1998 Class A - Chevy chassis and 454 - yay or nay?
Is the Chevy class A chassis with the 454 gasser equal to the Ford class a with a V10? Does it have a "reputation" for good, bad, or eh ?
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I have the 1995 TBI version and it has about 124k miles on it now. The P-30 front end caused me a lot of problems and cost me a small fortune to maintain , the auto park needed a lot of attention also but nearly as costly. The 454 engine itself was fine after adding headers which not only eliminated the exhaust manifold cracking but added about 80 or so more HP. Gas mileage was 8.7 mpg over 100 k miles of mixed travel. I drive it with one hand even when trucks pass and have not experienced bad handling as others have described. If you can afford and find a 2006 or newer chassis the front end and auto park problems will not be there.
