Thread: I6 to 454 Swap?
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Old 04-25-2019, 04:30 PM   #8
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Re: I6 to 454 Swap?

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Originally Posted by 87 STEPPER View Post
I'm not sure what the roads are like in Greer but if you drop that rat motor in your truck and don't change your front springs your gonna bottom out your suspension and maybe wipe out your lower control arms.

If your gonna lower the truck do it the correct way and either get drop spindles or dropped coil springs for a BBC C10. Don't use the weight of the engine to lower the vehicle and expect it to work like it was designed to.
Agree 100%. I will lower it with spindles and i will replace the coils. I dont need to bounce for an hour after hitting a bump.
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