DavidB
1/2 ton status
Haha. A supercharged 8.1 would pass fine set up factory, but it's not like I'll ever do that anyway. I'll probably end up carbed or low-tec Vortec or TBI 454.
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44" tall X 12" Wide XMLs. My build thread.
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NoReGrEtS
1/2 ton status
I'm in the same boat. cant get it to pass smog to change owner ship, but don't want to sink looks of money into fixing the stock motor,when money can be put in to a better motor
DavidB
1/2 ton status
So when ya gonna sell me that 454 for cheap?
NoReGrEtS
1/2 ton status
I was thinking maybe a swapK10A'sBROinSLO said:So when ya gonna sell me that 454 for cheap?
NoReGrEtS
1/2 ton status
do you still have that 74 blazer shell?
it could fix both our problems
it could fix both our problems
DavidB
1/2 ton status
'twas a '73...sold.
beastofablaze
1/2 ton status
bowtiepower00 said:
Couldn't do it anyway... its cali bro. If its a gas motor it must stay a gas motor, and vica versa. Can't go sb to bb, can't go gas to dies, and not supposed to go dies to gas but you can get away with it.
DavidB
1/2 ton status
Looks like nobody makes a manifold to carb a Vortec BB.
bowtiepower00
1/2 ton status
You can use a standard 454 manifold, the heads just don't have EGR, and the block has no FP mounting boss. There are a few guys that run Vortec heads on their 454SS trucks, with both gen IV and newer blocks.
DavidB
1/2 ton status
The small block Vortecs are different angle no way to fit. You sure?bowtiepower00
1/2 ton status
I have not personally done the swap, but many of the guys at the 454SS site have swapped to vortec heads and/or engines and say that standard 454 manifolds will fit, carb or TBI. The SBC vortecs are a different story.
DavidB
1/2 ton status
Cool beans. Thanks!
DavidB
1/2 ton status
Can get long block from ATK thru NAPA for 2gs. Anyone have experience with them? 3year/36,000.
I put one of there 454's in a 2-wheel drive pickup a few years back for a buddy nearly 80,000 hard miles now and no problems
http://www.rebuilt-auto-engines.com/cgi-bin/webc.cgi/home.html?sid=1AlF2z1Fl2ST5Mb-02105191356.a8
try these guys. the warrenty is kick ass...
try these guys. the warrenty is kick ass...
DavidB
1/2 ton status
To one ton and chop or not to one ton and chop, that is the question.
My brother put a rebuilt ATK engine in his YJ about 4 years ago. About 3 years ago we were pulling that engine because it was knocking bad (about 300 miles from home ). ATK warrantied it and paid me $12 an hour to remove and replace it (about 18 hours according to mitchell rates, IIRC). They said the timing chain disintegrated and put a bunch of metal through the engine. He sold the J**p less than a year after that so I don't know how that one held up.
). ATK warrantied it and paid me $12 an hour to remove and replace it (about 18 hours according to mitchell rates, IIRC). They said the timing chain disintegrated and put a bunch of metal through the engine. He sold the J**p less than a year after that so I don't know how that one held up.
y5mgisi
1 ton status
sounds like good customer service... My advice BTW if your planing on doing lots of towing/ putting on lots of miles why would you want such big tires? IMO its just going to give poor road manors, where out parts faster, be more expencive when you need a new set of tires, decresed acceleration and braking power, The list goes on. But if thats what floats you boat then only you can answer that question.
DavidB
1/2 ton status
Well, first of all, that's not my dually, which is already 1 ton. That's a Blazer I picked up for less than a rebuilt 454 last weekend. 88 3/4 ton locked, 350tbi, 700r4, 208. 4" lift on 35s. Real nice, can't decide if I wanna chop it for the XMLs and wheel it for real or not. 35s on a fullsize isn't wheeling, it's playing around. The 325/85/R16 XMLs have excellent road manners for their size, rarely need weight to balance, and wear well too. Rated for 5,000# each. They can be had very inexpensively as well. The question is whether or not I want to cut up a nice blazer so they fit and wheel it hard like my brother's truck or build the CC for a thrasher. Braking won't be a problem with 1 ton brakes either...
y5mgisi said:
sandawgk5
3/4 ton status
K10A'sBROinSLO said:
Cut the blazer and make the 1 ton a tow rig on XZLs
Ira
