DirtyDYT
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- Joined
- Jul 17, 2018
- Posts
- 158
- Reaction score
- 84
- Location
- Ohio
- First Name
- Chris
- Truck Year
- ‘79
- Truck Model
- C10
- Engine Size
- 454
Title about says it all. I have a low mile running ‘85 454 complete from carb to oil pan. It was pulled from a C30 TH400 truck about two months back. Originally I had planned to store it as a backup to my K30. Then I started getting all these big ideas about swapping it into an swb square body or el camino...
Fast forward a bit to yesterday and I bought a driving ‘79 C10 long bed with a bad 350 and TH350. Owner is pulling the engine today and I pick it up tomorrow. Plan is to drop in the 454 and maybe add a squirt of nitrous so I have a low buck big block machine that smokes tires.
The process is going to be slow as I probably will not have any help but I’ll do my best to document it for others on here.
Anyone who’s done one of these swaps before feel free to chime in. This’ll be my first engine swap so I’m totally open to advice or criticism.
I wasn’t planning to buy a project truck this soon so my parts list is short and not very well thought out. It can be seen below. Totally open to buying used parts from forum members to keep costs down!
454 to TH350 adapter plate
torque converter (reccomendations?)
larger 454 radiator
electric fan conversion
starter
power steering pump
engine mounts
fuel filter
plumbing (rad/ps)
headers (mine are smog manifolds... trade with someone who needs them?)
exhaust rework (has true duals, 2.5” I think, might be able to reuse them)
Sorry for the long post! Pics to come late Thursday or Friday.
Fast forward a bit to yesterday and I bought a driving ‘79 C10 long bed with a bad 350 and TH350. Owner is pulling the engine today and I pick it up tomorrow. Plan is to drop in the 454 and maybe add a squirt of nitrous so I have a low buck big block machine that smokes tires.
The process is going to be slow as I probably will not have any help but I’ll do my best to document it for others on here.
Anyone who’s done one of these swaps before feel free to chime in. This’ll be my first engine swap so I’m totally open to advice or criticism.
I wasn’t planning to buy a project truck this soon so my parts list is short and not very well thought out. It can be seen below. Totally open to buying used parts from forum members to keep costs down!
454 to TH350 adapter plate
torque converter (reccomendations?)
larger 454 radiator
electric fan conversion
starter
power steering pump
engine mounts
fuel filter
plumbing (rad/ps)
headers (mine are smog manifolds... trade with someone who needs them?)
exhaust rework (has true duals, 2.5” I think, might be able to reuse them)
Sorry for the long post! Pics to come late Thursday or Friday.