88-98 350 into an 86

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Originally Posted by kevinr1970

If yours is a "K" (4x4) then the tranny won't work. I believe on the newer trucks the transfer case drops on the driver side.
The engine won't have a provision for a mechanical fuel pump either so plan on coming up with something for that. Which isn't even considering the newer engine will be be TBI (88-95/96) or MPFI(?) (96/97-00) and yours is carb'd.

I have a friend that put a newer passenger car engine in his Suburban and he pulled it not long after he installed it. He said he found out later that that the torque curve of the passenger car engines isn't the best for a truck. But if your getting a truck engine you should be fine.

I am only about 80% sure of this so you might check other sources before taking my word for it.

wouldn't it have been easier to swap the cam than to pull motor back out? maybe swap gears to get the torque where it needed to be?