need to decide v6 or tv8

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maty111

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problem: just cant track down my knock. you cant hear it at idle but it ramps up according to dm. up to 40deg. so im driving a time bomb.

truck up to date: stock motor, 50# injectors, 3 bar and alky. drive terrain not so much, t56 and all big brakes and coil overs, came out real nice.

solution: option 1. I have all major v6 parts unmachined. block, crank, rods, piston, vortec heads and intake and cam. going to port and polish heads and intake and also cryo treat everything
option 2. I also have an assembled 383 long block. 4bolt mains, hbeam rods, 8.5:1 pistons(not forged)will swap out, and eldibrock heads. I will turbo

goal: I just want a fast truck. hell, low 12s and ill be happy. i want to go the cheapest and the easyiest route. im not going to be a cheap a**. im going to do it right. im just wondering which way would be best. though if im taking a motor out of the truck im replacing it with something strong and depenible that i will never have to worry about again

if i go v6, no questions asked, i know exactly whats going on. v8 though my biggest concerns and exhaust and intake.
 
jjorgensen52

jjorgensen52

NHSTE - I'm the only one!
Re: need to decide v6 or tv8

I think that I'd stick with a v6 for a 12 second truck... doing a turbo V8 swap is going to be a lot of custom work (and unless you do fabrication yourself, $$$$), and not really neccesary. My ty has been perfectly reliable and it'll run 12's (no timeslip yet but DM clocked it to a 12.95ish with 3 guys in the truck) at 18psi on pump gas (no alky either). The only thing I've broken thus far is a tranny :lol: and a few melted hoses which were my fault for not routing them carefully enough
 
SY2455

SY2455

70's Veteran
Re: need to decide v6 or tv8

Stay with the V-6 with your T-56 that will make another truck this way.:tup: :tup:
 
MRKING

MRKING

New Parts for Old Trucks
Re: need to decide v6 or tv8

maty111 said:
i want to go the cheapest and the easyiest route.
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Option 1 : You only need to rebuild and replace motor with parts you already have.


Option 2 : Get new motor mounts , re-wire engine bay and ecm , fab up some turbo manifolds , custom dp , make or find an intake to accept the stock upper I/C (unless you plan to switch to A2A) , then get your new combo custom tuned .




:roll: Which one sounds cheapest ? :roll:
 
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