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**hatzie** · 03-26-2011, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Stitch

I'f you're going to go for fuel economy I'd use the 6.2 or at least use the 6.2 heads. They have much smaller precups that are better for fuel economy.
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There's a thread and maybe an article on the diesel page about the 6.2l precups. There are several different designs for the 6.2. If I recall correctly the earlier engines were slanted more toward fuel economy than the later ones.

mfl1 · 03-27-2011, 09:07 AM

i keep coming back to look at your truck love everything about it

HanSoloWS6 · 04-04-2011, 01:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Stitch

I'f you're going to go for fuel economy I'd use the 6.2 or at least use the 6.2 heads. They have much smaller precups that are better for fuel economy.
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The 6.5 I'm using, after a head swap and some other tricks, will get close to 30 MPG. I loved my 6.2 though. I was getting close to 35MPG combined.

66redw/white · 04-08-2011, 09:00 PM

so stitch what kinda gas mileage were you gettin in that truck before?

thirdstreettito · 04-09-2011, 12:09 AM

Updates?

*87 chevy silverado* · 04-09-2011, 07:48 AM

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Originally Posted by 66redw/white

so stitch what kinda gas mileage were you gettin in that truck before?

he said something like 26 mpg in own

66redw/white · 04-10-2011, 06:33 PM

26 in town. wow. i knew these deisels got good gas mileage but dang 26. just wondering, this is a swap right? i didnt think they made 5 lug short bed diesels

thirdstreettito · 04-10-2011, 07:20 PM

Not a swap, they made plenty 1/2 ton 2wd 6.2's.

66redw/white · 04-11-2011, 07:44 AM

really? man i gotta find one of these!

*Stitch* · 04-11-2011, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by 66redw/white

really? man i gotta find one of these!

Yep it's a factory Silverado 1/2 ton 5 lug 2wd short wheel base truck. Even has a/c and cruise control(doesn't work though like all of them don't lol). I love the little truck but I might be selling it soon. Maybe just maybe. If I do sell it, it'll go just like it sits with the wheels and the drop on it
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STOCKISH · 04-11-2011, 10:56 AM

Yeah, you're gonna sell it. Until next week when you will be building a full tube chassis Duramax drag truck out of it!

Sorry man, had to rib you a bit!

What are friends for right?

*Stitch* · 04-11-2011, 01:23 PM

Lol you're right. I just really have no need for it now that I have the big diesel. I may just keep it as a yard ornament lol
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palposity · 04-11-2011, 01:29 PM

Hey Stitch - you still want that TH400? I'll be down in Myrtle Beach next week and can bring it along. While I'm there we can each hook a chain on the hitch of our respective Duramaxes and play a little tug o war!!! My 6 little stock tires vs. your swamp boggers!

*Stitch* · 04-11-2011, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by palposity

Hey Stitch - you still want that TH400? I'll be down in Myrtle Beach next week and can bring it along. While I'm there we can each hook a chain on the hitch of our respective Duramaxes and play a little tug o war!!! My 6 little stock tires vs. your swamp boggers!

If you can bring it by my house then bring it. I'm going to charleston next weekend for a reunion of sorts. And I'll take that challenge on the tug of war as long as it's on dirt lol. And you don't mind me covering your new dmax with dirt
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66redw/white · 04-11-2011, 09:14 PM

stitch sounds like your in the carolinas. you ever find yourself wanting an orange 66 longbed instead of that farm truck you let me know!

palposity · 04-12-2011, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Stitch

If you can bring it by my house then bring it. I'm going to charleston next weekend for a reunion of sorts. And I'll take that challenge on the tug of war as long as it's on dirt lol. And you don't mind me covering your new dmax with dirt
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Probably won't be able to drive all the way out to your place. Sorry.

*Stitch* · 04-12-2011, 12:39 PM

I'm actually gonna be home this weekend. I could come meet you somewhere probably. Where were you thinking about meeting up at?

Oh yeah and you failed to reply to the dirt comment. Must still be too new to get dirty lol. I like the truck man. If I had gotten a dually instead it would have looked like that. Love that color wish mine wasn't white like a work truck lol

GmtGmt · 04-12-2011, 01:54 PM

sell the durascrap and keep the square, i dont like shortbeds but this one great looking buddy

*Stitch* · 04-12-2011, 02:16 PM

The duramax is awesome but I love the little truck too. It's not going anywhere.
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*Stitch* · 04-17-2011, 11:45 PM

Big updates coming really soon...I just bought a new shop a couple of months ago...I need to get the junk cleaned out of it...once I do that, the truck is going in there and getting a frame off, 6.0/4l80e combo, porterbuilt treatment front and rear in the way of coilovers on all four corners and trailing arms in the rear, sfbd, one piece windows, flush fit rear glass, sport bumper in the rear...and a full out custom street rod interior...I'm gonna be selling the Coys when I get my new wheels all lined up...I'm modifying an already sweet wheel to make it sweeter

...and the patina paint is definitely staying...besides that most everything is getting changed...I will be fixing the little bit of rust through I have on the truck and blending the patina into it...

