Ian Johnson has all the fun projects! This latest one is no different. He’s building a bitchin 1960 Chevy C10 pickup into an ultra capable long travel prerunner, and besides getting a late model chassis swap, and a ton of suspension, it is also getting a smart budget LS rebuild in preparation for a set of twin turbos. As Ian says in the video, there are tons of videos out there on budget or junkyard LS engine builds, but he’s trying to do this one a little differently by choosing smart parts that will live under the strain this engine is going to experience.
Video Description:
My latest TV Project on Build for Off Road is a twin turbo long travel pre- runner build. Starting with a 1960 C10 body, I have frame swapped it onto a 2003 Silverado 1500 with a Dirt King Fab long travel kit, and to make it even more cool I have decided to add twin turbo’s to the 5.3 under the hood.
But in order to prep the engine for this twin turbo package I needed to “freshen” up the engine. There are a lot of engine rebuild videos out there, but I wanted to do this one as a “budget” type build with the right parts upgraded for specific reasons.
