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    Coolant leak, need help. 1998 GMC K1500 Suburban Vortec 5.7

    Like everyone said it's a block heater. If you are still unsure and want to play it safe, write your VIN down and take it to a chevy dealership. Tell then your tring to identify the part. They can look up your VIN and tell you what it is. It could be an discontinued part and have to go...
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    Oil Choice

    I was referring to what had happened to my my oil pan gasket leaking over at well over 100,000 miles. I
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    Oil Choice

    My friend who retired from Butler Chevrolet to me years ago that once you reach over 100,000 miles your oil pan gasket would need to be replaced. continue to use conventional oil If the rear main seal is leaking the whole engine needs to be rebuilt because of bering scaring which puts metal...
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    383 vortec

    Did you up grade your spider injectors to the new GM performance ones? They changed it to an MPFI system which responds faster.
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    What's your mpg...

    97 chevy tahoe. 5.7 with GM performance spider injectors (MPFI) cold air intake with 3.73 gears. Tires 265. 75 . 16 At 55 mph 19 mpg.
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    1997 vortec 5.7 start up

    I have a 97 tahoe with a 5.7 vortec and when I start it up in cold weather it sounds as if the piston is slapping the valve or just piston slap in the cylinder wall. Has anyone ever experience this?
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    Motor swap

    I am think of swapping out my old 350 on my 1997 tahoe K1500 LT for a HT383E an easy swap then the price of the motor got me. I told a buddy of mine what I was wanting to do and he suggested I should look into doing an LS swap with an LQ 4 - 9 or a 5.3 truck motor, parts are cheap and you gain...
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    SSBC or Little Shop Manuf. rear disc brake conversion?

    If you go to there site you can get a new master cylinder from them or do what I did. I went to Auto Zone and got the master cylinder from them for 99 07 GM trucks and sun's. The, part #NM4073 also get the AGS adapter BLF-C26. It goes on the brake line farthest from the booster or go to YOUTUBE...
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    Transmission goes boom.

    Just read this post. Thank you for the info you wrote on your tranny build with the 4L60E. I'm in the process of having my 97 tahoe; 5.7 stroked to 383 CI, scat forged internals , GM fast brun heads and topped with an edelbrock Pro Flo 4XT EFI. The rear end is being done with a Detroit locker...
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