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| | | | Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 9 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 9 | I am thinking of buying a 1963 chevy truck stepside shortbox. i also have a 1991 caprice classic... 53,000 miles. 1 owner nice car runs great !!! My question is how much trouble would it be to put the engine and tranny out of the caprice 5.0 liter fuel injected into the 63 chevy truck ?? | | | | | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 Riding in the Passing Lane | | Riding in the Passing Lane Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 | It,s a pretty basic swap. It kind of depends on what engine & trans is in there now. If its a manual trans you will have to remove the crossmember under the bell houseing. The biggest problem will be takeing all the computer & sensers & harness from the doner car & installing them. You could buy a special intake manifold & use a carb. & conventional dist.
They say money can't buy happiness. It can buy old Chevy trucks though. Same thing. 1972 Chevy c10 Cheyenne SuperIn the Gallery Forum | | | | | Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 9 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 9 | So your saying swap the intake and distributor and add a carb and I can do away with all computer stuff ? and the fuel injected stuff ? I have worked on the older engines all my life but not the new computerized stuff or fuel injected.
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