Hi,
due to various vehicle modification laws it's required in some places (like where I live) to show you're not putting an unsafely powerful engine in your car or truck when doing an engine swap. For this reason, factory reference applications are useful for showing it can be done safely, because the factory has already done it.
So I have some questions that I hope someone could answer:
-Did GM ever put out a K1500 series GMT400 with a 454 of any sort?
-Apparently K2500 was certainly supplied with 454, is it true that non-HD 2500 is just a 1500 with bigger axles, torsion bars and springs so this could be seen as comparable?
- The C1500 did come with 454 in the SS version, but besides the main point of not having 4WD and coil springs in the front, are there any known differences?
- In 1996 Vortec engines with greatly increased power were introduced, there were at this point ABS and airbags added as safety features, but are there any other improvements affecting vehicle dynamics (I mean, refurbished interior does not count)?
Any assistance is appreciated - if any credible sources can be mentioned, even better - because the way it goes over here is there isn't a way to get a definitive answer whether something is comparable or not before you've actually completed the engine swap, and at that point it's a pretty dire situation to be pulling the engine out again and putting the old lump back because it can't be approved.
due to various vehicle modification laws it's required in some places (like where I live) to show you're not putting an unsafely powerful engine in your car or truck when doing an engine swap. For this reason, factory reference applications are useful for showing it can be done safely, because the factory has already done it.
So I have some questions that I hope someone could answer:
-Did GM ever put out a K1500 series GMT400 with a 454 of any sort?
-Apparently K2500 was certainly supplied with 454, is it true that non-HD 2500 is just a 1500 with bigger axles, torsion bars and springs so this could be seen as comparable?
- The C1500 did come with 454 in the SS version, but besides the main point of not having 4WD and coil springs in the front, are there any known differences?
- In 1996 Vortec engines with greatly increased power were introduced, there were at this point ABS and airbags added as safety features, but are there any other improvements affecting vehicle dynamics (I mean, refurbished interior does not count)?
Any assistance is appreciated - if any credible sources can be mentioned, even better - because the way it goes over here is there isn't a way to get a definitive answer whether something is comparable or not before you've actually completed the engine swap, and at that point it's a pretty dire situation to be pulling the engine out again and putting the old lump back because it can't be approved.