78 crew cab + 06 ccsb 4x4 duramax/allison combo = which route to go?

[BK]

Still looking into all different options at this time. Almost want to do it just to prove naysayers wrong. May have located a proper k30 4x4 chassis which may make me opt for an ls variant, but I won't know until next week. Along with the duramax I got, also got an avalanche with a front end collision, but a low mileage motor and rebuilt tranny, a 6.0 needing a rebuild, and a 4l80e. The 5.3 combo from the avalanche is more than likely going into an fj40 build I'm starting in a month. I may build the 6.0 and 4l80e for this truck. Still weighing options.

I do appreciate you guys being very forward and up front with all the headaches. I see these ridiculous keyboard mechanics telling me stuff like they are putting a 4bt in a 1st gen toyota all the time, when they can't weld and asked if they can get 8" of lift with shackles.

Little background, 31 yr old Wyotech grad, used to be an ASE certified tech in electrical, mechanic and restoration shop owner, with a 60x40 shop. Also, here are some past projects done fully by me for both myself and customers.

Custom cbr, fabricated swingarm and shock mounting, narrowed swinger, custom tank tail subframe etc.


My 65 panel, chopped, shaved, bagged, z'ed frame and step notch with watts link from 2004.


Corvair rampside pickup that I bagged with stepped, narrowed, and angled control arms, and installed the turbo Corvair motor.


Factory five 818r kit car build for a customer .




69 firebird total build - bored stroked 400 with demon tripower, 5 speed, ride pro e3 air ride controller, 4 link, rear disks with Wildwood front, lots more.


My bagged 78 c10.


And my daily driven work rig, 86 4runner, which I widened the control arms 3.5" per side. I bomb this thing down backroads at 45+, jump it, wheel it, daily it. It goes up on the lift once a month to check it out, no issues in two years.