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My Silverado
Me and my truck
I started, in 1996, with a straight and amazingly stock truck all the way around and drove it that way for a couple of years. All the time thinking that some day I would start to do performance and appearance upgrades along the way. But life had another fate and now, four years later, I have a wonderful wife and a beautiful baby girl and the same stock truck!
But now I have a better paying job and have that same old itch I had when I was younger to start playing with my truck again. I've spent the last year or so doing research, getting catalogs, making wish lists and learning as much as possible about the mechanics of my truck. And I still don't know squat!
What I have or had What I want What I've done
Air & Fuel Delivery
Thermostatic air cleaner
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Snorkel Ram Air style
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K&N Air cleaner
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Stock 350 TBI
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Holley 670 TBI or 454 TBI
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454 TBI w/ 350 injectors :(
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Nothing
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TBI Spacer
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Nothing
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Stock Alum. manifold
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Edelbrock or Holley?
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Nothing
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Internal Components
Stock Iron center-bolt heads
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Vortech L31 heads
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Nothing
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Stock cam
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Compu-Cam
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Nothing
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Stock Pistons and Rods
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Nothing
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Nothing
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Stock Crankshaft
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Nothing
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Nothing
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Other Mods
Stock chip
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Custom programed chip
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ADS Super chip
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265/60R15 tires
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295/50R15 or 16's
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275/60R15
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Stock HD rear suspension
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Lower 2"
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Removed the 3rd & 5th leaf springs, polyurethane bushings installed
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