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(I searched under my profile already if I asked the same question before when I first joined, but couldn't find anything.)
Heyas all.... :wave:
I've been a lurker here for ages, and awaiting some plans to come thru in my life so I can finally decide on getting a Colorado / Canyon I like. Sadly tho the higher-ups atta GM decided not to option a Colorado stock the way I had hoped.
I've done a lot of reading, and a lot of searches and decided i'd ask the experts here at 355 Nation, and maybe pick everyone's brains for the needed know-how to help me here.
Firstly, Id like to have a 4x2 Club Cab Colorado/Canyon with a manual transmission (Preferrably with the ZQ8 or Z85 <?>) options as I like a street truck for me, wife and 12 year old daughter that loves cars as much as I do.
Now these trucks are found used in good numbers for sale, but for a very small detail missing.... they don't have a V-8 installed with the manual transmission.
I seen a lot of the projects on here that built the trucks, either a manual trans into the truck, or swapping out the I-4 or the I-5 for a LS, Lx, LH V8 from another Chevy Van, Truck, car, etcetera...
My question is, what years of Colorado are easier for swapping? What are the inherent problems for years, V-8 swaps compared to manual trans swaps for the Crew Cab?
Is it more feasable getting a 2008-2012 Colorado/Canyon with the V-8 option first, or a 2004-2008 Crew Cab with a manual trans option, and swap in the V-8 ? Or maybe when my finances clear up in the future maybe buy an already swapped truck from a member here with all the work done already. The only caveot here is im waiting on Pennsylvania to approve my disability case, which has gone on for 4 1/2 years as of Oct. 2016.
(A side note: I won't be doing any of the work on the truck at home as I live in a house-apartment with no garage or access to tools or a lift. So I will be probably be farming out the work to a hot-rod shop I have known since I was in my teens, or go to Allentown - Bethlehem Pa. area to visit 'Sloppy Mechanics' as he home built a turbo Colorado with junk yard parts. )
The only rules are having a manual transmission in my truck is an Absolute Must, a Crew Cab for my family to enjoy as well. and also a V-8. I'm a retired truck driver on disability. (That's another huge post I may show sometime.) and I was always around hot-rods and muscle-cars since I was a kid. And the one thing I liked most about driving is shifting gears in a manual. :true:
Yeah, I know some prefer automatics and I am not discounting their reasons at all, I'm just happiest with a manual trans in my cars. I have to drive some cars with autos, but again, my preference is a manual above everything else.
So again everyone here, let me know what ya all think, and I'll read and soak in everything I can.
Thank you all, and God Bless...
Kimonoskunk <><
1 Corinthians 15:1-4
(I searched under my profile already if I asked the same question before when I first joined, but couldn't find anything.)
Heyas all.... :wave:
I've been a lurker here for ages, and awaiting some plans to come thru in my life so I can finally decide on getting a Colorado / Canyon I like. Sadly tho the higher-ups atta GM decided not to option a Colorado stock the way I had hoped.
I've done a lot of reading, and a lot of searches and decided i'd ask the experts here at 355 Nation, and maybe pick everyone's brains for the needed know-how to help me here.
Firstly, Id like to have a 4x2 Club Cab Colorado/Canyon with a manual transmission (Preferrably with the ZQ8 or Z85 <?>) options as I like a street truck for me, wife and 12 year old daughter that loves cars as much as I do.
Now these trucks are found used in good numbers for sale, but for a very small detail missing.... they don't have a V-8 installed with the manual transmission.
I seen a lot of the projects on here that built the trucks, either a manual trans into the truck, or swapping out the I-4 or the I-5 for a LS, Lx, LH V8 from another Chevy Van, Truck, car, etcetera...
My question is, what years of Colorado are easier for swapping? What are the inherent problems for years, V-8 swaps compared to manual trans swaps for the Crew Cab?
Is it more feasable getting a 2008-2012 Colorado/Canyon with the V-8 option first, or a 2004-2008 Crew Cab with a manual trans option, and swap in the V-8 ? Or maybe when my finances clear up in the future maybe buy an already swapped truck from a member here with all the work done already. The only caveot here is im waiting on Pennsylvania to approve my disability case, which has gone on for 4 1/2 years as of Oct. 2016.
(A side note: I won't be doing any of the work on the truck at home as I live in a house-apartment with no garage or access to tools or a lift. So I will be probably be farming out the work to a hot-rod shop I have known since I was in my teens, or go to Allentown - Bethlehem Pa. area to visit 'Sloppy Mechanics' as he home built a turbo Colorado with junk yard parts. )
The only rules are having a manual transmission in my truck is an Absolute Must, a Crew Cab for my family to enjoy as well. and also a V-8. I'm a retired truck driver on disability. (That's another huge post I may show sometime.) and I was always around hot-rods and muscle-cars since I was a kid. And the one thing I liked most about driving is shifting gears in a manual. :true:
Yeah, I know some prefer automatics and I am not discounting their reasons at all, I'm just happiest with a manual trans in my cars. I have to drive some cars with autos, but again, my preference is a manual above everything else.
So again everyone here, let me know what ya all think, and I'll read and soak in everything I can.
Thank you all, and God Bless...
Kimonoskunk <><
1 Corinthians 15:1-4