Specialty Vehicle Engineering's GMC Syclone teams a current Canyon pickup with 750-hp supercharged crate engine to create a high-performance pickup.
for 2021. Production was limited to 50 trucks, but SVE now plans to build 50 more for the 2022 model year.
As before, the muscle is provided by a General Motors' L83 5.3-liter V-8, which also produces 600 lb-ft of torque. The engine sports an aluminum block, forged internals, custom cylinder heads, a high-flow fuel system, and a high-flow stainless steel exhaust. It powers all four wheels through an 8-speed automatic transmission.SVE also upgrades the suspension, lowering the ride height, and adding new bushings and a heavy-duty rear sway bar.
Styling changes include a vented hood, customer rocker panels,"Syclone" badging, and prominent dual exhaust tips. The interior gets dressed up with an available leather package, new floor mats, and a numbered dash plaque. The original 1991 GMC Syclone had a turbocharged 4.3-liter V-6 instead of a V-8, but when it launched, this tuned GMC Sonoma was still the quickest-accelerating vehicle from 0-60 mph, at just under 4.5 seconds. GMC later used the same formula to create the Typhoon SUV, but soon gave up on muscle trucks. Today's