good looking trucks we need more pictures of both of them together before my step dad painted our 2000 firebird black cherry pearl its factory color was pewter metallic but depending what time of day it was it or how the sun hit it would look gold
I agree with this by those numbers that mean when frank'n truck is done even though it is a extended cab long bed K-2500 454 tbi 4l80e with a 3 body lift 6 inch suspension lift with 37x12.50x17 mounted on 17x9 wheels and will either have 8:88 5:13 or 5:38 gears that it is going to have fuel...
on a side note what are the odds of these fitting in the front door factory location on 95-00 doors https://www.kicker.com/51KSC6704 https://www.kicker.com/51KSS6704
since you are a 96 I would get these for the rear https://www.kicker.com/51KSC4604 and if your front doors need them as well I would get these https://www.kicker.com/51KSC6504 or these https://www.kicker.com/51KSS6504 it will sound great
we all want to get the best mpgs we can that is all fine and good but it seems that some people have unrealistic goals in mind to me any way if you go off roading your mpgs go down if you tow or haul or both your mpgs go down if you have a heavy right foot your mpgs will go down if you have big...
yeah I would love to put that ht502 crate in my project and run it with the 454 tbi but that just is not some thing that is going to happen maybe if I am lucky one I may get a 454 vortec from a yard and run it on tbi
yeah there is some good info there but if you ask me and the op has the budget for it he asked what 454 to start with I would say none get the gm ht502 crate engine if that is too much then I would say get a vortec 454 and put what ever fuel system you want on it
here is a page on the big block it starts with the w series and ends with the gen vii 8.1l 496 vortec 8100 you are going to want to read the mark iv gen v and gen vi sections https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_big-block_engine
okay a mark iv 454 70-90 70-86 carb 2pc rms 87-90 tbi with adapter 2pc rms 91-95 big changes still tbi with different 1pc rms casting changes made with water jackets so you can not put old bbc or newer bbc heads on a gen v block not set up manual trans gen vi/454 vortec 96-00 still 1pc rms more...