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Title: 1973 chevy stepside rebuild
Post by: hookedonjuice on January 15, 2010, 10:34:36 am: well i have had this truck for 12 years and love it as much as the first day i got it! i am in the process of rebuilding it and this is where i am at on it. the frame is almost done and then i will be starting on the body work.
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Post by: hookedonjuice on January 15, 2010, 10:36:29 am: more pics
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Post by: hookedonjuice on January 15, 2010, 10:37:28 am: more,
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Post by: hookedonjuice on January 15, 2010, 10:38:29 am: and more,
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Post by: hookedonjuice on January 15, 2010, 10:46:41 am: the engine.......

well it is a 408 small block,

JE pistons -21cc inverted domes
Callies steel cranks and Rods
Gear to Gear drive
Dart 225 Iron Eagle Heads ported and flowed at 315cfm
custom Crane billet solid roller cam .715 lift with 1.7 rockers
Dart high rise intake
King Demon Dominator RS carb
NOS sportmans fogger system
Fluid harmonic balancer
Electric water pump
March serpentine belt conversion for electric water pumps
Hooker Super Comp long tube headers
Coan turbo 400 trans with lightweight billet internals, trans brake and JW super bell, reverse valve body
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Post by: beastie_3 on January 15, 2010, 02:57:44 pm: Nice!
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Post by: 69byrd on January 18, 2010, 08:33:32 am: Great looking stepside!!!
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Post by: hookedonjuice on January 18, 2010, 06:09:49 pm: thanks for the comments guys!
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Post by: hookedonjuice on January 18, 2010, 06:10:26 pm: before rebuild
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Post by: hookedonjuice on January 18, 2010, 06:12:04 pm: one more
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Post by: hookedonjuice on January 18, 2010, 07:29:50 pm: back to rolling chassis ;D
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Post by: hookedonjuice on January 18, 2010, 07:31:26 pm: more
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Post by: hookedonjuice on January 18, 2010, 07:32:43 pm: more
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Post by: 78 Chevyrado on January 18, 2010, 07:43:36 pm: Coming right along. Frame looks better than new!
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Post by: hookedonjuice on January 18, 2010, 08:17:58 pm: Quote from: 78 Chevyrado on January 18, 2010, 07:43:36 pm
Coming right along. Frame looks better than new!

thanks, yep if the frame had a bolt in it it came out. i sandblasted every piece, big or little. i did the donor core support the same way. my front fenders are at the body mans shop getting all prettied up. next i will install the flush mount fuel cell in the rear using the directions on the website. then i will install brake lines and the BG400 pump and lines. the fuel system is going to be the hardest part for me, figuring out what fittings i need to buy. i will more and likely go with electric vacuum brakes since i am using such a large cam, it will not pull enough vacuum off the engine to run them. i am fixing to order the front suspension travel limiter so my lowering springs will stay put and also transfer weight to the rear end. then order my cab bushings. The frame will go outside and move the cab and bed in for there body work. hopefully by then the engine will be ready so i cant install the motor, trans, and exhaust so i can get a measurement for the drive shaft. going to go with 1350 series u joints for strength.
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Post by: Layne on January 18, 2010, 08:18:50 pm: How's she run in the 1/4?
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Post by: hookedonjuice on January 18, 2010, 08:25:12 pm: before the rebuild, i had a 350 bored .60 with ported stock casting heads and 2.02 valves, victor jr. intake and a 750 double pumper, 200 shot of nitrous, 3500-3800 TCI stall converter, 4.10 gears, and 26x10x15 M/T slicks, it went 7.39 in the 1/8th and 11.99 in the 1/4 mile. hopefully with the new setup it will go 6.?? in the 1/8 and then i have a 250 shot NOS fogger system i will turn on and will probably get kick off the track until i cage it ;D
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Post by: Layne on January 18, 2010, 08:26:57 pm: Hopefully the track will hold ya, too ;D! 12 secs is purdy fast! I gotta go to Byron this summer and see what mine'll do.
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Post by: hookedonjuice on January 18, 2010, 09:02:57 pm: i don't know what it will do in the 1/4 mile but they just built a new 1/4 mile drag strip an hour from my house!!
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Post by: 2502 on January 19, 2010, 12:13:50 pm: subscribed
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Post by: 1983stepside on January 19, 2010, 04:51:49 pm: nice truck man 8)
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Post by: fitz on January 19, 2010, 05:09:25 pm: If you get kicked off the track and have to park it you can send that stepside bed by way, I'll put it to good use.
Thats a killer truck you have, 11.99 is moving. Good luck with your new set up.
Keep us posted.
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Post by: hookedonjuice on January 19, 2010, 06:45:38 pm: pics of the intake, NOS system, and my TOILET BOWL of a carb :o :o :o
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Post by: hookedonjuice on January 19, 2010, 06:46:19 pm: 2 more
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Post by: bigwillie82 on January 19, 2010, 07:48:39 pm: holy crap do you use a garden hose for your fuel line? lol
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Post by: hookedonjuice on January 19, 2010, 07:53:32 pm: Quote from: bigwillie82 on January 19, 2010, 07:48:39 pm
holy crap do you use a garden hose for your fuel line? lol

well i dont want her to go thirsty ;)
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Post by: bboyd on January 24, 2010, 07:21:09 pm: any idea what the truck weighed in at before the tear down? im just curious because i have almost the same motor setup as you had before your new motor.but my truck is a lwb
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Post by: hookedonjuice on January 25, 2010, 05:49:12 pm: i have no idea on the weight, it was a full interior truck with nothing missing but the spare tire. i never got to weigh it, but i would like to know what these trucks weighted from the factory.
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Post by: Captkaos on January 25, 2010, 06:58:54 pm: LWB = ~4200
SWB = ~3900
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Post by: bboyd on January 26, 2010, 06:40:05 pm: lol the capt has all the answers...hey dont suppose you know the winning lotto numbers for this weeks draw capt :D
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Post by: hookedonjuice on January 29, 2010, 02:02:24 pm: just picked up the front fenders from the body shop, there primered and ready for paint. ;D
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Post by: hookedonjuice on February 01, 2011, 05:18:24 pm: well its been a while since i last posted, but i have been working hard to get stuff done. i got the chassis done and back to a roller, and i am waiting on the body parts to be cut in and painted on the back side. i am going to get all the parts painted on the back side of them and reinstall all the fenders, cab, and hood. i want to paint the outside of the truck with it together so i don't scratch anything. will post up some pics.
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Post by: hookedonjuice on February 01, 2011, 05:56:31 pm: No more CHAINS!!! ;D
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Post by: hookedonjuice on February 01, 2011, 05:58:30 pm: some nifty hidden latches from Mar-k. ;D
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Post by: hookedonjuice on February 01, 2011, 06:00:42 pm: removing old wood and getting ready to take to paint booth :)
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Post by: hookedonjuice on February 01, 2011, 06:02:22 pm: i will get more pics soon and post them up. i am shooting to be done by April!!! hope it all goes good.
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Post by: Grim 82 on February 01, 2011, 06:13:24 pm: Very Cool 8)
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Post by: beastie_3 on February 01, 2011, 06:31:31 pm: I like it
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Post by: autorepr on February 02, 2011, 08:18:40 am: Cool Mods man!

Now thats a true Hot Rodder. Got a cool as can be intake, carb and nitrous plumbing sitting on the living room floor!!!!!!
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Post by: bake74 on February 02, 2011, 08:32:49 am: That is one sweet truck, not too many 73's that you see are that clean. Very nice job on your rebuild.