454 SS Pickup
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454 SS Pickup Was the 454 SS Pickup fast? Is it a good canidate for N20? I am getting bored of my Ford Ranger daily driver.
My wife wants to drag race but she aint driving my car.
I am thinking of something like this....
http://www.dealsonwheels.com/search/...-200409-000004
Pros? Cons?
My wife wants to drag race but she aint driving my car.
I am thinking of something like this....
http://www.dealsonwheels.com/search/...-200409-000004
Pros? Cons?
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I like the Syclone but they are more expensive and they are little. I have a little truck now. I would like a full size.
255hp? That aint so bad. Do you think it could take a 200 shot of n20? If I could get it to 400rwhp with poweradder that would be good enough to make the wifey happy at the track and me happy on the way to work
255hp? That aint so bad. Do you think it could take a 200 shot of n20? If I could get it to 400rwhp with poweradder that would be good enough to make the wifey happy at the track and me happy on the way to work
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From: Gainesville, Florida # of drag strips runs: ?!?!?
they were pretty slow, although they had a TH400 I believe and should be able to handle some spray. My boss has one with 44 miles on the clock 
just sitting in his warehouse next to a 91 lightning...
Derek
just sitting in his warehouse next to a 91 lightning...Derek
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Originally Posted by LOnSLO
Honestly they weren't that fast. They had what, 255 hp or something? They're nice trucks, but I would go after a Syclone instead.
stock they ran in the mid 16's - i ran one at the track with my sonoma and blew the doors off of it. he was very mad.
i think they are @ 8.5:1 cr but they have cast pistons. and the first year was a th375 (cross between a th350 and a th400), later models haad a 4l80e.
i have seen a few with a whipple bolt on kit and they run pretty well.
i would look into the whipple or max 150 shot.
good luck with traction
kevin
i think they are @ 8.5:1 cr but they have cast pistons. and the first year was a th375 (cross between a th350 and a th400), later models haad a 4l80e.
i have seen a few with a whipple bolt on kit and they run pretty well.
i would look into the whipple or max 150 shot.
good luck with traction
kevin
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Originally Posted by Humanoid
Yea...You guys are right. You have talked me out of it. I am looking at 5.3 Silverados now.
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Originally Posted by TriShield
Don't give up yet, they can be made quite mean if you're willing to put the engine work into it.
Hehe. That is the problem. Im not willing to put the engine work to it. I think I will either go Silverado 5.3 or buy someone's SBC or BBC project that they have almost completed and are trying to unload it. I would like to invest 10 to 15k total. Not 10k on a truck that has to be totally rebuilt.
The main thing I learned from this thread is that not all BBC's are the same. This one in particular must be a slug.
My plan is to find something decent and put some spray on it.
Chevy didn't do any planning when they built the 454ss, they just took a stock 454 they had laying around and threw it in a 1/2 ton truck. You can get them to run mid 13's pretty easily, w/ a cam, intake and older BBC head swap, everything under $1000.
Get a 454SS!!!
Get a 454SS!!!
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i have always wanted one of those trucks. like most said, bone stock they suck, but there is more aftermarket parts for them then 5.3Ls. any BBC can make tons of power easy but good gas milage will never happen.
Originally Posted by foxspy
Chevy didn't do any planning when they built the 454ss, they just took a stock 454 they had laying around and threw it in a 1/2 ton truck. You can get them to run mid 13's pretty easily, w/ a cam, intake and older BBC head swap, everything under $1000.
Get a 454SS!!!
Get a 454SS!!!
