Given your abilities, and I'm not trying to put you down, sell it and buy something already running for that 10k plus whatever you get for the truck.
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I'd put another 454 in her, of the same engine family, either a known good used engine or a long block.Hello everyone, this is my first post. So please take it easy on me...
1998 Chevy K3500
7.4L V8 Vortex (454 big block)
Trim: Silverado; Crew Cab; Long-bed
VIN letter: J
Given your abilities, and I'm not trying to put you down, sell it and buy something already running for that 10k plus whatever you get for the truck.
After you do a few dozen LS swaps they are all the same in the end.Have you? On this specific year and model? Umm.... well.... 10K? for now?
Right, right. Im honestly thinking of just putting another 454 in it. and just ajusting small stuff around it instead of the LS swapRebuilt 7.4l does well with towing.(for a gasoline engine)
Stock lq4 6.0l truck engine:
HP: 300 at 4400 RPM
Torque: 360 lb-ft at 4000RPM
Stock lq9 6.0l higher compression version:
HP: 345 at 5200 RPM
Torque: 380 lb-ft at 4000RPM
Stock 7.4l vortec:
HP: 290 at 4000 RPM
Torque: 410 lb-ft at 3200RPM
Just doing a fresh lq9(rebuilt) swap with a shop doing the work, it would eat up a lot of the 10k budget. Going with a used pull out motor would be cheaper.
No offense taken. I truly only learning now. Long story short, I've never had a male figure to teach me this stuff. So, unfortunately I'm having to YouTube this stuff and try to figure it out on my own. Anyways, the only reason I considered doing an LS swap is because I have to get a new engine anyways. But because of it being so (intricate?) I'm now just thinking of tuning it up. That being said, is there any info that I can get on the (cam, heads, headers, and intake)?A) anyone who tells you an LS swap "can't be done" is full of shìt. Don't go back to those places. LS swapping stuff is super common.
B) put another 454 back in it and be done. Get a warmed up one (cam, heads, headers) and a tune.
No offense, but it seems you don't know enough about this stuff to do it yourself, and an engine swap probably isn't the best first thing to attempt. Buying another motor, taking your existing one out and putting another one just like it back in is far more simple.