I originally posted this in the wrong section.

I drove this truck the other day. 89 dump truck w/38,000 miles. Truck is all that. Immaculate. My question, my first impression was that is was a slug. Or am I just use to my 01 with all the techno advances etc etc. With the "investment" of injectors, trans work, etc etc....can I get this to be not the slug that it is? It is a HD truck and not designed to go zero to sixty in 8 seconds but I do want a quicker truck. Something out of the ordinary....a sleeper.

Thanks...suggestions to BOM?

 

It won't be hard to "wake it up" In stock form they are dogs, however I'd rather buy a stock truck then a tweaked one! Get a pyro on there then go into the "sticky" make sure that it's getting full throttle, give it a little fuel, bump the timing, and get a 3200 sping in there... all you have to pay is for the pyro and the spring (spring is under $20) you will not believe that it is the same truck!!
Have fun!

 

A $15 spring and some tweaking will make that truck come alive. Just ask dodgethis91cmns how much difference we made in his truck today.

 

these trucks can be made hott for really cheap compared to your 01, i say buy it tweak it and you'll quit drivin the 2nd gen happy hunting!