GM Performance Parts
For release: Oct. 29, 2007, 12:01 a.m. EDT
There’s a saying in the hot rodding world: There’s no replacement for displacement. The GM Performance Parts Chevy Silverado embodies this mantra, as this thoroughly modern truck has received the classic hot rod heart transplant – a larger engine. Out went the stock 5.3L V-8 and in went a GM Performance Parts (GMPP) LSX 7.4L – that’s 454 cubic inches – fuel-injected crate engine that pumps out 640 horsepower. It was built to demonstrate the possibilities offered to enterprising rodders via GMPP’s growing family of LSX high-performance cylinder blocks, engine components and crate engines. Also true to the classic hot rod ethic is the truck’s appearance, which has a matte black exterior finish and a bare-bones bench seat inside. And to demonstrate this truck hauls in every sense of the word, strapped down in the bed is a detailed 572-inch big block GMPP crate engine.
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Contact:
Tom Henderson
GM SPO Communications
Office: 810-606-3114
Cell: 810-241-6470
E-mail: tom.e.henderson@gm.com
Phil Colley
GM Performance Division
Phone: 586-492-2302
E-mail: phil.colley@gm.com