yeah. i didn't know about the 87s being tbi until i was doing some research on them this weekend. i didn't really have time to go over the truck all that well when i found it over thanxgiving break. i had a family friend who is good with cars go and look at it for me after i left and test drive it. after he approved it, my mom said she would pick it up for me. im gonna get better aquainted with it over break.

and i either have a non-original motor, or a non-original tailgate( i'm guessing tailgate, because that makes more sense but you never know), because the tailgate has the deisel emblem instead of the 5.7 emblem. one of the first things i'm gonna do is check the VIN number and RPO codes to see what equipment was original on the truck and then see what all has been changed.

and your right. ill admit, i have a lot of learning to do.

[Edited on December 17, 2006 at 11:35 PM. Reason : .]

12/17/2006 11:35:05 PM

just look at the title or even the registration. either should denote whether it was originally gas or diesel. at least in nc they do...

12/17/2006 11:46:41 PM

no offense. u paid 1k for it. why not just throw some ok not great tires on there and drive it around as is.

i mean i can understand wanting to fix it up and all.... but u know?

12/17/2006 11:55:55 PM

for now that what i'm doing, since the tires on it were so terrible(one of the rear ones had absolutely no tread pattern left). my mom is getting new tires on her 95 buick roadmaster and we had her old 225s switched over to the truck so i can drive it while i'm home for break.

i'll look at the title when i get home to see about gas or deisel (i would imagine it denotes it in ohio too. and i found an awesome website dedicated to 73-87 chevy pickups with a full break down of what the VIN numbers mean if not). i haven't even gotten to see the title yet. my mom picked up the truck and did the title transfer and everything for me while i've been down here.

12/18/2006 12:03:04 AM

if i were u i would drive around as is stock for a while and wait to see what breaks on it. if nothing then start modding it. if shit breaks like the tranny, rear end, engine etc then say fuggit and call it a loss lol.

12/18/2006 12:10:02 AM

Quote :

"my mom is getting new tires on her 95 buick roadmaster and we had her old 225s switched over to the truck so i can drive it while i'm home for break."

please tell me they are whitewalls!

12/18/2006 11:17:53 AM

the old ones or the new ones?

12/18/2006 2:55:58 PM

you can just do some hand polishing on the aluminum items in the engine bay and make them look better

12/18/2006 3:03:23 PM

You can paint them white if they aren't already, just sand down the sidewalls with increasingly fine grades of sandpaper until you're just through the reinforcement, then tape 'em, paint 'em, and tube 'em.

12/18/2006 3:04:00 PM

witty.

12/18/2006 3:11:19 PM

I'm so original

12/18/2006 3:46:53 PM

I have to say, this is a great thread!!

And why does everybody hate the scottsdale (other than the fact that the owner has some learning to do)?

12/18/2006 5:20:57 PM

the owner admits he needs to learn a thing or 2, he's not sure y everyone hates his truck though

12/18/2006 5:27:32 PM

other than the fucked up paint, and the fact that it is sitting on some bullshit, the truck is more than likely pretty cool. especially since it was $1000. however, the owner has had his cool points revoked. therefore, the truck is uncool vicariously.

12/18/2006 9:52:04 PM

lol, guilty by association.

12/18/2006 10:27:04 PM

the owner knows the truck is sitting on bullshit, but likes the fact that it is black even though it does not match its interior (he will likely fix that in the future). the owner also understands y his cool points have been revoked and knows that it will take him a long time to regain them. (he is also confused as to y he is speaking of himself in the third person and hopes that it does not result in a further loss of cool points, but o well). and he attestifies to the potential coolness of the truck if he was cooler with the badass sound of the headers and cherrybomb mufflers combined with the 350

12/18/2006 10:30:03 PM

this has got to be HZW0483's long lost cousin

12/18/2006 10:43:28 PM

note: cherrybombs wont get as many cool points as a pair of flowmaster 40series

12/18/2006 10:47:18 PM

actually they are a lot cooler on a truck like that

its best to keep with the low budget 80s shitbox theme

12/18/2006 10:53:23 PM

hehe

2'' tubing from the manifolds back, even better

[Edited on December 18, 2006 at 10:55 PM. Reason : -]

12/18/2006 10:54:21 PM

if i was gonna straight pipe it, id go all the way and run 3 inch not 2 inch. but im not gonna do much with the exhaust right now since its all new true dual under there. i wish it was bigger though. when its idlin. its pretty quiet. no nice chevy rumble.

question- would expanding the pipes to like 2 and a half or 3 inches after the mufflers, and putting like 3 and a half or 4 inch tips get more of a low rumble out of it while its idlin?

12/18/2006 11:39:43 PM

has the thing got headers, and functioning cats? it would most probably change the exhaust note some at idle, but i wouldnt go for it. save the $$ for other mods.

nicely tuned engine for the application+headers+perforated core mufflers with matched diameter tubing=score in my book
[Edited on December 18, 2006 at 11:48 PM. Reason : -]

[Edited on December 18, 2006 at 11:51 PM. Reason : just a thought]

12/18/2006 11:41:15 PM

Not sure how the TBI will hold up, but with a dang brick like that just straright pipe it, throw some 33-35's on there, weld the front diff and drive it into stuff. That's what we do anyway.

