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Message: <blockquote data-quote="INW-Iron-Steel" data-source="post: 27616" data-attributes="member: 11733">Okay, I have recently been having some crazy thoughts about building an engine for this thing. I have thought for a long time that a 6.0 should be under the hood. Finding a low mileage, swap ready 6.0 is becoming hard. The ones that do exist are expensive. Enter the early long crank 6.0s. They seem to be plentiful and cheap with low miles.I have a 4.8 with bad heads in storage (Original engine from this pickup). I am considering the idea of putting a 4.8 crank and rods in the 6.0 block with freshened up 317 heads. That combo would go in the 04. The long 6.0 crank supposedly works with older SBC transmission applications (th350/700r4/4l60) without a spacer. At this point I would have two 4.8/5.3 blocks, two sets of pistons, and a good set of 862 heads. With the 6.0 crank/rods this would effectively be a long crank 5.3 with flat top pistons. I could then put this in the Burb. Is my thinking flawed? Someone tell me I am crazy because I am seriously close to pulling the trigger on an early low mile 6.0</blockquote>