The oil pan in this truck is pretty close on the drivers side, Kind of toward the front. But it doesn't rub, luckily. The trans, same, close, but not touching. I didn't have to use a block of wood to clearance anything, which I was pretty pleased about.
The shifter rod, I had to do a little engineering to get it to shift the Allison correctly. I had asked around for a shift cable to hook the stock column to the Allison, but no luck. So went ahead and welded some stuff together to make it work.
No reinforcing of the frame yet. Seems to be holding fine so far. But, the rear is so light that all I get is either tire spin or horrible axle hop lol
Thanks Novak! I originally wanted to cummins swap, but the duramax was new and exciting to me. Got lucky and picked up the engine for a decent price and decided to give it a whirl. Had some help from a couple guys here on the forum, a couple of buddies around here troubleshooting the bad gremlins I had at first, and a LOT of research on wiring schematics.
It's kinda cool when someone stops and takes a double take thinking it's a 6.5 at first, but then I pop the hood and some get a huge smile across their face and others kind of get a spaced out look like they have no idea what they're looking at lol.
