I triple checked, I'm actually tempted to put a mechanical gauge on this cause they're so dang cheap.
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84 K20 "Ethel" Not an Sbc/NV4500/241C
- Thread starter sreidmx
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Semi restoration of a 1984 K20 pickup.
5.3 LS, nv4500, np241c.
No he said cheap
Oh btw best line ever involving a 6.2
If you look just behind the drivers side head you'll see a small brass fitting with a wire. That's your oil pressure sender and port.
Might pull the trigger on some econo 285/75/16s what say the ck5 republic on this gearing scenario? 3.73 and a 285..
Roughly a 33" tire? A bit buzzy on the highway...I think you'd like a 35" or 36" better if you can fit them. 36" puts freeway R's at 2260 rpm at 65 mph. The 285's will have things spinning 2500 rpm at 65. Not the end of the world, but annoying to listen to.
Jealous of all you guys with these manual single cabs!
I just want to maintain some "performance" hahaha and crawl..
I love my manual single cab
Are you mockin me! @secutright
This. It's workable, but annoying to listen to. I have 31s with 3.73/700R4 in my Suburban. In 3rd gear I find the howling annoying In 4th gear it's much less so. Since you don't have O/D I'd stick with larger tires. Even 2260 is more annoying than 1800 or so. Haven't complained about the power availability with that combo, either, even in 4th. But, as Rene pointed out, I don't have a dump truck tranny, and I'm fairly easy to please anyway.
Here's some numerical data (just in case you haven't already graphed this).
With 35" tires it looks a little nicer.
That's more livable at highway speed. I'd still want a few more gears (and a lower cruising RPM range), but if you're keeping the 3.5-speed, I'd go with larger tires. Actually, I'd still be grousing about the engine howl at road speed, so I'd probably wind up doing some other ridiculous things to get the NVH down.
Part of this is budget, it's an additional 100$ for the two inch jump in size!
This is starting to look like a pirate thread with all the flip off smileys...
That was you, by-the-way...
It's derailed like a thread from pirate as well..
