Bought my old K5 back, now receiving a 5.3 swap...

[68Timber]

Did you do the full vert conversion?

[Ford Assassin]

Originally Posted by BRUISER

Did you do the full vert conversion?

Yes and no.

I bought the full convertible top, windshield frame, and door pieces (all from different K5's) over the years I owned it the first time. It was always my goal to do the full convertible conversion 'someday'.

I gave him the parts whem we made the trade and about a year after that he paid a body shop to do the conversion, add a factory style 4-point roll bar, and throw a paint job on it.

He didn't add the extra floor bracing though so I welded in 3x3" box steel under the floor and inside the rocker panels. It seemed to help alittle, but I still don't care for the squeeks and groans the body makes.

[68Timber]

Sounds like you're on top of it. Good looking truck, the swap sounds sweet.

[Ford Assassin]

I forgot to mention when I still owned the truck the first time I blew up the factory G80 option (posi) Eaton Gov-Loc 8.5" 10 Bolt and instead of rebuilding another weak rear end, I started over with a 9.5" 14 Bolt from a '89 3/4 Ton 'Burb with factory 4.11 gears and a Gov-Loc posi. Luckily the Gov-Loc in the 14 Bolt is much stronger and works alittle better than the 10 Bolt counterpart. Plus it has HUGE rear 13x3" drums so it brakes rather well. I had the factory 8 lug axles welded up and redrilled for the 6 lug pattern. Drums were just redrilled.

Originally Posted by BRUISER

Sounds like you're on top of it. Good looking truck, the swap sounds sweet.

I tend to change my mind alot on the direction I want to take.

Like I have already changed my mind about the 4L60e/NP241c down the road. Instead I am going to put a 4L80e so I can actually tow in overdrive without worries and it'll stand up to a turbo if I add one later. Plus it'll allow me to retain my stock NP208c transfer case just by changing the input shaft (on the T-Case) from the 1/2 ton 27 spline to the 3/4-1 ton 32 spline. The only downside is the 100 lbs extra the 4L80 weighs over the 4L60 and it will 'eat' alittle more power too, but I am not doing this build/swap to take a flyinh brick down the quarter mile either.
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