Looks good dude. What heads are those? I have an 88' scsb that my dad bought new. It's a Silverado, but came with a 4.3, 5spd. It's now a 358, Muncie. I built it in the 90's, and strictly showed it all over the southeast. I've put 4 miles on it since 96'. Brodix heads, lightweight everything, bla, bla, bla.

Another shot...still has the Sport Truck tag on the back from a 98' shoot. It made Truckin' that year also.

Stock 350 efi heads.

Got the v6 frame brackets off after a couple of hours. Added new poly bump stops to the lower control arms for the lower stance and new poly motor mount inserts for the V8 swap, the new sway bar bushings and endlinks, and Belltech shocks in.

Energy Suspension 3.1128R Motor and Trans mount kits
Energy Suspension 9.9101R All Purpose Bump Stops
Belltech 8000 Nitro Drop 2 front shocks

If the wallet allows ....look at some vortec heads they flow pretty good for iron sbc heads. I believe gm performance also sells some nice heads and they aren't too pricey . As for the transmission the lt1 version will do you just fine . Provided you aren't doing 5500 rpm clutch drops ,running huge sticky tires . Realistically that Trans can take 550 lb-ft .

Looks great, can I ask how hard is it to replace the rubber mounts with the poly for your motor mounts?

I just went the cheapest route for getting the truck done, had the heads, intake, and short block laying around.

Just drill the rivets and hit with a hammer and the pop apart but the real fun is getting the mounts unbolted from the frame.

Ah yes, I remember that from my conversion. Fun it was!

I just remembered I never posted any results on the brakes.
Started to take apart the rear drums and found that one drum had parts fall out after taking the drum off and proceed to rebuild both sides with new springs and pads.
Then on to the front with the EBC yellow stuff pads and stock rotors which had the ABS ring on the back which I didn't up front just in the, so I just went to the local pick a part and got some ABS dust plates and bolted everything up.
Tested a few times and the average result was 112ft from 60mph and the brakes got hot but barely had any fade, but had a spongy pedal after about 5 attempts in a row which I figure is there is a little air and causing the fluid to boil.
I did some looking and that distance is better than some supercars of the day so I feel pretty good plus I can add rear discs and maybe get a few more feet out of it in the future.