1981 Chevy Truck vs Ford Truck
My parents had a 1981 truck so a interesting marketing video looking back. Our 1981 truck never made 22 mpg hwy with a tail wind. I want to say it was ~16 mpg. The Urethane clear pads mounted on ...
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mkirsch wrote:FishOnOne wrote:Grit dog wrote:
Straight 6 was available thru at least '86 in the 3/4 - 1 tons. 1/2 tons base option changed to the 4.3 V6 in the 80s.
I remember seeing plenty of half tons with the I6 and later the 4.3 V6's with a 4 barrel carb which was pretty cool, but neither had the power of the 5.0.
Well duh, that was in the days of "there is no replacement for displacement." Need more power, add more holes, or make the holes bigger. Turbos were for weenies. Superchargers were for those delinquent greasers who raced cars in a straight line.
Though I have a hard time believing that a GM 305 was out-pulling all those other engines, unless it was pulling a LOT less, or something was done to it to pep it up. Even today the 305 is regarded as a joke.
I want to say GM made a push towards these V6 engines sometime in the late 80's. Even Buick was running V6 engines in their NASCAR cars.
