Quote Originally Posted by afroman006 View Post
So I'm considering jumping off the diesel bandwagon. I'm prety sure the vibration from pigpen's motor is what cracked the tranny case and I'm prety much tired of not being able to hear over my engine on the trail. From what I've seen on eGhey, I can get either a fully equiped 5.3, or a 7.4 exactly like the one in my crewcab with about the same mileage for about the same price. There is much more aftermarket support for the 5.3 from what I've seen but out of the box, 5.3's average about 360 ft lbs. stock and my 7.4 is rated at 411 ft. lbs. Then there's the 6.0's to think about. A little more powerful but a bit more pricey.

Then there's the tranny situation. Obviously the one TH400 I have is ****ed beyond repair now. I have another TH400 at my shop that needs a rebuild, but now I'm a little shy of using an aluminum cased automatic. Which brings me to the SM465, my only doubts are the initial cost because I dont have anything relating to it already, and the issues associated with adding a doubler later.

Ideas/opinions/suggestions/ etc?
While I understand your situation, Pigpen not having a diesel under the hood would be as wrong as two boys ****in. I mean, it just aint right. Find a 6.5 turbo and a 4l60/4l80 and keep wheelin.

In all reality, 6.0 or 454 w/ a sm465 behind it and 203/205 doubler. My choice would be 454 w/ da pane (just because I don't want to catch the FI gheyness fred ). The 454/465 will be easy to source parts for atleast.