Well chevyasylum,was kinda like it happened. Wife said buy a truck with automatic so I can drive it as you repair my chevy caviller. So I bought a 88 chevy 1500. traded s10 like 91 5 speed for it. Two weeks later I had a broken flywheel or flex plate . It ran with a high idle, 4.3 v6 automatic. No power, and hard shift 2 to 3. Was reading the stovebolt and decided to rat truck it.
Took 2.8 from chevy S10 andtrans automatic rebuilt engine placed in truck, So no 2.3.4 shift. trans cooked , no metal left on bands.. Pulled engine trans and got 200r4 from camaro. Bad idea 3 inches short on drive shaft end. What to do . 2.8 with trans will be new power for isuzu trooper 1989 vintage. Pulled 4.3 down found 30 thousands on bore rods and mains. OK so rering and power hone cylinder 4.3 come up nice,rebuild before not done by someone to with skill. Number six intake sawed off about 3/16 on end so was runing on 5 cylinders stead six. Long story short.
Rat Truck got
4.3 chevy v6 30 thousand bore mains and rods
rebuilt 700r4 from truck That was fun
install mustang buckets in cab
make jump seat between buckets with storage
weld motor mounts- hack on 2.8 convert
redo gauages with decal. lectric speedo
edelbrock intake and carb like 4 barrel
hei ignition.
right dash got switches. fuel ignition start.
just below heat air switch.
So what happening here?
RAT ROD.
Chevyasylum done a nice job and after looking at it a few times I said that's ole time hot rodding.
$1000 bucks I got a nock around truck, dialy driver with a little wump. figure end febuary I'm back on the rode.
So ratrod is fix it so ya got a runner at resonable cost and it goes fast. Or something like that.
Jbennett
40 burb
