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my grandfather recently gave me gave me a 283 and i was thinking about putting it into my luv.i was wondering if the stock rearend hold up

It will hold as long as you don't build up the engine too big, but if it starts to hookup hard it want last long. With a stock 283 it should make for a great around town ride and be very cool.

its not a totally stock 283 its got a mild cam and its bored put a little bit

The 283 even hopped up will be just fine in your truck and the rear will live fine as long as you don't put real sticky tires on it and try drag racing as it will break at some point.

I had a .060 over 283 big cam,14lb. flywheel and a 4 spd. in my truck for 2 years and no problems and i ran it hard but i didn't have sticky tires so they were my safety for the rear and it got good fuel mileage to.

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1978 pro street step/side 455Buick, 4sp,4.11s, 31/18.5s

You could find a 90=91 isuzu pup that came with the 2.6 and it has a 12 bolt in the rear with disk brakes just a tad wider but you could get that back with back spaced rims.

.125 overbore gives you a 301 cubic inch engine.... They were killer engines in the day.

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75 Luv, 350 V8, TH350, Camaro rearend. New 1975 Luv Step side. Stock for now.
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