I really didn't need to see that, I've thought about doing that swap anyway and now that I've seen it done........

Cool rig, that is nice!! What are those tires? 33's or 35's?  

Yeah, he's still got some work to do.. He's buying new leafs to replace his flat ones, and he'll be getting new custom drivelines made. Right now he's running on a homebrew driveline that he made himself, just so he can test his ride out.

The tires are 35x13.50x15.
He's still pondering what color he's going to paint it when he's all done.



Thanks for all the comments!

Black with flames would really look good. And get one of those tinted window soft tops, would set it off nicely

Black with flames would really look good. And get one of those tinted window soft tops, would set it off nicely

I agree

To answer all your questions.
Why a 283?  I had a built one that a had sitting around.  I built it for street racing and wanted to see how it would work.
What kind of sheet metal work I did for the tranny?   I left the body lift in and I had to modify about 3 inches on each bottom corner of the tunnel.  I just took off the corner tabs.
What kind of fan?  I have a 16 inch fan pushing 3200 cfm.  But let us not forget the radiator. It is a triple core ford radiator.
How does the engine sit?  Since I had to leave the body lift in the engine sites level and the pan for both the engine and the tranny are above the bottom of the frame.  I used the stock mounting points for the tranny and t-case.  I just hade to make all the cross members.