Did the General make it?
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Did the General make it?
We have been kicking around the idea of a crew cab 2wd to replace my wife's car. Did GM make them with a stick shift? How about a 4.8 stick shift? This would be a cruiser and looking for the best mpg possible as she drives more than she realizes.
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they did put the stick behind some 4.8s, such as the RST. I doubt you find a crewcab with a 4.8 stick though. They mainly put them behind the 4.3L V6s. IMO, just find a clean crewcab with the 5.3 and get a good tune on it. The 5.3 wont struggle as much with the extra weight of the crew cab, and a good optimized tune will pull down some pretty good mileage numbers.
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You will have to swap a manual trans in as they didn't offer them in crew cab models. Has your wife ever driven a manual trans truck? Reason I ask is it is quite different from a manual trans car and is much harder to get going due to the extra weight. She may prefer an auto in a truck if she drives both to compare.....
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Yes she has driven multiple trucks with stick shift trannies. We both know that the NV3500 is garbage. We knew that we would have to regear and swap a T56 for us to be happy. We are basically looking for a tame 4 door version of the 93 that will be my daily driver. The 93 will be a whipple, 5.3, T56, 4.10, 4 wheel disc ecsb that is dropped 4/6. We want the same basic idea but without the whipple and a "stock" engine. I just wasn't sure if there was a special edition truck that fits the bill.
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