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  1. PhotonFanatic

    Whats you gas mileage on your squarebody truck?

    You have won the chicken dinner sir! I get whatever a wore out 350 with 170k miles usually gets. ... Probably 11 mpg haha
  2. PhotonFanatic

    Whats you gas mileage on your squarebody truck?

    How about 900hp:
  3. PhotonFanatic

    Whats you gas mileage on your squarebody truck?

    Here's what an engine builder said when I asked him about MPG for my squarebody: I will give you some realistic tips on building a Gen III/IV 5.3 for strong fuel efficiency in your older Silverado. This will assume you don't do much towing, or that you are not filling the bed up with 3000...
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    Do aftermarket speaker mounts make 6x9's clear the cab?

    This is a question for people who bought those aftermarket speaker brackets for the back of the cab. I replaced the factory brackets, which would only fit the old 4x10" size. I'd like to get a good set of 6x9's but the magnet has gotten bigger on those. Especially the good ones. Just wanted to...
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    Whats you gas mileage on your squarebody truck?

    Yall better get ready, hod rodding is heading in that direction. My neighbor down the street converted a 70s oldsmobile to electric. Not really my bag, I want a 5.3L. But hey, I just calls em as I sees em.
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    Whats you gas mileage on your squarebody truck?

    How about an electric squarebody, where the battery gets charged off solar panels. That way the fuel cost is $0
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    How to refurbish hood ornament?

    Yeah I started looking at some wacky hood ornaments after he posted that ebay link. There's some really cool older chevy hood ornaments. I'd consider using them instead if they were somewhat inexpensive, the same size or a bit smaller, and had the chevy logo on them. Maybe I'll have to make a...
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    How to refurbish hood ornament?

    It's gotta come apart somehow! lol But yeah, I guess nothing is going to make the "GMC" become a chevy logo. So two more questions: 1. Does the logo tend to fade because of the sun? 2. Are thieves a problem? I've heard of lots of different vehicles having their hood ornament stolen.
  9. PhotonFanatic

    How to refurbish hood ornament?

    Anyone ever refurbished their hood ornament? The one on my 87 is faded completely out. It also says GMC instead of having the Chevy logo in it, and the truck is a silverado. Maybe someone stole the hood ornament at one time. Never been in an accident. So is there any way to take it all apart...
  10. PhotonFanatic

    What was the cause of the door strap defect?

    According to the reviews on Amazon, they're about 3 inches too short for our trucks. The door straps were useful on those land yachts with the 200lb doors. I think the design just carried over into the trucks, where it probably shouldn't have, because they appear to be decoration. You can shut...
  11. PhotonFanatic

    What was the cause of the door strap defect?

    I found this, but I'm not sure about the fitment: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000CO971C/
  12. PhotonFanatic

    What was the cause of the door strap defect?

    Another question: Is there anything else that I could make the door strap out of, that would somewhat resemble a factory strap? I know you could use just about anything but I'd like it to be conceivable that this improvised strap was factory. The reason is, I don't like the prices for all...
  13. PhotonFanatic

    Proper process for painting most of your interior parts

    Nice it's good to see someone doing some color, instead of just drab ol black. Most people seem to want to go to black, but the colors are what separates these old trucks from modern vehicles, which are mostly black. I'd love to have a truck with the green interior, and that orange looking interior.
  14. PhotonFanatic

    How can I shield these electrical connections?

    Yeah I wanted to use one of those flat oem fuse boxes from the auto salvage yard, but they're really not made to be worked on easily like the aftermarket stuff is.
  15. PhotonFanatic

    How can I shield these electrical connections?

    Wow thanks Ranchwelder, I did not expect such a reply! I will certainly revisit this thread when it's time to move that fusebox. You're right I could use some drip loops in there too. It's just a 2WD street truck though, but the way my luck works, water and gunk will find it's way in there...
  16. PhotonFanatic

    What was the cause of the door strap defect?

    Well I asked the guy if he'd make some that were slightly different, and he said no they're fine lol. So I guess using that image, I could just take the job to someone else and tell them to suck a half inch out of it. That way they wouldn't stick out quite so far, and would more closely...
  17. PhotonFanatic

    How can I shield these electrical connections?

    As you can see from the pic, this box is under the hood. I had to install a fuse box and relays in order to run the headlights and the power windows. The old stuff just kept failing and wasn't really up to the task anymore. Also I wanted a few extra relay and fuse slots on hand, for future...
  18. PhotonFanatic

    Inexpensive cup holders?

    Seems like that one could still be useful even if you converted to bucket seats one day. I ended up going with this, because I wanted something minimal. It seems real solid, and it was cheap. Something off amazon made to fit in a GMC Acadia iirc. Coated it to match the interior with SEM's...
  19. PhotonFanatic

    What was the cause of the door strap defect?

    Looks nice but the angle is kinda steep on that one. I sent him a message asking if he could make them a little shorter. Could be a good idea if it had say... the middle section wrapped in leather. With only each end still showing the polished steel. With those mods, someone unfamiliar with the...
  20. PhotonFanatic

    Inexpensive cup holders?

    I don't see how people are using the ashtray spot for that. Those doors/hinges were never known for being strong. More like easily bent. I don't think I'd be able to bring myself to stick that big double cup holder in there, then add a couple of heavy drinks. Seems like asking for problems.
  21. PhotonFanatic

    What was the cause of the door strap defect?

    Yes I considered those. Some people want to use the strap when you'd rather they didn't. But it wouldn't complete the original look so I'll try the straps for awhile. If they don't work out I'll be switching to those with the strap delete.
  22. PhotonFanatic

    Anybody considered hacking up these panels to fit silverado trim?

    Nice job looks like it worked out well for you. Only thing is, I'd have one more thing to cut out. The area just above the armrest is fabric on the silverado. It's another insert, so it would that would have to be cut out. And I'm not sure how that would work out. Cause now the door handle part...
  23. PhotonFanatic

    How much more power can a 5.3L make without hurting road manners or gas mileage?

    Yeah moving the occasional couch. It's kind of a nice resto mod truck. One of those where you don't want to damage the paint. But since I won't own a truck that can't be used as a truck, it still does most truck duties. And the old 350 is worn out. I've heard people say the 5.3L fuel economy...
  24. PhotonFanatic

    How much more power can a 5.3L make without hurting road manners or gas mileage?

    Since cost isn't a huge factor here, maybe the 6.0 would be the better choice since it gets me closer to the goal from the beginning. Ricko19 is right those were weird numbers I threw out there. What I should have said is that I'd like to get close to 400hp and 400 torque. And I'd like to...
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    How much more power can a 5.3L make without hurting road manners or gas mileage?

    I believe my truck has 2:73's, but I could be wrong about that. It's the stock gearing. It will do 80 mph at around 1,800 RPM so it's probably the 2:73's. I currently have the 700R4 transmission. But that may become a 6L80e when it's time for the 5.3L swap. I still want to do 80 or 85 mph at...

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