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wow. I will refrain from doing so in the future.
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Good advice to not wear gloves while operating any piece of machinery. Now in reality the truth be told you shouldn't wear loose clothing. AKA hoodies with tie strings are famous for strangulation. Baggy shirts or loose fitting cover-alls are also not recommended. That leaves us with some skin tight shirts and skinny jeans...……… Gonna take my chances cause one look at me in a skin tight shirt in them skinny jeans and someones gonna have an up-chuck reflex... LOL Going back to work on the 66' in my everyday street clothes. carry on!
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Got some garage time on the old girl over the weekend and took advantage of every minute! Saturday night, I finished up the motor and Sunday my dad came by to help organize the garage a little bit, run to get parts I needed and work towards getting the motor and tranny in the frame. I cut the floor out for the SloshTubz high hump tunnel and then we attempted to get the transmission mated to the engine but soon realized that I have the wrong pilot bearing. I picked up the right one today so maybe I will have that together tonight and in the frame tomorrow night. We have had nice weather again so I'm itching to get the truck back on the road!
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The best part of the weekend though was watching my fiance drive her Grand Wagoneer project off the trailer, check out that smile!
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Got the right pilot bearing yesterday so I swapped that out last night and even got the tranny bolted up to the motor. Good progress last night! Tonight, I will be getting everything back in the frame so I can measure for the driveline and get that done. I have a tune appointment on the 30th so I gotta have it all back together for that.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7832/...e2edc70e_c.jpg I made this tool when I first built the truck, it just waits in the toolbox until it's time to come play https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7914/...66be6e7c_c.jpg https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7894/...4e24c877_c.jpg https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7800/...b140a120_c.jpg Tranny mounted up! https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7856/...d5ffc89d_c.jpg I also got my SloshTubz high hump tunnel yesterday, I was impressed with the fitment for being fiberglass, great product! https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7889/...d353c70f_c.jpg |
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Everything is looking great Scott!
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Just under 2 months and the engine and T56 are in the chassis! I'm hoping to have it running by the 22nd, we will see!
List of mods that have been done thus far: Upper control arm bushings Taller upper ball joints Lower control arm bushings Moved the lower control arms 5/8" forward Larger lower control arm u bolts Hotchkis sport springs, 5/8 of a coil cut off High hump conversion Tick Performance Street Heat Stage 1 LS1 cam T56 Not too shabby for a couple months work! https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7894/...f4d14fba_c.jpg https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7864/...6718a741_c.jpg https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7843/...94b43a41_c.jpg https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7842/...002ddba7_c.jpg https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7903/...100bd4f8_c.jpg |
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Looking good Scoot!
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Got quite a bit done to it over the weekend, getting close to firing it up again :metal:
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Worked on the truck a lot over the weekend and finally got to hear its heartbeat again :metal:. Still a few smaller things to tidy up but for the most part, it's ready for a test drive and the dyno on Saturday, can't wait!
My fiance Sam helped me out quite a bit with the front clip and bleeding the clutch, she is the best! https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7818/...f80e924e_c.jpg https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7905/...6f467b40_c.jpg A box of not fun, had to modify my y-pipe to clear the new location of the transmission mount. Wasn't too bad but I am not thrilled with it so I'll change it up later when I tuck the exhaust up. https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7859/...97043682_c.jpg https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7893/...22683df4_c.jpg https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7852/...6ac15b29_c.jpg Also had to c-notch my seat bracket for the new shifter location, my gas bottle was on fumes before I started but somehow it lasted for both projects https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7849/...bd5952d7_c.jpg And now the video of the first start up and the nice little lope that it has, I'm super stoked! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B55SahoI0b8 |
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looking good and keep those foto(s) coming ....
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Looks good--nice job on the exhaust. I built mine the same way kinda.
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It's ready for the test drive! I don't have much to finish up before LS Fest so I'm pretty excited considering there's 37 days left or something like that. It's going to be an absolute blast this year :metal:
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I can finally start working the bugs out on this thing! My fiance and I took it to Costco last night to get a battery for our Grand Wagoneer project and the truck is starting to learn the new cam. I have a knock sensor code right now so I will get both of them replaced this week. Other than that, it drives really well and I'm super happy for this summer!
