I am new here, hence the post in the new members area. I have a 1986 GMC Jimmy, full size. At the moment it has a 4" suspension lift and a 3" body lift with 35" tires, a 350 cu. in. with a mild cam upgrade, dual plane Edelbrock intake and Edelbrock carb, and I also put in a 12 bolt rear diff. with a posi unit. My next upgrade will be a 454 which led me here to seek any advice I can get about doing the engine swap and what sort of problems I may run into so I can be prepared.

 

Welcome to the Forum.

 

Welcome! Goodness upgrade from a 350 to 454? You must want to be ripping stumps out of the ground!

 

That's why I joined too! I'm slapping a built 496 BBC in my K5. Lets start a build thread together so we can help eachother out! That would be cool with pics and stuff

 

Welcome to the forum. Have any pics of your K5 to share? I'm looking forward to seeing your build and swap.

 

Welcome from northern Minnesota!

 

I will take a few pics of mine, but at the moment it isnt anything to look at, LOL I live in Wisconsin so I have spent a lot of time and money fixing all the rotted out sections. I have replaced the rear floorpan, tailgate, rocker panels, doors, front floor pan pieces. Only thing I have left is fenders, radiator support, and some patch work under the windshield in the cowl area. I have owned the truck for 18 years and was my daily driver for most of those. When I replaced the camshaft I had to cut a vertical support on the radiator support, who would have thought there wouldn't be enough room with so much room in the engine compartment. Anyway, I will take some pics of my truck as it is now and of the running 454 I pulled out of a 1977 Suburban that had a factory towing package. I paid $300 for the truck 13 years ago and drove it 3 hours back home with the mice that were living in it, I also had to cap off a brake line at the proportioning valve before I drove it home cuz it was leaking, so it was pretty fun driving on the highway with only front brakes.

 

Hi jimmy welcome to the world of blazer forums......