Having gotten the "Milusion" done, I'm back on the DT project. I got the 3/4 ton ball joint adapted to the G20 van lower control arm, via a bushing I made from some DOM tubing and a little work with the torch and wire welder. Now, I can clean up the suspension parts and paint them, and the front section of the frame.
The engine I have in it now, the TBI 350 and 4L60E, have 175K miles on them, and I was planning freshening them both up. Runs fine, shifts fine, but it's going to need attention at some point, and I'm not planning tearing this thing apart once it's done.
My friend Brad had a nearly new crate 350 from a wrecked 'Vette, and we (my wife and I) decided in the intrest of getting the truck done, we'd buy the 350 and use it as is rather than rebuild the aging one I have. Of course, they'd just sold the thing today when I stopped to tell him I'd take it. Sigh...
"Why don't you just put a 5.3 in it instead?", Brad said, "Or, let me get you a 6.0? It'll be less than the crate motor, you've already done this swap a couple of times. It'll be done, you'll have more power, better economy, and be easy."
So, that's what I'm gonna do. I think I'll opt for a 6.0, might as well go big, after all. It hurts to not use the 350/4L60 I bought, but I have another project in mind that could be used for, so that's a headstart on that one.
Oh, and BTW, we made "HOT ROD" magazine with the Fordillac!
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