defecater
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Nice to see someone else doing this swap, but why didn't you keep the motor more forward and not cut up your firewall? I was able to position mine just fine in the factory engine bay by removing the original engine cradle. I'm switching my front pulleys to agricultural pulleys and may have enough room left over to run a mechanical fan still. As for a Trans I'm running an Allison 1000 from a duramax with an Allison 2000 bellhousing. Here's a link to my thread...
http://www.powerstroke.org/forum/94-98-7-3l-general-powerstroke-discussion/233409-truck-update.html
I had read somewhere that ag front dress items took up less room, but ag junkyards around here are plentiful, but expensive, so I did not pursue that option. Too late for my swap, but just out of curiosity, how much difference do the ag parts make??
Probably the biggest difference between you not having to do firewall mods and me having to is because mine is a 2wd and yours is a solid axle 4x4. By removing your factory crossmember, I imagine you got yours down in the frame a lot lower than I could. Plus, I probably skimmed past it in your thread, but it looks like your truck has some lift to boot, no??
Having a twin I beam or TTB suspension obviously keeps one from removing the crossmember because the suspension pivot points are mounted to it. I thought I would cut and channel an inch or two out of my crossmember to get the engine lower, but that was quickly found to be a no go because of how close the beam pivots were in the area I was wanting to cut out.