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  1. skylark

    Slight knock?

    I'm confident to say that is piston slap. GM short skirt hypereutectic pistons have a tendency to try to rock in the cylinder until the skirts warm up just enough to cause them to expand. I've had many vortec era engines do the but never a TBI. As mentioned, LS (especially the early ones) do...
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    Best way to add power to my 98 gmc sierra k1500 with 4.3 vortec

    This is why I said supporting mods. Even a stock V6 can kill a 4L60E or NV3500. You're going to need a fuel system, tranny, suspension at a minimum either way.
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    I’m out of ideas now. Random misfire, hard start.

    Did you do a crank relearn? This requires a scan tool. Did you degree the cam?
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    Best way to add power to my 98 gmc sierra k1500 with 4.3 vortec

    This doesn't say V6. Junkyard 5.3s with a chop suey sushi slicer turbo will push 1000hp with supporting mods for a tenth of what it will cost you to get half of the power from a V6. If the 5.3 decides that rapid unscheduled disassembly is the theme of the day, an afternoon with another $500...
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    Really wish ppl would stop bringing me trucks with hydraulic fluid in trans

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    Really wish ppl would stop bringing me trucks with hydraulic fluid in trans

    Confused? Uh oh, Bruce Jenner is confused too...
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    Really wish ppl would stop bringing me trucks with hydraulic fluid in trans

    Slickest shifting tranny ever!
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    Really wish ppl would stop bringing me trucks with hydraulic fluid in trans

    I'm at work!
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    Really wish ppl would stop bringing me trucks with hydraulic fluid in trans

    Anti lock brakes?
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    Really wish ppl would stop bringing me trucks with hydraulic fluid in trans

    I vote that we start using ATF for brake fluid because ATF is pretty and I don't like the feeling of brake fluid on my hands.
  11. skylark

    Really wish ppl would stop bringing me trucks with hydraulic fluid in trans

    I'm using Extra Ugly (virgin) Olive Oil because I don't want anything that came from a peanut in my tranny!
  12. skylark

    Really wish ppl would stop bringing me trucks with hydraulic fluid in trans

    Atta boy, that is using your head!
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    Really wish ppl would stop bringing me trucks with hydraulic fluid in trans

    Every short bus needs a window licker!
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    Really wish ppl would stop bringing me trucks with hydraulic fluid in trans

    I used to work at a boy scout camp as the shooting sports director. I used to joke that after about 6 weeks of no women that the Jr staff would start chasing the squirrels. They would laugh. At week 6 I would remind them of my comment and let them know that they needed to wrap those squirrels in...
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    My truck after after 8 months and way too much money

    Not often that you see a standard cab long bed. They really stand out.
  16. skylark

    Talk me into, or out of, it...

    Sure it can. Your snowball started the day you started improving it.
  17. skylark

    Thz71's Trucks

    It is amazing what you've done for yourself just starting off with mowers.
  18. skylark

    Really wish ppl would stop bringing me trucks with hydraulic fluid in trans

    Hey now, I resemble that comment!
  19. skylark

    Any tips on getting the spider connector to seat into the upper intake?

    Use "Super Lube" instead of oil. It is a silicone lube and it works great. I screw the 2 nuts that retain the "bowtie" shaped fuel line retainer down until they are flush with the top of the studs and I put anything on top of the upper intake to use as a fulcrum to pry up on those 2 nuts. If...
  20. skylark

    92 2500 6 lug 4x4 NV4500 built SBC ext cab short box long term build

    When I was in college some buddies and I went out wheeling. I was in an 86 Toyota on 33's. We got into an area where we couldn't turn around and when we eventually found a way out it required going up an embankment and over a st of railroad tracks. It meant enough speed to bump the tires over...
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    92 2500 6 lug 4x4 NV4500 built SBC ext cab short box long term build

    A good example of that is the borg warner s366 vs s475. The 366 is rated something along the lines of 450-750hp and the 475 is 750+ (if I recall correctly) but on the typical sbc or ls the 366 will make you giggle like a schoolgirl every time you push the skinny pedal ever so slightly. The 475...
  22. skylark

    Really wish ppl would stop bringing me trucks with hydraulic fluid in trans

    And just like that we're back to three different guys talking about the proper lube for a tranny!
  23. skylark

    92 2500 6 lug 4x4 NV4500 built SBC ext cab short box long term build

    I'd much rather have a fast spooling turbo that is fun to drive for a daily over a dyno queen. Choosing the wrong turbo is like ordering the camshaft at the bottom of the page for a 305 with a stock converter and gears.
  24. skylark

    Really wish ppl would stop bringing me trucks with hydraulic fluid in trans

    Ap Apparently ALMOST every Tom, Dick and Harry have though!
  25. skylark

    Really wish ppl would stop bringing me trucks with hydraulic fluid in trans

    Ah crap! Are we really trying to drag this thread back onto the rails?

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