P.S. as for the exhaust note, the best truck exhaust I have heard in a long time is to just knock the ends off of some old drive shafts and weld them up (but leave the nack down and the end, makes it sound better.

12/18/2006 11:55:35 PM

Quote :

"P.S. as for the exhaust note, the best truck exhaust I have heard in a long time is to just knock the ends off of some old drive shafts and weld them up (but leave the nack down and the end, makes it sound better. "

buhhhuhhhhh

12/18/2006 11:57:14 PM

yeah, i didn't studder, it's cheap as shit, and gives it a nice deep rumble

it's a big straight pipe, with a little bit of back pressure.

[Edited on December 19, 2006 at 12:01 AM. Reason : asdf]

12/18/2006 11:58:49 PM

Quote :

"yeah, i didn't studder, it's cheap as shit, and gives it a nice deep rumble"

what the fuck is the point of that? a god damn glasspack is $20

12/19/2006 12:01:52 AM

eh? wtf is the point of that? a driveshaft is free, you might use like $00.000001 worth of a cutting wheel, and the welding costs the same.

So uhm, yeah, a driveshaft is free

[Edited on December 19, 2006 at 12:04 AM. Reason : ]

12/19/2006 12:03:49 AM

who the hell keeps a bunch of old driveshafts laying around? the large majority or people also don't own a welder.

12/19/2006 12:09:14 AM

Quote :

"eh? wtf is the point of that? a driveshaft is free, you might use like $00.000001 worth of a cutting wheel, and the welding costs the same. "

well damn, what a breakthrough!!!!! all these driveshafts ive got laying around finally put to use!!!!!! I WONT KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH ALL OF MY $00.000001 MUFFLERS


ITS A FUCKING GOLDMINE


i cant thank you enough for this brilliant idea

12/19/2006 12:10:10 AM

you're welcome

12/19/2006 12:11:04 AM

so on the topic of LJTyres dumbassery, how about we discuss how fake the following picture is, and see how bad he tries to insist that it is real



[Edited on December 19, 2006 at 12:21 AM. Reason : c]

12/19/2006 12:21:20 AM

JUST WHEN YOU DIDNT THINK IT COULD GET ANY WORSE

12/19/2006 12:24:37 AM

It is in fact a real picture.
How you interpret it is your own deal, I just thought it was a neat shot, never made any claim as to the validity of what it implies.

12/19/2006 12:27:03 AM

hmmhmmhahaa - hey what mods are on the cumminz?

12/19/2006 12:28:35 AM

define real

real as in your truck is parked in front of a d9 or real as in your truck is hooked up to said d9

12/19/2006 12:28:56 AM

real as in it's parked in front of it. that pic has been hashed out a number of times on various dodge boards.

12/19/2006 12:30:36 AM

Quote :

"hmmhmmhahaa - hey what mods are on the cumminz? "

i would say bone stock other then the chrome driveshaft stacks, which add about 100 horsepowerzzzzz

[Edited on December 19, 2006 at 12:31 AM. Reason : late]

12/19/2006 12:30:47 AM

yeah, the trailor is on stands.

12/19/2006 12:31:29 AM

actually the stacks aren't on there anymore and the truck is far from stock

12/19/2006 12:32:20 AM

go on

12/19/2006 12:33:14 AM

Quote :

"actually the stacks aren't on there anymore and the truck is far from stock"

enlighten us, im serious, i like to know what people actually think is "far from stock" because most of the time when i hear that their rig is far from anything but stock

12/19/2006 12:33:51 AM

it's pretty built iirc. twins i think?

12/19/2006 12:35:51 AM

yes to headers, and i would assume the CATs are functioning, they could be hollowed out though, u never know, ill take a look at em.

and im not gonna say anything on the subject of the picture, at risk of sounding stupid again.

12/19/2006 12:36:09 AM

HX 35/40 Hybrid, 4" turbo back, Edge Hot box, FASS II, 95 hp injectors, South Bend OFE, Banks exhaust brake, lockers F&R, 2wd low kit, few other doo dads

no twins yet, but I'm looking at twins, another comp box, but first a DD clutch

[Edited on December 19, 2006 at 12:37 AM. Reason : asdf]

[Edited on December 19, 2006 at 12:38 AM. Reason : damnit]

12/19/2006 12:36:31 AM

not bad, so im guessing you pull?

[Edited on December 19, 2006 at 12:38 AM. Reason : sd]

12/19/2006 12:38:29 AM

sled pull? no

12/19/2006 12:39:25 AM

y not?

12/19/2006 12:39:52 AM

bc u break shit for no reason

[Edited on December 19, 2006 at 12:40 AM. Reason : that's the reason i go wheeling ]

12/19/2006 12:40:18 AM

why the lockers then? doesnt exactly look like a wheeling rig??

12/19/2006 12:40:51 AM

good point. if ur gonna break shit, have a hell of a good time doin it

12/19/2006 12:41:12 AM