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I will be interested to see what you think with the windows up. I just pulled the original cat and muffler off of my '95 and did a single 3" 50 series flowmaster. I do have my son's topper shell on it right now, but it has some panel vibrations , which i think is the back wall of the cab, about 2200 rpm. I didn't do a tailpipe yet, since I was suspicious of the decibel level of the muffler.
 
6872xtc said:
I will be interested to see what you think with the windows up. I just pulled the original cat and muffler off of my '95 and did a single 3" 50 series flowmaster. I do have my son's topper shell on it right now, but it has some panel vibrations , which i think is the back wall of the cab, about 2200 rpm. I didn't do a tailpipe yet, since I was suspicious of the decibel level of the muffler.
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The back plastic panel of the cab on this one vibrates in the 1500-2200 range which is where this truck runs the most so it’s something I need to find a solution for. It’s nice not having the exhaust laying on the trans and torsion bar crossmemebers now though. I’ll go take a window up drive here shortly just to satisfy some curiosity
 
Why did you buy headers? You seem like a manifold kinda guy. If you needed a set you could of posted and I would have sent you a non cracked set for the cost of the ride.
 
beags86 said:
Why did you buy headers? You seem like a manifold kinda guy. If you needed a set you could of posted and I would have sent you a non cracked set for the cost of the ride.
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Well crap that’s unfortunate! I went with these due to them being cheap and a friend of mine that had them liked them a lot. They’re on there now so no going back
 
I'm late to the party this time, but I'm surprised you'd look at the old oil burner. Weren't we talking about finding a cheap LBZ not too long ago? :dunno:

And for my curiosity, what turbine parts does it have? $500 is an alright price if you get the whole turbine setup. The coolest sounding 135 horsepower on the planet. :haha:

78K30 said:
Sad to hear you’re pulling the 454, I always wanted an L29 454 truck but have never came across the right deal for one when I had the funding. So TBI will have to do for now! I’m actually thinking of going backwards by most people’s standard, there’s a 6.2 and all the necessary turbo parts for sale at a friend of a friends place for $500. May be axing gas power all-together once the 350 blows
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GWeakland620 said:
But with 4.56 gears and 40's, I do kind of need the lower first gear. Someone said that the TH400 and 205 that I would be way worse than my current 700r4/208 combo for gearing.
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That "someone" is correct. A 3.06:1 1st gear run through a 2.61:1 reduction yields a drive ratio of 7.99:1. The Th400/205 combination yields 4.96 in low range. Which is significantly less gearing than my NV4500 has in *high* range. :whistle: It's pretty close to your current 2nd gear. So if you want a real-life comparison, imagine always starting out in second gear.


I liked my former 3.08 gears and even I wouldn't make that swap.
 
No idea what turbo or anything it has. The engine is Ex-military I believe, he stumbled into a few of them
 
Truckman4life said:
Send me one if it has a turbo!!!
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I haven’t got a clue if he even still had it or not! I have a feeling this trucks 350 is going to outlive the body. Hit some pretty nasty washboards a week ago and the rear cab mounts have now poked through the bottom of the cab. So as much as I hate to say it this trucks days are numbered. I’ll drive it until the front end dies, or the engine blows then yank the NV4500 and 14 bolt
 
78K30 said:
I have a feeling this trucks 350 is going to outlive the body. Hit some pretty nasty washboards a week ago and the rear cab mounts have now poked through the bottom of the cab. So as much as I hate to say it this trucks days are numbered.
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Ah...the graveyard of broken dreams... :rolleyes:
 
78K30 said:
I haven’t got a clue if he even still had it or not! I have a feeling this trucks 350 is going to outlive the body. Hit some pretty nasty washboards a week ago and the rear cab mounts have now poked through the bottom of the cab. So as much as I hate to say it this trucks days are numbered. I’ll drive it until the front end dies, or the engine blows then yank the NV4500 and 14 bolt
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Meh, who cares just a stupid gmt400 anyways. Just crush it now and put us out of our electrical misery
 
campfire said:
Ah...the graveyard of broken dreams... :rolleyes:
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There’s billions of these trucks out there yet. There’s usually atleast 10 for sale at any given time within a 50 mile radius. This ones just at the Slykhuis farms retirement home, where old trucks can come to live out their last years.
 
78K30 said:
There’s billions of these trucks out there yet. There’s usually atleast 10 for sale at any given time within a 50 mile radius. This ones just at the Slykhuis farms retirement home, where old trucks can come to live out their last years.
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Been there, done that, gotten tired of it. Anybody want to buy a diesel squarebody? :rolleyes:
 
And since we’re talking truck what the hell, traded in my 06 2500HD and went with something a little more modern this past weekend. The 92 is still the primary driver/beater though.

Looks right at home in it’s new environment

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