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Old Jul 9, 2017 | 12:50 AM
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Hi Guys,

I'm Steve, I have been a SBC holdout for way too long, decided to take the plunge and swap my 84 K20 pickup, I justed picked up a 2012 LMG Gen IV 5.3... gonna be stoked to have a lot more than 140hp the 6.2 Diesel had.

I own a company called Fortify Offroad, we do coilover conversions on chevy squarebodys, etc.. I also have a I beam K5 that will likely get some batshit crazy turbo ls.

We also race a K5 in Class 3.. its also SBC powered.. not sure if that will get swapped but its cool.
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Old Jul 9, 2017 | 05:23 PM
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Hi Steve, welcome.
My first BAJA was in 1970 with drivers as Walker Evans, Pony (PJ), and Ivan Stewart (Iron Man).
My engine work. (Stroppe)
I was Corkey's "secert weapon" his name for me.
Today we have many customers in the Desert.

I can be of great help as I manufacture the ECU to run your 5.3.

Would you be interested ?

Lance
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Old Jul 9, 2017 | 06:07 PM
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Hey Pantera, thanks but I am wanting to stick with the gm ecu mainly because when it pukes or if I blow it up I can run to the junkyard and buy another one, I also would like to be able to offer my customers OEM conversions. I appreciate your offer though. We might be able to do something on my prerunner because that is already so far from reality it doesnt matter.
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