83 c10 re-innovated Pro Touring

[the dan]

yes, i will eventually get the rears widened, probably next winter after i burn some miles off these tires, going for a 10" rim, 12" tire, the fronts im going to redrill on a different location, oblonging is not safe at all, but the inside dimention of the rotor cup is less than the outside circle of the 5.5" lug patter, so for those 5  new holes, i have to take and endmill and run it down their new location, as well as drill a hole in the center of that endmill mark, to make the new lug pattern.  also, the hub is too large for the 20's hubcentric inside hole, so i have to turn the hub about 1/16" to make them fit

[three8six]

Wow, and Im glad you tried this before me. I would think the hub hole would have been fine, just get some adapters/drill new holes. Wish ya the best of luck on your truck though its looking great.

[the dan]

adapets might work, but i already have to bring my a arms in, since my track width is too wide my tires already hit my fenders not turning, this is going to be the tough part

[three8six]

Yea but even with adapters I'd have the problem with the hub. I dont have access to any shops willing to do anything close to that for me.

[the dan]

i rolled my inner fenders today, and had the semi-circle lasered for ease, same radius of the plasma, and i completely cut the inner side of the fender out so i have access to this:


talked to a few old school guys, and mental knowledge, ive decided welding the holes would be alot of heat and could possibly wreck my whole bed side, so im going to make small plugs to weld onto the backside and grid smooth, this will create small vallys that i can then use filler to fill in. im going to punch some holes in 16ga in the boshert punch friday and start making plugs, then use rustbullet on the inside of the fender to keep rust from re-finding its home

[three8six]

Nice to see progress. Im loving this truck.

[VileZambonie]

Sweet,

Panel bond adhesive works great too

[the dan]

i ended up getting the 3m pannel bond. but getting the bed blasted is being my issue now. one guy who owes me a few favors told me he didnt want to, so im waiting till spring and will do it myself.


been going slow with school, but thats the bed so far, waiting on some warmer weather to cut out some bed floor out of some scrap truck somewhere to finish the top, then get some rear bed side pieces for the lower well, blast then off to the side it goes

[chevymotocross]

Hey man it's Gary from the CT motocross community haha. I finally got my short bed lowered but man your project is INSANE! Excellent work! I'd like to check this out in person sometime!

[the dan]

sure, my shops in middletown, hit me on fb, Daniel Mayo Perry


update: no more 355 or muncie......



thats my motor tech nick from The Dyno Shop in wallingford. specializes in nitrous, EFI and LS1's

Notch is done


with the 6.0 im getting a magnum t56, and also chopping out my front end and putting a corvette c5 or c6 front whichever i get a deal on first. should be pretty awesome.

[roadrage41]

all it needs now is 200% more turbo's.

[the dan]

im more of an all motor guy, call it what you want but if you can build a knarly motor without nos or induction, your a hero in my books. i was thinking down the road make it an all bore screamer

[roadrage41]

Lol I hear ya, my truck, motor, whole things being built on the premise that it should be obnoxious. Any other vehicle I could realistically run 10s. In the crew it'll probably go 13s, but still be equally fun. 500 horse out of a 6.0 is fairly easy, anything more just means more power.

[slammed79]

I actually talked to Stockton Wheel co last week about these wheels, and they reccomended adaptors for them. The ones they have are 1.5" thick. I asked them about changing the center section and they said they weren't able to change them, he told me why but I cannot remember for the life of me why.

[the dan]

thats why my rear axle is a 5.5 on 5 out of a f series, the front is now a corvette c5 front, so wheel adapters may be a necessity, but im going to try some tricks and see what i come up with

so yeah c5 corvette front: