87 S-10 project

belowaveragecustoms · Jan 8, 2012

The motor is the 2.8 it had just been rebuilt before bought the truck. Before I pulled it I put a new battery in it and poured a little gas in the carb and it fired up first try. A guy at my work is buying the old stuff. I ordered the roll pan off of eBay for $75 with free shipping, it turned out pretty good.

HotRodPC · Jan 8, 2012

The 2.8 is a junky 60 degree V6 gutless wonder.

89Suburban · Jan 8, 2012

HotRodPC said:
The 2.8 is a junky 60 degree V6 gutless wonder.

Yes, a major POS I had the pleasure of owning once...

bucket · Jan 8, 2012

HotRodPC said:
The 2.8 is a junky 60 degree V6 gutless wonder.

89Suburban said:
Yes, a major POS I had the pleasure of owning once...

Easy there fellas, don't lump all the 2.8's in with those those wheezy S10 motors. The carbed HO's and the multiport 2.8's were fine motors and have a fair amount of pep in their step. The S10 just never got those.

HotRodPC · Jan 8, 2012

bucket said:
Easy there fellas, don't lump all the 2.8's in with those those wheezy S10 motors. The carbed HO's and the multiport 2.8's were fine motors and have a fair amount of pep in their step. The S10 just never got those.

You're reffering to the 2.8 MFI motors that were used in FWD cars. Any RWD 2.8 was JUNK !!! Lacking power, overheating, head gasket blowin pieces of ****, PERIOD !!!

Swims350 · Jan 8, 2012

NO!!!!!!!!!

my rwd camaro had a 2.8 and it was mpfi and it would run, it had tons of pep, and never had any problems. The s-10 2.8's sucked though.

Old77 · Jan 8, 2012

HotRodPC said:
You're reffering to the 2.8 MFI motors that were used in FWD cars. Any RWD 2.8 was JUNK !!! Lacking power, overheating, head gasket blowin pieces of ****, PERIOD !!!

I drove the wheels off my 93 s-10 and never had any of those issues. It was just slow as a slug so I'll have to disagree here :shrug:

Swims350 · Jan 8, 2012

yea we had the same deal, no issues just no power.

I thought my camaro had good power though.

HotRodPC · Jan 8, 2012

Swims350 said:
NO!!!!!!!!!

my rwd camaro had a 2.8 and it was mpfi and it would run, it had tons of pep, and never had any problems. The s-10 2.8's sucked though.

Ahh, forgot about that ERA in the Camaro.

Old77 would be the first for me to say a truck 2.8 didn't have problems other than being a slug. Although, he did say his was a 93. I dealt with them in the early to late 80's. Never worked on a 90 or later model. Maybe they improved. STill a scrap motor IMO. The 3.1 was quite a bit better but still had issues, and the 3.4 was actually quite peppy and still had the upper intake manifold gasket issues.

Swims350 · Jan 8, 2012

we had a 92 2.8 and it still sucked lol, no issues I can think of but no powah either.

my camaro was an 86 and was decent.

RetroC10Sport · Jan 8, 2012

An old boss had a 2.8 MPFI 5 speed Camaro........It would run circles around my 305 TPI IROC...This was the boss that had never seen a TPI engine and a 1988 IROC, not the '85 that was embarrassed by a 3 cylinder...

belowaveragecustoms · Jan 16, 2012

Well guys I stayed up all night working on the s10 and got a lot done. I finished welding the gas door, shaved the antenna hole, and shaved the handle on the tailgate. I also finished gutting the engine compartment and pulled the old tank brackets off the frame. Here are some pics of the shaving process of the tailgate and antenna hole.

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