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1/2 ton or 3/4ton
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K5dreamer
1/2 ton status
no no, i thought you had the 5.8 under the hood of your truck. i was very confused.
You could go that rout. It woud take finding the tranny, modifying the mount and drive shaft, and either adding a stand alone controller or swaping in a PCM in place of your current computer. The 1991 4L80e was the first of the computer controlled transmissions.
Slapperbar
Retired Navy NDT Examiner
That and it is the "newest", not a real big deal. As far as the trans swap, very spendy.
Slapperbar
Retired Navy NDT Examiner
and fenders and hood back to a certain point.
only in the 3/4 tons
str8axle55
1/2 ton status
A 1/2 ton, depending on year will have an overdrive trans, a 700R4. The 3/4 tons with the exception of the 91 will have T400 non overdrive. You could also get a std trans Burb with the SM465 trans. The diff between the 1/2 and 3/4 tons are the axles and the transmissions. I also prefer the ride of a 3/4 ton vs a 1/2 ton. I love my 88 3/4 ton. You also need to figure if you want fuel injection or not, 87 & up were TBI, the rest were carbed, minus the 6.2 Diesel of course.
You could put a 700 in there. In the early 90s there were 3/4 chevys with 700's they were LD 3/4's though. You would be better off with a 4L80E.
th350 = 700r4 in basic strength.
th400 = 4l80-e almost 95% of the units are the same basicly. even share the same gear ratios. its just a 400 + o/d & + lockup convortor.
if you want tbi and overdrive strength with all factory optioned no swapin around crap get a 91. there still out there. dont be afraid to have it shipped.
th400 = 4l80-e almost 95% of the units are the same basicly. even share the same gear ratios. its just a 400 + o/d & + lockup convortor.
if you want tbi and overdrive strength with all factory optioned no swapin around crap get a 91. there still out there. dont be afraid to have it shipped.
4k not bad. if you got to get everything to swap in a 4l80-e its going to set back over 2k later.
COCHEV
1/2 ton status
Unless you're dead set on a 4L80, I agree with this line of thinking. the beauty of our chevys is that everthing is interchangable. Find the cleanest rig you can and build from there
dirtygoat
1/2 ton status
The 700r4 get an undeserved bad rap, so depending on what you were towing it would hold up fine. A friend raced on the USAC tour in the midwest for years and used two different half ton Subs with 700r4's to pull a 20' enclosed tandem axle trailer (I would estimate 6k lbs.) around. The first was a mid-80's with a warmed up and very strong carb'd 350 and a rebuilt 700r4 they did themselves, and he always towed in OD. The only reason that Sub was retired because the body rusted out but the trans was going strong after many years and thousands of miles of towing. The replacement was a '91 with stock TBI 350 and 700r4, and again it spent many years towing the trailer until the guy retired from racing and then spent many years as a DD until the frame started to rot out.
Slapperbar
Retired Navy NDT Examiner
True, the 700 will hold up well when kept from overheating, built well also helps a lot. Corvette servo comes to mind.
Well I found a 1990 1/2 ton, good interior and exterior. The only thing is, and this is off topic, but it has been sitting for about a year to 2 years. Also there is no starter in it to turn it over. Before I spend the money to buy and put a starter into it, to see if it even runs, do you guys suggest I check or do anything first. It will also need a battery. Thanks for the help.
