Some people just need to be shot....

[MAUSERMAN]

My cuz had a vega we swapped the 4.3l from my s10 and put in a votec supercharger. The trans came out of a 90 iroc and ran like hell, but a sad note to this is that one day coming home from work he said light pole ran accross in front of him. He turned that vega into a pile of shit.

[tombogan03884]

Actually, now that I think about it, Pontiac built the Iron Duke, not Chevy....Maybe it was a Sunbird!

I'll have to ask the wifey what she had, she'll probably say "A yellow car"!  Whatever, some cars run, some don't....usually it's the person keeping it up that makes the difference.

I don't know about Pontiac, I know that the wife Chevette and my Nova both had that engine. They were both 84's as well.
Funny thing, guy I knew at the time had an 84 Civic at the same time, the only differences between that and my Nova were the body style (his was a hatchback) and the emblem on the steering wheel.

[TAB]

Actually, now that I think about it, Pontiac built the Iron Duke, not Chevy....Maybe it was a Sunbird!

I'll have to ask the wifey what she had, she'll probably say "A yellow car"!  Whatever, some cars run, some don't....usually it's the person keeping it up that makes the difference.

pontiac built all of GMs hp and HD motors til the mid 80s.   did not matter what the make was, if it was a hp/hd it was made by pontiac.

[Badgersmilk]

Did you know there are several companies that make trailer hitches for Vette's??  Seem's like this kind of thinking should envoke "Kill on sight" orders.

The car with the kyak on top is a Z06 no less. 

[tt11758]

"The Iron Duke".....my wife had one when I met her....Great little 4 banger but they were drywall on wheels if the cancer started....I ended up rebuilding the motor in my driveway and selling it for next to nothing....lack of maintenance did the little girl in...

The car or the wife?   

[Sponsor]

[tt11758]

vettes actually get good milage, if you can keep your foot out of it.  which is the hard part.    hell even a town car gets like 25 mpg on the hwy,  which is only a few mpg diffrence between a a v6 accord or v6 cameray.    we all know the town car is a whole hell of a lot more car.

my work truck has 335k on it, the motor has never been out.  other then a tranny and a starter, I have done basicly nothing too it.  its just been belts, hoses, fluids and tires. 

I drive a Cadillac Deville that gets just shy of 28 mpg on the highway, with the AC running and the cruise set at 70 mph.

[MikeBjerum]

Heck maybe i should be shot because i race a 90's s10 with nasty little small block shoved in it.

My first major project was a small block in a series on LUV that eventually became a stroked 400 small block (if stroking a 350 down to a 302 is good a 400 down had to be better) ... That plus a manual shift turbo 400, cross ram with dual quadra jets, and a "shade tree" locker rearend was a screamer that the Phoenix PD could not even dream of catching    Next venture was a '74 Vega and a 350, turbo 350, limited slip (in the midwest corners are better if you can turn them), and a full cage to make up for the lack of frame.

Damn ... I miss real hotrodding    These new kids only know NOS, turbo and computer chips    Go back to a basic engine, carbs and a junk yard full of spare parts.  We could blow it up on Friday night and be back out cruising Saturday ... we could be racing Saturday morning if we wanted to 

[Frisco]

Actually Mauserman, you should be commended for giving life to an otherwise worthless featherhauler.  What could be more fun than a small block with several hundred horses in a 3000 lb truck....

I had an S-10, otherwise I would not insult one.....I have a Ranger now, also a worthless featherhauler but it's paid for!


 

My first new truck was a 92 Chevy S-10 X-cab 4x4 with the 4.3 Vortec 6cyl.  That little bugger went EVERYWHERE I ever asked it to go.  It hauled deer, javelina, elk, and a few wild pigs in Texas.  Of course, I have grown up and moved on to bigger and better trucks and SUV's...but I can't kick my little old S-10 for not makin' a hand when work was to be done.

[PegLeg45]

Heck maybe i should be shot because i race a 90's s10 with nasty little small block shoved in it.

1982 S-10 with a built 327 SBC.

It was my daily driver for many years until gas got out of control (8 mpg).
Mothballed right now 'til the funds come along to do a full-blown race build.

Bought a '94 S-10 and drove it for ten years and then gave it to my oldest. He still drives it with over 250,000 miles and it still pulls good, runs good, and don't smoke.

[Timothy]

I bought one slighly used in '88 and drove it for a couple years until stuff started falling off of it.  New England winters are hard on any car but that one was definately the last Chevy product I will ever own.  

As my pappy used say and Ping would probably agree...."That was definately a Friday car!".....IOW....came off the line on a Friday afternoon before they tightened everything down....

Union shops.....