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Got it dyno tuned recently for the new cam and ended up putting down 340HP and 335 Torque, not too shabby for a junkyard motor!
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I'm just flat out happy with how this truck has been driving so far! I really like the cam and the added power makes it a totally different pickup now. I drove it to work today to get a little touch up done on the tune and a coworker snagged these pictures this morning.
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Wow, awesome truck. One of my favorites on here.
On a side note, I used to go to PRE quite often for work. Didn't know they did any tuning on LS stuff. |
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Nice truck!!!!!!...If you don't mind...what size wheels and tires are you running.....Im looking at 5 spoke but definitely like the way yours sits. I appreciate it a lot...John
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I saw a photo of your truck on the Hot Rod Network website "HUGE Holley LS Fest West Preview Gallery From Las Vegas!"
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I will get an LS Fest recap post here in a day or 2, but the clif notes are the truck broke a bit and I fixed it each time and finished all of the Grand Champion events. Very fun time! |
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LS Fest West 2019 recap, it's going to be a long one!
I headed to LS Fest again this year as a Truck Grand Champion competitor, I would be racing the truck on 2 autocross courses, the road course, down the drag strip and in the 3S challenge (speed stop). I had a lot of prep that needed to be done to the truck to make it pass tech and I feel that I was working on the truck right up until we left, I guess that's because I was :lol:. Day 1 was the road course and autocross course 1. I was nervous about the road course just because I know I need more brakes but it's something that I've wanted to do with the truck so I needed to start at some point. It was going really well, brakes were hot on lap one and my buddy passed me almost immediately in his awesome LS powered 56 Chevy. I was getting the hang of the track and was catching another new friend in his S10 Blazer and was getting ready to shift into 3rd on the back straight and heard a snap and my clutch pedal fell to the floor halfway through the 4th lap. I was bummed but I knew it was an easy fix and I didn't need to be towed off the track! I got back to the trailer and started fixing the linkage, Robbie Unser and Team Speedway had the tools I needed and I was back together in no time! Autocross course 1 was a pretty fun zig-zag down and back with the potential to carry a lot of speed, I was able to pilot the truck pretty well while still fighting a few issues with the rear suspension but I was having a blast so I just rolled with it. I ended up coming in 8th out of 12 in the truck class, not too shabby but I know I can do better next year! Friday night, we went to go to dinner with some friends and we made it about a mile from the trailer when the truck just died, no warning, just died. Got a tow back to the trailer and found that I had blown the PCM fuse, swapped it out and all seemed well. We took off again to go to the hotel for the night, the clutch pedal was feeling weird and the truck died again, same fuse. I replaced that and we headed back to the trailer to get the tow rig and head to the hotel. Day 2 started with diagnosing what was going on the night before, I found that my driver side O2 sensor was touching the aluminum case on my Dakota Digital signal converter so we got that fixed and moved on to the not so easy fix, the clutch master cylinder. Rob from PCHRODS saw the hood up and came over to see what was going on and he said he might have a clutch master in the trailer that would work, he did! I swapped it out, bled the clutch and headed to autocross course 2! Without him, I have a feeling my weekend would have ended on day 1. Autocross course 2 was similar to course 1 but a little tighter and a little more technical. My fastest run was my 2nd, it heated up and I started making poor choices and hitting cones. I was in 8th in the truck class here as well, mind you I'm still on factory suspension and an unboxed frame, I was very happy with the results! One event that we got to take part in was the vendor poker run, we walked around to the vendors to chat with them and if they participated in the poker run, we got to draw a card. The last card was offsite so we all headed out for that, on the way back, the truck started running pretty terribly and acted like it was running out of fuel but we made it back to the main gate and got towed in the rest of the way. A few minutes of sitting and the truck ran as if nothing had happened. Likely the fuel pump got a little warm and couldn't keep up anymore. I headed to the drag strip that night and got 2 runs in, the first run was a 15.7 with a 2.67 60 foot time, terrible but it was also my first time running it on the strip. My 2nd run was slower at a 16.0 but my 60 foot time got a little better at a 2.58, the truck was just heat soaked so it was pulling timing. I was happy with how it did for sure but I will be working on getting better and faster this summer! Day 3 coming soon! |
