Keep or swap...
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This motor that I got in here, is it worth messing around putting a rebuilt or a reman trans behind this 318 that's got a quarter of a million miles? I'd love to find a later Coronet body and put the 318 in it, Any suggestions?
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The bones of the vehicle are in really good shape, as far as the inside goes, it's a different story lol. I was going to make it a work truck kind of thing... I don't know. I just know that with the 5.2, the truck was me, if that makes any sense. I don't know if you remember talking about it before, but I was wanting to put a standard in it kind of like the old RamCharger.
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I'm a firm believer that 300K is a good number for a engine .... 250k Is not bad .... but is time to consider a rebuild no matter how well it runs.
Just depends on if you want to keep the vehicle. .... I have a 1993 caravan with 187K miles on it, the rebuilt transmission has 22K miles and the used engine I installed has 135K.
I have a 1991 chebby Silverado truck with 430K miles on the truck .... runs and drives like a new truck .... no idea how many actual miles on the drive train ....
All it takes is $$ and time to do repairs and maintenance .... depends on you if you have a vehicle you love enough to maintain it.
Hint .... is cheaper then a car payment and full coverage insurance.