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Re: [GMCnet] GMC Land Speed Record [message #83134] Wed, 05 May 2010 08:57 Go to next message
KB is currently offline  KB   United States
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> IIRC the last time this subject came up on the GMCnet somebody piped up that
> they had gotten a speeding ticket for doing over 100 mph in their 8.1 Vortec
> or a Big Block Chevy powered GMC.

Cool! Didn't know you could put those engines in a GMC -- I'd only heard of the Caddy engines.
We were just the other day wondering what engines would work.

Is it a heroic amount of effort/money to put one in, or somewhat straightforward??

thanks,
Karen
1973 23' Patience Tester


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Re: [GMCnet] GMC Land Speed Record [message #83143 is a reply to message #83134] Wed, 05 May 2010 09:24 Go to previous message
Steven Ferguson is currently offline  Steven Ferguson   United States
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Heroic amount of effort and money both!

On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 6:57 AM, KB <kab7@sonic.net> wrote:
>
>> IIRC the last time this subject came up on the GMCnet somebody piped up that
>> they had gotten a speeding ticket for doing over 100 mph in their 8.1 Vortec
>> or a Big Block Chevy powered GMC.
>
> Cool!  Didn't know you could put those engines in a GMC -- I'd only heard of the Caddy engines.
> We were just the other day wondering what engines would work.
>
> Is it a heroic amount of effort/money to put one in, or somewhat straightforward??
>
> thanks,
> Karen
> 1973 23' Patience Tester
>
>
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