Did the El Camino haul enough to be useful for side projects? How did it handle weight in the bed. While my knee heals from being torn up quite bad. I know he has money he has been taking my work load at work plus side projects I have given him. Plus work will of slowed down so we'll have time to church it up. I told him to wait till Christmas when child support, and presents are due to buy. So he now is not sure if he wants a El Camino or a C10. Quick highlights a bunch of burnouts, and the LS engine rapping up with it's "exhaust". Then sent him a video of the Roadkill muscle truck called the music of my people. So last night I was cruising Craigslist, and was sending him links to El Camino's. Plus his current car is getting old, and he is tired of it. We're both HVAC techs so it is not for DD duties, and his wife has a new Acadia for when they go places together. ![]() ![]() My recommendation to the guy I sold it to was to get a 454 if you need to use it for anything heavy.My friend has had a dream of getting a El Camino for awhile to be his car. ![]() The chevy never got over 10 mpg with the same trailer and lighter load (the trailer is an enclosed car hauler, big brick that is a wind sail). The dodge towing 11,000 Lbs gets 13-15 depending on hills, traffic and wind. The other major factor in this is fuel mileage, my dodge gets 20-22 empty driving 65 on the interstate, the chevy got 16. The second time pulling the same load I hit the top at 65 mph at 205 degrees and had more power/pedal but my EGT gauge was reading 1100 degrees so I let off from 70 mph. My dodge hooked to 11,000 Lbs topped the hill at 55 mph and temp gauge reading 205 degrees on the first trip, I got caught behind a semi on the way up. I didn't have a EGT gauge in that truck so not sure the status on that. Going uphill in the Chevy pulling 10,000 Lbs I topped the hill at 40 mph and temp gauge of 240 degrees and climbing. I have a few hills in the area that require run away truck ramps on the down hill side. The final blow to me was after driving my current Dodge ram 3500 2wd dually with a manual, there is no comparison. I purchased a kit to remote mount that turd and a relay to prime the fuel pump after a filter change and a few other options but still that thing hated me. Since I sold it more than 7 years ago my memory is fuzzy but it had fuel pump problems, hard to prime after swapping a fuel filter and there was some electronic module they placed directly over the motor that was fail due to heat (yeah let me put that in the "hot zone"). I had a 1994 Crew Cab dually 2wd (3500) with an auto tranny. I had that thing towed more than any other vehicle I have ever owned. Normally I am all about a diesel but based on experience I avoid the 6.5. What's about the diesel 6.5L Is it more efficient? Because I seen few of them and they aren't more expensive than gas model.Īre they as reliable as the good old SBC and BBC? ![]() This cool me a bit on this puppy!! An LS swap coud be great but my girl will kill me if I start an other project. OK, I talked with th guy (for the Suburban) yesterday and he told me that he replaced it for a 5.3 Silverado to save on gas.:cautious: He was using it only to pull his race car and he was making 28 L/100km (8.5mpg) on highway. I just think that I have more chance to find a good daily drive reliable SUV than an old full size!:) I currently found a nice unrusted black 1997 Yukon with a plow for only 3k but I don't want to afford the stupid big engine tax :mad: Blazer and Jimmy full size are very rare and Suburban are too long for my garageīut I'm not close to a good deal on a full size!!! Last year, I missed a nice 1990 350ci Suburban with a plow for 2k!! Many of SUVs are still family daily drive and well maintained (I don't want an other project.) In this application it has an output of 150 bhp (152 PS/112 kW) of power at 4000 rpm, and maximum torque of 325 N·m (240 lb·ft/33.1 kgm) at 2000 rpm. Almost all 1994- FS truck are already work pig so they lack a lot of maintenance and many of them are very rusted / or over priced The big engine annual registration tax on 1995 and up cars (about 188$ more for a 5.7L) There is some reason why I prefer a SUV to a full size truck: could you just get a full-size truck to use as a tow pig? The load ranges your looking to pull are definitely full-size territory.
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