83 c10 re-innovated Pro Touring

[eventhorizon66]

Oh, I was thinking in terms of simply reproducing a factory a-arm in tubular steel.  My brain fart, I guess.  My way wouldn't make much sense if you intend to change the mounting angle of the ball joint.

[the dan]

haha yes sadly the ball joints max out when i hit the air ride

[the dan]

so i have ballin rear brakes:

finally got some rotors and the calipers are wrong, they gave me ones for 1 inch front rotors on a chevy instead of the 1 1/4 i have, so napas in action tomorrow, then started working on all the other jigs till i ran out of bolts and nuts, night time work is so much better in ct, its 68 degrees out, tomorrows going to be 92, so boats not trucks lol

[LUV2XCLR8]

WoW, just read it all from start to finish, impressive to say the very least.

Question, when it was 5/5 drop (Before you went air) was it sitting level?

[the dan]

the rear was maybe an inch higher then the front

[LUV2XCLR8]

TY, I just bought a 81 Blazer and want the front back to springs
(It's bagged up front) & the rear is a 5" flip kit + it's c-notched.

[brlarl]

What type of kit did you use for the rear bakes?  Thanks

[the dan]

a build your own kit.. haha, ford 9" is much different than a GM axle but those are front rotors off a 98 dodge ram, and C10 front brakes for the 1-1/4 front rotors, im building my own caliper brackets

[the dan]

so today i came up with an awesome idea.
What the heck am i going to use my other 4-link for? im going to make my A-arms out of it atleast my tops
so i turned down the shafts tonight to fit 9/16

Poly mount + DOM

have to turn down both sides, and even bring the shaft longer to accept the width of the 2.5 inch poly mount.. i will thread the ends when im done with it all


i guess i didnt hit the resize button, sorry ill make them small next time

[the dan]

So im ditching the muncie, i got a new idea




t56, 6 speed, $150
blown but im going to rebuild it

[VileZambonie]

Awesome! I gotta check this thing out in real life soon.

[treepete]

I stalk this thread and never post much. jut wanted to say its coming along nicely. the best thread for me to read.
thanks.

[the dan]

haha thanks, ran into a wall today, i need a 1-1/4 die for my tubing bender, that sets a-arm work back a week, and i cant build my rear any more because now i need different gear ratios

[the dan]

Got some stuff, sent some stuff back.. you know how it works

Motive gears 4:11's for the rear, purchased a mag base some indicators, and tooling for the lathe/bridgeport
got my tubing die, as you can see started playing with the a-arms
Also started tearing into the t56. Not a fun transmission to work on let me tell you..
And as always school is killing my truck work time, tonight was the first night i got work done in 3 weeks

[truckjunky]

Dude. You have a sick truck. Your doing an awsome job keep up the good work. Bummer about school taking up your time on the truck,but it will be worth it in the end.