Very cool machine. I wonder what the mileage is like lol. Would you call the Chevy 454 SS the original muscle truck. Kind of like the grand father of muscle trucks.:rock:
The Chevy 454 SS was a joke, I wanna say 230 hp, slow as ****, would guess 15's in the 1/4 if it was downhill. Lol
Factory (under)rated for 450 hp. Even in a heavy Chevelle, a FACTORY STOCK SS 454 would run 13.12 @ 107 in the 1/4 mile. If you wanna call it slow, that's fine. Calling a 3 inch d*ck big don't make it big either..
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To create the Chevrolet 454 SS, Chevrolet plucked its big-block V-8 from the heavy-duty-truck line, stuffed it into a short-box C1500 pickup, stirred in some special performance goodies, and colored the creation in Onyx Black. Thus emerged a relatively lightweight two-wheel-drive half-ton packing a monster 7.4-liter V-8. Although the V-8 produced only 230 horsepower, its strong suit was torque: 385 lbs/ft of it at a mere 1600 rpm. This kind of grinding force resulted in 0-60 mph in under eight seconds, which was Ford Mustang GT territory at the time.
Oops. newbie Fail Im impressed that you went to duramaxforum.com to pull your post and smilies. Thats lame. Almost as lame as 230 hp out of 454 cubic inches and they pulled the engine from a heavy duty truck. You dont get it. They pulled our engine from a super car! Sorry about your 3 inch *****. Not sorry about your ****ty truck. Maybe you should "Stir in some more special performance goodies" to keep up with the mustang gt's.Factory (under)rated for 450 hp. Even in a heavy Chevelle, a FACTORY STOCK SS 454 would run 13.12 @ 107 in the 1/4 mile. If you wanna call it slow, that's fine. Calling a 3 inch d*ck big don't make it big either..
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To create the Chevrolet 454 SS, Chevrolet plucked its big-block V-8 from the heavy-duty-truck line, stuffed it into a short-box C1500 pickup, stirred in some special performance goodies, and colored the creation in Onyx Black. Thus emerged a relatively lightweight two-wheel-drive half-ton packing a monster 7.4-liter V-8. Although the V-8 produced only 230 horsepower, its strong suit was torque: 385 lbs/ft of it at a mere 1600 rpm. This kind of grinding force resulted in 0-60 mph in under eight seconds, which was Ford Mustang GT territory at the time.
Thats why im only keeping the block and crank in my 90 454ss. Its in the process of being torn apart right now. I have always loved my old chevy pick up, its what got me started in the love for sport trucks and got me to buy a srt 10:rock: