83 Stepside supercharged road fighter project

[krow]

nice truck. I need your front bumper LOL

[74 C-10 Shorty]

Awesome truck, I like the custom heater box just what I need for mine, does somebody make these or is this a one off??.. Thanks..

[Twin_Turbo]

I made it myself since no one seems to offer one.

[74 C-10 Shorty]

I made it myself since no one seems to offer one.

Thanks, kinda what I thought guess I'll have to make my own too then, yours came out great...

[Twin_Turbo]

Tanks are in. Boy what a wrestling match getting these in without scratching them uo. These things are made to go on with the cab off. Not a fun job at all. Also when I had 1 in I realized the rear brackets were not the same and sure enough I had them mixed up

complete tank with sender retainer ring this time



installed... glad I had them done in black and not gunmetal or argent silver like I normally do. These show and that would have messed up the blacked out look



inner fenders back on. Soon I will fire this thing up for the 1st time

[frotosride]

Of all the spare part piles I've ever seen yours is probably the best. Definitely like the build and can't wait to see the videos of this thing in action. Wish I had a parts pile with blowers, turbos, intakes, EFI systems and maybe a few trannys in it.

[Twin_Turbo]

This is the fuel system as I will run it. A 550HP capable mech pump filling a surge tank.  The surge tank feeds the large electric pump for the EFI (it's a paxton branded aeromotive A1000) This way I can retain the stock pickups in the tank and the stock switching valve (which works flawless on mine) without having to source one of those hard to find higher pressure models and having to baffle the tanks and run 2 in tank electric pumps.



Next was the tranny cooler...



Decided to install my tranny cooler here because I have no room up front. For a moment I contemplated drilling large round holes in the bumper and mounting it behind that but I figured this was easier and I have some other cars where I set it up like this, a rear mounted cooler and they work just fine

soon I will fire this thing up, hopefully in a couple of weeks (waiting on some small bits to come in from Summit)

pump & surge tank



coil, 3 bar map for trc-2 retard and some other stuff



interior going back in



It's ALIVE!!  :lol:  :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=S6UBS5Vpp6E]


Well, it all went too smooth. Crap was bound to happen. Sure enough I had no fuel going to my surge tank. After checking the hoses, the pump and everything I decided to do a test on the tank lines and sure enough blocked and partial blocked. The reason is I took the tanks off but there is no room to work there so I left the hoses a little longer to be able to connect the hard lines with the tanks dropped down a little. This kinked the hoses when the tanks were back in place because the hard lines are pretty close together. With no room to work I had no choice but to lift the bed and redo them with the little cramped space under the cab available. Took some cussing and swearing but got it done.   Also painted the rear lamp frames black because the aluminum was oxidizing and I hate polishing stuff.






^%$#^%^#%$^#$%^caramba!!


blacked out


Now the pressure remains nice and constant and the surge tank is always full


1983 Chevrolet C10 Stepside Supercharged - YouTube

a little test drive...not much traction from these junk tires (peg leg)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OLp5zuI2x8k

almost done...

[HAULIN IT]

 Your not the first guy to make the fuel hoses a little longer to make it easier to hook up & have it kink...ask me how I know

[Twin_Turbo]

Good to hear I am not the only one LOL how did you fix it?  I was worried I had to grow another joint in my arm to get in there

[bake74]

     It will be interesting to see when your done how it all drives together.

[Twin_Turbo]

Did my 1st test drive today. Drives fine.  The SC is off, The belt snapped (it had a fray on it and it came apart when running) so it's N/A for now but there's plenty of power without the SC.  Only little problem I have is that my charging wire is getting hot on the alt. connection. I made the connector myself because I had too little roomo with my valve covers. I figured the crimp on spade terminal would become a problem and it does when the fan kicks in. I'll have to think up something better for that, something that can handle 160amp charging loads if needed

[454Man]

Try an 4 gauge wire from your charging post that's what I'm using.

What's under the hood??? If you have to ask maybe we shouldn't race...

[Twin_Turbo]

355 / Street & Performance Multiport / TFSG1 TW heads / custom blower cam / Procharger P600B / custom intercooler

The wire is not the problem, the spade connector is. I think those things are only rated from 15 to about 35 amps depending on size... even the biggest one will be way too small.   I may have to get some of those thick cable ends for amps and such and rig one of those to the charging post.

[81_Chevy]

i seriously love this truck. its so BA on soooo many levels. what are your engine specs? i didn't see it on here!

-Nic

[454Man]

Dude that's what I'm talking about. I got copper connectors at both ends. On a 4 gauge cable

What's under the hood??? If you have to ask maybe we shouldn't race...