3/4 Ton of fun - ‘95 Sierra

[Supercharged111]

Bah. The 7.4 TBI's aren't gutless; that's just people comparing them to modern stuff and numbers on paper. Go drive one around that is in good tune and you might agree. Mine's still not up to par but it will fry the tires in a hurry if I romp on it.

Best choice to me being an "old interior" lover would be 1992-1994. That 3 year span of old interior but no moonie gauges.. go for 1994 if you don't want R134a-retrofit hassles.

Richard

That's pretty subjective. I think a stock 454 Vortec is gutless.

 

[618 Syndicate]

Any 454 can be woken up with heads/cam/exhaust. That said, mine is getting swapped in favor of an 8.1

 

[Supercharged111]

Any 454 can be woken up with heads/cam/exhaust. That said, mine is getting swapped in favor of an 8.1

Well yeah, stock sucks! But some stock sucks more than other.

 

[0xDEADBEEF]

That's pretty subjective. I think a stock 454 Vortec is gutless.

Ditto.

 

[fancyTBI]

I’d probably be just fine with a TBI 454 I guess. I’ve never had anything fast anyways.

 

[0xDEADBEEF]

I’d probably be just fine with a TBI 454 I guess. I’ve never had anything fast anyways.

There's really only one way to make 5000+ lbs fast on a normal guy budget. Boost.

 

[someotherguy]

That's pretty subjective. I think a stock 454 Vortec is gutless.

Sure it's subjective. But if he's comparing it to a 5.7 TBI, the 7.4 TBI is a beast. Maybe less so in a CCLB, but it motivates my little RCLB dually just fine.

Richard

 

[0xDEADBEEF]

Sure it's subjective. But if he's comparing it to a 5.7 TBI, the 7.4 TBI is a beast. Maybe less so in a CCLB, but it motivates my little RCLB dually just fine.

Richard

For context that beast is still not even stock Miata quick/fast.

 

[fancyTBI]

There's really only one way to make 5000+ lbs fast on a normal guy budget. Boost.

So a 6.5 it is then.

 

[Caman96]

What’s a reasonable price I could get out of this? Of course way less than I’ve got into it, which might be good justification to keep it. $8K seems reasonable.

I really want a C3500 CCLB. I’d prefer TBI, but I know the TBI 454s are kind of gutless… I don’t love the 95+ interior either. I keep thinking about that ‘93 C3500 that was just too much work. I should’ve bought it. Just spitballing here. I could always 8.1 swap it.

I keep doing all this work and I’m just not excited to drive it. I’m looking forward to driving my ‘94.

You just might love it.