A Look Underneath T1...

[Sierra Dan]

The more I look at the info and your great write-up on these, the more I have faith/hope in GM actually making strides over our K2 designs.

Sure, the new interiors were not updated to "RAM" standards.... but at least there is an aluminum skid plate from the factory finally!  LOL

 

[MaverickZ71]

Man, they musta hired extra people just to put paint pen marks on everything to make us think stuff had been inspected!  

[Sierra Dan]

5 minutes ago, MaverickZ71 said:

Man, they musta hired extra people just to put paint pen marks on everything to make us think stuff had been inspected!  

These marks remind me of Graveyard Cars TV show, when they restore all the Mopar vehicles!  LOL

Every nut, bolt and part on them has some sort of mark.

[2017Darkness]

A quick tour under the RST Z71 Crew cab that came in Monday. 
 
First up, the truck and tow label.
 

Our first Trail Boss

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[Jr09country6.2]

 
Seemed quieter running when I pulled it on the rack.  Starts up twice as fast too (crank time is rapid). 

Probably because of the beefed up starter since the auto start/stop is on them.

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[newdude]

22 minutes ago, Sierra Dan said:

The more I look at the info and your great write-up on these, the more I have faith/hope in GM actually making strides over our K2 designs.

Sure, the new interiors were not updated to "RAM" standards.... but at least there is an aluminum skid plate from the factory finally!  LOL

 

With anything new, especially a total rework such as T1, I'm sure there will be growing pains.  GM claims they put way more R&D into T1 than any truck before it.  We shall see.  I was snooping around it last night before I left.  If there is any meh on interior trim, its the console sides and some of the upper most dash. 

[Sierra Dan]

the Meh for me would have to be the Gauge Cluster. Just something about the background or Font style of the lettering is less than impressive.

My SLT cluster looks Denali Like compared to the T1 cluster. Just my humble opinion.

Even the T1 Denali and High Country have a boring cluster.

[newdude]

15 minutes ago, Jr09country6.2 said:

Probably because of the beefed up starter since the auto start/stop is on them.

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Good point forgot about that LOL. 

[swathdiver]

That engine bay looks like my old minivan's.  Truck looks great though.

[newdude]

Some good info in the GM Upfitter manual:  https://www.gmupfitter.com/files/media/photo/962/2019_R4B_NG_LD_FS_CK_PU_072018.pdf

 

22 gallon tank on the diesel trucks, 5.3 gallon DEF tank.  DEF tank goes on the passenger side across from the fuel tank.  Diesel shows as double and crew configs only (figures).  They even shrunk the long box tank on the RCLB from 34 gallons to 28 gallons (wtf).  I'm starting to see where they cut weight from...1 gallon of gas = 6.2lbs...24lbs lost on the standard box tank, 36lbs on long box.

 

Also, the max tire width stock is 286mm-291mm...

[Sierra Dan]

Weight is weight i suppose, fuel and all.

And the hood release lever is now plastic.

I wonder if trucks will someday have aluminum frames?

Motocross bikes adoptedmthem in the early 2000s, now it is an industry standard.

[Sir Dan]

Please,... Please tell me they don't shake or shift badly!  I know there'll be some issues with the new ones so I'm waiting to get rid of my shaker/slam shifter for now. 

[2018GMC]

On 8/23/2018 at 2:14 PM, newdude said:

Next we go under.  Front suspension, rear brake assembly.  Very much a 8/8 scale Colorado underneath.  Which is good because the 2015+up Colorado has a really nice frame underneath it.   

How similar is frame to k2xx? I know GM moved front and rear wheels further out towards the front and rear but besides that similar to Current k2xx or drastically different? A side by side pic would be nice. 

 

I assume the breakover over angle is worse but approach and departure angles similar or better than k2xx?

[Sierra Dan]

Newdude should know, but i think the frame is entirely new.

 

[Black02Silverado]

I wonder how much of a mess an oil change is going to be. I see the sway bar is right there by the oil filter and drain plug, which is now on the bottom of the oil pan and not on the back side.