Bought a 70' C/10 - Introduction and questions.

[JLEE 31x]

Well, here's my pickup. It's a 283/4 speed pickup, the 283 is out of something earlier but I haven't looked up numbers because it's getting yanked, though it does run good. The kid I bought it from claimed it hadn't ran in 15 years and the motor was shot. I put in an HEI, blew out the gas lines, hooked up a battery, plugs, fresh gas and it fired right up. Alternator isn't charging though, so I may have to look into doing that conversion, if anyone has any insight. All in all, I paid $600 for it with a title.





My questions mainly concern a 5.3/NV4500 swap. Has anyone else done a similar swap? The 5.3 is out of a 2000 Silverado, and the NV4500 is from a 94 Sierra 6.5 diesel. Wondering what adapters, flywheel, starter etc I need to use, and if it will bolt to the original transfer case? Will I have to cut my driveshaft at all? How much further back will it sit, if that can be told.

Thanks again.