My friend has a private mechanic that works on his race car...  he gave
me the idea to drop a V8 in my truck, took a look under my hood and
said hed definatly be able to do it... no problem. Looking around my
friends shop, I found 4 engines...  a 6 cylander gas engine, 6 cylander
deisel, a 1.9 liter TDI from a jetta, and a massive ford 351 windsor, I
pointed at it and asked my friend if I could have it, of course he said
sure... I pull my truck up, ready to do the swap when i notice that the
engine doesnt have a manual transmission

I will not drive anything but standard.  Never. Anyways, come to find
out, its not a 351, its a 391, its been bored out, new valves, new cam,
converted to EFI, and tons of other things (he has a super charger
laying around too).  I emailed a company that sells transmissions, and
guess what? They have a transmission, that will work with that engine,
but not only that but it has the 4x4 transfercase so I can keep my 4x4!
Thats over 500 foot pounds of pure torque.

I will keep you all posted on how this goes... all I know is that
engine.....  is very powerful, its the same one he has in his race car,
9 seconds, flat, holding a solid wheelie down the track...