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  1. minicooperzoom

    Post your Stepside!

    285/75R16 on a 16x8 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  2. minicooperzoom

    Daily truck pics

    Thank you. I was up in the air about wheel color since they come in chrome or black. But I decided the extra $30 per wheel wasn’t in my budget haha. And the black wheels help add to the aggressive look
  3. minicooperzoom

    Daily truck pics

    When you’re at work and can’t resist taking a pic
  4. minicooperzoom

    Daily truck pics

    Thanks haha
  5. minicooperzoom

    Daily truck pics

    Hey not a problem. And yup thats right. A world of cleaner and better kept vehicles is a better world haha
  6. minicooperzoom

    Daily truck pics

    Here’s everything I use (minus the pressure washer and a bucket) Detail spray is amazing when you have a dark colored truck and are OCD about water spots and stuff haha
  7. minicooperzoom

    Daily truck pics

    I wish my StepSide had half of those things the ‘Burban has haha Yeah we have the ones with the big spinning things that sound like your truck is being beat to death. We do have like one touch less car wash. And we have the self service coin ones. But even those brushes and stuff get filled...
  8. minicooperzoom

    Daily truck pics

    Haha. Leather Interior, Heated Seats, DVD player, Overhead Console, and a Compass/Temp mirror I never take my truck through the car wash. Hurts to think of all he contaminants and stuff the brushes pickup and then grind into the paint of other vehicles Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  9. minicooperzoom

    Daily truck pics

    Haha. It gets even better. The 'Burban is a fully loaded '99 K2500 with a 6.5 and both are rust free. I do wish I could find an ECSB (Or CCSB) K2500 like yours though that matches my StepSide Thanks haha. My dad and I both try to keep our '400s lookin perty. But Ohio winters are a pain in the...
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    Daily truck pics

  11. minicooperzoom

    400hp 350 Vortec?

    Well... I know compromises will have to be made somewhere and that will probably be in the power department. I do like the idea of a BBC seeing as how my fuel economy can't really get much worse (I avg. 10 mpg) and the ability to make power is a lot easier. I imagine it would fit fine? Aren't...
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    400hp 350 Vortec?

    Yes I know horsepower is derived from torque and that there are massive RPM limitations. But I’m not trying to build a 7K RPM SBC. I want a nice street motor that’s got a nice lope at idle and makes pretty good horsepower and torque. So I’d happy if it made over 325hp and somewhere around (if...
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    400hp 350 Vortec?

    Because if I am going to have my engine completely torn apart for a rebuild why only gain 45 ft lbs? Being a truck motor it will still make more torque than horsepower. Thus if I am making 400 hp then I should (in theory) make over 400 ft lbs. After all there is like a 100 number difference...
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    400hp 350 Vortec?

    Any thoughts on this build? http://www.superchevy.com/how-to/49083-inexpensive-roller-cams/ http://www.superchevy.com/how-to/67838-budget-vortec-head-cam-355-build/ (I know they are old articles) In theory could I use my stock manifold, throttle body, and do the MPFI conversion and achieve...
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    400hp 350 Vortec?

    I've got a massive jar of fairy dust. So far it has assisted me very well. It even prevented me form getting stuck in a mud hole that was up to the top of my fender wells haha. I do like the idea of going boosted due to the wondrous sounds blowers make. Is there enough under hood clearance for...
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    400hp 350 Vortec?

    Ah. Well it’s not the end of the world if it doesn’t make all the power down low since I don’t tend to pull/haul anything really heavy. Normally it’s just a pair of 550 stand ups on a little trailer and a 650 stand up in the bed
  17. minicooperzoom

    400hp 350 Vortec?

    I've heard about that conversion but don't know much about it. I've never heard of the fuel cut off before? I would like to not have to change my computer if possible. I did some research in the past about tuning and according to HP Tuner's website my truck can be tuned using their software...
  18. minicooperzoom

    400hp 350 Vortec?

    Ah. Mine still runs good but I noticed the amount of oil it’s burning has increased (1.5qts after 2000 mi. and it only has 179k mi. Use to be about 1qt every 5000 mi. That was about 20k mi. ago though) Would going with the Ram Jet (instead of the intake supplied) and the cam and heads from the...
  19. minicooperzoom

    400hp 350 Vortec?

    Are there any aftermarket Vortec heads that are better/stronger than stock ones? I take it a higher flow fuel pump may be in order as well? Is that combo known for being capable of making over 400hp?
  20. minicooperzoom

    400hp 350 Vortec?

    So would the Chevrolet Performance Ram Jet system work? https://www.summitracing.com/parts/nal-12498032/overview/ Ah so the factory heads would require being completely machined and then still a risk of being a failure point? Would a set of these work perhaps or a set with around equivalent...
  21. minicooperzoom

    400hp 350 Vortec?

    I Will Never LS Swap My Step Side haha! I'll do that to a 2WD when build a street truck haha I figured it would not be cheap or easy. But wheres the fun in taking the easy way out? haha I plan on wanting to do a full rebuild that way I know everything inside is fresh and up to par with all the...
  22. minicooperzoom

    400hp 350 Vortec?

    I’m just curious as to what the best way would be (if possible) to get around 400hp (at the crank) reliably out of a 1998 Vortec 350? I know eventually my 350 is going to be rebuilt and when the time comes I would like to gain some power
  23. minicooperzoom

    Daily truck pics

    Thanks. And Yeah she is way to nice to be a plow truck and I do feel kind of bad when ever I go plowing. But it’s my only vehicle. So I have to do what I have to do. But hey if the plow destroys the front IFS components that just gets me one more reason closer to do a lower riding solid swap...
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    Daily truck pics

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    Daily truck pics

    First “snow” of the season! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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