After asking for thoughts on a kit to use for the s10 swap (
great responses), I went with an EZ swap kit with the transmission tunnel.
After getting it all mocked up and bolted up, I welded the mounts up for the bed and cab, trimmed the front frame and bolted up the core support.
The main issue is the exhaust from the 4.3 is inline with the trans mount so will fab up the exhaust when it comes to that.
I brushed on some rust encapsulator after wire-wheeling the frame and painted it up with chassis black.
I also swapped in a '99 4wd rear that’s 4” wider and comes with discs and a 3:73 gear per kit instructions.
Plumed the brake lines back in, gas lines to tank, cleaned tank, shortened driveshaft, new shocks, turned rotors, new front calipers and pads, 2” drop spindles, 3” blocks in rear and set the motor trans back in (moved 7” back with kit motor mounts).
