So guys my suburban decided it wanted to put 4 pistons in the oil pan, guess bad gas 
. Anyway I bought another 8.1l and swapped over the came etc etc but left the turbo off this time. It got real old feeding it at 5 mpg. Long story short I kept all the parts and am looking for a fun project. With the stock motor trans etc we made it in the mid 13s. Not to bad for stock stuff and big turbo bolted on and it being 9000 lbs
Well this got me thinking. Something lighter swap the old 4l80e, 8.1l motor, fuel system and turbo kit into something lighter. I've always loved the Ty and figured it would make a bad asp ride for sure
Really only thing I'm missing is a ecu, a transfer case that will live and I'm sure differentials once they die.
So here are a few questions
1) anyone ever tried to do this swap. It's a traditional bbc that came in the trucks buts a tall deck
2). Where would one find a transfer case to live ( I had the one in the suburban rebuilt but that's a 3/4 ton truck so I'm assuming its a little stronger to start with)
3). At what point do the differentials die. I'm assuming they are not as strong as what the suburban had ( 11.5. 14 bolt and 9.25 front diff).
So what do you think? Any suggestions or ideas would be grate. I'm guessing on the same tune I had in the suburban it should make about 700 hp and god only knows on tq.
Also I'm not looking to cut up a nice truck, it would be something with damage or something that has had a hard life.
Other thought was a 90-96 Chevy caprice just because they are almost free at this point. But I'm sure I could ever get it to hook. On boosted launches in 4 hi on the suburban it would spin the 35s.
. Anyway I bought another 8.1l and swapped over the came etc etc but left the turbo off this time. It got real old feeding it at 5 mpg. Long story short I kept all the parts and am looking for a fun project. With the stock motor trans etc we made it in the mid 13s. Not to bad for stock stuff and big turbo bolted on and it being 9000 lbs Well this got me thinking. Something lighter swap the old 4l80e, 8.1l motor, fuel system and turbo kit into something lighter. I've always loved the Ty and figured it would make a bad asp ride for sure
Really only thing I'm missing is a ecu, a transfer case that will live and I'm sure differentials once they die.
So here are a few questions
1) anyone ever tried to do this swap. It's a traditional bbc that came in the trucks buts a tall deck
2). Where would one find a transfer case to live ( I had the one in the suburban rebuilt but that's a 3/4 ton truck so I'm assuming its a little stronger to start with)
3). At what point do the differentials die. I'm assuming they are not as strong as what the suburban had ( 11.5. 14 bolt and 9.25 front diff).
So what do you think? Any suggestions or ideas would be grate. I'm guessing on the same tune I had in the suburban it should make about 700 hp and god only knows on tq.
Also I'm not looking to cut up a nice truck, it would be something with damage or something that has had a hard life
. Other thought was a 90-96 Chevy caprice just because they are almost free at this point. But I'm sure I could ever get it to hook. On boosted launches in 4 hi on the suburban it would spin the 35s.
