sorry for bring something this old back but needed a update the truck went in on the 4 of july and for the marlin round up it did great but the engine has died. time to do a motor swap.
was going to drop in a 383 stroker that my father in law had laying around but when i looked up the crank casting numbers turned out to be a 350. bummer.
was looking on craigslist one day and found it the engine i was looking for originally. a 1995 vortec v6 cpi 190 hp beauty. and for 200.00 so went and check out and bought it with wiring harness. but no fuel injector or ecm. but went to pick n pull and found the one that i need as per a painless model number .but that was alright as i like new parts anyway more reliable i think. so i have order the gasket set to reseal the engine and check it out to see if i hadnt bought a lemon. all looks well i can even still see the cross hatching on the bores. so going to start on this after x-mas as i have promised that i wouldnt spend money on it untill then.
The Plan
chevy vortec v6 cpi
th400 reverse manual valve body with compression breaking
a winters sidewinder with a rockcrawler gate in it. allows you to shift from first to reverse bye pushing straight forward.
and for the transfer case was thinking of keeping my toy ones or a atlas 4 speed with a 10.something crawl gear.
so wht do you think. i havent been able to find a adapter that fits a th400 to toy cases yet any one got answers on that one? but there is the update if anyone cares.
