I agree, it sounds like a good shop, good reputation, good price.

Carl Stevenson wrote:

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I agree, it sounds like a good shop, good reputation, good price.

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         Good deal    nothing better than a bad ass Vortec..

 

While yours is in the shop can it be converted to a 6.0 Litre Vortec?

ive got a 6.0 vortec , just sitting on a engine stand  collecting dust
for the right price it could be yours , lots of guys are swaping them into the gmt400 series pick ups

73SC wrote:

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427carl wrote:

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Good deal    nothing better than a bad ass Vortec..

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Carl, do you have a 5.3 or 6.0 litre Vortec in your Sub?

 

Mine is the LC9 all aluminum 5.3   about 500 hp    

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-- Edited by 427carl on Saturday 9th of January 2010 08:38:50 PM

good investment, you can't buy much for $3000 these days even down here in low end Welland-low bucks to use it a few more years

I wouldn't walk across the street to get another 6 liter. I've got one in my 02 pickup and it's a pig. Supposed to be 300 horse but man they are only Shetlands at the best and to pull something up a hill you might as well get out and push. Besides that probably the best and nicest driving truck I've ever had and haven't put a penny in it except for tires in over 8 years. I'd want a 5.3 next time. My motorhome with a 454 got as good a gas mileage as my pickup (almost).

jmont64 wrote:

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I wouldn't walk across the street to get another 6 liter. I've got one in my 02 pickup and it's a pig. Supposed to be 300 horse but man they are only Shetlands at the best and to pull something up a hill you might as well get out and push. Besides that probably the best and nicest driving truck I've ever had and haven't put a penny in it except for tires in over 8 years. I'd want a 5.3 next time. My motorhome with a 454 got as good a gas mileage as my pickup (almost).

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        Wow.. that disappointing to hear... My 01 6.0L is a jem  138,000 miles  get 11mpg with 8000lb trailer at 60mph  19 mpg at 50-55 empty  and 16-17 at 75 mph to N.B.   It pulled rough until I replaced original gas filter and plugs and wires..
     
07 Sub runs 24 mpg at 100 km  got 20 mpg at 75-80 mph to N.B. and back  its a 4x4 @6000 lbs   Its a rocket!   as is the 6.0L in the 2500HD (6500LBS) 

 

73SC wrote:

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jmont64 wrote:

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I wouldn't walk across the street to get another 6 liter. I've got one in my 02 pickup and it's a pig. Supposed to be 300 horse but man they are only Shetlands at the best and to pull something up a hill you might as well get out and push.

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I have a friend with a newer Sub with a 6.0 litre. When mine was running well he drove it one day and was shocked at how the 5.7 performed. He said no question my 5.7 felt like it had more grunt and power. 

Age old adage is Torque is what you feel so maybe the 5.7 has more torque than the 6.0.

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        They must be bad ones or dogs, cause mine will pull better than any 5.7 I have ever seen...   the only truck that pulls better than mine is a 8.1L gasser... My body shop buddy has a reg cab 02 2wd and it runs real nice too   I guess they are like girls   all different.....

 

427carl wrote:

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        They must be bad ones or dogs, cause mine will pull better than any 5.7 I have ever seen...   the only truck that pulls better than mine is a 8.1L gasser... My body shop buddy has a reg cab 02 2wd and it runs real nice too   I guess they are like girls   all different.....

 

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But will it pull better than my newly built Ram Jet cammed 5.8 Vortec?

 

bought a 2000 2500 GMC new with the 6 litre. First trip north it got 12 MPG. I sold it when it was 6 years old with only 4600 km on it. Hated the gas milage. My beat up 95 Sonnoma 4X4 gets a solid 26 MPG. I bought a new 08 with the 5.3 in August of 08. Its still running on the same tank of gas I picked it up with. Maybe cause I have only put 125 km on it . My 2001 Yukon has the 5.3 and is a great runner. The Roadmaster has the 5.7 LT1 with tons of power. I don`t know how others are but the Roadmaster & the Yukon have the piston slap. Hate listening to it when you start them.

427carl wrote:

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70 SS ACADIAN wrote:

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bought a 2000 2500 GMC new with the 6 litre

I sold it when it was 6 years old with only 4600 km on it.

bought a new 08 with the 5.3 in August of 08. Its still running on the same tank of gas I picked it up with.

Maybe cause I have only put 125 km on it .

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       aww   tell me the story   4600km in 6 years   and 125km in 2 years    what gives???  

 

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308,000 km on the Sonnoma and still going. Just keep driving the old beater every where. That an the HHR SS I bought the wife new at the same time I got the truck, now has almost 40,000 km on it after the trip to Florida