diesel4me2
Camping is more importanter!
Ok, so i've been kicking around some ideas. the wife thinks i'm crazy, my son says let's do it all, and i'm caught in a moral dilemma. my truck started off as a frame off restore. life got in the way and i needed a truck so that got put on hold. well i've done a lot of work to her to keep her running and i think it's time to start it.
i'm looking at a same vintage parts truck, 85 cc dually 6.9 with an ats turbo. thinking about buying it, striping it, dipping it, undercoating it, primering it, painting it, and combining it with parts from my truck. the frame and body look to have minimal rust, the bed is true, and the cab corners are solid.
it's something i have always wanted to do and with an extra truck it makes it that much easier. sounds good, right? well now i have several choices to make. engine options, transmission options, suspension options. i need input.
option 1) 5.9 12 valve with a nv4500. i have always liked this combo. i don't care if "everyone is doing it". easy horsepower in a reliable block.
option 2) dt466 and a something speed. aside from not knowing anything about this engine and that i have a limited amount of time before the 2010 rally.
how viable an option is it?
option 3) keep all three engines and mod the hell out of them to reach the power potential of a 5.9, albeit a costly and probably fruitless path.
option4) i'm going to keep the 4-link, just might modify it some. so keep the air bag suspension or go with a airshock/coilover combo?
so there it is in a nut shell. what would you do?
keep in mind, if all goes well, i should have just a rolling chassis for install, dipped and undercoated, and everything else will be put on later
poll forth coming.
:edit: screwed up the poll anyone know how to add more to it?
i'm looking at a same vintage parts truck, 85 cc dually 6.9 with an ats turbo. thinking about buying it, striping it, dipping it, undercoating it, primering it, painting it, and combining it with parts from my truck. the frame and body look to have minimal rust, the bed is true, and the cab corners are solid.
it's something i have always wanted to do and with an extra truck it makes it that much easier. sounds good, right? well now i have several choices to make. engine options, transmission options, suspension options. i need input.
option 1) 5.9 12 valve with a nv4500. i have always liked this combo. i don't care if "everyone is doing it". easy horsepower in a reliable block.
option 2) dt466 and a something speed. aside from not knowing anything about this engine and that i have a limited amount of time before the 2010 rally.
how viable an option is it?
option 3) keep all three engines and mod the hell out of them to reach the power potential of a 5.9, albeit a costly and probably fruitless path.
option4) i'm going to keep the 4-link, just might modify it some. so keep the air bag suspension or go with a airshock/coilover combo?
so there it is in a nut shell. what would you do?
keep in mind, if all goes well, i should have just a rolling chassis for install, dipped and undercoated, and everything else will be put on later
poll forth coming.
:edit: screwed up the poll anyone know how to add more to it?
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