emccomas57
Newbie
First, if this belongs in the Stupid Engines Question thread, mods feel free to move it there.
I have a 94 C1500 extended cab 2 WD with 250,000 miles on it. This truck is pretty ugly, both inside and out. I don't really care much about that but my wife is now making noises like "fix it or get rid of it".
While is has a quarter million miles on it, the previous owner has the local Chevy dealer install a new crate engine and transmission (which now have about 15K miles on them and it runs great). The truck also has a new rebuild steering box, and new tires.
The body is so bad in so many places that it really isn't worth trying to fix. It even has bondo on the roof that is now showing through the Maco paint job.
OK, so I am looking for a decent body, with a decent interior extended cab 2 WD truck that needs an engine or trans or both. And here is my question
My truck is a 1994 5.7, automatic, 2 wheel drive.
What years and original engine sizes will make the engine swap from my truck to the "new" truck a reasonable effort.
I have been advised that I should not consider the following as possible transplant candidates:
1. A 4 wheel drive truck
2. An original V6 truck (the wiring harness is significantly different)
3. An original manual transmission truck
So, if this is true, then I am looking for a 2 WD, extended cab (I want to keep the extended cab capability), original V8 equipped, original auto trans equipped truck.
But what year(s) trucks will work for me.
I know that with enough money and effort, any year truck can be made to work, but this has to be a real low budget operation. Basically, take the complete engine and trans from my truck and drop it in the "new" truck. I really do not want to do major engine parts swaps to make things work. I can see my way clear to swapping the intake and FI system, but not much more involved than that.
We are looking at trucks from 1988 to 1998. Obviously all of those years are not good candidates, and I suspect my best option would be a 1994. But is there a lot of difference between 1994 and 1993, or 1992, or 1995, or...
You get the picture.
I am in the Huntsville, AL area, and there are plenty of used trucks available, but I am not sure what will work for me on my limited budget.
Can you all point me in the right direction?
I have a 94 C1500 extended cab 2 WD with 250,000 miles on it. This truck is pretty ugly, both inside and out. I don't really care much about that but my wife is now making noises like "fix it or get rid of it".
While is has a quarter million miles on it, the previous owner has the local Chevy dealer install a new crate engine and transmission (which now have about 15K miles on them and it runs great). The truck also has a new rebuild steering box, and new tires.
The body is so bad in so many places that it really isn't worth trying to fix. It even has bondo on the roof that is now showing through the Maco paint job.
OK, so I am looking for a decent body, with a decent interior extended cab 2 WD truck that needs an engine or trans or both. And here is my question
My truck is a 1994 5.7, automatic, 2 wheel drive.
What years and original engine sizes will make the engine swap from my truck to the "new" truck a reasonable effort.
I have been advised that I should not consider the following as possible transplant candidates:
1. A 4 wheel drive truck
2. An original V6 truck (the wiring harness is significantly different)
3. An original manual transmission truck
So, if this is true, then I am looking for a 2 WD, extended cab (I want to keep the extended cab capability), original V8 equipped, original auto trans equipped truck.
But what year(s) trucks will work for me.
I know that with enough money and effort, any year truck can be made to work, but this has to be a real low budget operation. Basically, take the complete engine and trans from my truck and drop it in the "new" truck. I really do not want to do major engine parts swaps to make things work. I can see my way clear to swapping the intake and FI system, but not much more involved than that.
We are looking at trucks from 1988 to 1998. Obviously all of those years are not good candidates, and I suspect my best option would be a 1994. But is there a lot of difference between 1994 and 1993, or 1992, or 1995, or...
You get the picture.
I am in the Huntsville, AL area, and there are plenty of used trucks available, but I am not sure what will work for me on my limited budget.
Can you all point me in the right direction?