Hi, new here. Just sold the charged mustang and decided to put my time, effort and $$ into a chevy! I happen to have a 90 454 ss truck sitting at the house. It has 60k on it. Thinkin about buyin a crate motor and building a 800hp or so motor and throwing a lil bit of nitrous on it. Any ideas.. worth doing? It's a sharp looking truck, just don't know if i'm asking for trouble!
Anyway, whatcha think?

 

always liked those old ss's

 

havent really ever seen a fast one on the road myself

 

love those trucks... never seen a fast one on the road aswell LSX time

 

where can i find a good FI big block?

 

How about a big cubic inch Gen 3 or 4 motor, since your on a LSX site and all. Plenty of sponsors that can hook you up with what you are looking for.

 

Why not leave the SS stock and buy some regular truck to build? It could even just be a V6 if your gonna throw a different motor in anyways.

 

it's no fun stock. sloooooooowwww.. and gets 10mpg... it could be fast and get better? they don't pull in big money anyways. this truck is flawless 1 owner and would pull 10k at the MOST.

 

One with about 15k sold for almost 30 here. Mind you, they're harder to find too.

 

wow, that's a pretty penny.. the stocky would sit in the garage.. unless i hit a tree it could always go back in

 

ZZ 502 crate motor gives you 500 flywheel to start with and stump pulling torque.

 

If you DO decide to keep that engine in it, get rid of that TPI set up. It makes a huge difference to everything else you add to it. I miss mine sooo bad. Stolen and stripped .

 

Go for it! I have a 1992 non-SS with a 350 that is my current DD. I plan to redo it some day. If I was redoing the engine now, I would go with maybe a lightly modded LS3 or a built 6.0 and spray it.

 

i would do a big nitrous lsx build on that bitch, lower it with some prostars also

 

the nitrous is for sure! i'm going through with it this week. still trying to decide on an intake tho.

 

Nah, the original 454 is gonna be put on a stand in the garage untill i get bored with the truck and want the new motor in my camaro.. if i can ever get it finished.
Do you know if those motors are 4bolt outta the ss trucks?

 

i would say do a sheetmetal style intake with a direct port setup...my .02

 

better off carb or fI?

 

I say keep it a 454, but make it a 454 LSX! 6 Bolt heads and approx. 250-300 hit through a direct port system sounds about right!

 

ya, i am sooodown for a 250+ direct. Where can i find a good deal on a 454 LSX? been on mustang formus for the past year while i was in iraq, building a modular motor that had 600 hp and was getting spanked by 500 hp chevy's lol