ahhh thats gravy!!!!!!! 350 swap in that is a walk in the park........tackle it

 

Yeah it's not hard... just hard when you don't have a motor to swap it with. I'm not sure that 79 is gonna work as easy as I want. Its Carbureted and mine is TBI... so that might prove to be more difficult than I would like. Not to mention it doesn't have as many sensors and all that extra stuff mine has... well had

 

It could be done, just remember to disconect the in tank fuel pump, actually scratch that. There is an adapter that you could get so that you could bolt your stock tbi onto the 350 carb intake.

 

No way. I was thinking that there should be something like that. Sweet.

 

i'd do the swap to diesel Kayla, i just luv the sound of the 6.2 in my 'Burb when it clatters to life (get the "chills down my spine" sensation everytime). as for the Cummins swap, that'd be my dream (one day soon, i hope). if you do go the Cummins way, stick with the older 12-valve version. they're stonger & easier to install, than the 24-valve engine. plus they'll handle more power before needing beefed up.
while the 6.2 isn't the fastest diesel out there, but it'll still spin the rear tires if i'm not careful on quick launches. the biggest difference i noticed bewteen this one and my last 'Burb (5.7L truck) was, that empty or towing 8000 lbs., it'll acelerate the same from a standstill, s**t load of torque-great for bogging through the mud.

yeah, now they make some thing like that. i did a swapped the heads from a '89 350, onto an older carbed engine i was selling (to valuable of heads on the engine, and the cheap bastard didn't want to pay for them), when i found out that the inner intake bolts on a TBI are on a slightly different angle than a carbed engine. of course this was after i had the new heads rebuilt.

 

My dad and I went rounds on this a few years back when we had a suburban. It originally came with a 350 tbi, when my dad baught it in farmington nm, it had a carb 350 in it. Fast forward about 2yrs I came home from ftcky and told him he has the wrong engine. He doesn't understand why he uses so much fuel and cant pass emissions either. So I unwrapped about 5' of electrical tape and show him the ends of the tbi. Turns out that the in tank pump ran to the in block fuel pump so ofcoarse it's going to run rich and not pass smog and get terrible milage.

I figured out the problem and found the adapter for him, but he sold it was tired of putting money in it.

So yes their is an adapter to bolt the stock tbi onto the carb intake. I'll try summit first, but it's been awhile.

 

Found it. O'rielly's or Schucks.com Painless Wiring Throttle Body Adapter Part Number 60118. $133.99. It's a direct bolt on part. I hope this helps you get dirty girl back on the road soon.

 

bah go for broke get a custom bore big block and be done with it lol jk. the diesel idea does sound damn good though. and id for sure try to get the Cummins diesel, but like old school said you want the 12 valve nto the 24 valve those damn 24 vale bastards are just that bastards. good luck hope you get dirty girl on the road again soon

 

Just saw your MySpace...keep the helmet on, wear a tanktop or bikini top....maybe. Good luck w/ the truck repair though.

 

you can have mine after i put a 572 in mine :P

you can find a decent 6.0 with trans for around 1200 bucks with low miles