IT LIVES!!

Darrin · 15-04-2007, 22:38

My 1990 Silverado truck is fully operational now. My son wouldn't let me have the laptop long enough to get a couple sound clips of the open exhaust, but later today I'm planning on getting some of it as it is now.

Even with the exhaust fully hooked up it STILL sounds mean!! And boy, does that thing GO!! Took it out on the road and hammered it. It's not quite drag car impressive, but for a big ass heavy 4X4 truck it sure is!!

Certainly is amazing what 45 cubic inches and a properly working fuel injection system will do to improve your acceleration!! I thought the old '81 truck you've all seen the infamous picture of could get up and go. This one leaves it literally in the dust!!

Now to run a few tanks of good petrol through it and start the mileage calculations. Hopefully I'll be getting somewhere around 15-18mpg out of it.

Once I get it running perfectly I'm going to look into putting a hydrogen injection system in to improve the mileage even further. I know this thing won't run completely on hydrogen. It needs some dyno juice to keep things from rusting inside the engine, but I figure if I run a 50/50 mix of air and hydrogen coming in the intake it should kick the mileage up to about 20-25. That's the plan, anyways. I'm going to give it a shot and try it. Couldn't do it on the old one as it was a carby, hence no way for it to moderate the fuel mixture like the FI can on this one.

Anyways, tomorrow I call the insurance company and have them take the old truck off and put this one on. \o/

Pebs · 15-04-2007, 23:48

*standing ovation!*

Ive no idea what half of that means, other than you're a Very Clever Man

Garp · 16-04-2007, 00:53

15-18mpg makes mother earth cry...

Congratulations on kicking her back into life though

Darrin · 16-04-2007, 01:51

Please remember Garp. 15-18mpg over here is 18-22mpg for you folks. Not too bad for a truck with a gross towing vehicle weight of over 15,000 pounds.

And since its primary purposes will be hauling close to 3,000 pounds of firewood or gravel or putting a snowplow blade on the front and pushing up to 2 feet of snow aside, it's GOT to be big!!

Trust me, if I didn't have to haul wood, I'd be driving one of those 1.0L 3 cyl Geo Metro's. But for me it's cheaper in the long run to only tax and insure the truck and drive it than it is to tax and insure the truck AND another car.

Please also remember it's 17 years old and FAR outweighs anything Land Rover ever put on the road...

Garp · 16-04-2007, 13:20

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Originally Posted by Darrin

Please remember Garp. 15-18mpg over here is 18-22mpg for you folks. Not too bad for a truck with a gross towing vehicle weight of over 15,000 pounds.

True.. I forgot you american people have strange measurements over there

22mpg isn't far behind my old Corsa, she usually manages just 26-28mpg and she struggles up hills when she has four adults in her

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And since its primary purposes will be hauling close to 3,000 pounds of firewood or gravel or putting a snowplow blade on the front and pushing up to 2 feet of snow aside, it's GOT to be big!!

*collapses in shock* You mean... your... someone... who actually needs a vehicle that size? *collapses in shock again* These days it seems nearly half the vehicles on the road are large SUV and Truck size things that never touch grass let alone mud or rough territory, and often have little more than one or two adults in them.

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Trust me, if I didn't have to haul wood, I'd be driving one of those 1.0L 3 cyl Geo Metro's. But for me it's cheaper in the long run to only tax and insure the truck and drive it than it is to tax and insure the truck AND another car.

Geo Metro? Not sure I've seen them.

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Please also remember it's 17 years old and FAR outweighs anything Land Rover ever put on the road...

I bet

Darrin · 16-04-2007, 16:27

Geo Metro = Suzuki Swift.

I couldn't remember last night what they were based on.

Oh, and yup. I USE my trucks!!

Fayshun · 16-04-2007, 16:50

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Originally Posted by Darrin

Geo Metro = Suzuki Swift.

I couldn't remember last night what they were based on.

Oh, and yup. I USE my trucks!!

Needs a bit of T-Cut round the wheel arch.

Darrin · 16-04-2007, 17:56

.. and under the door, the bottom of the door, the floor boards.

Will · 16-04-2007, 17:57

Awesome news Darrin!

I always enjoy your car tales.

