Big Ugly Tow Rig Build

[cj777]

I picked up an 82 3/4 ton Suburban off the forum a while back to tow my Jeep around. It's ugly, rusty, smelly, old and drives my HOA crazy It's got a 350 motor, granny 4 speed, and 14 bolt ff. I'm making some changes to it so I figured I'd start a build to track my progress.

Unfortunately, I didn't take any pics when I first got it. The two front windows were missing and a rear side window busted. After a few trips to junkyards, I rounded up all the replacement glass I needed. Here's a pic after cleaning it up really well and replacing and tinting the windows:

I drove it around a little bit over the next few months and the 350 just became more and more tired, struggling to move even it's own weight. I knew attempting to tow with it wouldn't be fun. I tried polishing it a little, with a tune up and a new intake and carb, but it was no use. This left me with two options, rebuild the little 350 or upgrade.

And now the fun part...I've had a weakness for displacement ever since I was a teenager. I decided the replacement would be a big block. After finding a suitable core, I sent it off to Boyette's Machine shop while I spent a few months collecting parts.

Finally, I collected all the parts to build my new 468. Here's the pile of parts so far. (yes that's my kitchen..the joy of being single

More to come as I upload the pics of the rebuild....

 

[Chris_Keziah]

Oh how I love big blocks Burbans are the redneck party wagon, anything you could ever want to do on the road you can do in a burban. Gonna be running carb or efi on the 468?

 

[Croatan_Kid]

The only thing that would have been cooler (gas motor wise anyway) would have been an 8.1 Vortec. Rock the fawk on with that 468 though! They're sweet for sure.

I love the blue on white scheme too. My dad's 85 K10 and a buddy's 84 Burb are the same color.


Go ahead and slap on some hydroboost, toss in an NV4500, and hook a trailer to it!

 

[cj777]

Oh how I love big blocks Burbans are the redneck party wagon, anything you could ever want to do on the road you can do in a burban. Gonna be running carb or efi on the 468?

Going to be running a Holley Street Avenger for now. This burban is really basic, manual everything, etc and I really like the simplicity of it. I want to keep it as simple as possible so I'm going to start with a carb. If the mileage is unbearable, I'll look into efi then.

 

[cj777]

Made a bit of progress on the motor.
The short block together:

Stock peanut port heads for low end torque, freshened up with new Ferrea valves:

Almost a long block:

And, because I couldn't resist....old school chevy orange

 

[VortecJeep]

That old blue and white burb takes me down memory lane. My Papaw had one when I was a kid that looked just like it. I'm jealous.

 

[nctom]

Beast

 

[cj777]

Finally had a chance to make a little more progress on the motor. Hopefully will get to drop it in next week.

 

[jeepinmatt]

Man that looks good!

 

[thirdstreettito]

Bump for updates!

 

[XJfreakHO]

Believe hes scrapped the idea, pretty sure I saw these goodies in the for sale threads!

 

[cj777]

Bump for updates!

Sorry, decided to pick up a diesel. The motor is sold, and the suburban is currently for sale