i have also been contemplating that. do you know how much HP a stock 283 has? always been curious about that. i was leaning more towards the 350cid setup out of the may edition of hot rod magazine. it is a 2600 dollar system that pushes 380HP. i usually only have to pull trailers and implements a few miles. five at most. i love the 283 motor but i think you are right. i think i need to push more HP for this truck. oh and the we never put more then 6000 pounds of cattle in the trailer but that was just to be easy on the c20.
Jonathan
