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Let me just lok at the rest of my DVDs here...... Lord of erection or Erection of War One hour erection The Devils Erection Beavis and Butthead Do Erection Tears of the erection Rules of erection Queen of the erection 40 days and 40 erections A beautiful erection The erection of emily rose Spy erection Happy erection Red erection cruel erections The erection king House of 1000 erections Pearl erection Kiss of the erection Erection in 60 seconds Blue erection First erection Body toning erection The last erection Walk the erection The erection key Erectionworld Erection guys Erection of heaven erection city The erection and the furious Fallen erection Sweet home erection Mr and Mrs erection For the love of the erection Pumping erection Erection Inc. Harry Erection Erection age

Black Erection down.

The LCA has to come off, but I would probably try to find a donor to replace all that cancer.

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Anything except Castrol or Quaker State.

That was the original point of this thread FLA, I agree I would love to keep it "pure" Nissan, but after looking at the cost, it only makes sense to go V8. This will not be driven on the road, except to and from the OHV. And it will be seeing very extreme climbs, I plan on keeping up with the truggies around here, making it not street friendly. And as far as the cost of gas, it will probably get better mileage on the trails due to the better low-end. ETA: propane is much cheaper than gas.

Now keep in mind I probably would not even consider putting a SBC into a Pathy, I am putting a Pathy on a SBC

It's about time you chimed in 88! There are several reasons for propane. Propane like EFI can still run even if your upside down, LPG however needs no electronics like the EFI CPU. LPG is cheaper than gasoline, and the setup is about half that of EFI. There is virtually no maintenance involved with a LPG setup, the most common problem is a small bladder inside the mixer that can be changed on the trail in about five minutes. A LPG fed engine tends to need less maintenance due to no carbon build-up. LPG is also much better for the environment. And last but not least, the exhaust smells cool!

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And that is converting it to propane. I was going to rebuild the VG anyway and probably would have spent alot more than that trying to get around 200hp.

The SBC is going to be a whole lot cheaper.

To bad it wasn't closer to Thanksgiving, my mom is driving here from KC. I could just send it back with her and you'd only have to drive a few hours to get it.

kmgar99, this will be a crawler and not see over 4k RPM very often. Sweet Chevelle BTW!

Give me a Chevy or a Nissan and thats all I need.

Wow has everyone had a bad experience with SBCs? Since when is one of the all time greatest engines unreliable? In my case the low-end torque will be a great addition to a heavy crawler.

No, I enjoy giving my mom ulcers.

Or I could just run gas and be a whole lot cheaper.

A 350 Turbo AT with manual valve body works great!

Quick analysis. SBC Mains bearings $50 Rod bearings $50 Cam & lifters $140 Timming gears $120 Gaskets $20 Propane conversion $600 $980 VG30 Main bearings $50 Rod bearings $50 Cams $550 Timing belt&tensioner $70 Gaskets $150+ Head work $400 $1270+

Like I said in the original post I wouldn't even consider it if I had another AT option. I refuse to use a MT when hill climbing, I go to enjoy myself, not to be slinging gears all day long. I actually love the VG30, it's whats behind it that bothers me. In the past I have thought about getting another VG to set on the frame to make swapping over the cab a little quicker. This way I can have all suspension, engine, and drivetrain all in place before popping the cab loose from the existing frame. I think I am going to go ahead with this, since the VG was going to get an overhaul anyway, this will be my cheapest route both in the long and short.

Agreed, I have cut my heat sheilds off and it gets HOTTTT!

Well MZ, I didn't know you felt that way.....I guess I'll have to start hanging out at myjeeprocks.com....*sniffle* maybe they'll like me

Yesterday I was given a four-bolt main Chevy 350 for my cLE project. Originally I wanted to keep it as much Nissan as possible, so I would not taint the great Nissan badge. However I have MANY years tinkering with the SBC and know far more about it. The motor is in perfect running condition, all I would do is replace the low-end bearings as a precaution. I would not even consider this swap if it were not for the weak Nissan A/T. If I go this route I have an unlimited supply of Chevy drivetrain components. The question is, would I be turning my back on the great Nissan name? And, would you all still love me if I didn't have a purebred? :confused:

That is the biggest weak link on all of our trucks, good luck finding one. BTW, I am going to be taking my old one to a guy nearby who is known for "engineering" strong AT's, to see if he wants to tear into mine.