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Old Sep 17, 2004 | 12:21 PM
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Thumbs up new guy from Houston

new to this forum. My name is Kris and I drive a 2002 GMC sierra RCSB with a welded rollpan, denali wheels with toyo proxess 275/60 17's, I have a billet grille, cleared out headlights, clear markers, xenon bulbs, most recent upgrade was escalade gauges.

I have the 5.3l engine with 4l60e auto 3.73 locking rear dif, heavy duty trailering suspension with tranny cooler. only mods are flowmaster delta 40 exiting before the back tire(dual) and a drop in k&n filter.

All my money has been going to my other toy. My jetboat. It is a 1976 19' Omega Bubble Jet with a 460 FORD that puts out around 475 hp according to the pump charts. anyhow I have the boat about where I want it now it is time to start playing with the truck. It is my daily driver so i need to keep it streetable and with gas prices being high economy is a factor also.

I attached a photo of my hole in the water to throw money into. errrr I mean jetboat so if any Houston folks see me towing it behind a dark metallic green
Tahoe feel free to say hi. I also included a pic of my truck. It looks like a lot of good knowledge on here. I look forward to learning much.

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Old Sep 17, 2004 | 05:46 PM
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Welcome aboard! We have a enourmous texas crowd here, especially a lot of guys from the houston area.

Sick looking truck, your next mod should be a pro-charger

And that is a BAD-*** boat.

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Old Sep 17, 2004 | 10:48 PM
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Welcome. Nice toys.
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Old Sep 17, 2004 | 10:52 PM
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welcome to the board!
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Old Sep 18, 2004 | 12:06 AM
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Welcome to the site

I would love to take that motor from that boat. That thing has got to be faassstttt!
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Old Sep 20, 2004 | 06:34 AM
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thanks for the warm welcome. I have always been a chevy man but I got to say, that big block FORD in my boat has been absolutely bullet proof. 4 full seasons of having the crap run out of it and still running strong. I bought the boat with intentions of swapping to a Big Block Chevy once I killed the FORD. I guess I am still trying.
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Old Sep 20, 2004 | 12:29 PM
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Welcome! Be sure to check out the Texas section. Lots of activity going on in Htown
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Old Sep 20, 2004 | 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted by ActionJack
That thing has got to be faassstttt!
That thing looks like its doing 40 just sitting there.
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