What should the 2007 Silverado have?

[who fan]

The new chevy truck should have the old 350 pre vortech in it with port fuel injection. The base engine should be a inline six as you all have stated, make a good six like the old Ford 300 minus the poor gas mileage. Above all else make the damn parts durible enough to last unlike the 99 up models. We pay a premium price we want a premium truck. Oh yea, did I say bring back the old bullit proof 350? YES I DID!!!!!!!!!

The best thing I like about my 01 Silverado is the interior, and thats the one thing a lot of people complain about,go figure?????

[rustcal]

use the bed space like toyota did, add a power port like ford did, retractable rear window and this my be a bit of a reach but maybe a bed that tilts as an option. reinforce the top of the bed so it doesn't flex or bend when you tie shit down. and I also agree with the rear doors opening up more.

[qmaster]

Blender, I just can't see the vee in the cylinder block or the valley between the heads? The "I"-6, indicates it is an inline six. Go back to the picture and look at the tip of the head all six ports inline.

[qmaster]

The Vortec 4200 is a 4.2-liter, inline six-cylinder, all-aluminum, dual-overhead-cam, four-valves-per-cylinder design engine. Using a range of advanced engine technologies, like variable valve timing, electronic throttle control, and coil-on-plug ignition, the engine delivers 275 hp and 275 lb-ft of torque, providing customers the power of a V-8 with the efficiency of a six-cylinder.

[BlenderWizard]

Originally Posted by qmaster

Blender, I just can't see the vee in the cylinder block or the valley between the heads? The "I"-6, indicates it is an inline six. Go back to the picture and look at the tip of the head all six ports inline.

No, i was saying an inline engine would produce more HP and torque than a "v" shaped engine with the same amount of cylinders. I KNOW the I-6 is not a v6. Chevy used to make another inline 6 years ago. There was one in our '78 pickup when we got it, but we yanked it out in favor of a v8

[White Lightening]

Originally Posted by qmaster

The Vortec 4200 is a 4.2-liter, inline six-cylinder, all-aluminum, dual-overhead-cam, four-valves-per-cylinder design engine. Using a range of advanced engine technologies, like variable valve timing, electronic throttle control, and coil-on-plug ignition, the engine delivers 275 hp and 275 lb-ft of torque, providing customers the power of a V-8 with the efficiency of a six-cylinder.

Question is - put it in a 1500 series Extended cab and what will the city/highway mileage numbers be? If it can't be a considerable improvement over the 5.3 or 6.0 HO then what would be the advantage?

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[jeverett]

But in an S-10 (I'm not a fan of the Colorado's) it would be pretty impressive..

[White Lightening]

Originally Posted by jeverett

But in an S-10 (I'm not a fan of the Colorado's) it would be pretty impressive..

True - it would be like Honda, Nissan, and Toyota seem to be able to do - performance from a 6 cylinder. Looking at the Chevy website - the current Colorado larger engine - the 3500 I-5 produces 220 hp and in 2wd gets 23 hwy. Hard to believe my full size truck with 6 liter engine gets about 95% of that on the highway. Bigger engine - bigger truck. These smaller trucks should be able to do better. Maybe the 4200 would be a good choice for the Colorados.

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[Jaguar D-Type]

Originally Posted by Silverado Brethern

Jaguar- what is the L92?

I read in the November, 2004 issue of Car & Driver that the L92 is a future engine for GM's big 2007 trucks and SUVs. It will have "a bit less power" than the 6.2 liter L92 that was shown in a 2004 Chevrolet Colorado. That Chevy had 420 hp and 420 lb-ft of torque.

The Chevy Astro and GMC Safari will be dropped after 2005. They have a 4.3 liter V-6.

[BlenderWizard]

Originally Posted by Jaguar D-Type

The Chevy Astro and GMC Safari will be dropped after 2005. They have a 4.3 liter V-6.

NOOOO!!!!!!! Man those are the best vans ever. The TrailBlazer I 6 is an improvement only over the 4.3L v6 currently being offfered.

[TexasF355F1]

Originally Posted by BlenderWizard

NOOOO!!!!!!! Man those are the best vans ever. The TrailBlazer I 6 is an improvement only over the 4.3L v6 currently being offfered.

I'm assuming you're exagerating. I thanked the lord the day my parents got rid of our old Astro. I hated that thing, especially when I had to drive it.

In all honesty, I'm not a fan of 6-cylinders in fullsize trucks. To me i don't see the point. You don't get any better gas mileage which so many people try and coin off as a plus of having one. My roomate has the v6 in his 01 single cab. I get the same if not better mileage than he does and that's with hot doggin the engine.

As for the 2007 models. I think what chevy needs to be concerned with is fixing all the nic-nac bullshit problems we all have. The biggest ones of course being the off-centered steering wheels(still havent figured that one out), the clunks(all of em), the rattles, damn i guess i could go on and on.

We should really compile a complaint list and email it to GM.

[BlenderWizard]

Nope, I was serious. As far as mini vans go, Astro takes the cake, hands down.

[Seabornman]

I would get 24 mpg at times in my old 91 K1500 (4X4) long bed with the 4.3L V6. Even when I sold it at 143,000 miles, it would get 20 mpg. Now my 4.8L V8 4x4 hardly gets 18 on perfect highway days. I used to tow 5000 lbs. with my V6. Yeah, it was slow, but it worked. Sort of gave you a better appreciation for hills. I'm for any engine that gets better gas mileage in these things.

[jeverett]

Originally Posted by TexasF355F1

As for the 2007 models. I think what chevy needs to be concerned with is fixing all the nic-nac bullshit problems we all have. The biggest ones of course being the off-centered steering wheels(still havent figured that one out).

WTF???? I'm very interested in this....

[TexasF355F1]

Originally Posted by jeverett

WTF???? I'm very interested in this....

Go drive/sit in your truck, make sure you are positioned exactly in the center of the seat, then look at the location of the wheel, its off. Then go sit in the older style trucks or other model trucks and tell me what you see. Maybe im just picky, but i notice it and it bothers the shit outta me.