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73-87 Chevy _ GMC Trucks => Members Rides => Topic started by: roadrage41 on February 22, 2011, 02:27:02 PM
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well we thoroughly expected it to slow down a bit at the shop over the winter, we'd work on our projects, drink lots of dark beer's, maybe come up with our next stupid projects...... and that of course never happened.
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2140811713568.118726.1044435559&l=3eba6a929c&type=1 some pics in there i didnt bother to upload.
anyway i posted up a few pics last fall when i got this thing, it pretty much went into "cold" storage right then. :D
the skinny - 87 r30 (train truck for lack of a better descriptor) BIG truck. picked her up for 9 hunnert dollars. has a rear bumper that makes every "mudding guy" drool.
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Cold storage....
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I honestly thought we'd need a tow rope and a diesel to get it out of there, it popped off after 4 months of sitting, and drove right out, rooster tails and all.
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grille is busted to heck, no the hammer wasn't involved. not a big fan of billet. open to suggestions. i do like the billet inserts they make for the 88-91 grilles but im not swapping front ends.
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degreased and ready for its new home in an old 80's conversion van, note the glass fuse block to the left of the air cleaner on the firewall. one was for the CB, the other 4?.... ;D
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and yes that house has a door to nowhere.
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Since it was a railroad truck the other 4 fuses might have ran the lights or something else attached to the work bed!
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what door?
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The one on the second floor above the truck!
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in the second pic look by the hood for the ladder, follow the ladder up. dude does just enough work on that house to keep it from being condemned.
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Sweet truck. Whats the plan for it?
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Well according to ups.com I'm gonna have a very angry buster brown on my hands tomorrow. Wonder if its normal to tip them. :D
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For right now I'm waiting for nice enough weather to do some serious rust removal and a whole bunch of plasma cutting.
Ill try and snap a shot of the back side tomorrow so you guys can see what I'm up against.
Ye olde Three fitty is sold as soon as we get the thing into position so it can roll out the shop door for dirty jobs and back in when we're done. pushing this thing without assistance from the engine is no easy task. Hoping once i get that stupid bumper cut off it gets a little better, best guesstimate from our friendly local scrapping guy/ can collector is that it weighs around 500 pounds. I said less, so I owe him a keystone 40 oz. if it does. (somehow it turned into a bet where i get nothing if I'm right)
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and yes that house has a door to nowhere.
That's the exit door when you get too drunk. :P
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Awesome project, my 85 originally was a railroad truck as well, mine still have the instructions to lower the gear on the tracks on the visor.
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so lets see this sweet back bumper that the muddin crowd will love HA HA!!
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and yes that house has a door to nowhere.
That's the exit door when you get too drunk. :P
Or for other people when they get too drunk and you gotta show em' were the door is! hahaha.. ;D
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Lol, pics tomorrow, uploading them on my phone sucks. Mines also got the crazy stickers, thinking about keeping them.
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i apologize if these things are huge, i cleared my cache and they look normal size
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a few too many leaf springs and 1 too many gas tanks for my liking.
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its either an exhaust or a mutant squid.
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i like to think of it as more of a "demolisher" than a bumper :o
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did i mention its an air tank? either way its getting cut off.
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reason number 237 our UPS guy hates us.
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and the parts pile just keeps growing.
the belltech c-section kit (belltech actually calls it a c-section.....) actually comes with everything you need short of u-bolts to relocate the axle. i already have a western chassis relocator kit, ill post up a comparo pic so you guys can see the difference. the belltech perches look like cardboard compared to the western ones.
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Awesome bumper, I like it, would be perfect for the work truck.
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Awesome bumper, I like it, would be perfect for the work truck.
We used to fab bumpers like that all the time for jeeps, helps in airing tires back up after being on the trail. Someone put some work into that bumper.
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that bumper would be pretty sweet on a custom bagged truck... have it hooked to the compressor then to a bank of valves... be sneaky....
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that bumper would be pretty sweet on a custom bagged truck... have it hooked to the compressor then to a bank of valves... be sneaky....
