if i wanted to build a hot 1/2ton street truck with a 6spd trans, that would actually retain "truck" abilities (i.e. pulling, lots of torq), what would be the BEST way to go about it?


1. buy a high mileage truck, completely remove stock motor/trans and start fresh with a donor 5.7LS1/6spd?

2. buy a 5.3 based truck, mod the engine and adapt a 6spd?

3. buy a 1/2ton truck and install a "truck" 6.0, then try to adapt a 6spd to it?



misc. questions
-are the electronics compadable from 5.3 to 5.7, 4.8 to 6.0, 5.3 to 6.0, etc........ you get the idea?
-will the stock gauges work if a motor swap was done, being as all the motors are in the Gen III family?
-will a 6spd simply bolt up to a 5.3 or 6.0?
-would it benefit to use a LS6 style intake on a 5.3 or 6.0 Gen III engine?

Thanks Very much for any valuable information
eric