My 6.0 swap into 82 Chevy

[Captkaos]

Removing the helper isn't going to make alot of difference, especially compared to the extra drop the spindles are going to do.

I take it that you have it running now?  You still selling it (currious about the FS thread you posted)

[team39763]

A friend of mine said that removing one of the leaf springs will lower it another 1.5", so that's why I was planning to do it.  Maybe relocating the hangers would be a better move?  Yes, I'm still planning to sell it, but I figured I'd get it running and get it how I want it first -if it turns out nice, I'll keep it.
 I'm not sure if you can tell from the pictures, but the front sits a good bit higher than the back, so I'm hoping to get as much drop as I can up front and only a little in the back.  Hey Capt, how's your project coming along?  You were pretty far along with it(judging from the pictures).

[Captkaos]

Negative on the 1.5" drop from a leaf.  If you remove the helper, you will get the thickness of it (about 3/4") drop.
It looks fairly even to me.  Is there any drop components on it now?

It is at Toolmasters house (1hour away) and I have been busy trying to get my TPI conversion completed on my 2WD Jimmy, plus some house work that needed to be completed before winter.   I hope to be back on it again soon.

[team39763]

I have 2" drop shackles(possibly 1" drop shackles).  I only want the back to go down a little.  I really need to save up the cash for some spindles.  The front sits very high.  I'll take some pictures on flat/even ground since my driveway is just uneven dirt. 
 I'm buying a nitrous kit from a friend, it should be here next week.  I'm gonna try to hide the bottle under the dashboard and hide the solenoids in the wiper cowl. I changed my mind about selling the truck.  My wife made me see that me and this truck were just meant to be together.

[Captkaos]

A 2" shackle should level the truck but the LS motor is a slight amount lighter than the typical SBC.

Sweet!  Want me to delete the FS post?

[123 pugsy]

.  My wife made me see that me and this truck were just meant to be together.

Now that's a cool wife! 

[team39763]

I already deleted it.  Yeah, my wife is real cool.  She's helped a lot throughout the whole swap - she did the braided fuel lines and ordered most of my parts for me.

[Captkaos]

Sweet!  Sounds like a keeper.

[team39763]

I got the transmission in and I thought I was all done.  Then a bunch of problems came up - mainly things I overlooked or didn't think about.  First, I put the shifter linkage on wrong, so then the truck wouldn't go into park or reverse(fixed that).  Then my fuel pump was only putting out 4psi(fixed that).  Then I took it for a drive.  I tried to just stomp on it, but it bogged and backfired.  Then I tried stalling it up first, and that worked better, but it just took off sluggish + being open headers, it was just loud, but not really moving that fast.  I tried shifting, but it didn't do anything.  I had forgot to buy a small vacuum hose for the modulator and my trans builder said that was the reason it wouldn't shift.  Hopefully he's right.  I let out after about 1 block - at that point I was already 100% disappointed in the truck.  I need to get the carb tuned, my plugs are fouled for the 5th time already.  My wife is gonna get my exhaust done tommarrow or the next day, so that'll be taken care of.  I hope the truck ends up running better than it did today.

[Captkaos]

I am sure it will, you just need to get the bugs out.

[team39763]

I think it's almost ready to drive.  I got the exhaust welded on by a local mechanic(he didn't finish it though, so I'm gonna try to learn to weld this week and finish up what I paid him to do).  I think I may have figured out why I'm getting little or no spark and I fixed what I think was the problem.  I would have already fired it up to see how it sounds, but it ran out of gas. 

[team39763]

I stayed up late last night and worked on the truck.  I got some gas and fired it up and it sounds pretty good.  Somehow, I lost the plug that goes in my power steering pump, so the pulley/pump started burning up.  At first I found a plug that fit, but I torqued it down too much and it tore the threaded fitting completely off the pump, so I just used a screw w/ O-ring to block the opening.  I bought a Holley carb tuning book, so I'm gonna go try to tune my carb myself.  I would've drove the truck, but it's raining and I have slicks on the back.

[team39763]

Here's a idle vid.  I didn't rev because the throttle kept sticking and motor would backfire if I gave it too much pedal too quickly.  Let me know what ya'll think of it.

http://s46.photobucket.com/albums/f143/team39763/?action=view&current=MOV01269.flv

[123 pugsy]

Sounds good. Just get the timing set for the backfiring issues and you'll be good to go.

[Captkaos]

Sounds really good.