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boostat4500 · 02-09-2010, 11:16 PM

I'm pretty much with Clyde65 on the time frame. The fronts of these trucks basically fall off. What issues would you expect to encounter as far as how the engine runs? Saying you spent 1/2 an hour tuning the carb sounds like an eternity to me when it come to making an engine run right. Unless the motor is heavily modded there's nothing to tune other than turning off/eliminating certain things in the PCM. Now that it's done, I would say that if I had all parts in hand, I could do the swap into a bone stock truck and have it driving all in the same day.
I don't think that anyone would argue aqainst installing a new SBC being faster and easier, but in the end you still have the same garbage (comparatively) Gen. 1
Just trying to show it's not the daunting task that people make it out to be. It's all just nuts and bolts.

02-09-2010, 11:16 PM	#50
boostat4500 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 346	Re: Best All Around Motor? I'm pretty much with Clyde65 on the time frame. The fronts of these trucks basically fall off. What issues would you expect to encounter as far as how the engine runs? Saying you spent 1/2 an hour tuning the carb sounds like an eternity to me when it come to making an engine run right. Unless the motor is heavily modded there's nothing to tune other than turning off/eliminating certain things in the PCM. Now that it's done, I would say that if I had all parts in hand, I could do the swap into a bone stock truck and have it driving all in the same day. I don't think that anyone would argue aqainst installing a new SBC being faster and easier, but in the end you still have the same garbage (comparatively) Gen. 1 Just trying to show it's not the daunting task that people make it out to be. It's all just nuts and bolts. __________________ 1971 Suburban 4x4, LQ4 6.0L, 4L80E, etc. Last edited by boostat4500; 02-09-2010 at 11:17 PM.