I'd run it on a rugged bagged dually, somethin that still works for a living.
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If it didnt weigh a ton and sit so low i'd think about it, simplify and add lightness. rollpan it is.
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If it didnt weigh a ton and sit so low i'd think about it, simplify and add lightness. rollpan it is.
lightness? squarebody?
you sir are defying physics
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3 tons is enough, gotta get this horsepower to weight ratio in check. ;)
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belltech on top, western on bottom
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again
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birthday present from my wife, she knows how to shop.
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You gotta be pumped! your getting a nice colection of stuff. I see new gauge pod in the backround. Whats in the bag?
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gauge pods aren't mine sadly :-[ the bag is a set of new 60 lb. injectors.
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reason # 238 the ups guy hates us, and birthday present part deux.
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reason # 238 the ups guy hates us, and birthday present part deux.
tell the UPS guy to shove it and build a custom truck in his own time to see how it feels when new parts come in...
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i think we've had a literal ton of stuff dropped off this last week, he probably gets a feeling of accomplishment when his truck is half empty at the start of his route. ;D
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job security
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He's a teamster, nothin to compain about ;D
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So am I, not quite as well paid though. Still looking into the possibility of a Turbo cam or just rolling with a zo6. Want 550 to the wheels if i can get it there without 12 pounds of boost, even better.
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MOAR TOYS!
need fuel line, fuel pump, boost controller, blow off valve, and to figure out the cam situation, and some decent freaking weather. (and if i can swing it a 2 step and a line lock but thats on the hush... lol)
decided to swap the rear to run disc brakes and after that its just miscellaneous bits and pieces. (weight savings!) :D
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actual progress! then we ran out of light. :(
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do I see a chevelle,
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http://www.yatesefi.com/72chev.html
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Beautiful. My fav Muscle car!
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I like the trucks beter :P
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popped the shocks off tonight, did some test fitting of the turbo and the hot side piping on a mock up motor, waiting to hear on some fuel tank brackets.
belltech has seriously given me the wrong part number for the c-notch 3 times. about to flip it, order a thorbecke and call it a day. my bed isn't pristine anyway. :-\
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popped the shocks off tonight, did some test fitting of the turbo and the hot side piping on a mock up motor, waiting to hear on some fuel tank brackets.
belltech has seriously given me the wrong part number for the c-notch 3 times. about to flip it, order a thorbecke and call it a day. my bed isn't pristine anyway. :-\
At least they are serious about giving you the wrong part number. ;)
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i know, they're killing me, how do you not know the correct part number for a part you manufacture and sell.
all the dually guys are being quiet on what the correct number is and the part number is stamped on the darned thing. half the crew cab square dually's on the road are lowered.
got the squid cut off today, got the fronts of the leafs unhooked, all the brake stuff cut.
pretty much cut the u-bolts off, remove some springs, and the rear end will be flipped. oh and remove the stupid bumpstops because i dont have the correct c-notch.
look ma no squid!
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all brake parts in transit, new fuel tank brackets in transit, snow in transit.
Dear winter, GO AWAY. Thank you.
need to do several hours of grinding on that there frame. supposed to be decent monday. supposed to be.
maybe ill put my fuel tank together.
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That frikken muffler was huge!
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hmm brake brackets came in, they look pretty legit.
gonna opt to just run with no e-brake, the caddy setup seems viable, just too much expense for the loaded calipers, et al.
flip kit that was guaranteed to fit my truck is waaaaaay off. closest thing i've found is that it might be for a dana 80 ???
trying to find out if a c20 kit will work, so far noone has one in stock to take actual measurements. hoping lowering the front goes smoother than this.
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assembled the new gas tank tonight out of disgust for the lowering debacle. went disturbingly well, everything fit perfectly. even came with the correct adapter to plumb the walbro into the chevy wiring. i kept waiting for something to be wrong, what a relief.
walbro looks factory -
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paint on the ebay brackets is drying, paint the back's tomorrow. hopefully get it all back under the truck saturday.
ordered a c-20 kit, western chassis says it'll probably fit. hopefully be here relatively soon. ready to get the rear back together so we can get the front dropped and the crappy old 350 yanked out.
