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Old 04-08-2018, 09:43 AM
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The easiest route is to find a computer that went with the vehicle the engine and transmission came from. There are zillions on eBay, usually. Call junkyards (the same applies to frontal accessories, if you do not have them). Once you've got this, there are far cheaper ways of getting a harness done than through the most popular vendors (again, eBay). A simple computer reflash (for anti theft and other items) shouldn't cost more than $150.00; DOD and VVT (in the computer, not the engine) removal will likely cost more, because it takes an extra five minutes in HP Tuners. If you just get the thing running within stock parameters/with stock equipment, you'll have far fewer problems than you would by trying to do a cam swap now. The shifter you have will work fine for getting you through PRND--it's the brackets and linkage that may require fiddling.

Spending a few weeks doing research will help greatly--there's not a ton of info out there on Gen IV swaps, but most of what applies to Gen IIIs applies to Gen IVs, short of the 6l80/90, which pretty much nobody uses (I do, and it works great). It is easy enough to make work, however. Do not pay anyone to do a separate flash on your transmission controller (which is in the transmission) . . .
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