If You Are Planing On Dropping A 350 I Would Stay With The Older Truck It Would Be More Adaptive Because Less Elctronics If You Are Just Looking For A Standard Truck To Drive Go With The Newer One. A Freind Of Mine Tried To Put A 350 In A 94 S-10 And The Computer Wouldn't Act Right With It So He Put It In A 88 S-10 4x4 And It Runs Like A Champ