Re: Front engine swap Reply #20 – May 25, 2014, 09:17:34 pm I'm betting it will be right for the task. The donor vehicle is a comparable vintage MD truck. Its cabover box truck on a MD frame. About the same ratings as the original GM incomplete chassis. It was rebuilt by a local shop. They may have the build sheet in a file. Or maybe in the cab. Worst case I open up the engine on a stand & check out the innards. But y'all are right about the difference in duty cycles. Don't send a boy to do a man's job..... It would be a real drag to get it back together & blow it up on its maiden voyage. But the donor engine has sat for 16 years.... He does understand the YMMV concept & the risk associated with letting an engine sit in a field. I've worked in a couple of speed shops. Once in a blue moon you get a bad component & you get to see a fresh rebuild implode with little to no warning. If you have a good day, you can salvage some of it, a bad day & you watch $5,000-$10,000 vaporize Thats why I don't have a race car. I live vicariously through those who do! Quote Selected
Topic: Front engine swap