Reman'd Engine Break In Procedure?

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Originally Posted by carringb

No, not attempting that. I talked this over with John at QuadVan previously. Pretty much a no-go without trimming the firewall for valve cover clearance, which would then require building a new doghouse.

Making a dog house with a good fit that can still make it over the seat and out the door reasonably seems non-trivial. Yeah, I'd draw a firm line before that as well.

The 2-valve with Banks Powerpack makes the same power as the 3-valve anyways. I will have to figure out the driver side header for 4x4 clearance. I'm leading towards just clocking the t-case and running a 2-piece front driveline, and keeping the headers intact. Option B is having the header cut and re-welded (which QuadVan did for "factory" Chinook 4x4 conversions), but it's quite a but of labor, and would require the same mod if I ever damaged the header.

If they had a CARB sticker for the regular van I'd be invested in figuring this out as well.

The one thing I am pretty set on is doing a 6R140 swap, as soon as Baumann Electronic Controls has their standalone TCM finished (they have the 6R80 controller out now).

That's a pretty substantial change with substantial benefits. Good luck with that!!