[Ackattack]

If you've followed my other truck builds, you'll know that I'm a fan of fuel injection. I've had a TPI 350 72 GMC, TBI 350 69 (No Buck), 5.3L LS (Bruiser), and of course 12V cummins in my 97 CC (mechanical fuel injection FYI).

Rusty won't be any different. Right now the plan is another LS engine. Right now the engine is far off, so we'll see what comes along. Since this is going to be my "wife's car" she wants an automatic. I really liked the drivetrain in my G8 that I had a few years ago for cruising. It had a 6.0L (L76 IIRC) and 6L80E. My one complaint about it was how slow it would down shift when you got on it, but that can be improved on with a little programming. After the engine goes in, I'm really thinking of putting a turbo on it, but we'll see how the budget is doing at that point.

I'll do some suspension upgrades. I'm doing some research on what works for these, but it looks like upper control arms with taller ball joints in the relatively budget way to get these to handle.

Out back, I'll need to upgrade from the 10 bolt (especially if I go turbo). Not sure what I'll do there. The thought of a ford 8.8 sounds interesting, but I'll need to do some more research to see if that will work out.

Additionally I'll go with bucket seats, A/C, I'm thinking a cowl hood, maybe 18/20 for wheels.

Not sure on color. My wife likes green, so we'll see.

Progress for tonight: I'm going to sell the 6 cyl out of the car. I figure a running engine is worth a lot more than a non-running engine, especially one that hasn't run in 20+ years. I grabbed a battery, changed out the positive battery cable connector and hit the starter. The engine turned over, so I went ahead and changed the oil. I ran a piece of hose from the fuel pump to a small gas tank and tried to start it. The engine cranked over pretty good, built oil pressure, but wouldn't start even spraying in some starter fluid. I put a spark tester on it, and it nothing. So it looks like I'll need to do some more tinkering with the ignition system. So....too be continued!