had my ol man take a look at it cuz i know nothing lol its been smoking the odd time, sometimes white cloudy smoke, sometimes black puffy smoke.. and it has a knock to it, but anyways... he drove it for a week, looked at it quite a bit and said its done for good now... so it sits till summer for a built motor...

i knew it was gonna happen eventually but i wanted to bag it and get my fun out of it this winter but i guess i have to hurry up on my 79 4x4 now

 

Well that sucks not even that many kms on that engine either well new built motor would be good

 

i think that one had a few miles dustin... two different people could make the exact same truck last 200k or 500k... its all in the treatment and maintenance. too bad for the flare, any special plans for the build kirk??

 

A 460 stroker would be cool. No replacemnet for displacement. LOL

 

No sherm im sure it was only 220,000 km but then again it could of been a rough 220km

 

could be right... i won't argue.

 

Let`s hope it doesn`t take alot to fix. It seems every major engine rebuild starts around $2,500 to over $3,000.

 

be more worthwhile to go crate with some extra goodies!!

 

A crate engine, depending on the budget, wouldn`t be a bad way to go for extra power as well as coming with usually a better guaranty.
Just like it`s cheaper to get brand new aluminum heads for better flow if you are getting the ones rebuilt, ported and polished professionally (plus less weight).

 

yeah its like 225k or something, but who knows how it was treated, he said the trans has problems downshifting too? so i dont know...

so far im thinking a 393 stroker kit and some other goodies, who knows what right now, gotta start saving pennies!

 

tranny probs and a desire for a 393 stroker sounds like 10g's to me... yep, you 'd better start saving those pennies!!!

 

Despite the hassles of swaping in a warmed up 460 transplant sounds worth considering.
It could be a source of some what cheaper power.

 

definately!! save a little mulah, but put out a little more elbow grease...

 

Yeah a 393 would be cool just beef up that tranny and diff or else