Quote Originally Posted by gassersrule_196
it aint no hot rod but thee oll work truck will be needing a motor soon and since i drive one of those new <07>silverados at work with the 6.0 ls style motor ive gotten to thinking how cool it would be to have one of those motors in the truck <1980 3/4 ton 4x4>. ive heard the bellhousing are the same as they are running turbo 400's behind them in drag racing <the camaros> and guys are starting to pick up the 6.0 blocks from salvage yards. so can it be done? motor mount spots the same? can they be dealt with? i wanna have a god running truck with good gas mpg i think it would be cool!
Just think about the electronics - including the tranny and probably the transfer case and possibly the 'shift on the fly' hubs, O2 sensors, fuel tank and electric fuel pump, etc. that you would need to change. Best bet, buy an entire donor truck(roll over/rear end hit), jack out all of your old parts and install the donor truck driveline and electronics and 'etc'.. Other then that, no big deal