@@jhomrich89 the 305 V8 motors had computers which they began having them in '81 & were the only ones until '87 or '88 when all motors began having computers.
These old chevys had some of the best styling and paint schemes of any pick up ever produced. Its awesome that these trucks are making a comeback and people are getting nostalgic about them again.
My grandpa helped his friend rebuild and restore a 1980 Chevy Silverado 10 series with the 350 v8 small block with the turbo 350 trans and a transfer case for 4wd
@Zayne Issac bruh lol why. I'd rather hear about a cool rebuild or restoration you've done or spectated of these chevys than about how you invaded someone's online privacy
@Brock Van Wow look fake spam account uses other fake spam account to reply to fake spam account message, who ever is behind this must be really big brain to figure that out.
@@Snowlep337 Pretty obvious considering the account was made literally 8 days ago. I swear these people are getting lazier and lazier with their spamming.
I have a 1982 K5 Blazer 6.2 Ltr. Diesel 4X4, with the Factory 4 inch lift, & 33 inch Tires, It's Snow White, Almost Mint, & Runs like a swiss watch. I'm the 3rd owner, & have had it for 10 years now.
@@queasyislander0274 you might be right, I probably should at this point, I'm about to do a lot more restoration work to it, and I will probably start there. I'm going to be doing a transmission swap in less than two weeks, keep your ear to the ground.
My uncle has an 85 M1009 military Blazer 6.2/thm400 and he loves it. I didn't think they had factory lifts,just the std 2 leaf and the hd 3 leaf spring packs and opt. 30x10.5 15 rubber
Back in the day when fancy state of the art features were power windows and door locks and cold ac!!! Man wouldn't it be nice if we could go back in time and relive those years...
Those generation Chevy & GMC fullsize trucks are awesome lookin & another cool thing about them back in the days when they were new was they didn't have any recalls on them like on vehicles nowadays.
Resto-mod, a lot less restrictions on old trucks. Old trucks have old truck problems, but with enough time and patience you can bring new life to an older truck.
Going through gears in these old trucks was so fun with that foot long stick. Hilarious. A crew cab dually pickup with the four speed was my dream truck for awhile. Would love to restore one and put a modern diesel in it.
I have a 1982 Chevy c30 dually 454 4 speed on the floor. Only has 48,000 original miles and I got it to pull my new fifth wheel camper and it pulls it like a dream!!!
My father received a new 1982 Chevy company foreman’s truck. I remembered he was not impressed, he said when you close the door it makes a tinny clang and a light bulb was hanging out from under the dash on delivery swinging around. He was used to more solid trucks of previous generations. Also as an old timer he was not impressed that there were newfangled bar codes on a lot of parts under the hood.
Chevy Pickup then: Work truck, occasionally seen as a family vehicle Chevy Pickup now: Squatted, aftermarket rims that are “fancy” 4x4 rims that end up damaging the wheel bearings, blower/turbo, and street tires
LOVE THESE TRUCKS ! I own a 82 chevy c30 crew cab. Had a 6.2 diesel but was converted to gas before i got it . 350 out of a 78 c10. Never had a problem. Very reliable. People look at my truck like a piece of gold !
😆 we got 4 squares sitting on the property. Dad has his 76 K10, mom has her 84 C10 and I got my 85 C30 4 door Dually and 86 K2500. None are diesel but still...
@@hunterriley9904 😆 Been thinking of doing a little video about her. 454 with a 400 transmission and 4.10 rear gear. Got a reman trans swapped in not long after I bought it because the one that was in it was fucked up. Supposedly had a cam put in too, but not sure if they ment it had a stock replacement put in or something like a towing cam put in.
Why are we not talking about these sweet special effects? 🤣 Love these trucks. My uncle had a 77 long box dually C30 with a 454. He bought it new in 78 and had it until he died. He had a camper of the same era. With good care they both lasted and worked great.
I own a 1980 GMC one ton camper special with the 454 engine. Still haul hay, cord wood, and a 300 gallon water tank with it. Only has 65k on the engine and still runs great. Oh, with original paint and no rust!!
