It will make the steering feel heavy and mess with the trucks weight distribution. It's going to need a suspension/spring upgrade to deal with the extra weight without making it feel like it's under steering. If there's an alloy block smaller displacement V8 option that would shed a few lbs, that would be an option.
With my 360 swap I set the engine back as far as I could and with aluminum head and relocating the battery to the back of the truck front axle weight is 1760 lbs with me in it. According to the service manual the front gross axle weight is 1810 lbs. I'm 50 lbs under gross axle weight although I'm running an entire rebuilt stock front suspension with polyurethane bushings and I feel the truck rides and drive better with the extra weight. Manual steering is a lot heavier, but not terrible.Originally Posted by geezer101
I was lucky as I was able to retain nearly the same front/rear weight distribution as stock.
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