yea, I know there are tons of better motors out there, and a 12V Cummins is defenitially one of them. The thing is that I basically want to rebuild this truck for my grandfather, and that was the motor he chose back in 77 when he blew up the 454 that came in it. There may be a few late model 1 ton trucks with this motor in them, and I'ld like to keep this truck in those numbers. I'm not building a monster, just freshening up an old truck.
Yep, it'll use a little oil, smoke like a freigh train on start up, and no efi live for this one, but it lasted for 25 years on the first build, and i hate the idea of buying another new truck that i need a computer to troubleshoot.