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Hypothetical crewcab build... Which way would you go?

Old or new base

  • Go old

    Votes: 3 30.0%

  • Start modern

    Votes: 3 30.0%

  • Throw money in trash can now and save time/sanity and knuckles

    Votes: 4 40.0%
  • Total voters
    10
Don't really. The torque is all I'm looking for. So I don't HAVE to do anything lol.
I thought most 8.1s came with the Allison... Didn't realize there were a bunch with 4l80e's.... I'll see what I find I guess when I get the burb sold.

Bought soap for the first even full detailed hand wash yesterday. This weekend I plan on spending Saturday doing it. Possibly getting out the rubbing compound too. It's gonna need it
 
I'll probably stick with the 454 ones. And I need to find a ccsb if I was going to do a body swap... No major frame alterations that way. The more I think about it, I like the idea of the body swap more. I can get the truck and make positive it's reliable easy before my needed date. Then wait and do a cab swap at whatever new place we get since I'll have a shop or be building one with the money from selling our current house.... Be much simpler that way.
I can still do small weekend type jobs at the shop I built my burb in. But that's it now.

If the right truck pops up after the burb sells an 8.1 could still happen. All depends on timing
 
might be easier to find, but extended cab long boxed are close to the wheel base of a CCSB, can't remember but within a couple inches. They are a dime a dozen, so finding one shouldn't be too bad. Only issue Ive read is the rear cab might need clearancing or maybe a body lift will clear. Right after the cab it curves up, then it's all flat where the bed is.
 
Based on a 99 chassis the extended cab long bed wheelbase is 6" longer (157.5) than what a squarebody CCSB comes out to be. If you remove 13" to make it like I believe I was told to do.....

That could fixed during the link process maybe. :thinking:
 
Maybe the normal squarebody route IS the way to start. Shortening the frame and buying a box, plus all the little crap like lines & a driveshaft sounds way easier lol.

Plus since I have to rebuild the motor n tranny to get where I want in reliability. I could get them cheap off CL or a JY and rebuild them before they go in...

Only issue would be a passenger drop 241. Unless I luck out and find a 91
 
An actual ccsb in the newer platform is only a 3" difference in WB than the older conversion one would be. And that's actually ok. So that direction isn't as bad sounding. The extended cab base had me thinking of moving the wheel wells back and all that. That's ALOT of visible body work lol.

Can't clock a 241 that I know of.

A 205 would be simple and stronger, but I like the ease of use of the 241/208. And being able to simply reach down, grab the stick, and pull back quick while still rolling slowly. My history of messing with 205s in a pinch situation has left me with grinding gears, and a bunch of waiting for chit to stop spinning so I can engage a few times now..... Point being 241s are a better version of the 208, which is a TC made for stupid people like me lol.

Oh and slip yoke eliminator kits :waytogo:

If I got some instructions or something for the 205 I may be ok. It just seems harder to operate smoothly.
Putting a 205 behind even a 2wd 4l80e is pretty simple though. Which makes finding the peices easier for a swap into an older platform... I have actually found 4 in good shape in the 89-90 range for around 8k each. Given that 90% of my finished vision would be there, that's not really so out there. If the burb was sold already and I had $3-4k in my pocket I'd probably go pick one up.
 
If it were me, I'd go for a 2000 Old body style crew cab with a 6.5 diesel. Then swap a newer Ferd Dana 60 under it. That's been a dream of mine for a while.
 
People say the 6.2 and 6.5 are underpowered. But for the intended use they aren't bad. And my stock 6.2 shattered the internals of my 700r4 so bad that the trans shop still has peices of it hanging up as souvenirs lol. That was a full pressure gear change near the limit of the 6.2s rpm ceiling, with a stock 6.2 infront of a trans I had built for a big block with some corvette internals and a hard hitting shift kit
 
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