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Originally Posted by Matts ford
you will be spending more time getting the 460 to fit than anything else. IMO its not worth it but it is possible. plus you'll have to figure that the 8.8" rear end wont hold up so well to a 460 like it does to a 4.6. what kind of numbers would you guess the engine will put out? you have to have some fab skills or find someone with some good fab skills to make the engine fit right. nothing is the same in your truck as the trucks that already had the 385 series engines in them. then you have to figure the time for the transmission(i'm assuming you'll choose the c6?) and routing everything for it. plus the driveshaft and angles to deal with. it'll be tough but if you can and want to do it then go for it. it'll be an interesting project.
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Nah--already swapped in the 9.75 rear from an '02. If possible, I'd go with a complete 5 speed/4x4 xfer (not a fan of a/t's myself, but I do have the C6, it just needs a LOT of attention, so if I can go with an already complete, ready-to-go tranny/xfer case, great) case out of a 385 truck (what was the last year for them? 1995?), so all that there'd be would be the issue of actually fitting the motor into that engine bay, and the issues of motor mounts lining up. As for sitting on the engine stand for 20 years, it wasn't finished. The reciprocating assembly was put together, the heads mounted, and that was about it. The rest of all of the gaskets are still NIB.
Anyway, judging from responses so far, I take it that that's a big NO, no one has ever done that. OK. I was thinking over my 8 hour drive hauling that behemoth out here to the Hills that a 496ci, 450-500Hp Big block would definitely do that truck justice
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