DrHolliday
Junior Member
- Joined
- Dec 24, 2015
- Posts
- 10
- Reaction score
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- Location
- Sandy, OR
- First Name
- Chris
- Truck Year
- 1983
- Truck Model
- K10 Short wide
- Engine Size
- 454
Just wanted to stop by and say hello.
I just picked up an 83 K10 w/ 454, sm465, np205, 14bolt ff rear and dana 60 front with 4.56 gears. The truck is on 38's with a 6" lift and 3" body lift.
When I bought the truck it had an 8 lug 10 bolt front end that was totally trashed. I put the dana 60 under it and have sense done my own crossover steering. I am slowly going through the whole truck to work out the bugs and get it mechanically sound. The wiring is a mess and most of it seems like it was just put together by someone with little knowledge.
I wish I knew more about the motor. I do know the casting numbers, so the block is a 75 to 87 454, and the heads are 70-73 large oval ports. It has a large cam... lopey rough idle, revs quick, and the power band starts to pull hard at 3500 rpms. I'd really like to figure out the compression ratio.
I'll put any questions I have in the correct sections and look forward to tapping into the knowledge here.
Chris
I just picked up an 83 K10 w/ 454, sm465, np205, 14bolt ff rear and dana 60 front with 4.56 gears. The truck is on 38's with a 6" lift and 3" body lift.
When I bought the truck it had an 8 lug 10 bolt front end that was totally trashed. I put the dana 60 under it and have sense done my own crossover steering. I am slowly going through the whole truck to work out the bugs and get it mechanically sound. The wiring is a mess and most of it seems like it was just put together by someone with little knowledge.
I wish I knew more about the motor. I do know the casting numbers, so the block is a 75 to 87 454, and the heads are 70-73 large oval ports. It has a large cam... lopey rough idle, revs quick, and the power band starts to pull hard at 3500 rpms. I'd really like to figure out the compression ratio.
I'll put any questions I have in the correct sections and look forward to tapping into the knowledge here.
Chris
from N.E. 
