hey thanks guys on the help its the original 2.6 block wat started this whole build was when i let my dad barrow my truck last winter it was about -2 out side and the truck over heated when he was drivin too work once i got the truck back home noticed the fact that water was pouring out from the back of the block and my oil looked like a chocolate frosty form wendys so at that point my mind was made up 249,000 miles it was time for a rebuild so once i got my motor pulled i found my water leak i had a large pipe running frome the back of my water pump around theback of my block to my carb well the pipe had splt lke someone had poped a zit thus the truck overheating the deeper into my build the more horrifed i was my camshaft was garbage i had deep grooves worn into it in more than one spot the head gasket wanst just blown it had completely burned a large hole in the gasket between cylnder # 2-3 my head was cracked between the intake and exaust valves on 3 cylnders the exaust manifold on clynder #4 was cracked all the way aroun before all 4 pipes merged into one on the boton end it had spun the main bearing and carved up the crank pretty good and the piston walls didnt look to pretty so fist things first i had to take wat was salvageable of my truck to my local machine shop had the crank turned they took off 0.10" rod and 0.10" main new bearings and had th block shot blasted pressure checked and bored 0.20" over and had the head shaved 1.00mm ordered a full motor rebuild kit from rock motors in tampa florida but when i got the kit i wasnt impressed wit the pistons so i set them aside and orderd a better set my buddy at the machine shop know of a good head shop in cincinatti so fedex 2 day was the they took my cracked head and used it to cast a completely new head and assembled it wit shims valves springs retainers the works new water pump new radiator and newlight weight flywheel and clutch new bearings and syncs in the trans and ready to go back in the truck i'll try to get som pics up of the build and the horrible tear down total cost a lil over 3k