Originally Posted by
trayfoe
Thank you sir, well here is what im doing. I am putting a de motor in my hardbody and was wondering if I am going to boost this motor would it be better to buy the car motor and switch the oil pan and pickup tube or get the truck motor and swap the intake and other thing if there are any like cams and such?
i can't recall anything really being different internally. the cams could be different but it would be so slight that it wouldn't really matter either way. if you get a 240 KA, 91-93 cams are a little better (240in/248ex vs 232in/232ex) than 94-98 years.
did your truck originally have an SOHC?
if it had a DOHC, it's probably easier to stick with the truck based motor. you can still boost that without having to change intake manifolds and stuff. and the electronics/harnesses are probably better matched up for it.
it's not a common type of swap, but i doubt it would be anything you couldn't figure out. strength wise, either is built pretty much the same, so with a good tune, it should be able to handle some power.