Well I guess its time to do a little update. Not much to announce other than I drive the truck about every week. I logged about 2800 miles last year and about 500 so far in 2020.
We were working on a buddy's car the other day in my garage and took the truck to his house to pick up his new set of wheels. While backing the truck into his steep drive I hung the exhaust collector on the edge of his drive. This has now created a very annoying exhaust leak. So while on the lift I noticed the motor is leaking BAD. A set of collector gaskets did not fix the issue so I decided to apply some RTV.
Haven't fired it up yet to know if that worked. Its a very temp fix and will explain more below.
So back up about 2 months ago I picked up a nice 350 crate motor out of another buddy's truck since he decided to go LSA in his '73. Its nothing special other than a clean, no leaks, 250hp engine. I've had it on the engine stand debating what to do with it. Now giving the leaking motor, leaking exhaust and the fact work is a little slow right now; yesterday I started the engine swap process.
Since I still have the LS and my work is running a little on the lean side right now I'm trying to spend as little as possible. Goal is new valve seals, Summit 1065 cam, lifters, valve springs, timing chain and Hedman mid-length headers. I won't be winning any races but should be a good sounding and running motor.
I still have a 6.0 and t56 sitting in the garage. I heavily considered just going ahead with the swap but to do it right is still going to cost a decent amount of money and I really dig the 3-on-the-tree. Its pretty nostalgic.
Oh and back in November I broke down and purchased a 4-post lift. Let me tell you its a total game changer!
On with the pics
Lift and new garage arrangement
"New" engine
And so it begins
