The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network







Register or Log In To remove these advertisements.

Go Back   The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network > 47 - Current classic GM Trucks > The 1973 - 1987 Chevrolet & GMC Squarebody Pickups Message Board

Web 67-72chevytrucks.com


 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
Old 05-14-2005, 09:24 PM   #1
crawdad
Senior Member
 
crawdad's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Georgia
Posts: 614
Need help "De-hotrodding" my truck

Hi folks. I just aquired my young teenage nephew's '86 SWB truck that he had bought about a year ago. Well, he wound up having a 4-bolt main 350 built for it with a radical cam, headers, etc. I don't know all of the stuff that went into it, but it was all high performance stuff. He's suppose to get with the builder and get a list of everything so that I'll know what I got. The thing is an absolute gas hog, and the cam is so wild, it lopes and vibrates everything in the cab. It became too much for him to buy gas for and finish up the things that remain to be taken care of (paint, etc.), so I took it off his hands. I am wanting to "de-tune" or "de-hotrod" this thing so that I can make a more decent daily driver out of it and get the gas miledge up. I would like to get your advice on how to do this and spend the least amount of money. I think it has a Rochester Quadrajet carb in it, and I know it is not running right as I think I can smell an overly rich mixture on it. Other than trying to get the carb right, how would you go about dealing with the rest of the stuff to make this beast more driver friendly? Thanks for any advice.
__________________

2012 Silverado LT 1500, 5.3, 6 speed auto
'86 SWB C-10 Silverado
crawdad is offline   Reply With Quote
 

Bookmarks


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 10:02 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
Copyright 1997-2022 67-72chevytrucks.com