"The '87 R10 1/2 ton LWB Build

[Miller92]

Ok, I've got an '87 R10 1/2 ton LWB that I got a couple months ago. I was given a '99 Dodge Pickup for graduation in May but after putting bout 2k in fixing the suspension problems the motor started knocking so I traded it for the '87. It has the 5.7 in it now, stock everything.

The day I got it I drove it home 20 miles and the AC was cold and it ran great, but 2 hours later it wouldn't start. After a week and a half of changing the Throttle Body and Iac and every other thing we could think of, it was just a simple fuel line. Then a couple weeks later I went on a trip and on my way home the thing caught fire 2.5 hours from home. Luckily the truck was saved but alot under the hood was burned. Now we've just bout got it running and driving again.

The Plans:
I've got an .080 over 350 high nickel block that was built for my race car that we wanna build to drop in it with some flat tops and a cam a bit bigger than an RV cam.
I wanna drop it a couple inches and put some bags on it so I can still pull a trailer good.
There's some other minor stuff that we're still undecided bout but will definitely keep everything updated.

ANY OPINIONS OR HELP OR WHATEVER WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED (I've been around hot rods and these trucks my whole life but I'm a rookie when it comes to the custom stuff and would like to learn everything I can)!!!