it is a 1 ton so i think the drive train will be fine. i wanna build it up a little just because i wanna go through it anyway because i want to replace all the gaskets and re-ring it.
oh, i never knew that about the vortec heads acting like that in the cold, okay its settled. shes getting a big block. what size head gasket do the 454s come with? i could just put a thinner head gasket in to help bump up compression. how to the big blocks do for gas mileage? i know its bad but...
will the bell housings bolt up? are the clutches the same? 454 is out of a late 70s truck. at least that is what the guy i bought it from told me. the engine is not blue it is orange. are these motors internally balanced? i would cam it up and go through it before i put it in. would it be...
i got a 1980 chevy k30 that i use mostly as a work horse. i do a lot of pulling with the truck and the power department needs great improvement. motor is completely stock besides headers. i would love to do the vortec head swap before im done with hs and off to college and dont have time for...
I am currently restoring a 1983 K30 and i wanted to get a lift kit. its going to have a 489 BBC. I was looking into a rough country lift because i dont have a whole lot of money. I was looking into the following kit, http://www.roughcountry.com/gm-suspension-lift-kit-249n2.html
and i was just...