OK, swap is ON! Got the donor 5.8l in the back of the truck right now.

Conanski, any idea if there is a "how to" on the dizzy mod? This 5.8 has the dizzy mounted TFI & I'll need to change it to remote mount.

I've had some Flowtech shorties layin' around that look like direct replacements of the 5.8 manifolds (SAWEET!). I'll clean those up, run 2.5" from headers back to a 3" Y w/ a 3" Magnaflow muffler I also happen to have. Hopefully be lookin' at the same MPG as my tired 5.0 (maybe a lil better), mo powa & a healthy sound!