whaddaya mean another one bites the dust? The 327 is of course not original but its what is in the truck. I wouldnt mind keeping the 327 in there and just putting the 700R4 behind it, but I thought since I have the 350 why not. I havent even checked to see if it is fuel injected or not, I'll open the hood today and have a looksee. I dont know much about lockup torque converters, I dont remember having those back in the 70's. I am reserved about the front clip grafting because I see so many of these trucks with the front clip conversion and really would like to see more straight axles out there with disc brakes and power steering. I realize they handle better with the camaro clip but I dont plan on doing any rally races, I just want to cruise the strip on a saturday night with my honeybunch.