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And it goes a little sumphin like this.
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flip kit needs to show up, im ready to do some burnouts.
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needs a c-notch lol, actually had to remove the bumpstops for the axle to even get into position.
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gotta play with the springs a little, it is uneven, but the jackstands in the fore ground make it look worse than it is. turns out it was a good thing it rained the day we were going to cut the bumper off, it was pretty much the only place we could put jackstands and still work on the suspension.
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killed it with fire! and pry bars..... and a sledge hammer.... and lots of swearing.........
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knocked the overload spring bracket deals off and some spare pieces of the bumper that couldn't really be plasma'ed off, knocked most of the scaly rust off for a quick blast of primer, and got all the brake lines off the rear end so i could knock the rust off of it, aaaaaand it started raining. ugh. sweeet hubcap eh?
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It's literally been raining for almost 2 weeks.
Did catch a nice day, got the frame double primed, fuel tank is assembled, rebracketed, seat belted in, and back where it belongs.
we decided it would be in the interest of performance if i ran a red wastegate and bov instead of the plain ol billet ones, ordered those.
waiting for decent weather again so we can get the exhaust mocked/ fabbed/ ready for ceramic coating.
currently in the middle of redoing our websites image structure, ill post up some more pictures when i land on that part of the images.
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apparently all i have is our stock photo for this, anyway, that's a big chunk of billet.
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Everyone knows yellow = horsepower
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downpipe mocked up, ready for welding
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my naked rear end..... wait what?!
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little rust preventative goes a long way
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50 pounds of rotational mass hits the scrap yard. she's on a diet.
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Rust preventative on the friction surface of the rotor? You planning on sanding that back off before using?
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What are your plans as far as an E-brake? Caddy calipers? None at all?
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most of the Ebrakes on these trucks doesn't even work 3/4 of the time because of rust. :-\
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Jared, its black spray paint, clean right off the friction points the first time you stop. And no e-brake, too much hassle for as little as we looked into it.
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I wouldn't think grinding paint into your brake pad would be good, but I guess you're right--not that big of a deal. Are you gonna share any details of your conversion?
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Even if he didnt coat the rotors and the got a layer of rust, that would come off just as easy. Happens every time it rains. Go look at your discs after a good rain, they usually will have a little rust on them.
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such an awesome project
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lol, just think of it as poor mans anodizing. the stuff on your average wilwood rotor takes way longer to come off, and the brakes suck until it does.
for the conversion -
http://shop.virginia4x4.com/Bolt-on-Rear-Disc-Brake-Conversion-Kit-14-Bolt-VA4X4-BR-BO-14B.htm
these are the brackets i got, very nice pieces all around, i like that they use a billet spacer to locate the brackets instead of welding tabs on to fill the gap. It came with more than enough safety wire to get the job done. i had to grind the powdercoat off the brackets inside of the "U" shape to make the calipers fit perfectly, which to be honest is probably a variance between caliper castings. I literally only had to skim off the powdercoat.
after that we got - pads rotors and calipers for a 75 chevy k20, thats just the model we gave them when we called advance auto, dunno if different years make a difference or not.
I then followed this how-to
http://www.pirate4x4.com/tech/billavista/14b_disc_brakes/
no surprises, went exactly as the instructions said it would. REPLACE THE WHEEL STUDS! the new dorman ones have a more "shallow" head on them, i dont believe the GM ones would work correctly. I used the longer of the 2 studs (DOR-610-301), but im just putting big nasty spiked lug nuts over the stock wheels.
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got this puppy from UPS yesterday morning, using the bird poop as a guide, i think it'll work.
mostly worried about bottoming out on the battery, but it'll tuck up enough on the underside of the bed that if it gets smacked, im probably also losing my axle and have a whole different set of problems.
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Sweet....please cut your nail (insert barfing smiley here)
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lol
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Where'd the battery mount come from?
