Originally Posted by
Deltonag8r
Thank you all for the inputs. I only spent $800 for the whole truck. Not looking to triple the investment for a little use vehicle. I'm holding out hope I can find a good running rusted out truck on CL to swap motors out of. I would really love to rebuild an engine myself but don't have garage space to let truck sit in while rebuilding is done. Thanks again.
Swap in a small block, then rebuild the 300. When the rebuild is done, swap the 300 back in and sell the small block. Simple. Then your truck only has to sit for a few hours instead of until the rebuild is done.