Sorta Ot: New 4.2 Inline 6 In A Rod??

I am picking up a 4.2 inline 6 and 4l60e out of a 2005 GMC Envoy tomarrow and want to stick it in my 39 chevy pickup. I was just wondering if anyone had something old that they put one in already. I am not sure how I am going to get everything working since it is all computer controlled, but I am getting the motor and ****** for $500 with less than 15,000 miles on them, so I just couldn't p*** em up.

 

I may be totally confused, but isn;t the new GM SUV engine a inline 5 cyl??

 

Nope, the SUV engine is an inline 6. The pick-up engines are 4 and 5 cylinder versions of the SUV 6.

 

there was a turboed nova with one of those in the 05 street car shootout.

 

I've wondered about this also. My wife's '04 Trailblazer EXT has this motor, 275 hp and 275 tq. It moves that heavy suv pretty damn well, I love the useable torque. I bet it would be a blast in an older and lighter car/truck. Keep us posted on your progress.

Sean

 

Btt

 

that wagon is the stuff......runs in the 8's with a turbo ......and looks *****in as hell....gm also has a 48-ish chev truck with one of those motors in it...from 3 or 4 years ago ....red with 18" corvette wheels........brandon

 

sounds cool give us somr pixs. sometime.

 

As long as you grab the wiring harness, computer module, fuse panel, and all the wires... it shouldn't be a problem.......... oh my god, glad it's you and not me.

I'm working on a deal to run a souped up 2.5 litre mopar inline 4 in my 1960 Morris, if and when the funds get free for the engine.

Our forefathers put newer engines in their jalopies, why shouldn't we? You use what you got on hand... that's what dad taught me.

 

You got room in that tiny cab for all that electronics stuff?
And don't put the computer directly under the cowl vent!
(I have a '40 GMC so I know how tiny it is.)

 

I think if you understand all the workings of the computer control system and don't have some actually impossible dream of converting it to run 5 97's then you might have the makings of a good, real, HOTROD.
Someone up thread said real hotrodders use(d) the latest power plants they could get their hands on and I support this definition of what a HOTROD is.
Just don't paint it Pastel Salmon with Mauve graphix...

 

BTT for anyone else with pertinant info. Damn, I get him to take the other one home after blocking the entrance to my shop for 7 months and barely 3 weeks later here he comes again with another. Little brothers are something else. It should be really cool if/when we get her goin though.

 

Isn't there a place in OK that makes stand alone computers for this type of swap? Anybody know of a place that does? WE are considering pulling the whole harness out of a Canyon with the same motor/ ******, since it's going in a truck we figured it'll fit alot easier.

 

Doc the computer itself isn't that big it could feasably fit under the seat or in the p***enger kick panel with a small bubble built over it.

The harness can have everything not pertinant to the function of the engine and ****** clipped, its a nightmare chaseing and traceing but it can be done and you don't have to be an avionics( sp?) electrician to fingure it out, even an old snake eater can work it out given time and a little patience.

I agree with the doc and giuse, something that seems to get past us on the subject of traditional is that the rods that we all so dearly love were cutting edge in their time. Of course you have to take what I've got to say with a grain of salt, I'm not a purest by no means, and these days time and patience is somewhat out of my reach.

Anyway long story short throw that ****** in there if you want and let the chips fall where they may.

 

I have wanted a trailblazer inline 6 in a car for a while. Those motors are posed to be bulletproof.

 

*****'n plan. Is the oil pan sump in the right place? This will make a great driver. Keep us advised, especially about the technical details. Very interesting.

 

Megasquirt. It's what I'm going to use in my Mustang. Handles fuel and ignition. And for the Hamber in me, it's DIY. gotta solder it together yourself.

 

Although my inline 6 is over 40 years old, the one benefit that still rings true is the size. They are so narrow, you can really wedge them in easy. I think it's a lot of hp and "usable tq" like you said, from a light weight engine. Teh computer, just liek the NorthStar that everyone is so fond of is just a matter of "getting it all" when you get the engine. If you have the complete harness, it won't be as hard as you may first think.

 

I think Speartech had one of these on their dyno and were developing hot rod softwear for it. I think they got a ton of horsepower out of one.

...or if you really insist, how about a Howard Twelve Port for a stovebolt??

 

Yummy.

 

I did a LS1 / 4L60E swap in a 69 Chevelle back in 2000. My buddy bought a complete wrecked 98 Camaro so we robbed everything off the newbie. Just take the factory harness and mark the connectors and un-tape the harness. Move the connectors around to where they fit your vehicle and re-tape it. Why mess with all those years of engineering, its alredy proved itself. Then if you have problems you can take it to ANY service shop and plug in the obdII port and tell the diagnostic computer what the donor vehicle was.

 

That makes a lot of sense to me. RetroRod, that is a sweet looking set-up.
Looks like I'm not the only one "getting inline" these days.