Chevy 8.1 truck with low miles?

babock wrote:

specta wrote:

babock wrote:
There is a reason GM got rid of it!

Emissions was the big killer of the 8.1. It was a filthy

Large bore engines of that era were filthy as far as emissions went.
That's why Ford went to a V-10, smaller bore lower emissions.

Technology was not all that great back them compared to today.

In its day the 8.1 was a good truck engine.

Why didn't the 8.1L have more power and get better gas mileage? 9.1:1 compression.

But then once again, I don't think the intention of this thread was to compare to old against the new.

Just to reminisce the old 8.1.

And why was it a filthy engine? It was because it was not an efficient engine! That's why they killed it.

Reading your post, I take it that you really didn’t like that engine or any other BB. Just a note, GM still produces BB engines in the 8 liter size. The 8.1 was discontinued because of the change in emissions. No big deal, it’s really a great engine, has tremendous power and easy to produce more. The GM 6.0 was upgraded along with 6 speeds that took the helm during that time. I’m thinking that GM will release another version of the 8 liter engine soon for larger trucks. I don’t think the duty cycle of any smaller displacement engine last as long. I have 2 friends that own both 8.1 trucks. Both tow regularly and have had zero issues. One of them pulls 15k horse trailer all around the Country. Has a lot of miles on it, last I heard was around 300k.. still runs and does the job. My other buddy has around 100k on his and zero issues. As long as I have personally worked on engines I’m a fan of both SB and BB variants. I even like the Ford Ecoboost series. My Fav are the GM LS series, but Ford has done a good job with the ecoboost so far. Now I’m watching the 1/2 ton Diesel engines. I expect good service from those as well. But if one ever finds a good deal on a low miles 8.1 and cheap... Best Buy it... it will last...