last time I was out in the field was about 10 years ago and it was completely covered with weeds and vines.

love to see you tow something heavy and have everybody confuse not knowing you rocking power on that little truck! HAHA

I have an xstream w/4.3 and my dream is to perform this swap as you did… maybe one day. Great videos keep it going there is a X10 following! 🤘

Great video please keep the s10 videos rolling I want to see what rear you’ll throw it and next a turbo....

The zr2 rear is 4" wider than a stock s10 but it's got a posi, it's an 8.5" 10bolt, and has 3.73s, and its a disk brake rear.

Ls1s should’ve came stock in these

Love the Tennessee tags 💪💪👍👍

now you need an 8.8 from an explorer. Goes right in bro! I did it in my s10 build

I love V8 s10s really appreciate what u doing on that project I got a 91 S10 project rite now wish me luck I hope I can do it I did one before back in 2004 but that was before they made motor Mount brackets

just found your channel by recommend videos, instant sub to support my local LS guys! hope to see this thing at cars and coffee or other meets around here!

i love it!!! thanks for the knowledge!!!

Love it bud! Perfect example of what I've been trying to do for the past few years with my93, nothing crazy, just the reliability and to roast tires, make a few vids on how I did it from a wheelchair! I don't see many dudes like me trying to do that on the tube.

Love the truck! Would really like to see you put a lock right locker in the rear axle and line lock on the brakes and do more burnouts!

Glad to see Columbia guys still interested in sleepers

tennessee gang! I'd love to ls swap my s10 at some point. great vid!

Very nice video I really enjoy I love the truck and the condition of the truck is a Sleeper 👍

About time it's only been a year but seriously I enjoy it

7.65 28 spline Eaton style locker on eBay $325. I put 1 in my s10 and it works GREAT

I've been waiting for this!!!!

doing a sonoma swap. kind of, it neededa new chassis so i bought a tube chassis kit from Heidts. coming along pretty good.

What kind of MPG were you getting on it? I wanna build a daily driver like this.

How would a similar build do in a currently stock 02 zr2?

I need more Info on this got a 99 extended cab I want to 5.3 swap

How much do you think it was all together to build this? I have a 1997 ss s10 that I want to ls swap like this.

How much did it cost overall and how much for the engine alone also

well done....im gonna do my 2000 blazer 2 door same......cept mines 4.3 v6 stock

Sounds sick

What break booster did u use

Any updates? I want to see it with a LSD for proper 2 wheel drive action.

Does the front end feel heavy when driving? Did you make any changes to the factory suspension?

Downtown Mt Misery...lol Great video..

Please keep going and really make it like a “factory” SS (lower it some and put a lsd)

I want to put this setup in a 65 corvair. Sounds good

Your S10 roars like a monster!

What rearend did you use? Also what gears?

What stall converter did you use in this truck

Man I miss my s10 ss. Had a 5.3 radar blue truck and a white 96 s10 ss I wanted to swap as well

Did you use the Stainless Works headers?

What did you do to fit the radiator?

Is this truck for sale in the Knoxville craigslist right now? If it's not there is one Identical to it.

Did you have to use two oxygen sensors connections one in each side. Because i did my own harness by lt1 swap and it said to only keep one the main up stream. Is this all i need plus wide band

What oil pan did you use

niiice quality videos bro. keep going.

What's it usually run to do an ls swap for the s10

Looks like great little sleeper. Where's the parts costs breakdown? Thanks keep it up 🤘

also man I would love for u to let me know how u got your gas gauge and your speedometer working mine don’t work I’ve been trying to figure it out forever. We got the LS out of a 2003 Suburban and used its CPU and wiring harness

I put a Chevy 350 in a 1989 S10 the problem is if you get just a little bit of rain there's not enough weight in the back end it makes for an extremely scary experience

Did it have the ac back ?

What did you use to cool it?

what kind of fuel mileage do you get from it?

Thank you for this video!!!!! I have the same color, year, and trim. Except mine is still the 2.2 and a 5 speed. I want to keep it a 5 speed. But with a NV3500 and or a 4.8/5.3.....

I have a 2003 chevy s10 v6 2wd cant wait to do a ls swap soon 🤝

I hope you add a disc brake 2wd 2nd gen Blazer rear end to that S10

Which mounts did you use? Did you have to notch anything?

Did you use a v6 radiator or the original?

Love that Chevy !!!

One wheel peel is a lot easier to control. Sweet ride.

A zr2 s10 has an 8.5" with 3.73s, a limited slip, and disc brakes but I'm pretty sure its 4" wider all together or it may even be 4" wider in each side (I cant remember for sure) I think the 4x4 is 2"s wider than a 2wd and the zr2 is 2"s wider than a 4x4, making it 4" wider than a 2wd. Just look up the options that separate the regular s10 from a ZR2. It maybe an option for you but it's a good bit wider that the rear you have now. The zr2 is a beast of an S10. I have an L33 5.3L that I'm gathering parts for the swap. I also have a turbo laying around for it.

How much you estimate putting a corvette engine?

What did rear end did you use?

What about cooling system?

what was price on eng harness

How much did it cost overall

Nice build man. Has it been reliable? No problems doing a to b?

Blower or turbo and 2 wheel peels please

Love this! Doing the same cam and springs on my 4.8! Did you change the pushrods? If so what did you do

What did you use for a driveshaft?

how much to swap the Ls

I would love to have this s10

Cool truck should be more S10 LS swaps and builds. They are nice with any 6.0 plus LS engine in them. I do like to run high flow cats and mufflers. The 4.3 vortec version is the best to start with.

My dream is to have this exact truck but yet Im stuck with a 2.2. I have the exact same paint, cab and it's a stick. Same damn everything. Beautiful truck man.

The ls1 is the same size and it’s 100 pounds lighter then iron blocks and it will put down 290 whp stock with a small cam headers and tune 360 and I mean small cam no idle problems smooth as stock if you can deal with some lope then 400 whp with headers cam intake is no problem

That’s a nice build I’m looking to do something similar. Do you think that cam is a little big for a 4.8 though?

What's up with that black 442?

Hey does anybody know if a LS swap will fit on my 2004 GMC Sonoma SL with damageing the firewall

Did you cut frame for oil pan clearance, I'm doing 5.3 swap with same oil pan. Taking engine out today

Good sleeper build

I could see a tire shop jabroni having a look and saying "yep, textbook case of forgetting to rotate yer tires..."

Hey man I’m from Columbia and I’m doing a 4.8 swap into a single cab s10 as well! I would love to check yours out sometime soon and talk with you! Hopefully I could get some pointers! I was surprised to find someone local doing the same thing. Small world lol!

Hey man is there a way i can get in contact with you i jave a few questions

Wow I love it I wish you lived next to me so you could be my mechanic.

Hey cool videos did the factory gauge cluster work with your wiring harness? That is one high revving camshaft I can’t believe your peak numbers we’re at 6500 rpms

I call it a rumor, but the Xtreme was to have a 5.3. The Colorado in the later years got the 5.3 in the crew cab only

I have an S10 1999 ex cab and I want to do this. Yes this is cool