I was always told that diesels dont do well for short trips. Turbo gmc daully 454 tbi ls1, ls2, ls6, lt1, sbc turbo. With over 35k in receipts, his truck was designed to be a daily driver. Took my 89 gmc dually out for a drive around yosemite lakes park in the sierra foothills. Never fear, all you purists and nerds, the 396 is still in the garage, and the muncie behind the 454 is still numbersmatchingfreshly rebuilt, too. The daily driver series is designed for the person who wants to drive their hot rod daily. From experience it is possible that your milage can stay close to the same or even increase a little if you do a lot of highway driving. Twin turbo bbc kit gmc gm chevy big block 427 454 396 502 572 900hp package new ebay. List your classic and premium cars on classic driver. If you cant have fun in your daily driver, whats the point. They would have more problems injectors clogging or breaking down, oil getting too dirty, engines getting gunky, etc.
Which premium truck performs best as a daily driver. A turbo spec camshaft from comp cams and trick flow 190cc cylinder heads. The comfort and poise of a mercedes combined with that fantastic 4. Dont be sad because you cant afford a weekend car for venting your inner hoonage. Im building a 454 but i am fairly new to this and am only a short way into becoming a gearhead. Street test nre patented mirror image turbo 427 ls camaro daily driver. These engines offer maximum reliability and still have an enormous amount of torque and horsepower on pump gas.
What size turbo would i want for a 454 bbc and what would. I do not know what heads ocam etc i would be using, im still in the process of planning what ill want or need. Some trucks do this with displacement by putting the bigges. This rebuild of the chevy 454 is for all the hamneggers out there. Where the gmc used a hightech turbocharged v6, the chevy was powered by. Im looking at trucks now as i plan on getting rid of my hatchback.
Although i love the sound of a high lift solid roller cam. Here are jalopnik readers ten most hoonable daily drivers. By 1974, however, governmentmandated smog requirements killed the muscle car as the 454 s horsepower rating dipped to. Did the original 396 big block camaro use a similar staggeredshock. Im a dude from new england in my late 20s and ive been increasingly interested in buying a small pickup for use as my daily driver, mostly because ive heard they last a while. So chevy took a 454 cubicinch mark iv big block and put it into a shortbed, regularcab, halfton pickup. The chevy c1500 454 ss was gms other 90s performance pickup. Living with a halfton luxury pickup truck isnt terribly difficult. It came in the chevrolet silverado and gmc sierra 2500 and 3500 pickups, the luxury chevy avalanche pickup, the chevy suburban, gmc yukon and the commercial gmc kodiak, topkick and workhorse trucks. Chevrolet performances 454 ho crate engine is a bigblock bargain an affordable engine with performance specs that will make you think its 1970 all over again. Vehicleengine search vehicleengine search makemodel search makeengine search.
That diesel engines were meant to stay running for long periods of time like those in a commercial truck. Inside, all 454 ss pickups were based upon the quasiluxury. Nelson racing engines twin turbo daily driver series. Easy street 350 small block engine build super chevy. Its now fitted with a mild 454 topped by an edelbrock dualplane intake and 800 cfm carb. Rodriguez 1972 chevelle with an 800hp, 80mm turbo ls engine swapped in by matts fab shop in orland, california. Gm already had a winner with its 1988 ck1500 series pickups, but something seemed to be missing from the domestic auto industry, and that was muscle. The owner is installing this one of kind in his 454 ss truck. I love duallys, but the 454 is definitely a turn off. Americans who use a pickup truck as a daily driver, what exactly are they for. The 454, now the 494, outmatched its sibling the 396 v8 and the smallblock 350 in. The chevy silverado and ford f150 are both fantastic fullsize pickup trucks.
Build a 700hp 454 ls stroker thats tame enough for your daily driver. This would definitely not be a cheap truck to daily. Nelson racing engines naturally aspirated daily driver. Americans who use a pickup truck as a daily driver, what.
We have figured it out on this combo, over 200 back to back dyno pulls above 1400 hp in 2 days with zero wear. Check out the build from start to finish only at or the july 2012 issue of car craft magazine. Sorry for the horrible quality and bad noise issues, im currently trying to find a new form of media. The chevrolet 454 cubicinch v8 engine debuted near the end of the muscle car era in 1970. If you can find an 02 without rust, it can make for a wonderful daily driver. He had a little problem getting it to hook up but it was still super.
In 1990, chevrolet rolled out the 454 ss, an outrageous. This build is 85% or better complete with only the final stretch left to be completed. This silverado has only 40k original miles and has already been modified to run 10s. Twin turbo daily driver truck for sale chevrolet other.
This would definitely not be a cheap truck to daily drive. Apologies if this question has been asked before, but ive always wondered about this. My daily driverwork truck is a 2500 silverado with 6. Maintenance is the key to longevity of either of these chevy engines. Twin turbo bbc kit gmc gm chevy big block 427 454 396 502.
Even if you decide on a mild daily driver right now, proper planning can provide the makings for a mild daily driver today and a streetstrip stormer tomorrow. Twin turbos make this daily driven c10 one powerful pickup. I plan to use it as my daily driver here in arizona. Milage is primarly based on load on the engine and obviousely your engines design and specs bit keeping your foot out of it in long trips seem to help milage a lot on long trips because the engine can turn the tires a little easier, despite the slightly. When youve got a truck, you want to get as much horsepower and torque out of the engine as possible so you can get work done.
Video was kind of an experiment so thats why a couple parts of the video the camera. Twin turbos make this dailydriven c10 one powerful pickup. At its peak, the 454 was developing 450 horsepower in the camaro and chevelle passenger cars. The 199093 chevrolet 454 ss pickup is experiencing a. So, in which categories does the ford exceed the chevy. Theres no approximate power numbers a stock 454 is tame compared to what you can do after stepping up the camintakeexhaustheads, theres no target that is, whether this is a street car, a tow truck, or a 14 or 18 drag strip terror, or even the body that its. They actually have a lot in common, including pricing, comfort level, interior quality, powertrains, and ride and handling. What is the best transmission to go with a chevy 454 big. Either way, turbocharged or supercharged, an ls powered pickup truck. The click was when tim oneil placed an ebay bid on the 1975 chevy c10 stepside you see before you.
Nineties bowtie with a bigblock chevrolets hemmings daily. High quality gaskets included for turbo flanges and exhaust manifold flanges. I wanted to create a clean and comfortable head turner for daily driven use that made tons of power on demand with all the reliability you could ask for. Done right, they combine the best traits of a hot rod, daily driver and parts. Nelson racing engines natually aspirated daily driver series. If you can do it yourself, it can be done for relativly cheap. Covering everything from stock turbocharger cars, seriously fast drag racers, boats, motorcycles, and daily driver modified turbo cars and trucks. During the summer its my daily driver and ive had virtually no problems with it. Ive looked at a couple mini trucks, then some full size, and recently a couple duallys. Im actually with tony you didnt mention any one of a myriad number of things that will affect the decision making process. Most powerful truck engines, highest torque pickup engine, highest horsepower. To start posting in our forums, and comment on articles and blogs please.