I've wanted to do this truck like this for a while...I know I've gone back and forth, back and forth, but I decided with the help of my wife that I wasn't gonna be happy until it was done like I want it done...

...gotta love the wife for talking me into spending money...lol

menace121978 · 04-19-2011, 08:07 AM

sounds like a helluva plan brotha... now enough with the talkin and bull****tin and get after it!!!

*Stitch* · 04-19-2011, 12:40 PM

As soon as the previous owner of my shop gets it cleaned out I'm gonna start getting it apart
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*87 chevy silverado* · 05-03-2011, 06:26 PM

updates? lol

*Stitch* · 05-03-2011, 06:40 PM

Updates are as follows lol. I am building this truck for a show piece for my business. Being the fact that everyone seems to think that I should paint it I'm gonna paint it. Well sorta. I love this truck just the way it is. Sooooo....

I'm gonna buy another truck and do a frame off on it and build it too quality for my show piece. The little blue and white truck is staying the same. I'm not touching the patina or the wheels or anything. I'm gonna raise it a little in the front, remove the inner fenders, notch the rear, and do the interior back factory and then I'm gonna drive the piss outta it lol.

The new truck on the other hand is getting everything I was gonna do to this one.

My buddy Joseph is doing a rendering for me on the new one now. And a rendering on the old one lol
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*87 chevy silverado* · 05-03-2011, 06:45 PM

73-80 or 81-87? gas or deisel?

03-27-2011, 09:07 AM	#352
mfl1 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: lebanon Pa Posts: 72	Re: Streetrod Farm Truck build..."the Diesel" i keep coming back to look at your truck love everything about it

04-08-2011, 09:00 PM	#354
66redw/white made in america Join Date: May 2010 Location: baton rouge la Posts: 653	Re: Streetrod Farm Truck build..."the Diesel" so stitch what kinda gas mileage were you gettin in that truck before? __________________ 2005 gmc sierra- 4/6, t56, cammed 5.3. 4.10, big bars, and brakes. sounds good 1964 c10-283 powerpack, 3 on the tree 2004 corvette- lowered, borla, tuned. slow my old girl 1966 c10- 305v8, t-5 sold

04-09-2011, 12:09 AM	#355
thirdstreettito Resident of Here Join Date: May 2008 Location: Wesley Chapel, FL, USA Posts: 7,716	Re: Streetrod Farm Truck build..."the Diesel" Updates? __________________ ~Bradley~ 2004 Black GTO LS2/T56 too much to list Miss having a truck

04-10-2011, 06:33 PM	#357
66redw/white made in america Join Date: May 2010 Location: baton rouge la Posts: 653	Re: Streetrod Farm Truck build..."the Diesel" 26 in town. wow. i knew these deisels got good gas mileage but dang 26. just wondering, this is a swap right? i didnt think they made 5 lug short bed diesels __________________ 2005 gmc sierra- 4/6, t56, cammed 5.3. 4.10, big bars, and brakes. sounds good 1964 c10-283 powerpack, 3 on the tree 2004 corvette- lowered, borla, tuned. slow my old girl 1966 c10- 305v8, t-5 sold

04-10-2011, 07:20 PM	#358
thirdstreettito Resident of Here Join Date: May 2008 Location: Wesley Chapel, FL, USA Posts: 7,716	Re: Streetrod Farm Truck build..."the Diesel" Not a swap, they made plenty 1/2 ton 2wd 6.2's. __________________ ~Bradley~ 2004 Black GTO LS2/T56 too much to list Miss having a truck

04-11-2011, 07:44 AM	#359
66redw/white made in america Join Date: May 2010 Location: baton rouge la Posts: 653	Re: Streetrod Farm Truck build..."the Diesel" really? man i gotta find one of these! __________________ 2005 gmc sierra- 4/6, t56, cammed 5.3. 4.10, big bars, and brakes. sounds good 1964 c10-283 powerpack, 3 on the tree 2004 corvette- lowered, borla, tuned. slow my old girl 1966 c10- 305v8, t-5 sold

04-11-2011, 10:56 AM	#361
STOCKISH Formerly- 1972SuperCheyenne Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Wake Forest NC Posts: 5,782	Re: Streetrod Farm Truck build..."the Diesel" Yeah, you're gonna sell it. Until next week when you will be building a full tube chassis Duramax drag truck out of it! Sorry man, had to rib you a bit! What are friends for right? __________________ --Josh My Build Thread:http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=799218 A good crossthread is better than Loctite any day. Life is not about what you have, but who you have to share it with.

