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Old 05-31-2009, 09:57 PM
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what do you guys think? how hard is it gonna be? hows the unibody gonna hold up?
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The unibody will hold up, but it will be a pain in the a$$ I'm still ironing out all my little bugs
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im thinkin bout having a shop do it when i deploy to iraq
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Going to cost you big time. There is just about nothing you will end up saving. Planning to use your stock tranny? If you are going to use a 305, you might as well use a 5.7 instead. You will be happier for what it will cost.
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im not too sure yet but im toying with the idea but i might just pull the drive line from an s10 or a blazer. im not too concerned about the money cause we all make extra when we deploy, i just dont want the head aches that come with doin it myself, but basically if i got an old 350 with the rest of the drive line i dont think it will be too hard since on the older ones everything was mechanical for the most part but i dunno yet its still just an idea im tossing around
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You could use a 350 with a 700R4 and 207 tcase. The only disadvantage is that it has a very long tail housing and I am not aware of a SYE for it.
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