The King - a 2002 GMC Yukon XL... 496 CI of STILL not an LS!
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They still make them (2500 burbs) but only the secret service or govt fleets gets them.
Ahh, so you can still get them at auction. Reminds me of when they kept making Crown Vice but only for police if I'm remembering that correctly.
It's time to take away the choice. All should be 2500 level standard.
There's so many smaller fake "suv" offerings for the mommies and such out there that the biggest and best should be made more capable. It'd probably boost sales too, the volume would reduce the cost on the 2500 parts.
Now, if only they would develop a bigger engine for the next generation. There's those 632s out there...
Unfortunately everything is going to get smaller displacement. I think the Turbo 4 will get more use every year.
Also unfortunately, I agree with you. Soon the 6 cylinders and even 3-4L engines will be the "big ones" before they fade away altogether.
I think that is part of what drives the increasing prices of the older trucks.
One thing that has me holding back from too many power adder mods on this guy is that, like much older engines, it can be made to run propane - and was done so, most notably the Schwann's trucks. So, if the 87 pump gas gets too pricey, we know propane will be around for a long time... it's a nice backup.
Propane is made from oil though... so if fuel goes away, so does propane. Did you mean natural gas maybe?
Nope... propane is so common as a heating fuel in that phasing it out wouldn't go over well with the public, donors, voters, etc. You can stop production of gasoline powered motors, or tax the heck out of it to try to encourage a switch to electric, but I can't see them messing with propane.
I think more of the country lacks access to natural gas than has access by acreage, not population. I know of all the houses I've lived in and/or owned, only one property has a natural gas main nearby for service... guess that says something for my urban tolerance 🤣
As a side note, anyone have thoughts on the longevity of grease pencil writing on underbody parts (ie differential)? I've been finding a number of repairs/changes on the truck that aren't in the receipt history.
Entire rear differential was swapped in off a 02 2500 avalanche that had 131k on it at the time of swap according to some grease writing. Wondering how long ago that mightve been done, and, now I've got to spin test the tires to verify gear ratio. At least it is labeled g80 to maintain that, so, that's good.
Also, someone either got into the transmission, or, did some preventive upgrades - it has a high capacity deep finned b&m cast aluminum pan on it.
B&M 70295: Cast Aluminum Deep Transmission Pan GM 4L80E - JEGS High Performance
4L80E Cast Aluminum Transmission Pan, Plus 3-Quarts
www.jegs.com
The exhaust, however, runs close, REAL close to it compared to other cars/trucks I've had. So maybe shielding is needed? Trans temp gauge on the long runs stayed cool, so maybe not...
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