When did chevy trucks switch to fuel injection?

I am looking to buy a chevy truck, I like the late 70' -80's styles, not so much the 90's, but I want fuel injection cause it will save on gas. Thanks for the help!|||they switched to fuel injection in 1987|||Yet again Chevyracer takes it to the hole.





He is correct, and worrying about economy on these trucks is pointless, as carb or EFI they net almost identical.





Weight and aerodynamics are the problem. Stock MPG for the 80's (pre-TBI) trucks are quite close to trucks made today, with similar size engines.





If it really bugs you, buying a 1981-1986 truck and retrofitting the still-plentiful TBI from a 1987+ Chev truck is not that difficult, and likely more easy than trying to find the one-year only standard cab TBI, if thats what you want.





Blazers, Crew Cabs, Cab/chassis, and Suburbans were the same body until 1991, and of course all TBI.|||chevy came out with a tbi or throttle body injection set up in 87 it actually bolted to the manifold much like a carb, and used the same air filter set up as the carb models, at least the v8 models however were not known for much in the way of gas mileage improvements, the Throttle body injection set up was pretty simple by todays standards, It did give great power, was durable and dependable and having had carbs, and tbi injected v8 I like the tbi much better than the early carbs. Later when they went to the vortech motor, the multi port fuel injection was better on fuel economy and power, but it was also much more complicated, therefore more prone to problems, and some years like 98 and 99 were not the best ones. (although anything still running around now is probably fine, as the weak and crappy set ups are long gone. If you are looking for power and fuel mileage, I gotta tell you that toyota 22r or nissan high performance four cylinder was a way better and far more durable than any chevy motor (other than a v8 of course) I had a early 80s nissan king cab pickup with a high performance dual plugs per cylinder, 4 valve per cylinder tied to a 280 z 5 speed transmission that was one little butt kicker of a truck. and it got great fuel mileage. It was dirt cheap, since it had no reverse, and for the couple hundred bucks that was all I had at the time, the greatest deal ever. (you just had to put your foot out the door with your passengers foot helping and push it backwards) but hey, after awhile, I started parking so I did not have to back up at all!!)


Chevy does not have any 4 cylinder motors that can compare to that as far as I know. I have always been a v8 large pickup or van guy anyhow, so fuel mileage was something you don't get much of in a v8.but figure out what you are looking for, by doing what you are doing know, ask questions, research what things you find interesting, If money and fuel mileage are important issues now, then go find a nice nissan king cab pickup with a four banger to save money on fuel,and while saving money for your perfect Chevy pick up, drive something that has a dependable long lasting reputation until you get enough money to set up your chevy pick up the way you want. chevy has the 5.3 v8 now in the new trucks, this is a 327 v8 the 327 has long been my favorite chevy small block for power and torque put one of these in a small early 80s s10 and you will have a perfect little sleeper pickup and the fuel mileage will be good, and have enough power to fry tires, or put on the traction control and launch off the line fast enough to change your heartbeat, best of luck.|||1987 on the chevy/gmc trucks. Throttle body injection (TBI). Its a unit that looks kinda like a carb but the throttle body is only the air intake, in top of the throttle body has 2 fuel injectors mounted





This system really will not be much if any better on fuel mileage than a std. carb. Atleast with a carb, you can pull it apart and change some $6 jets or metering rods and lean it out some to help fuel mileage





EFI systems didnt really improve on the trucks untill the 1996 and newer vortec engines|||87 on full size trucks. The s-10's had tbi v-6 in 86.