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ive seen similar ones for sale at speedway parts.
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i like where this is going
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The battery box is from Allstar - part number 76100. Dont know if summit or jegs carries them, probably some on ebay. They make a lot of parts that are "branded" by smaller companies. They're like an IKEA for automotive stuff, you can look through the catalog and by the time you get to the end you found 10 things you need that you didn't know you needed.
Got my timing cover and oil pan back from cleaning - oil pan reassembled, new seal in the timing cover, put it all back together. If today is nice, might get out the wire wheel and clean'er off and do some painting.
Allegedly this is gonna be a running driving burnout machine in 31 days, I'm staying optimistic.
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timing cover all cleaned up and sealed.
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back together, getting some sun
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sale on shoes and christmas trees!
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Looks good, wish i would've went with the low gloss black. this is the "semi"
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Mock up yanked, rats nest of wires removed, ready for some serious clean up, a little frame notching, and a whole lot of paint.
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battery mount is mounted and painted. put the least amount of effort into changing a heater core that I've ever done in any vehicle.
If it doesn't storm too crazy later gonna try and get the engine bay degreased, if it does storm crazy, it might get degreased anyway because the hoods off.
gonna order some new perches for the rear axle, this two piece drive shaft pinion angle calculating is kind of confuzzling.
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Engine bay pressure washed. Couple helpful tips for those pondering an lsx swap over the next couple days, stay tuned sports fans.
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Firewall painted in 92 degree heat, looks good, ish. Wedding to go to today, pics soon.
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That's the actual motor.... In the engine bay, bolted in and everything.
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on the lower headlights, or whatever those things are, those mounting holes dont actually line up, fit really crappily, very loose etc. anyone got any ideas as to why? wrong lights? definitely not a warpage issue, they just dont line up.
my truck had the extra lights in the lower corners of the grill, but the sockets were spliced in to the head light wiring. cruddy retrofit somewhere along the line?
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card board in place to help protect against damage on the fins, intercooler installed.
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:O grand national!!!! mine!!!!!
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Drivers side manifold refurbed and installed, tranny cooler mounted, needs moved. Mock up motor back on a stand to Fab up wastegate pipes and finalize hot side pipes.
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looks like some sort of sculpture, but thats the basic idea.
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throttle body switched, fans and radiator mounted, injectors and fuel rails installed, lower radiator hose installed. its most of the way wired, gotta go find a pigtail for the fans and a throttle cable today hopefully.
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looking awesome
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Gonna need some smaller sidewall clark. Cant help but laugh about how ridiculous this thing is every time I look at it.
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Well with a little more work and some luck she should fire up tomorrow. Where we are so far-
2004 5.3 90k miles
60# injectors
Walbro 255 lph fuel pump
Master Power T70 .68 A/R exhaust housing turbocharger
TiAL Q Blow Off Valve
TiAL MV-S Wastegate
KB Racing log manifold
Custom down pipe and cold side with intercooler
Swapped to 2 bar map sensor and screw in type IAT
New 87 fuel tank and sender
New Fragola Push Lock Fuel Line
New Dual Pass Radiator
Custom Modified C4 Corvette dual fan setup
External trans cooler we had laying around
Belltech 3500 spindles
Western Chassis - doesnt quite fit right flip-kit
Rear Disc conversion courtesy of Virginia 4x4 and Advance Auto
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awesome!!!!! im anxiously awaiting man..haha
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq0q98tw9d4&feature=channel_video_title
click on my user name for one with sound, it hasnt finished uploading yet.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0xocdxnH-0&feature=channel_video_title
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thing sounds bad man good job
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Yeah it does! Good work man!
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So, thats a 5.3 fuel powered vortec turbo charged?
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wow...bad bad bad you are the man
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So, thats a 5.3 fuel powered vortec turbo charged?
fuel powered?
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Lol, I got what you meant after reading it again, and yes its a Gasser.
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So, thats a 5.3 fuel powered vortec turbo charged?
fuel powered?
