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Title: Hi from new zealand!! few questions about a 85 lwb silverado
Post by: MRPHY on January 13, 2010, 06:24:16 am

hey guys my names stephen murphy and i live in a small town in the north island of new zealand called whangarei(fang-ah-ray)

well its summer here and im hopefully going to buy my first chevy, my dad had one when i was small, there not common here at all...mayb one truck in evry ten thousand vehicles if your lucky...

iv found a tidy 85 4x4 silverado lwb

its a diesel and im just wondering what kind of power do they have?good or a bit sluggish?

petrol here is up to 2dollars a litre so i cant get a petrol, lpg is 1.00litre and diesle is 1.09 so im thinking thats my best option really

if any one can just give me a hint if there good trucks thatd be awesome

cheers guys

ps.off to the beach now a the surf is massive

Title: Re: Hi from new zealand!! few questions about a 85 lwb silverado
Post by: Captkaos on January 13, 2010, 07:10:29 pm

They are good and reliable, the diesel was not made for power, they have about 150hp vs 190hp from a gas from the same year, BUT the diesel will give you much better mileage and should last a while.

Title: Re: Hi from new zealand!! few questions about a 85 lwb silverado
Post by: 4x4orbust on January 13, 2010, 08:28:04 pm

i have never owned a diesel, but i have seen a few people running the 6.2 because of the current cost of gas.   they are not powerhouses, but they can get the job done.   a few mods and it can make some great torque.

Title: Re: Hi from new zealand!! few questions about a 85 lwb silverado
Post by: MRPHY on January 18, 2010, 04:41:31 am

hi guys thank you soo much for your help, you have help me make my mind up, im getting it, il upload pics once i get the beast haha, not many over here so all my frends cant wait to see it haha,  98percent of trucks over here are what you guys would call minitrucks i guess, small, this one has been converted to right hand drive too, which is great as we ride on the left over here

talk soon

murph

Title: Re: Hi from new zealand!! few questions about a 85 lwb silverado
Post by: joesgarage71 on January 20, 2010, 06:08:48 am

 Welcome murph

Title: Re: Hi from new zealand!! few questions about a 85 lwb silverado
Post by: 4x4x4x on February 16, 2010, 12:45:36 am

hi new zealand, hope you have your 85 k10 diesel now.  one option that will help your hp, torque and mpg is a banks sidewinder turbo system.  they are still available from  http://www.bankspower.com/products/show/156/11  we have an 85 k10 but we swapped in a 1995 6.5 diesel with the banks sidewinder turbo system. 

hope this helps

alec

Title: Re: Hi from new zealand!! few questions about a 85 lwb silverado
Post by: alaskaskiff on February 16, 2010, 02:45:07 pm

Is that one a right hand drive?  That would be different for us up here to see.  Been to Whangarei.  Neat place.

Title: Re: Hi from new zealand!! few questions about a 85 lwb silverado
Post by: MRPHY on March 09, 2010, 10:52:40 pm

haha woah you have been to my town, thats rad

il upload some pics of my right hand drive silverado for ya, would be diffrent for you to see, anything you want pics of exactly??cheers guys