Old Rig?

All you need to make is $ 200 a week? You sould have made that clear sooner. Some where there is a flease/lease with your name on it.

 

I have changed my mind as you seem to know it will work. Please keep us updated. Post pics of the 454 swap.

 

Figured why try when I see he won't listen..........................

Yeah I want to see pics also..

 

What year Chevy motor? Some years were good, other years were crap. And to reiterate previous points made, you're just not gonna have the torque necessary to move a big truck. Think about it for a second. Chevy dropped the 454s into what? The big camper special pick-ups? Maybe some "heavy duty" pickup trucks? Pulling a total payload of how much? Maybe 4,000 lbs.? Good lord man! The tractor alone weighs more than that. Tractors typically come in around 10 tons, give or take. Add in trailer weight, plus weight of the load, and you'll be lucky if that gas engine of yours moves the tires two inches before the danged thing blows up! If you're set on that old Pete, good for you. Look into a good Cat or Detroit engine to drop into that beast, and away you go. There's a good reason why we don't use gas engines in big trucks anymore.

 

Somebody said that it couldn’t be done,
But, he with a chuckle replied
That "maybe it couldn’t," but he would be one
Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried.
So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin
On his face. If he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn’t be done, and you know what?
He couldn't do it!

 

ok....ok I'm gonna play along...............do you honestly believe.....and I mean honestly.............think a Chevy 454 will pull 80k??

I mean we all know it would take take a Ford 429 to really pull those hills.