I got another one. 03 Sonoma V6. Yee haw.
I got another one. 03 Sonoma V6. Yee haw.
They're like trading cards....you can collect the whole set.
Yeah, but the shoebox you put 'em in is really expensive.
Life ain't complete without a little black truck. 
Needs a turbo LSx...
Lesley wrote: Life ain't complete without a little black truck.
It matches my little black dress.
wait.... what?
Conquest351 wrote: Needs a turbo LSx...
Needs a duramax 
that's not just a Sonoma, that's a ZQ8.
curtis73 wrote:Conquest351 wrote: Needs a turbo LSx...Needs a duramax
Ya, that!
this
fasted58 wrote: this
That's... I dunno, gross?
Joey
Yeah, those things always disturb me... like they're slithering.
Given a sufficient supply of S10s and a large crane, I feel I could replicate that look instantaneously.
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
Please note the signs in the background. Wrong way, do not enter.
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
Manual or Auto?
Oh man.... i want a flare side 4.3 manual ZQ8 quite badly.
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.
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 
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.
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.
ZQ8's also had specific bump stops that were a big upgrade to my 96 Impala ss.
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
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.
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