New Project Truck

sablowme · June 16, 2008

Hey guys just picked up this 86 ex cabs10 for a good deal and now looking to put a v8 in it and get rid of that old 4cyl.. I work at a perfomance parts dealer here in maryland so been pricing out the gm 350/290 horse motor with option 4 power pack. Wich will make about 362hp and 398tq thinking about running a 700r just to beable to go to the ocean or something, and maybe a ford 9". will post some pics as i get them but what do you all think of my combo ...any ideas

BigJayDogg3 · June 20, 2008

Have you considered making it a 383? Either way, it is going to be a monster of a truck.

Zembonez · June 21, 2008

Several companies make turnkey kits for making the swap (which you probably know). We built an 89 S Blazer with a 350 in it way back in the mid 90s and it was a nice street rig. Nothing like the powerplant you are building but it was a nice pawerful Blazer. We put about 30K on it before sellling it to a friend.

Post some updates for us!

sablowme · June 28, 2008

Yeah ill post as things move along, right now its chillin at my parrents house right now, taking up space. I got to ask , has anyone bothered doing a turbo charged motor swap, like a 4cyl turbo or 4.3l turbo...kinda like a syclone but without the AWD. I thought about this just due to the current ecconomy with gas pricing,i have a feeling that me keeping this thing a V8 might be a problem when gas ends up being 7-8 dollars per gallon. So i thought about a more effecent way to make power although somehow keeping this simple without the electronics, and without dumping 10grand into this thing.

Lots of cars/trucks got pretty decent gas millage with turbo charged motors.,hell syclone was like 14/17 rated, so maybe i can have a bad ass truck that wont need me to have deep pockets to drive. I know this is all silly ,due to the conversion is probley like about 6k but i like to be differnt too.

2000DV4.8 · June 28, 2008

You like to be different? How bout a twin turbo 383?

sablowme · June 28, 2008

yeah that be great. I priced out a turn key motor from a place in NC, a 350/32hp motor with everything to run at $5360...not bad but again wonder what the cost of a turbo charged 4.3 would run. Anyway ill get some pics of this thing up maybe by tonight.

BigJayDogg3 · June 28, 2008

yeah that be great. I priced out a turn key motor from a place in NC, a 350/32hp motor with everything to run at $5360...not bad but again wonder what the cost of a turbo charged 4.3 would run. Anyway ill get some pics of this thing up maybe by tonight.

I don't think that's right.

sablowme · July 1, 2008

whoops now like 4 days later i figure that out.....that was sappose to be 320hp...but i tell you what, that motor isnt worth any of that if it only made 32 hp.lol sorry guys didnt even pay attention, i was sappose to be working.

sablowme · October 14, 2008

ok guys in effort to keep progress going im giving an update, a slow project but will be a learning experiance for me. Anyway i got fender, hood, front bumper, grille and inner fender out. I found a giant bees nest and almost droped the fender on my foot..but atleat the bees were all gone. I decided that im going to delete the inner fender wells if that dosent cause any problems and ill be using the harwood fiberglass 4" rise hood. ill submit some pics maybe later on tonight of what i got so far.