@@RetroVideoArchive ehh... You can still buy 6.5L diesels brand new. The trucks are a different story somewhat. Not sure if you can still buy brand new 6.2L diesel engines though.
my first truck was a used 1984 c10 long bed with a 305 I beat the ever loving crap out of that truck and never let me down my 2nd truck was a 1994 c1500 that was my favorite truck now I drive a 05 gmc cclb lly it's ok
@@Project_Low_Expectations The only "better" I can think of is better looking, and better to work on, as in easier for the home mechanic lol Simpler could be argued as better though...
@@Project_Low_Expectations I get 15mpg I make plenty of power to get off the line at speed I maintain it yearly Yea I’ll give you that lol I’ve lost 100 pounds in rust She rides like a cadi compared to my ford No leaks What the fuck are brakes? Big 10 1978 hauls 3000 pounds of rocks like a dream Tows just fine Handles fine. If it’s dry!
@@dylanb8427 personally I like the older rigs more due to the thick steel bed. I can drop shit on the tailgate and not have to worry about bending it like a modern truck. Plus just as you said their easier to work on. So if you do end up breaking it you can fix it on the cheap.
Despite the weak diesel motor, crap 700R4 tranny, air conditioners that don't cool, rust in the door channels, cracked dashboards, sagging headliners, and the need for regular re-alignments; these were very fun and stylish trucks. My family owned 5 of these between 1982-1991 (3 Suburbans, 2 K5 Blazers), and they were great old school trucks; even with their list of common issues.
700r4s were junk. If you owned a truck with one your were almost guaranteed to have to get it rebuilt or replaced at least once, if you could live without overdrive put in a th350 or th400 and never look back.
@@burtbacarach5034 you should feel fortunate, the 5.0 or 305 v8 was a very reliable engine and rarely gave any trouble but them 700r4s were horrible and I have seen countless people spend thousands of dollars rebuilding/repairing/replacing 700r4s all to end up with another blown trans. For every 1 person who got a good one like you, there would be 100 others with problems. They were real hit or miss and the 305 made such little power that the trans wasn't under extreme load, if you put a good 350/5.7 or 400/6.6l or a 454/7.4l those transmissions would not last especially in 4wd trucks like blazers and k series. 700r4s do make for a nicer driver but the things are so weak that I dont trust them and alot of the time when they go bad the cases get damaged in the process and then you have to find another one which is becoming very difficult and everytime you rebuild them you spend a minimum of $1600+ in just parts where if you have a th350 or th400 you can typically get the whole thing rebuilt with parts and labor for under $1500.
@@briang4470 most 700R4 die because people swap out the carb (or have to remove the intake for some reason)..... and then dont set the TV cable correctly
@@kainhall you are correct most carbs do not have the correct linkage geometry and those cables can be tricky to set. But even then they are still very weak, a strong running 350,400,454 combined with a trash highway gear is a recipe for disaster which is why most hotrodders ditch them and just put in a 3 speed.
Nowadays I rarely see any of those generation Chevy & GMC fullsize trucks out on the roads. A cool thing about them back in the day when they were new was they didn't have any recalls on them like a lot of new vehicles nowadays.
The 6.2 diesel was a very fuel efficient engine but they didn’t make a lot of power if you make a 6.2 turbo it fixes that problem. it’s like the 6.5 but better on fuel.
Yeah the motors were built for economy but most diesels back then werent powerhouses and outright pigs compared to todays diesels but as long as long as you didnt blow them up would run forever.
With the turbo kits the 6.2 like to shatter flexplates. The Standyne pumps don't really like more than about 8psi either. The 6.5 is a much better turbo platform. The 6.2 is what it is and for a 2wd truck or a Suburban it's fine.
@@ahoneyman i wouldnt bother turbocharging a 6.2 id just buy a 6.5 turbo motor, not worth the expense. If you want a 6.2 just get a good running one for economy. Get a 6.5 turbo for economy but a tad more power.
