80C10

Here is something cool for all you people who like old Chevys with balls! This is a 1980 C10. It is powered by a 454 V8 and a TH350C trans. Nothing fancy. Has 135K on the clock and has a 12 bolt rear with 3.08 gears. This lead sled weighs in at a big and fat 4500 pounds with a 1/4 tank of gas!

Truck needs a grille and new headlight bezels, but 'tis all minor. The front fenders are new and so is the paint. Plus the tailgate is from a GMC.

The TH-350C now has a shift kit courtesy of B&M and still bangs through the gears with the stock column shifter. It shifts pretty hard considering the power plant. The truck now also sits on a set of aftermarket Corvette wheels from way back and 245x60x15 tires in the front and 265x60x15 tires in the rear. They improve handling a lot and give the truck that lifted-rear-end look. It has a locking torque converter which works but is very selective about when, so I will probably end up disconnecting it. A toggle switch would be nice...

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TIMES
14.56
14.82
16.70
14.62
14.65
w/street tires shifting @ 5500 RPM

More Times
13.561 @ 99.84
13.465 @ 100.45
13.448 @ 100.03
13.573 @ 97.77

For these time the truck was identical to above with the exception of the tires. For these runs I was using 8.5" slicks launching @ 2000 RPM. No posi or anything fancy. The big 454 was also huffing through cats and mufflers.

I regret to inform my audience that this 454 met its demise making a trip to Hershey to look at a truck. I was passing someone and when to drop it a gear and dropped it 2 gears instead. At 65 MPH first gear is very bad. Anyway the intake valve on cyl 3 bent and broke off the exhaust valve which cracked the piston and totally shattered it. Withing 2 seconds! I can save the block and a few other peices, that's it. BTW: it sounded cool at 8000 RPM for 2 seconds.

This is how she looks now. It has a tunnel rammed 283 in it, same trans, and stuff. It was never the same after the 454 and I am selling it. I may put the 250 back in it just to get it running and get rid of it.