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Smokey burnouts · 10-09-2015, 10:42 AM

I haven't pulled the cover and checked yet, but feel pretty confident it's 3.73.

Hard to hear the motor with the wind and the 35's humming. I pushed it up to 70 cruising and seemed to do fine. I'll look at throttle linkage and stuff see if anything looks off. It all might just be simple fact that the stock motor (180HP) is just too weak to do what I expect. I drive a 450+hp Cummins as daily driver so prolly just used to lil more nuts under hood.

10-09-2015, 10:42 AM	#21
Smokey burnouts Registered User Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Farmville Virginia Posts: 55	Re: How fast can I cruise? I haven't pulled the cover and checked yet, but feel pretty confident it's 3.73. Hard to hear the motor with the wind and the 35's humming. I pushed it up to 70 cruising and seemed to do fine. I'll look at throttle linkage and stuff see if anything looks off. It all might just be simple fact that the stock motor (180HP) is just too weak to do what I expect. I drive a 450+hp Cummins as daily driver so prolly just used to lil more nuts under hood. __________________ 72 K5 4x4, 350(rebuilt stock w/edelbrock carb and manifold)/th350, 4"lift 35's, GM 10bolt rear(not thrilled)... Thinking I need some heads and a mild cam or maybe a 5.3!!