15:50 It's definitely designed for trucks. It's definitely a truck engine. Guys? Guys? See, it's uh, DEFINITELY a truck engine. Haha, they had some reputation cleaning to do around there in the early 80s...
id rather have the old 6.6 (400) gas motor . my 77 K10 (heavy half, sorta) has its factory 400 and NP203 full time 4 wheel drive this bumped the GVW up to 6200.... which meant it didnt need any SMOG equipment
I had an 82 K20 6.2/SM465. Nominally it was rated to tow 9,000 lbs but with even half that 0-60 was 30 seconds or more. Which was ok because it geared out around 63.
Am I the only one who noticed they talk about a manual 4 speed with od while showing the sm465, shouldn't it be the A833(or what ever gm was calling it at the time)?
I knew I couldn't have been the only one who noticed that! The OD trans was called the NP440. Essentially a modified A833 to switch the 3rd and 4th gears to make 3rd 1:1 and 4th OD
I still have my 83 Suburban 2wd 3/4T 5.7 A/T barn doors, 86 C30 4 sp. 4WD LWB dump, I swapped a 6.5 turbo in that and am rebuilding the 6.2, 87 5.7 A/T K5 all bought brand new from the same dealer. I wish I never traded my 75 Blazer in on the 87 but what are ya gonna do? Talk about resale value, I can get just as much now as I did when they were new and I got to drive them all these years. Try doing that with today's junk.
You take these trucks to the field and construction site now you can’t even take the new trucks to the gas station without worrying about scratching them
my 82 with the 4.1 i-6 had 436,362 miles on it before I even had to change the valve cover gasket and harmonic balancer, and was still running strong at 813k miles when there was nothing left of the body or frame to patch because I live in the rust belt
I dunno. The grill is flat, but it needs to be to cool the radiator. They could have rounded and pointed the bumper a little, and maybe added an air foil (is that the word) in front of the front dif, but the rest seems fine. A lot of the crap marketed as aerodynamic is actually just the current fashion. It's not necessarily more effective.
These were sensible and affordable trucks back then. These trucks today are loaded with too many electronics. Some genius at Ford thought it would be a good idea to install a 220 plug in the bottom of the bed 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️ These trucks probably have a mile of wire in them.
Chevrolet/gmc trucks went to shit when they got the bright idea to us JUNK IFS in their 4wd trucks in 1988 that's the year when they got rid of the solid front axle
Chevy trucks back then where the real trucks solid metal and that plastic metal cover I do like to stepside and a custom deluxe from Chevy trucks now all the future is now electronic Chevy trucks and the trucks are more expensive than they was nearly 40 years ago high price too for such a Chevy truck nowadays
They had less than 260 lbft of torque, a My 3.6 V6 Impala has that more than that. Lol. 6.2 and towing thats laugh lol 350 and 454 would smoke that diesel in a towing test.
@@damontroch4765 WTF are you talking about the LT9 5.7 used in these trucks had the same or LESS torque than the 6.2L and had horrific fuel economy. Another idiot wanna be without a clue.
While I do love these trucks they can't compete with newer trucks. Also with inflation new trucks cost the same, unless you buy a Denali or something. I have owned every style from 84 to 2012.
@@acid360delta7 It was not, back in the late 80's the fucking 747 was already out. People figured out aerodynamic cars back in the 30's when everyone designed cars based off airplanes. Everyone knew what aerodynamic was and Chevy knew this was not it. The wind tunnel tests on the squarebody would show this. There were cars that were aerodynamic and this ain't it.
My 6.2 was a gutless wonder. It broke the crank at the second counter weight. Installed a 350 gas problem solved. Sold immediately. NO MORE GM JUNK FOR ME.
The GM 6.2 diesel still holds the record for lowest power output for the displacement. Not only were they completely gutless they were also the most unreliable engine you could buy. They were a great example of GM engineering.
@@jr3snipes What are you smoking crack? The 6.2 could not even compare to the 6.9 or the 7.3L for power or reliability. Unlike the 6.2L the 6.9 and 7.3 did not break timing chains, lose head gaskets, break cranks or fracture main webs. You obviously do not have the first clue.