Whooops. Haha i didnt realize how vague that description was. Its been a long day. I finished rebuilding my engine from the heads up, and got to drive it today. Yes, i meant gas. I never would have thunk to turbo it. Seems pretty dang efficient/powerful.
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Its not too bad, should be able to get up around 500 at the wheels how it is, that'll have my fuel pump just about maxed. Got a few loose ends to tie up, wanna do the interior, probably a rebuild on the tranny this winter, see how the whole setup works with the 4.10's. Etc.
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RAWR! need to get out to the junk yard and get one in a little better shape.
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Been recuperating from our shop open house, got the coolant overflow installed today, got new tie rods and sleeves, upper control arm shaft kits are on the way. Gonna order new shocks this Friday. Started it up for a little bit today to listen to the Turbo. Makes ya feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
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i know how you feel i put the motor in my dually and everytime a crank it up i know its running cause i did the work on it. got to love the feeling you get from being able to fix these old trucks with ease. might take some time to do but hey i started on my truck with little mechanical skills i got me a book and as things go off i take pics of me taking them apart and follow the pics back to where its back together. keep up the good work man cant wait to see it all shined up
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gotta adjust the radiator hose a little so i can get a big enough filter onto the turbo
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thats basically how it looks at the moment
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i....hate.....you.....that is bad azz
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Definitely a sleeper and far from a Rail Road truck. Next time I am in town and am going to swing by and check it out.
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wow man....looks amazing. great work. the truck is just B A D . id rock it. keep it up man.
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Thanks guys.
All suspension bits are en route as of today. Hopefully getting a call from a Guy tomorrow about the pinion angle conundrum.
Zieg let me know and we'll mark you down for an order of tacos. Lol.
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Well pretty much the entire front suspension is new, just needs aligned, front brakes bled, need a dumbed down how to on setting the pinion angles, not having any luck.
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I love it, it makes me wish I was back so I can finally get back into my Silverado, I have a LS1 out of a corvette waiting for it.
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Finally got the temp gauge wired up, got halfway through greasing the front end and we got smacked around by a downpour. Flipped the radiator hose, mounted fuse panel, got busted front valance off, hopefully button up some more stuff tomorrow and get the bed back off.
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always good to hear progress being made.
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Turns out small exhaust housing and 4.10 gears breaks the tires loose pretty easily standing still and from a roll. If you haven't gotten the rear squirrely in crew cab before, I recommend it.
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http://youtu.be/COdCMGsjLhA
that's me giggling like a child, you do the same thing when you drive it, trust me.
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http://youtu.be/COdCMGsjLhA
that's me giggling like a child, you do the same thing when you drive it, trust me.
Stop teasing.
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so awesome man
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For the run down on what happened there, he turned the corner, goosed it, hit second, the tires broke loose, got out of it, to get it back under control, goose# it again, hit third and did it all over again, my phone didn't start recording right away, so you only hear third.
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sweet so plenty of power to them wheels if its doing that in third lol
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got my 89 k2500 vent windows in tonight, my drivers side was busted out when i got it, and the passenger was broken, nice to do a replacement and an upgrade in one shot.
power maybe 350-375 at the wheels, its not very tuned, and it maxes out at 7 p.s.i. on the wastegate
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Exhaust on, rear brake lines run, stops on a dime. More video?
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More pics!
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yes ..pics...videos, ill take all of that hahaha
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Lol, its my videographers birthday tomorrow. Ill see about some pics atleast, this things quiet. Until....
I've put 322 miles on her since last Thursday. Time to tighten up the exhaust stuff and retorque the u-bolts tomorrow.
Local cat scale says 4980 with a full tank and me in the seat, that's about 650 less than what we planned, this thing might be kinda fast...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PSDfa73O9M&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Annoying loud tick is my power steering pump, allegedly its supposed to go away, thinking I need a new one as it sounds like its got a Pete Jackson on it when you're driving.
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so awesome. doing great man
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I know, I know, more pics. Lol. 1377 miles on her in roughly 6 weeks, I'm not really sure where the keys are to my 82 at this point.
