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Offline gmcchic

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New girl from Georgia
« on: March 29, 2009, 06:46:06 pm »
Hello everyone  :)

My name is Drina and I am from North Georgia. I was looking for a forum that was specifically for 73-87 Chevy trucks, so I found this site through Google.

I have a Greater Made Chevy technically ;) It's a 1986 GMC 1500. Right now it has a 350 crate motor, but I have a project going on that involves a very sweet 454 BBC that has been bored just a bit. The truck has all the bells and whistles including a nifty alarm which might just be the best thing about it electronically. It has a 700R4 tranny that I will be waiting on to blow as soon as the BB goes in. When it goes kaboom I have another one waitin'

I do drag race the truck. Right now the best is a 15.48 @ 87 if i remember correctly on street tires and no suspension work. It has a 10 bolt rear end :( So I DON'T want it to hook especially once the BB is in. If it hooks the it's bye-bye 10 bolt.  :P

Looks like a nice site and most likely I will lurk at first and make some random posts until I get use to the flow of the site :D

Some pics






This is the motor, but right now it does have ram air on it...

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Offline VileZambonie

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Re: New girl from Georgia
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2009, 06:50:26 pm »
Hi Drina! Welcome to the site. Let's hear more about your ride and some pix.
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Offline JRConnieK10

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Re: New girl from Georgia
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2009, 06:53:34 pm »
Welcome from Ohio. Sounds like a sweet project.
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Re: New girl from Georgia
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2009, 06:58:34 pm »
Very nice! Check out some of the member rides here!
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Offline eventhorizon66

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Re: New girl from Georgia
« Reply #4 on: March 29, 2009, 06:59:58 pm »
Welcome aboard, Drina.  Awesome truck.  How'd you do your ram air setup?
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Offline gmcchic

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Re: New girl from Georgia
« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2009, 07:33:07 pm »
Quote from: eventhorizon66 on March 29, 2009, 06:59:58 pm
Welcome aboard, Drina.  Awesome truck.  How'd you do your ram air setup?

I know a guy who fabricated the box up for me, and the vents were extremely cheap. They are normal vents for your drier, lol.

Here is a pic of what the ram air looks like. That motor is no longer in it. It was an aluminum headed 350 that didn't like my truck very much. I had a serious electrical short that really messed the whole truck up. I fried TWO MSD boxes :(

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Re: New girl from Georgia
« Reply #6 on: March 29, 2009, 08:40:53 pm »
Cool.  I'm sure the engine doesn't mind the drier vents; all it cares about is the cold fresh air. ;)

What do you mean the old engine didn't like your truck?  Big cam against high gears and low stall?
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Offline oldwhity

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Re: New girl from Georgia
« Reply #7 on: March 29, 2009, 08:50:17 pm »
Welcome from Maryland. Great looking truck. My 85 needs your grille and wheels.
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Re: New girl from Georgia
« Reply #8 on: March 29, 2009, 08:51:30 pm »
Welcome from Tennessee. Thats a nice looking truck you have there and theres nothing wrong with the dryer hose, I have some on one of my trucks too.
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Re: New girl from Georgia
« Reply #9 on: March 29, 2009, 09:19:22 pm »
Welcome from NW Indiana
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Re: New girl from Georgia
« Reply #10 on: March 29, 2009, 09:39:19 pm »
Welcome from Texas.  Nice to have another girl on board.  Nice lookin' truck too.  This site has a lot of people who know what they are talking about and you sound like you know a lot too.
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Re: New girl from Georgia
« Reply #11 on: March 29, 2009, 09:39:47 pm »
welcome from Canada, very nice truck
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Re: New girl from Georgia
« Reply #12 on: March 29, 2009, 09:55:50 pm »
Welcome from West Texas, awesome truck. I wouldnt worry about trashing the rear end. They are pretty tough, and if you do, then you have a reason to upgrade axles and gears. Besides, if it doesnt hookup, you wont really be able to enjoy tripping the lights at the big end as much.
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Re: New girl from Georgia
« Reply #13 on: March 29, 2009, 11:33:12 pm »
i wander why this post has already been up for 5 hours and yet so many replies on it? anyway welcome from Maryland
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Re: New girl from Georgia
« Reply #14 on: March 29, 2009, 11:47:58 pm »
Welcome from New Hampshaa. Good to see another woman on here.
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