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    New to engine swaps, looking for help with an LS3 swap into my 79 k20

    That helps a bunch man thank you
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    New to engine swaps, looking for help with an LS3 swap into my 79 k20

    Hello, I have a bone stock 79 k20 pickup, and it has a 400 sbc and a turbo 400 transmission in it right now. I have a screaming deal for a complete LS3, and am planning to swap the LS for my small block. For now I want to keep the turbo 400, but possibly switch it out down the line. I am looking...
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    Help with starting 79 k20 400SBC

    I got her going, ended up retorquing about everything under the hood, bought a new distributer and wires and plugs, and all new vaccum lines and one of them got it going, not sure what one though . It idles and revs amazingly but has very low power, and when driven for more than a few miles the...
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    Help with starting 79 k20 400SBC

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    Help with starting 79 k20 400SBC

    Thank you, i have tried flipping the distributor 180 and it just backfires like crazy so I don't think that is correct, and I put the idle screws to base settings, have retarded and advanced the distributor a bunch both ways and nothing... Spark plugs are brand new also
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    Help with starting 79 k20 400SBC

    I've got a 1979 k20 pickup with a 400 small block in it, and a brand new edelbrock carb. I just recently rebuilt the engine, and everything was doing pretty good with the old quadrajet that I suspect had jetting issues, it was bogging if i pushed the gas over half way, it randomly sputtered out...
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