The 2-3 shift is getting sluggish, time for this winters parts pile to start growing.
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stopped at the casino to win a hundred bucks and snap this shot after work.
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My bosses truck in the anti-theft position.
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both pics...killer. man i love ur truck so much. and ur bosses truck is slick as well.
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excited to say that after 4 years I finally have a vehicle with a functioning cigarette lighter, and dome light. and the ash tray is the perfect holder for my phone, gonna paint it with bed liner.
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That is a very sick truck nice job. What wheel and tire combo will u go with? I think it would look good with 20s or 22s.
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I was just looking around for some ideas and I recognize this truck from... the National G8 Meet! Cool project!
Andy
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LOL, Hi Andy, I'll be out there with you guys again this year I'm sure.
mattgood - no plans to change the current wheels, need to play with the tire sizes a little.
Anywho, took the truck to the track yesterday. Yep. Hangover fest XI at Cordova.
The wind was so terrible that the timing was being jacked with by leaves and other debris so they cut it down to 8th mile so we could get times, even that got sketchy.
Track conditions- 33 degrees out with a nasty wind, average 30-35mph constant. Track unprepped but cleaned. no waterbox.
Truck conditions - I made 1 pass with a passenger just trying to get more weight, it actually kind of helped with traction but the timing was screwed on that pass. Crappy All terrain tires on the back, My transmissions shifts when it wants because we haven't set up the kickdown for it yet. still on 7 pounds of boost, still not real tuned.
Anyway - This is my first time drag racing in anything that makes any sort of power. The last time I went down the track was in my wife's focus 6 years ago at a fun run, and it went a blistering 18.2
first pass (literally) no attempt at a burnout, just driving it off the line, let it get to third, and then mashed it. spun tires from the 330 to just before the 8th 10.38 @71
third pass - by now traction is annoying- smallish burnout, starting to build throttle against the brakes at the line, launched at around 1500ish rpms Im guessing. Jimi in the passenger seat (he weighs close to 400) - 9.84 @ 73
-they make us take a lunch break because the track workers are frozen and hungry -
fifth pass - pretty well have the traction issue narrowed down to just let the dang thing spin. truck is so huge it doesn't screw with the trajectory. decent burnout, launched at closer to 2k rpm's - spins all the way through first, bobbles most of the way through second, catches third at about the half, stops spinning and goes. ended up with a 9.33 @ 78 ....... with a 2.4 60" lol and that was my best 60" as well.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2758514955763&set=a.1816344802098.100801.1044435559&type=1&theater is my facebook upload of the last slip.
looking for a DR setup that'll fit now and watching some videos of that dually that was on pass time. I've still got a hundred horsepower on the table from being untuned on low boost. I'm getting my 12 second slip dang it.
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Also got a wideband for Christmas, be doing some logging and sending the files off to Jim @ speedinc as soon as the temp gets over 50.
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http://www.magic-photos.com/2011/Hangover%20Fest%201-1-12/Hangover%20Fest%201-1-12/index.html#DSC_0585.JPG
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Got a wideband for christmas, hoping to get tires, hydroboost, and steering box by the end of Feb. Still trying to determine what I want to do with the transmission. Wish winter would get it over with.
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(http://www.yatesefi.com/images/russtruck151.jpg)
Birthday present. ;D
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Very nice. Cant wait to see more progress
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Parts pile is getting big. I just got a gopro hero2 motorsports edition, legitimate video coming soon!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeftOu5BYZQ&feature=youtu.be
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Happy B-day! Would love to see a pic of that fitted in! Nice one!
(http://www.yatesefi.com/images/russtruck151.jpg)
Birthday present. ;D
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Went out yesterday and had a best of 14.08 at 101
60' were a pretty consistent 2.5. Need to complete one of the projects I need to do so I can get my 13.99, and round up some snow tires and an extra pair of rims, to try and get the 60' under control.
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Thanks for the update.i love this truck. Congrats on the time.keep working at it,you will get in 13s soon.
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New turbo is in, boost controller is controlling, wideband is sensoring.