04-11-2011, 01:23 PM	#362
Stitch Account Suspended Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Where I come from, it's cornbread and chicken... Posts: 3,122	Re: Streetrod Farm Truck build..."the Diesel" Lol you're right. I just really have no need for it now that I have the big diesel. I may just keep it as a yard ornament lol Posted via Mobile Device

04-11-2011, 01:29 PM	#363
palposity Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Syracuse NY Posts: 684	Re: Streetrod Farm Truck build..."the Diesel" Hey Stitch - you still want that TH400? I'll be down in Myrtle Beach next week and can bring it along. While I'm there we can each hook a chain on the hitch of our respective Duramaxes and play a little tug o war!!! My 6 little stock tires vs. your swamp boggers! __________________ Project #1 "Pops"--1980 Chevrolet Scottsdale C10 3rd Generation in the same original owner family. GOAL: Restore to "almost" original. View Project Pops HERE Project #2 "Cletus"--1986 Chevy K20 4.10 Gear Ratio GOAL: Restore into a heavy duty work/plow rig View Project Cletus HERE - SOLD DD--2008 Duramax CCSB

04-11-2011, 09:14 PM	#365
66redw/white made in america Join Date: May 2010 Location: baton rouge la Posts: 653	Re: Streetrod Farm Truck build..."the Diesel" stitch sounds like your in the carolinas. you ever find yourself wanting an orange 66 longbed instead of that farm truck you let me know! __________________ 2005 gmc sierra- 4/6, t56, cammed 5.3. 4.10, big bars, and brakes. sounds good 1964 c10-283 powerpack, 3 on the tree 2004 corvette- lowered, borla, tuned. slow my old girl 1966 c10- 305v8, t-5 sold

04-12-2011, 12:39 PM	#367
Stitch Account Suspended Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Where I come from, it's cornbread and chicken... Posts: 3,122	Re: Streetrod Farm Truck build..."the Diesel" I'm actually gonna be home this weekend. I could come meet you somewhere probably. Where were you thinking about meeting up at? Oh yeah and you failed to reply to the dirt comment. Must still be too new to get dirty lol. I like the truck man. If I had gotten a dually instead it would have looked like that. Love that color wish mine wasn't white like a work truck lol Last edited by Stitch; 04-12-2011 at 12:43 PM.

04-12-2011, 02:16 PM	#369
Stitch Account Suspended Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Where I come from, it's cornbread and chicken... Posts: 3,122	Re: Streetrod Farm Truck build..."the Diesel" The duramax is awesome but I love the little truck too. It's not going anywhere. Posted via Mobile Device

04-17-2011, 11:45 PM	#370
Stitch Account Suspended Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Where I come from, it's cornbread and chicken... Posts: 3,122	Re: Streetrod Farm Truck build..."the Diesel" Big updates coming really soon...I just bought a new shop a couple of months ago...I need to get the junk cleaned out of it...once I do that, the truck is going in there and getting a frame off, 6.0/4l80e combo, porterbuilt treatment front and rear in the way of coilovers on all four corners and trailing arms in the rear, sfbd, one piece windows, flush fit rear glass, sport bumper in the rear...and a full out custom street rod interior...I'm gonna be selling the Coys when I get my new wheels all lined up...I'm modifying an already sweet wheel to make it sweeter ...and the patina paint is definitely staying...besides that most everything is getting changed...I will be fixing the little bit of rust through I have on the truck and blending the patina into it... I've wanted to do this truck like this for a while...I know I've gone back and forth, back and forth, but I decided with the help of my wife that I wasn't gonna be happy until it was done like I want it done......gotta love the wife for talking me into spending money...lol Last edited by Stitch; 04-17-2011 at 11:51 PM.

04-19-2011, 08:07 AM	#371
menace121978 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: orangevale, ca Posts: 3,626	Re: Streetrod Farm Truck build..."the Diesel" sounds like a helluva plan brotha... now enough with the talkin and bull****tin and get after it!!! __________________ "Dennis the Menace" 1978 Silverado (2wd, 1/2 ton, short bed)complete nut & bolt frame off restomod LQ9/4L80E MY LS SWAP/FRAME OFF BUILD BOOK 2006 TBSS way too much to list

04-19-2011, 12:40 PM	#372
Stitch Account Suspended Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Where I come from, it's cornbread and chicken... Posts: 3,122	Re: Streetrod Farm Truck build..."the Diesel" As soon as the previous owner of my shop gets it cleaned out I'm gonna start getting it apart Posted via Mobile Device



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05-03-2011, 06:26 PM	#373
87 chevy silverado Account Suspended Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: lexington South Carolina Posts: 2,124	Re: Streetrod Farm Truck build..."the Diesel" updates? lol

05-03-2011, 06:40 PM	#374
Stitch Account Suspended Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Where I come from, it's cornbread and chicken... Posts: 3,122	Re: Streetrod Farm Truck build..."the Diesel" Updates are as follows lol. I am building this truck for a show piece for my business. Being the fact that everyone seems to think that I should paint it I'm gonna paint it. Well sorta. I love this truck just the way it is. Sooooo.... I'm gonna buy another truck and do a frame off on it and build it too quality for my show piece. The little blue and white truck is staying the same. I'm not touching the patina or the wheels or anything. I'm gonna raise it a little in the front, remove the inner fenders, notch the rear, and do the interior back factory and then I'm gonna drive the piss outta it lol. The new truck on the other hand is getting everything I was gonna do to this one. My buddy Joseph is doing a rendering for me on the new one now. And a rendering on the old one lol Posted via Mobile Device

05-03-2011, 06:45 PM	#375
87 chevy silverado Account Suspended Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: lexington South Carolina Posts: 2,124	Re: Streetrod Farm Truck build..."the Diesel" 73-80 or 81-87? gas or deisel?

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