I got another one. 03 Sonoma V6. Yee haw.
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June 18, 2011 9:56 p.m. curtis73 Dork
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June 18, 2011 9:58 p.m. JoeyM SuperDork
They're like trading cards....you can collect the whole set.
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June 18, 2011 10:02 p.m. curtis73 Dork
Yeah, but the shoebox you put 'em in is really expensive.
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June 18, 2011 10:40 p.m. Lesley SuperDork
Life ain't complete without a little black truck.
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June 18, 2011 10:49 p.m. Conquest351 Reader
Needs a turbo LSx...
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June 18, 2011 10:58 p.m. curtis73 Dork
Lesley wrote:
Life ain't complete without a little black truck.
It matches my little black dress.
wait.... what?
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June 18, 2011 10:58 p.m. curtis73 Dork
Conquest351 wrote:
Needs a turbo LSx...
Needs a duramax
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June 18, 2011 11:34 p.m. AngryCorvair SuperDork
that's not just a Sonoma, that's a ZQ8.
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June 18, 2011 11:44 p.m. Conquest351 Reader
curtis73 wrote:
Conquest351 wrote:
Needs a turbo LSx...
Needs a duramax
Ya, that!
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June 18, 2011 11:56 p.m. fasted58 HalfDork
this
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June 19, 2011 12:21 a.m. joey48442 SuperDork
fasted58 wrote:
this
That's... I dunno, gross?
Joey
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June 19, 2011 1:03 a.m. Lesley SuperDork
Yeah, those things always disturb me... like they're slithering.
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June 19, 2011 8:40 a.m. alex SuperDork
Given a sufficient supply of S10s and a large crane, I feel I could replicate that look instantaneously.
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June 19, 2011 8:46 a.m. JoeyM SuperDork
Lesley wrote:
Yeah, those things always disturb me... like they're slithering.
Now we have a paint scheme to use. Imagine that black mini-truck with some snakeskin racing stripes
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June 19, 2011 8:48 a.m. cwh SuperDork
Please note the signs in the background. Wrong way, do not enter.
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June 19, 2011 8:55 a.m. curtis73 Dork
AngryCorvair wrote:
that's not just a Sonoma, that's a ZQ8.
Yeah, I noticed that from the SPID sticker. Looked up the RPO and it just says "chassis package - sport". Has a nice rear sway bar and a nice stance. Actually handles quite well.
Do you know what the ZQ8 gets different from the non ZQ8s?
Two other nice RPO codes I found - G80 and GU6: Posi and 3.42 gears
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June 19, 2011 9:27 a.m. SyntheticBlinkerFluid HalfDork
Manual or Auto?
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June 19, 2011 9:43 a.m. 92CelicaHalfTrac SuperDork
Oh man.... i want a flare side 4.3 manual ZQ8 quite badly.
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June 19, 2011 10:15 a.m. SyntheticBlinkerFluid HalfDork
I asked because I had a roomate in college who bought a brand new 4.3L Manual ZQ8. I was thrown back because I didn't know that they even let something like that leave the factory.
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June 19, 2011 1:50 p.m. curtis73 Dork
SyntheticBlinkerFluid wrote:
Manual or Auto?
Auto
I looked hard for a manual but this one was a screaming deal and only had 61k miles. I've seen plenty of V6 manuals, but since I'm new to the ZQ8 RPO I don't think I would have noticed it if I had seen one.
... But I do have two T56s sitting in the garage
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June 19, 2011 2:15 p.m. AngryCorvair SuperDork
ZQ8 has lower and stiffer springs, a huge front bar, and bilstein shocks at least on the rear and perhaps on all four corners. i think it's also got a quadra-shock arrangement in the rear to control axle hop. i'd love to have a clean extra-cab ZQ8 with the 4.3 / auto.
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June 19, 2011 2:40 p.m. Ian F SuperDork
I hear ya... I picked up a really clean '72 GT6 a couple of weeks ago. I haven't had a chance to add it to my reader's ride profile yet. I'm really out of room now, so should sell the E30, but I just finally got it running again.
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June 19, 2011 3:46 p.m. nicksta43 Reader
ZQ8's also had specific bump stops that were a big upgrade to my 96 Impala ss.
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June 19, 2011 8:23 p.m. aussiesmg SuperDork
AngryCorvair wrote:
ZQ8 has lower and stiffer springs, a huge front bar, and bilstein shocks at least on the rear and perhaps on all four corners. i think it's also got a quadra-shock arrangement in the rear to control axle hop. i'd love to have a clean extra-cab ZQ8 with the 4.3 / auto.
ZQ8 has front and rear anti sway bar upgrades, Bilsteins front and rear. Springs as noted are stiffer and shorter.
BTW G body front springs fit, are taller but have 787lb spring rate
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June 20, 2011 9:01 a.m. AngryCorvair SuperDork
fwiw, we used a short/short ZQ8 4.3/manual Sonoma to dolly the corvair to the challenge in 02, 03, and 04. the autobox has a higher tow rating so would probably be a better choice if pulling uphill was required. I-75 from Detroit to Gainesville only makes the truck work a few times through KY and TN, and with our load we were able to maintain 70 mph by using third gear on the steeper uphills. never had a problem with overheating the brakes, but again, our load wasn't too bad and we know how to downshift.
