I'm not sure how to tell which transmission I have, I know I have a 10 bolt axle. I thought 5lm60 but I'm not sure where the markings on the transmission are or which RPO code I'm looking for. I'd rather check the transmission itself anyway since I know this thing had the transmission done ~3k miles ago and I'm not sure if that consisted of a rebuild or dropping a reman in.
The truck is heading to the shop to make sure it didn't take the transmission or anything with it since the car hauler I rented from u-haul is a couple feet too short to fit the truck, so I'll figure out what to do from there. My initial searching around here found that the only TBI 350s on facebook/craigslist have bad rings or head gaskets or something else. When I referenced it not being a long haul heavy duty vehicle I was primarily referring to how I'm pretty sure it would still max out at 6-8k towing capacity even with the bigger motor, I don't remember exactly. And I've got a limited amount of space for a radiator and a limited amount of fan cooling so I'm not going to be roaring over mountain passes with a mansion on wheels in tow. The engine is a '94 so looks like that means the smaller injectors at higher pressure. I've heard mixed things about the Harris Tuning guy but his page says that the fuel pump needs to be replaced if you're going over 230HP. This would be right on the line depending on airflow so I might need to do that. AC concerns would be nice to address but the R12 AC on this thing is broken anyway, I had a shop fill it up and it stopped working within a week.
What's difficult about doing engine mounts on a 4x4? All my other vehicles are smaller Japanese vehicles so when I look at this thing I see a heavier but much more spacious vehicle to work on. Half the time I'm working on this thing I don't even need to put it up on jackstands. I also have a decent selection of power tools because we're all doomed to become our fathers. And an engine hoist, that should go without saying.
The engine is this one here:
https://denver.craigslist.org/pts/d/denver-tbi-454-motor/7520657933.html it looks like it has the flywheel and I thought it had all the assorted accessory gubbins but maybe not now that I look at it, when I made this thread I was 24 hours into being awake 30 hours trying to get this thing sorted and off the side of I-70. Flywheel looks a bit rusty so I'd probably want to put a new one on there anyway. Does the exhaust from a small block bolt up to the manifolds of a big block? I'm guessing no but hoping I'm wrong. There's a welder in town that I'm on good terms with so I could probably take him the cats and mufflers and pay him to fab something up once the motor is in. Or I could take this chance to learn how to MIG weld if I feel up for it at that point. The current exhaust is rusted to hell and someone stole the muffler thinking it was the cat so I need to do the exhaust eventually anyway. Just would be nice for that to not be immediately necessary since despite how redneck this town is I'm pretty sure I'd get pulled over fast driving with open headers even to get it to the shop.