Chevy 8.1 truck with low miles?
This is not a for sale add, not my truck and don’t even know the guy, but for anyone looking, there’s one with 70kmiles for sale on Seattle Craigslist right now. Ext cab 4wd. Not many of these aroun...
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babock wrote:specta wrote:And why was it a filthy engine? It was because it was not an efficient engine! That's why they killed it.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.
Once again, emissions.
It could have been extremely efficient but emission regulations choked it.
