Ultimate Sleeper: 1949 Chevy Pickup

(from Roadster Shop Press Release) Roadster Shop 1949 Chevy Pickup.

This 1949 pickup started with the idea of building a vintage truck from the ground up with as many new parts as possible. Upon completion of the truck, a total of five original parts were used on the finished vehicle: the radiator support (scrounged from the Roadster Shop parts graveyard), a pair of door strikers, and a couple of body mounts that could not be located in reproduction form.

The Roadster Shop specializes in complete high performance chassis and one of their ’46-59 Chevy Pickup packages built on custom 10-gage fully boxed rails is the foundation of the whole package. Components include a Heidt’s Superide independent front suspension, dropped spindles and tubular motor mounts plus a Ford 9-inch rear end with triangulated four bars and coilovers.

Modern performance continues under the hood, stuffed with a 410hp, 5.7-liter LS1 crate engine mated to a 4L65E automatic transmission. Wheels are 18x8 and 17x7 Wheel Vintiques Billet Smoothies with 225 and 235-series Bridgestone radials alongside Wilwood six-piston 13 inch front disks, with 11 inch four-pistons in the back.

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Takumi-Fujiwara said:

Looks awesome.

But hardly a sleeper since everyone will notice it right away, imho.

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American Muscle said:

^^ le plastique c'est meilleur que l'aluminium, c'est plus léger et dissipe plus efficacement la chaleur. Les meilleurs intakes de performance pour ls sont en plastique (fast)

La pluspart des intakes en alu sont pour des conversion à carburateur, ou pour du gros boost car il font presque tous perde du torque, un gain de hp a haut régime seulement.



BBK (sa vaut pas vraiment le upgrade vs une intake oem ls6 ou fast102)

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MasterFocus said:

Par contre celui la est probablement au meme dimension que stock mais tu peux le porté, celui en plastic non

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e LSXR™ features a three-piece modular construction to allow for easy disassembly and porting. Extensive testing led to a runner design that was longer and less restrictive, allowing the removal of individual runners for modification

Constructed from advanced polymer material, the LSXR™ is lighter, stronger and more heat resistant than comparable aluminum intakes.

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