BrockB
Newbie
I recently bought a 1998 k1500 in OKAY shape for being a northern Indiana vehicle. The previous owner used a prybar to remove the starter and snapped the mounting hole off the block. I found a good deal on marketplace for what i thought was a 96 vortec engine, turns out it is a 95 TBI engine. Is there any way i could cobble these engines together to work in the 98 truck? Its a downgrade to a flat tappet cam / solid lifters but other than that its basically the same engine. I would need to swap / find another timing cover for a crank position sensor, swap intake (if bolt holes are same), add a crank reluctor wheel / sensor from 98, and a few other misc smaller things. The vortec engine i have in the truck ran strong before the starter was snapped off i was told so theoretically i should be able to take what i need off of that and throw it on the 95? Does any of this sound like im on the right path or should i just stop before i get too deep and bite the bullet with getting a proper vortec replacement engine? Thank you for any feedback / guidance. This is my first gmt400 / engine swap so please forgive me if none of this makes sense haha.
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