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L29er · February 16, 2008

Hello everyone, glad i found this site, hope to gain some usefull information

I own two gm vehicles currentley, my first truck is an 51` 4120 chevy pickup, completley restored to original in 01`, it currentley resides in my garage untill the summer months were i go to shows and cruise the streets. my second truck is an 98 GMC K2500, its an ext cab short box, it has the big block 7.4l, and i constantley tweak and tinker with her so i can spank others roaming the streets, i have done many modifications and still have a long list to test and try to gain power and performance, and heck fuel economy too!!

Zembonez · February 16, 2008

Hello everyone, glad i found this site, hope to gain some usefull information
I own two gm vehicles currentley, my first truck is an 51` 4120 chevy pickup, completley restored to original in 01`, it currentley resides in my garage untill the summer months were i go to shows and cruise the streets. my second truck is an 98 GMC K2500, its an ext cab short box, it has the big block 7.4l, and i constantley tweak and tinker with her so i can spank others roaming the streets, i have done many modifications and still have a long list to test and try to gain power and performance, and heck fuel economy too!!

Welcome to the site!

We need some pics of that '51... what a cool truck.

ws6_guy · February 16, 2008

yeah get pics of that '51. Hows the power of that 7.4 must be fun! Welcome to GM-trucks.com

pwall · February 16, 2008

Welcome to

K.Jump · February 16, 2008

Welcome to the site!

L29er · February 16, 2008

yup heres one pic of "mellow" as we all call it, cause its a mellow yellow color. And with my 7.4 yeah shes alot of fun, i can spank hemi pickups and the import trucks, i havn`t raced the new toyota but i will this summer, i don`t drive it very much it only has 97k kms on it (just under 60k miles?) so its my tweaker, with some approval here she`ll get a working over this spring!!

pwall · February 17, 2008

That is really nice looking!

2000DV4.8 · February 17, 2008

Wow. Both are really cool trucks. That 7.4 must sound mean.

99silveradoz71 · February 17, 2008

Nice, welcome aboard

s-ten · February 17, 2008

welcome.

Nice trucks. I really like the '98, I have always liked big blocks.

L29er · February 20, 2008

if we can post sound clips i will fire up the big block, it rumbles, i set off car alarms just cruizing! hehe i pissed a guy off so much he made his wife park on the street because every day i went home for about a month id set off his truck alarm, he was parked on the street. haha honestly i only putt-ed by that place, cause my turn was right away haha.

dietz4ibanez · February 20, 2008

Nice truck dude! Gotta love roaming through parking garages with loud exhaust!

L29er · February 21, 2008

brian your truck sounds good, if everything goes well this weekend i`ll get a clip on here of mine!

MS3DALE · February 22, 2008

Welcome....Nice '51!!

LGillingham · March 16, 2008

Hello everyone, glad i found this site, hope to gain some usefull information
I own two gm vehicles currentley, my first truck is an 51` 4120 chevy pickup, completley restored to original in 01`, it currentley resides in my garage untill the summer months were i go to shows and cruise the streets. my second truck is an 98 GMC K2500, its an ext cab short box, it has the big block 7.4l, and i constantley tweak and tinker with her so i can spank others roaming the streets, i have done many modifications and still have a long list to test and try to gain power and performance, and heck fuel economy too!!

Hi CDOG,

I would love to know some of the modifications you made to the big block. I have a 1988 Sierra step side 4x4 which I have fitted the 7.4 litre and 4L80E tranny from a '91 K3500. I ran dual 2 1/2" exhaust (minus the converters) and a larger drive shaft but that is really the only modification to it. I drove it for a couple of years but have since placed in the garage as the truck itself was getting a little tired and needed some attention. I absolutely loved the torque of this monster. I was able to drive accross the island, which has plenty of hills, and the truck never shifted out of overdrive. I also towed a tandem u-haul trailer and the truck never knew it was there. The bonus part of it was that the gas mileage wasn't any worse than that of the original 305. Some of the items I had considered for the engine was the change from throttle body injection to direct injection - a package offered by edlebrock and I had done some checking into a supercharger for this engine. I would be interested in hearing what you have done and intend to do to yours. By the way the '51 is a beauty.