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67_C-30 · 02-17-2009, 08:33 PM

I wouldn't do it. Getting 500 HP out of a 383 is easy. Newer trucks have weak 10 bolt rearends and are much heavier than your truck. If anything, I'd save and put a 6.0L in your truck if you just want a 6.0L. I wouldn't get rid of a great truck to get a ho hum truck just for the engine - this comes from an owner of a 2000 Z71. My Z71 is OK, but its nothing exciting to me. Its just a truck, and my 67-72's are my babies!

02-17-2009, 08:33 PM	#6
67_C-30 I have a radical idea! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Sweet Home Alabama! Posts: 6,513	Re: am i crazy? I wouldn't do it. Getting 500 HP out of a 383 is easy. Newer trucks have weak 10 bolt rearends and are much heavier than your truck. If anything, I'd save and put a 6.0L in your truck if you just want a 6.0L. I wouldn't get rid of a great truck to get a ho hum truck just for the engine - this comes from an owner of a 2000 Z71. My Z71 is OK, but its nothing exciting to me. Its just a truck, and my 67-72's are my babies! __________________ '67 C-30 Dually Pickup 6.2 Turbo Diesel, NP435 ‘72 C-10 SWB , 350 4bbl, TH350 '69 C-10 SWB , 250 L6, 3 OTT '69 GMC C3500, dump truck, 351 V6, NP435 '84 M1009 CUCV Military Blazer 67 C-30 Turbodiesel build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=254096 My trucks http://s226.photobucket.com/albums/d...ediafilter=all Member of the 1-Ton Club!