My '75 C10 pro street

[CoggedBelt75]

Thanks Eight5-C-10. She's nothing special, except to me

[oldwhity]

Yeah, but at least you are able to enjoy it. Better late than never.

[oldyeller]

That engine is sweet lookin.  Glad you can enjoy your toy. 

Thanks Eight5-C-10. She's nothing special, except to me

She is special.  She's a chevy. 

[69byrd]

Awesome truck!! I hope to have a motor like that one day also and I know when I get it I wont have a hood on it. So I vote to leave the hood off.

[low-okie]

i vote for no hood.  if you do go with a hood, i would do a lift-off. that is what i am going to use.

[CoggedBelt75]

Appreciate those votes....a little more ammo for my case. But if she wins out and I do put one on, it will be steel. Probably the stock one cut to fit around the hat. Been there, done that with the lift off. Too much of a hassle pulling it on and off. Especially on a windy day. Don't want the worry of where it's going to blow to or what it's going to hit.

Joe

[cubicdollars]

Keep the hood off , there is nothing cooler than showing off a big blower 

[krazylunatic]

just wanted to say i love this truck, im from altus and have seen it around, one of the reasons i have my current truck

[drag80]

how much power does the motor make? have you dyno'd it

[CoggedBelt75]

Sorry it took so long to respond. My computer crashed a couple weeks ago and my hard drive was totally wiped out, so every once in awhile I get on the wife's to keep up to date with the goings on here. Anyway....

just wanted to say i love this truck, im from altus and have seen it around, one of the reasons i have my current truck

Thanks krazy, if you get the chance, wave me over and introduce yourself. Better yet, how about posting some pics of your ride and I'll pull you over.

how much power does the motor make? have you dyno'd it

drag80, I don't have any numbers, dyno or track. Not sure if I want to do the dyno thing again anyway. Did this with the previous engine . Even tho it was just a 377, I thought it pushed the truck pretty good and in my mind thought the numbers were really up there. Got her strapped down on a Mustang chassis dyno and had some fine tuning done. All the info was progammed in so the numbers would be as close to real world as possible... weight of the truck with me in her,convertor stall, gearing and tire height. 1 hour later, after many timing and jetting adjustments, out come the results. 325hp and 358tq . Always heard if you want to be knocked down to reality, just get on a dyno for the first time. What an understatement!! No where near what I THOUGHT it would be. But, now that I look at them, they really aren't that bad, just not in a heavy truck. Which led to where I'm at now. Yeah, someday I'll probably do it again and maybe make a pass or two down the track, but for now I think I will stay with the numbers my mind THINKS they could be and the way my butt grabs the seat when she goes into boost.

[choptop]

I have a severe power addiction. Anything less than 500 Hp just doesnt impress me, but the looks of yours alone just amazes me. I dont care if it has 200 Hp, it is awesome!

[CoggedBelt75]

Thanks choptop for the kind words. Just reinforces my decision to go with the roots blower instead of the blow-thru centrifugal supercharger. Yeah, for the money I spent on my setup I could have gotten a blow-thru system that would be very capable of putting out some wicked numbers and still had some change left over. Through the years my needs and wants have changed somewhat, so I would just as soon have something old school with gobs of lowend torque and visual impact.

On that note, as soon as the rain goes away, I need to take some new pictures so I can post the new look she is sporting now.
More to come.....................

[zieg85]

I'll be waiting

[CoggedBelt75]

Well, after many months of going without a hood, I finally gave in to the pressure to do so, mainly from the wife. I didn't want to totally cover everything with a cowl hood, so about a month ago I had a local fabricator cut an opening and weld a lip around the inside. The hat didn't come up out of the hole enough to suit me, so I ordered a 2" spacer to go under the injector plate and hat. Sent it in to get painted and while she was there, I had him touch up the dings and nicks. Also changed the red butterflies to black. Not sure if I like them yet. Got her back Friday and finally got a few pics on Sunday after I got everything cleaned back up. Here are a few....

[Layne]

Man that thing is SICK Definitely like the hole better than the cowl option