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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kensington" data-source="post: 28048" data-attributes="member: 15173">Hello all, I was recommended to stop by this forum for some of the random questions I have with my newer project, and learn from the community.Vehicle: 1-owner truck spent its whole life in Alabama. 2wd, 5.3 truck with basically no rust (what I’d consider no rust living in the rust belt.) Truck is pretty straight, with some bumps and scrapes, but good base overall. [ATTACH=full]5696[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]5697[/ATTACH]First year of ownership was just getting it in a good driving condition. Shocks all around, rotors and pads all around with rear calipers. UCA’s and ball joints. Started working on things this spring and did an EGR delete, replaced front bottom seat foam and entire metal frame base, and an Airaid tube to the stock airbox. Over the winter, new (to me) steering wheel, 3.5mm stereo adapter using AUX/CD harness, rebuilt cluster.As the weather gets better, I’ve got the following on hand ready to go in…-34” Delphi radiator -Dorman efans -Michigan Motorsports efan harness-HP Tuners MPVI4 (for EGR tune out and efan for now)-Motive/Timken master rebuild kit for the 8.5/8.6-Detroit TrueTrac -20” Honeycombs (need tires, and will eventually need refinish)-freshly painted valve covers (have spares and the current valve cover gaskets are toast)This spring also just needs the following…-full brake bleed/fluid swap-rebuilt ABS module-LCA’s (need some opinions on whether to go DJM or go stock design with lowering knuckle)-lowering shackles-body/paint work-refreshing all light covers-new grille-new windshield and covering to rear sliding glass-soft tonneau I also have a Gen IV L96 (6.0 LY6 with flex fuel injectors), sitting on an engine stand in my garage. Extremely low hour engine, that had some junk go through the oil pump. Needs an oil pump and bearings, and I would at minimum throw a cam and springs at it (which is not good news for the 4L60…) or potentially go full 408 build with forged internals.[ATTACH=full]5698[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]5699[/ATTACH]Some things on my radar that I want to do, some sooner rather than later…-headers and exhaust (what and how is completely up in the air.)-transmission dilemma (4L60 is currently meh, does hang the 2-3 shift). Do I rebuild the 4L60 to hold what the 6.0 will eventually make? Do I step up to a 4L80? What I’d want to do, in an ideal world, would be T56/magum/6060 swap. Automatics really aren’t my jam, which is why I’m sort of hymming and hawing about what I want to do in the near term. This is never going to be a “race truck” just something fun to drive around town in, has a nice rumble, maybe eventually handle well (4-link or go crazy town IRS depending on space and $$$$). MAYBE do some sort of drag and drive with no pretenses about being competitive in any class.</blockquote>