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Those trucks are throttle body fuel injected. Everybody knows that throttle body sucks. Edelbrock makes a kit to upgrade it to port i do believe. They did a build of one on Trucks! one time. I've never even seen one in real life though lol. But they are sweet, i like that body style.
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Originally Posted by devin_deville
A buddy of mine had one and they were turds at racing but could pull like you wouldn't believe. They were only rated at 230hp compared to the old TBI 350 rated at 215 but I think the TQ on the 454 was something like 450 ftlbs! I know a '97 vortec 350 would eat them alive at the track...I still wanted one! :LOL:
Here you go man, this is that episode of Trucks! i was talkin about. MuscleTrux
Thats a list of all the stuff they did to it. It was bad ass man.
They dont stop for crap. You buy one count on spending thousands to upgrade to real brakes.
it's the fuel injection that is the problem. it is very restricting in air and fuel. shave the heads, throw in a decent cam and carb and you'll have a 400+hp monster.Quote:
Originally Posted by pl4yboy
damn! that's cheap. i couldnt find one cheaper than $10,000Quote:
Originally Posted by mcalestermatt
I had a 1990, it was slow, but man i looked good, adn sounded awesome. love the interior to. those seats where so comfortable.
Possibly the best looking factory chevy truck built. I started to buy one in 98 and after driving it I was terribly disappointed. Looks were deceiving. Nothing a crap load of cash could not fix.Quote:
Originally Posted by LARRY01Z28
Or just a bottle. We have been thinking and tinkering about build one, just too many other projects to get. You had a couple of options depending on year, T400 or 700r4 I think was the O/d tranny of that day. Easy to tell by the decals on the side. Square ss or more swoopy ss. I liked the truck not a fan of the RED though... All black whould have been nicer I think...
Neighbor got one, off ebay. Told it was all perfect. Had it deleiver, the bed on the bottom side was GREEN.. LOL perfect just not origanal.... Good luck I always believe buy and build what you want, and do not worry about the rest.
Same here. Started to buy one 2 years ago till i drove it. Should of got it tho they were only asking 5200 for it and it was in perfect shape with only 70k on it.Quote:
Originally Posted by zeake
Pull the 454 and drop a 572.