I get probably less than 18mpg but that's probably because I drive heavy footed

**** mother nature, long live gas guzzling big displacement engines

Nutcase · 16-04-2007, 19:35

Nice one

I mish I could eek that good mpg out my measily little 2 litre. me and my heavy foot

15-04-2007, 22:38	#1
Darrin Dirteh Kitteh Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hiding out in Mormon Country Posts: 1,629	IT LIVES!! My 1990 Silverado truck is fully operational now. My son wouldn't let me have the laptop long enough to get a couple sound clips of the open exhaust, but later today I'm planning on getting some of it as it is now. Even with the exhaust fully hooked up it STILL sounds mean!! And boy, does that thing GO!! Took it out on the road and hammered it. It's not quite drag car impressive, but for a big ass heavy 4X4 truck it sure is!! Certainly is amazing what 45 cubic inches and a properly working fuel injection system will do to improve your acceleration!! I thought the old '81 truck you've all seen the infamous picture of could get up and go. This one leaves it literally in the dust!! Now to run a few tanks of good petrol through it and start the mileage calculations. Hopefully I'll be getting somewhere around 15-18mpg out of it. Once I get it running perfectly I'm going to look into putting a hydrogen injection system in to improve the mileage even further. I know this thing won't run completely on hydrogen. It needs some dyno juice to keep things from rusting inside the engine, but I figure if I run a 50/50 mix of air and hydrogen coming in the intake it should kick the mileage up to about 20-25. That's the plan, anyways. I'm going to give it a shot and try it. Couldn't do it on the old one as it was a carby, hence no way for it to moderate the fuel mixture like the FI can on this one. Anyways, tomorrow I call the insurance company and have them take the old truck off and put this one on. \o/ __________________ A bullet may have your name on it, but shrapnel is addressed "to whom it may concern".

15-04-2007, 23:48	#2
Pebs Easymouth Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 6,716	standing ovation! Ive no idea what half of that means, other than you're a Very Clever Man __________________ ...faster you naughty little monkey! Running through hell, heaven can wait!

16-04-2007, 00:53	#3
Garp Preparing more tumbleweed Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hawaii Posts: 6,038	15-18mpg makes mother earth cry... Congratulations on kicking her back into life though __________________ Mal: Define "interesting"? Wash: "Oh, God, oh, God, we're all gonna die"?

16-04-2007, 01:51	#4
Darrin Dirteh Kitteh Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hiding out in Mormon Country Posts: 1,629	Please remember Garp. 15-18mpg over here is 18-22mpg for you folks. Not too bad for a truck with a gross towing vehicle weight of over 15,000 pounds. And since its primary purposes will be hauling close to 3,000 pounds of firewood or gravel or putting a snowplow blade on the front and pushing up to 2 feet of snow aside, it's GOT to be big!! Trust me, if I didn't have to haul wood, I'd be driving one of those 1.0L 3 cyl Geo Metro's. But for me it's cheaper in the long run to only tax and insure the truck and drive it than it is to tax and insure the truck AND another car. Please also remember it's 17 years old and FAR outweighs anything Land Rover ever put on the road... __________________ A bullet may have your name on it, but shrapnel is addressed "to whom it may concern".

16-04-2007, 16:27	#6
Darrin Dirteh Kitteh Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hiding out in Mormon Country Posts: 1,629	Geo Metro = Suzuki Swift. I couldn't remember last night what they were based on. Oh, and yup. I USE my trucks!! __________________ A bullet may have your name on it, but shrapnel is addressed "to whom it may concern".

16-04-2007, 17:56	#8
Darrin Dirteh Kitteh Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hiding out in Mormon Country Posts: 1,629	.. and under the door, the bottom of the door, the floor boards. __________________ A bullet may have your name on it, but shrapnel is addressed "to whom it may concern".

16-04-2007, 17:57	#9
Will BBx woz 'ere :P Join Date: Jan 1970 Posts: 2,147,487,208	Awesome news Darrin! I always enjoy your car tales. I get probably less than 18mpg but that's probably because I drive heavy footed ** mother nature, long live gas guzzling big displacement engines __________________ No No!**

16-04-2007, 19:35	#10
Nutcase Moonshine Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chelmsford, innit! Posts: 3,979	Nice one I mish I could eek that good mpg out my measily little 2 litre. me and my heavy foot