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Do the bed liner first, before the paint. I had mine Line-x ed about 2 weeks ago. I had the truck painted in 2013. Now it was a cheep paint job, but when they pulled the tape off after doing the bed liner, it pulled paint with it. They did warn me about this first. The reason this happened to mine was not only because of the paint job, but also because they use razor tape. It has a ribbon of sharp wire in it, so that when they remove the wire, it cuts the bed liner, and leaves a clean line. So the base tape has to be extra sticky so that when they pull the wire, the base tape doesn't come off as well, from what I understand. I know that blue painters tape, will not peal off my paint. I have tried it. Click the attachments @ the top thread for the pics of my truck, and peeled off paint.
Bump on that I have 2.8 S10 (3800lbs) it takes forever for it to get to 60mph. It is about weight too. I know my 1989 C1500 could get about 18mpg Highway 15mpg city. I always wanted a low strip down W/T single cab short bed with a 5 speed and a 5.7 would get really good mileage because you would be in the throttle less.
I sold my 93 WT 4.3L in 2009. I had it for 10 years. I was working offshore at the time, and a co worker wanted the truck. I had my wifes 97 Silverado 3 door 5.7L and I wanted it, when the trans in my 93 went out @ 285000 miles. I let my 93 go for $500, but like I said he was a co worker. When he got the truck, he had the trans rebuilt. When he fixed the truck, he wanted to know what I had done to the truck. He could not believe the power it had for a V 6. He said, man at 80 MPH its like it catches another gear. Torque converter lock up. All I did was replace the muffler, and remove the cat. That truck always ran good. It never was a powerful as my 97, but still a great driver. Here is a pic of the 93.
That will be a cool swap for sure
Right I know what you mean. I am actually working on putt a Redneck turbo system on my truck for fun. I am curious to see what kind of mileage I will be getting. I also thought a turbo 4.3 would have plenty of get up and go while getting good gas mileage. But all these ideas cost money. Making a regular old stock setup better for most budgets.
