I kind of want one of these: Colorado w/ 5.3

[Bru]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dByq6kerXDY

I'd rock the fuck out of one as configured in the video, only slam it in the weeds, throw some headers on it and tear shit up.

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[Frank Dukes]

ive heard nothing but horror stories about these trucks.
i actually looked at purchasing one but was steered away from a quality perspective.

however, one with a 5.3 swap would be pretty nice. going that far though why not a ls1 or the like?

 

[Ron Vogel]

Ehh, I guess everyone should try a sport truck once.

I had a Dakota with the 5.2, posi/3.55 gears, 5 speed. I did a 3/5 drop...truck was very nice.

It got old, powersliding and drifting was fun...but rough ride, TERRIBLE gas milage, limited storage space, being constantly broken into...I couldn't wait to get into a car again.

 

[Bru]

It's not a swap. For 2009 they came with the 5.3 from the factory.

 

[Frank Dukes]

O... youtube is blocked at work and i broke the touchscreen on my phone... waitin for a new one.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Kinda cool. With a big drop I'd be sweet. Can you get a 5.3 and 4wd?

Big turbo and you could have a new cyclone

 

[Bru]

Yeah, but it's with one of their off-road style packages.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Well that sounds ugly.

They're pretty useless in the hauling dept. Guy at work has a crew cab with a 4 foot bed. Is an 8' even an option?

 

[EmersonHart13]

Not with the crew, you can get like a 6.5ish on a regular cab.

 

[Angus]

My buddy has an 04 colorado with the 4 banger, auto, reg cab, and it's a piece...

I heard it was a isuzu design and well my buddy is looking fiercely to get something else. Big problem he ran into is to replace the front rotors, you need to remove the wheel hubs, and that takes a special tool...

Now he's trying to chase down electrical gremlins...

 

[TonzKnock-G]

My dad had a Ranger, then traded that for a colorado, hated it and traded that for a new ranger....

 

[Bru]

I have no doubt the Colorado is a piece of shit. But the potential of that engine in a compact pickup is badass.

 

[Bru]

Give it a roll pan (that's what it's called to replace the bumper, right) drop it and it's a dead sexy truck.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

It does look good. Those wheels are very corvettish.

 

[EmersonHart13]

I had one as a rental, it was fun to drive but I could tell they were not fantastic quality. Love the looks, GF wants one...

 

[Runtz52]

i hear horrible things about them, but they do look good, especially with the extreme trim, and bru it is called a roll pan

 

[UWISHU1]

sounds weak

 

[Csurane24]

I had a Colorado that I purchased new in 06, it was a 5 cylinder 2wd and the truck couldn't even get out of it's own way. That truck is the reason that I will never purchase a 2wd daily driver again. Now though with the 5.3L that thing must haul some serious ass and must have a very functionable 4wd. I saw one a the stealership I bought my Tahoe from a week after picking up the HOE. Had I known that it was coming out I would have at least test drove, the only problem is still having such a short bed. After a tool box is added you have maybe 2 usable feet to cargo.

I have the 5.3L in my TAHOE and it has some get up and go, something that weighs that much less should fly down the highway.

 

[RebelGTP]

I wonder what it could do with an LS3, LS7, or an LS9 (Good God, imagine it!)

 

[Dasfinc]

I have no doubt the Colorado is a piece of shit. But the potential of that engine in a compact pickup is badass.

What a concept, a big V-8 in a compact pickup

 

[Bru]

5.0 = not big

 

[Bru]

460 = Big

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyiXTc4Bha4&feature=related

 

[Theautoguy]

Why in the Hell do people get all excited with power-braking?!!! Sure it was cool to do it in Dad's car when i was 16 but for Christ's sakes...I can power-brake most any 6 cylinder, rear wheel drive vehicle, it doesn't mean its fast! I'm sure that Colorado is fast for what it is but I'd be more interested what kind of patches it can lay down on a dry street from a standstill...and that white Ranger, if that's a 460 there was no reason to wet the tires in a parking lot. That thing should have been able to spin it's tires through a tank full of gas!

I would be impressed with 200' of twin patches layed down without the brake from a dead stop.

 

[bikrboy128]

i hate the colorados/caynons. the noisey, underpowered, unreliable 3.5l I5 is a giant piece of shit that should've never been conceived.
however, a 5.3L V8 sounds nice in one sounds very nice. i wonder if an LS3 is a direct drop in

 

[Fish]

Are you dead set on a truck? The Trailblazer and Envoy come with 5.3s as well.