83 c10 re-innovated Pro Touring

[FlatBlack77]

oh yes

[the dan]

It's easy, I don't sleep, I work too much, and I started my own manufacturing business.
School is the hardest part for sure. Last semester though. Thank God, going on 6 years!

Thanks for the love guys, it's been a blast building it not only for myself but to gain appreciation as a whole from some too notch guys is an excellent accomplishment

[burbboysgc]

You da man! Wish I had half your talent.

[the dan]

I honestly appreciate every compliment. When I first came on here I never thought I would get to where I am now, or be at the level of talent that I've gained just by watching others and having that drive to better myself. I still can't paint for the life of me. Something Vile can do in his sleep with a head ache and still manage an amaxing paint job.

[69byrd]

Been awhile since I have been on here. Amazing work!!! Truck is a piece of art!

[the dan]

A little work done, 3 more weeks of classes, then finals, then an extreme work crunch for spring.
Paxton Novi 2000 and my dash is coming along slowly

[the dan]

so i have the base to my supercharger bracket done. as well as all the tensioners, i used a Dayco spring tensioner for the automatic, as well as a T-nut slide style for my mechanical tensioner, as seen i put a set screw to tighten it up.  All of the spacers for the mounts are machined individually to fit each boss. now to design the uprights that reverse mount it to the heads.

[VileZambonie]

Wow! You are so lucky to have access to do all of that. I miss having access to a full machine shop where I could fabricate just about anything. This thing is over the top and a masterpiece for sure!

[Captkaos]

Way Jealous of this and the access to cool tools...

[the dan]

Way Jealous of this and the access to cool tools...

Wow! You are so lucky to have access to do all of that. I miss having access to a full machine shop where I could fabricate just about anything. This thing is over the top and a masterpiece for sure!

Just a shop with my brother combining our tools and getting side work done to support this ridiculous addiction I've contracted called horsepoweritis! never could do this on just my day job thats for sure. Just remember both of your trucks are running, im going in on 6 years now!

[the dan]

fit the dash this past week, bead rolled a lap into the dash so it can be removable, got rid of the factory vent and ashtray and put my bomber switches in place, now working on the gauges

[Captkaos]

Nice progress!

Chris Lucas
73-87chevytrucks.com
squarebody.biz

[the dan]

Thank you capt! Got my cluster figured out tonight going to draw it up in solidworks aND laser it tomorrow I hope

[FlatBlack77]

oh yeah bring it on i want to see

[the dan]

Got my gauge layout:


Drew it up in solidworks, and lasercut it


Cluster cut out, and the passenger gove box filler cut


Got my Innovators West 8 rib pulleys and balancer



By far the hardest part of the 8 rib pulley setup is the power steering. So KRC doesn't make an 8 rib pulley for their pumps, and their pumps have a splined shaft. They wouldn't custom make me one (so pissed) so after extensive research and trial and error I got an 8 rib ford lightning pulley (too small) and some other plastic bullshit that ended up having the splines I needed. So I cut off the plastic pulley which left me a 1.25" OD boss with splines. Ordered a 6.5" corvette 8 rib from Innovators west and machined a flange that fit the ID,l, turned a welding fixture to hold the two together, pinned it using 1/8" tungsten rod and welded the splines boss and the flange together. Trued the runout in the lathe with a collet, and machined the back of the pulley so it gave me more adjustment. Now I need to index all 6 mounting holes and machine them into my custom hub. The Southbend lathe held .0015 runout between welding pinning and turning. Lately I've been impressing myself with machining and metal work, as I've learned it all from observation and trial and error. And watching some of these nuts on instagram.