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Message: [QUOTE="Matt_P, post: 470398, member: 277"] Well as many know I put this build on hold since I did the swap in my king ranch kind of out of nowhere and used all the donor parts I had for the 86 for the king ranch. Well now that the king ranch is up and running, its time to get back to this one! Big thanks to Matt Kelly, I got an industrial 12v engine for this truck now. Its in pretty rough shape, been sitting a while with the head off so it will need a full rebuild like my 24v did, but that was expected. Luckily Im in my custom engine building class right now where Im in a shop with every single top of the line machining tool I need to rebuild this engine and do all the machining. We even have a nice sunnen crank balancer as well. So starting tomorrow Ill tear down the bottom end and the head. Shot blast/hot tank and magnaflux everything that needs it and go from there. The cylinder walls have some good rust in them so im expecting to have to go .020 over. The plans with the engine are: Bore .020 over Check main and rod journals and hone as necessary Magnaflux head, Im assuming it will need new guides and possibly a couple new valves unless I can clean them up Deck the block Deck head Balance the crank, rods, pistons, etc so it will have a fully balanced bottom end Do complete rebuild on engine. I know it will need new injectors as well and the engine had no turbo, Im thinking I may just go with a set of 5x.012 and an HE351 since I wont have funds to do a ton of performance on this thing and be able to get the truck done for a while. The p-pump I have with it is most likely just good as a core, but Ill probably take it and the injectors to columbus diesel supply to have checked out. When I was down at Matt's I also had him order me a set of ARP 12mm head studs and 60lb valve springs so those will be going in as well. Then I need to get an alternator, new water pump, one more rocker arm setup cause it was missing and other little odds and ends. I want to try to have this be a fresh built long block ready to drop in the truck in three weeks time. Thats the goal. Then it will sit all wrapped up til its ready to go into the truck, but since I can do all the machine work myself for free I figure now is the time to take advantage. Then I want to move on to getting the rest of the truck ready for the engine this winter For a trans Im either going to run an NV4500 or ZF-5, I already have one with an auto so might as well go manual for this one. Here is the engine: [ATTACH=full]96669[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]