On 13 lbs i could still break the tires loose at somewhere over 85 mph (my speedo only goes to 85)
moved it back down to 9 lbs. It made the 14 second passes on 6.5 pounds
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$170 worth of fuel fittings on the way. steering box is here, pitman is back ordered.... figures.
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got the intake on, very crowded at the back of the motor with the original fuel line plumbing.
Do not like.
Gonna redo the fuel system, and slap an aeromotive A340 in the tank.
Looks pretty durn good though!
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Sounds like this project is getting pretty legit, would like to see more pics and maybe a dyno sheet. Also, I wouldn't trust those CAT scales for your weights. We did it with our race team once with a E46 M3 and the numbers where like 200lbs off each time. I like how your going light with it though, I'll be doing the same thing, Moving weight to the back and getting rid of weight.
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we don't have an inground dyno locally that isn't run by morons. seriously.
there's a guy in western illinois that does a lot of trick diesel stuff I may hit up just to get some numbers, but it's kind of a big expense for a piece of paper.
just isn't a ton you can do in these things for weight savings, they're pretty bare bones unless you had a/c or whatever. Fiberglass body panels exist, but meh. try and pull off as much rotational mass as you can, and add forced induction. lol.
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Too bad you dont live in SoCal, shops out here do promo runs every month or so to pull in more people. they are usually free or close to it.
As for weight, yea man definitely drop rotating mass and swap out parts for lighter materials.
Look forward to see the new shoot you put on it and do to it.
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7k miles and the walbro in tank fuel pump is failing, gonna yank it and do an aeromotive 340.
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Is there any way you could post up pics of your power steering lines? Or any more info on what you did with your extra line for the hydroboost? Thanks man.
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Extra line for the hydroboost? He won't have extra lines unless he removed it. If you don't need the Hydroboost line swap pumps, that is what I did.
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still have the hydroboost, with the 4 wheel discs this thing has pretty serious stopping power.
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Any more updates on this thing? I love this truck.
Finally got mine going this weekend.
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Truck has been together and been my daily driver for a while.
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(http://i.imgur.com/VscYl.jpg?2)
there's an updated engine shot for you guys
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Love the truck. got a question. I may have just skimmed over it but are you using a flashed factory pcm with custom tables or something like a FAST controler?
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factory pcm, the fast stuff is nice, but not really needed.
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Thats sweet... I didn't realize that the factory would be capable of supporting boost but I guess adjusting the tables for your needs. bigest plus would definately be the cost. I'd much rather spend my time making it run over just spending the money for obviouse reasons but also because once you've been through every inch of the harnes and up and down on the tables you got a better handel on potential problems should they occur...
Love the truck..any new mods/time slips paint...anything (cupholder)
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What most guys do is convert to speed density, basically get rid of the maf and upgrade if needed to a larger map sensor. Measures manifold pressure and adjusts fuel accordingly instead of relying on the maf. you can tune a turbo setup both ways, the SD just tends to be easier. Mine ran a map sensor from a cobalt turbo, the zl1 i believe is the source for the 3 bar, and the newer ecotec (cruze, sonic, et al.) run a 5 bar map, although I haven't seen anyone try to run one on an LS yet / know if its even possible.
My latest mod turned my truck into a trailblazer, involved a sale and some financing, but it was pretty painless overall. The heated seats are pretty nice.
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All the STS kits we sell use the factory PCM, unless you are getting into some serious power delivery the stock PCM can handle it with the right tuner. Our (my twins STS Turbo'd) 2000 Silverado that was just rebuilt is going to be switched to Speed Density and a 3 bar MAP.
Sorry to hear the Crew is gone roadrage1.
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i sold it to a friend, I'll get pics of it as I see it around. after it got hit I lost all desire to work on the thing, so its really better off. Hes already put a new carrier in it and pulled the trans out for a rebuild.
The TBSS is making me pretty happy 4 days in, I just gotta keep the credit card in the wallet and stay off of the texas speed website. lol!
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Ask him to join in...