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    Useful parts on a '96 K3500 for a Squarebody?

    Hi guys, a while back, I picked up a '96 K3500 DRW that's running a Gen 6 454 / NV4500 to a DRW 14-bolt newer style rear axle. I originally bought it as a drivetrain donor but I want make sure I'm not missing any other useful components before I send it to the scrapper. Other than the engine...
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    400 SBC Compression Ratio

    Lucky for me, the LT1 heads came off of another 400 and the steam holes are already drilled
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    400 SBC Compression Ratio

    I don't know the history of the engine, just that the guy I got it from said it was the original engine. Other than an aluminum radiator, electric fan, some cheap headers, and a rattle-canned engine bay, I have no reason to think it's been rebuilt. My best guess is I was allowing it too many...
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    400 SBC Compression Ratio

    I've got a 400 small block I'm getting ready to pull from a donor truck for my '78 K30 which has a very tired 350 in it. The donor 400 sounds healthy, gave it a compression test yesterday and was getting readings of 160-172 psi (average 165psi) which seems high to me. As far as I know, it's bone...
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    '83 K10 / 350 / SM465: shuddering from first and a nasty sound under load

    Hello all First post, longtime lurker and lifelong squarebody lover here (owned 5). I have a 1983 Chevy K10 with 32k original miles. I picked it up about 2 and a half years ago from a rancher who used it as his snowplow truck. I've been restoring it and learning as I go. It originally had a...
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