Originally Posted by hoggyrubber
glad you saved that one from the crusher! did you find out the 230 was blown after you painted it? if so bummer. good lookin truck!

The 230 wouldn't carry any oil pressure. To make matters worse, I bought a good used runner 250 from a buddy for 100 bucks. That's the one I painted and detailed before installing. Once I got it running, zero compression on number 2 cylinder and lots of blue smoke. So, the 327 is actually the third engine in this truck in a month.