The New Roof rack.
I have a few heavy duty hinges and plan to make a fold out platform to set up a tent on top. this rack is really massive @ 12'x5'x10" (LWH). The fold out platform will be roughly the same area dimension as the current roof rack and will act as a lid for the cargo basket to hold in our gear. We plan on doing roll down sides and screening in the area under the fold out as well as setting up our 9'x14' family tent up top.
By our estimation we could sleep all 9 of the passengers we could haul in this huge freakin truck we have 3 rows of bench seats.

 

Nice rig, I have an 88 r20 that is real nice but it is a diesel, how did you fix the hangy down headliner? my headliner is nice but has come lose. JT

 

Nice!

I miss my 91' Suburban. Was a 4x4 350 TBI.

 

yeah that thing looks nice, we love our burb, it's a solid truck and can fit my 3 boys, 3 dogs and all of our gear really easily.
With the roof rack I'll have about $2600 into it total and dont have any complaints really.
We dont go off road too much so 2wheel is fine for us but when I do buy another here after the move It will definitely be a 350 4x4.

Can Do!

 

headliners are really easy to re- do,
all you need is some fabric and a can of 3m spray adhesive. you may need to replace the foam too- if it's loose or falling apart the fabric wont stick scrape it clean.
1) Spray down the headliner backing (mine was fiberglass and intact.)
2) lay out 1/8" foam (if needed) smoothing out towards the edges using your palm
3)Spray foam, let sit for about 1 minute.
4) lay out fabric of choice
5) trim foam and fabric with a razor

through my experience felt works the best and is easiest to work with for first timers, stay away from anything sheer and nylon gets "soak- through" pretty easily. Any Linen, felt or leather works great and only takes about 2 hours to do in an 88 suburban.
I plan to do our Honda Passport next week and will try and do a step by step on it if anybody is interested.

I've done an s10, blazer, El Camino, and a VW bug - all were really easy

 

that Chrome Exhaust tip is good for at least 5 more horsepower. nice rig.

 

I had a "77" 3 door -- great truck --

 

Just got this one this weekend. 6.0 and a 4l80e tranny. Really liking this thing.

 

Mud ?--------

 

Yeah we're moving to Washington state in a month so I'd be more interested in the 4x4 up there.

 

Perfect, that's where I had mine.

 

454=7.4L
383=6.3L
366=6.0L
Sorry to be a stickler. That stuff drives me crazy.

On the other hand. Very nice burbs!

 

yeah I have the 454 7.4L tbi

 

Nice suburban. Headliners shagtatstic. Sorry couldn't resist. Love solid axle chevys.

 

I test drove an 86 diesel burb but it was a mess. Needed just about everything and the guy would'nt come down on the price at all. Most of the decent diesel burbs. Around here go for +$5000.

 

I have a 1998 4x4 3/4 ton 6.5TD...paid $5,000 out the door, but had to rebuilt the engine 4 months later. since then I've done the IP and PMD and put on a Heath Diesel cold air intake along with regular filter changes and 33.5" tires (255/85r16). My truck gets 16-20 mpg with 4.10 gears.

It is a sweet truck...although it hasn't been the same since I changed the PMD...is there a performance PMD out there or something?

OP, the rig is cool, but what kind of fuel mileage are you expecting? Also, as far as bugging out goes you may have to go off road.

 

Hopefully I. Will get around 14mpg with an improved intake and second flowmaster. Currently getting about 12mpg which isn't too bad. It's not a daily driver. But I am definitely going to buy a diesel within the next year. I have been scoping out the prices up in washington and idaho and they are about the same so I will probably finish this one up and start a new project in the spring.

 

88 suburban



Hey GMF I just put my 88 diesel up for sale it is in pretty good shape,(except for the headliner and front seat fabric.) $2500 out the door. JT

 

Suburbans are damn nice trucks for a family. I miss mine so bad...

 

That is super nice -- now lose the trim-rings / center caps & white lettering -- and buy a can of - "Night Shades" :thumb::thumb:

And a light bar would be nice

D-44's ?

 

Lost the whole thing. Traded her in on a new mini-van for the wife.


Is that love or what?

 

Damn, you're a better man than I! I would have traded in the wifey, but that's just me... :taped:::thumb:

Kickin' truck!!

 

Totally understand -- I sold the - "Schwartz-ster" - ( Jewish Harley ) for luuvvvvvveee --

 

Nice 'burb, one thing you might think about, that black roof will make it much, much hotter in the truck.

If you shoot the whole thing, I might consider shooting it all white. :thumb:

 

I plan on painting the whole car with bed liner we have another black vehicle and it's not too bad during the summer. Plus the burb is very well insulated (for the stereo) + front and rear ac's that really crank we plan on doing the details in grape purple.I'm not looking for something uber tactical just a fun weekend truck to pull the trailer with and going hunting

 

When you get rid of that ghetto head-liner --- two or three layers of --

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Frost-Ki...ost-King-E-O-12-in-x-15-ft-Self-Stick-Foam-Foil-Duct-Insulation-FV516/100028603

I put two layers in the vette top / hatch --- 100 degs. outside -- cool-ish to the touch inside :thumb:

 

12mpg towing, I'm sorry I find that hard to believe.
I would think 8 to 10 tops MPG.
My diesel powerstroke gets only 14 to 14.5 tops towing.
I once owned a 1979 big block c-2500 and it only got about 6 to 7 mpg without towing.

 

I Have a 93 sub 1500 4x4 350 auto and get 12-13 while towing and my 93 K2500 ext cab truck with 454 5 speed got 10-12 towing a goosneck horse trailer loaded at 16000 cross country so your powerstrock may have more power but the price of fuel is not worth the extra 2 mpg sometimes a little maintenance and upkeep make a big difference just saying.

 

To the original poster I like your sub but I hope your roof rack is bolted to the roof and not just the drip edges they are really flimsy

 

The drip rails are all reinforced with bolts. I've loaded tons of gear on drips rails on a van. And again it's not really for extreme offroad

 

We really don't notice a difference in mpg when we tow, it always seems to just stay around 12mpg we've gone through 5 full tanks now testing it

 

No difference been my experience with GM 350 and 454 engines. Loan them up because the mileage is pretty much the same.

 

Yup, they certainly do a lot of things well!

I loved my 454 under the GMC badge. Golly, with the boat in tow, up and down hills, there was never any change in the engine (strain) noises. Very, very impressive vehicles.

 

I loved my 454 under the GMC badge. Golly, with the boat in tow, up and down hills, there was never any change in the engine (strain) noises. Very, very impressive vehicles.

they are lovable monsters.

 

Nice job on the head liner to get a little more mpg change the gears to 3.42 mine got 18 mile per gallon good luck on it

 

But would it tow as well?

I'd say for towing the highest you'd want to go for GM vehicles is 3.73

 

Thanks for the reccomendation on the gears tro but I don't think I'm going to fool around too much more. It's mechanically sound and really just needs paint now. I will probably give it a 4" lift after the move. I like burbs a lot and plan to buy another once up north. I will most likely get an older one though