Have questions about 351w to IDI swap

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Going to start stripping this truck this weekend. It still has NICE GREEN(Looks fresh) anti-freeze in the radiator.
 

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Got it running!! I wanted to hear it run BEFORE I started my swap..... It had a strange noise at first,almost like a gas engine sounds with a spark plug removed(compression from hole), but it went away and ran VERY SMOOTH...I took a video, but cant seem to post it. Im thinking maybe it was an injector not hittin....but like I said,runs smooth now. Time to pull it and figure out what to do with the rest of this Cab/Chassis truck.
 

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Got it running!! I wanted to hear it run BEFORE I started my swap..... It had a strange noise at first,almost like a gas engine sounds with a spark plug removed(compression from hole), but it went away and ran VERY SMOOTH...I took a video, but cant seem to post it. Im thinking maybe it was an injector not hittin....but like I said,runs smooth now. Time to pull it and figure out what to do with the rest of this Cab/Chassis truck.

Take it to @IDIoit place
 

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Sorry, it's a single cab.
I am gonna have to go through all the wiring...it looks like the engine compartment was cut off at the firewall plug and all the wires crimped back togethercookoo...
 

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if you have extra door switch pig tails, ill buy em off ya!
 

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These are all manual doors except for my CrewCab. I will be at PickaPart this weekend. If I find some, I'll grab 'em for ya...how many do you need?
 

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they still have the door switch :Dthe one on the inside of the front jamb that turns on the dome light when you open the door.
its a funky 2 or 3 wire pigtail, that you can barley see from inside of the bottom A pillar.
 

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Do you want the switches as well? Sorry I thought you were talking about power windows/locks...sorry.
PM me your address and I will send you a pair.
 

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Hoping to start this project this week. MiL passed away 2 days ago, so it's been rough around here for my wife lately.
I am constipating getting rid of he front fuel tank, running just the rear(may go to the 38g). Have been thinking of OBA and put a coupler in the front fuel door location(behind door)
Also, what about dual exhaust? Any reason NOT to? What size? 2.5"? This is going to stay NA.
 

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