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Day 3 was pretty relaxed actually, the truck wasn't broken and I only had 1 event left, the 3S challenge. The course was a mirrored left and right that was a drag race into a sweeping u-turn, through a slalom and then stop in the box. Any cones hit today would result in a DNF. First run to the left was strong, I did well but struggled a bit with holding speed through the corner; I think I can fix that with some trailing arm mods. The right course, that was a different story. I was lined up next to a Gen5 Camaro and apparently beat him off the line, braked late, locked up the tires, went into a push, the push transitioned into a burnout through the slalom and I locked up the tires into the stop box. Sloppy sloppy sloppy. I got back into grid and a fellow 60-66 owner I had met earlier came over with a huge grin on his face, apparently I stomped that Camaro! We chatted a bit and then I lined up for my second run, I cleaned both sides and was happy with the results so my fiance and I walked around and picked up some swag before loading up and heading home. Such a fun weekend and I'm looking forward to some winter mods for next year! Gotta be more competitive in the Truck Grand Champion next year :chevy:
G_Driven got some awesome shots of the old girl all weekend too, check em out below! https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...0aa73d3d_c.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...0cb96fa9_c.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...29d397de_c.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...bfc4c19f_c.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...254aa687_c.jpg Samantha and I cruising around after fixing the short and replacing the clutch master Saturday morning! https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...a20692f3_c.jpg |
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I heard you had to be towed by a Volvo though... ;)
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Looks to me like the Chevy is pushing the Volvo!
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One of the really awesome things that happened down at LS Fest was meeting Ronnie Wetch from C10 Talk and having him interview me for the podcast. I don't think I did too bad, definitely there are more things I would have talked about if I had a couple minutes to prepare but oh well. Give it a listen, my part starts a little after 41:30 on the 2019 LS Fest West podcast :chevy:
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Since we got back from LS Fest, the truck has kind of been on the back burner for other projects to get done around the house. I had been noticing the clutch pedal not feeling super awesome down in Vegas and during a couple trips to coffee with my fiance, I just didn't want to drive it much. I looked at it and noticed that the linkage had quite a bit of slop to it and I believe that is the reason why it broke on the road course. I sent a message to CaptainFab to see if he had experienced this before and to my surprise, a new kit was sent out the next day. I was not expecting that at all, he has been super great helping me out with this. I got the new linkage on and have been driving the truck all week and the clutch is feeling great still! The clutch has always been an issue for me but I feel like I'm ironing out all the details finally and can enjoy the truck more and more.
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I drove up to Olympia on Saturday for a truck show called C10s on the Capital, it was about a 250 mile round trip for me. I was nervous about the truck making the drive but it performed flawlessly and managed to pull 18MPG at speeds between 75 and 80 so I'm not complaining at all! This show was brand new and I think they had about 100-150 trucks show up of all different years and styles but everyone was super awesome. Here are a few pictures of the day
My fiance and I drove up with John and his wife, super awesome people with a really cool truck! https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...dc5ba73e_b.jpg Some others that were going to a show as well https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...fedbab18_b.jpg Pit stop https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...d071af30_b.jpg Made it! I had a great time, a couple friends of mine were there that I don't get to see at all so it was really cool checking out their trucks and catching up with them. Truck people are awesome! https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...5c492d3a_b.jpg This was my favorite truck there, I have been following him online so getting to see it and talking to him was really cool https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...0b492915_b.jpg His tow rig. I have an unreasonable amount of want for both of his trucks... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...600bbc97_b.jpg Clean 65 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...eb2ea7c8_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...41eba383_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...b6e4e30f_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...1dfa0c9a_b.jpg Immaculate Cheyenne Super https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...7801bc61_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...e23ab037_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...4edf2eac_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...83fe1446_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...c55fcf04_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...aac249f4_b.jpg I also got to see Kelvin's truck too, I didn't get a picture of it but looking at his truck got me thinking about what my truck may have looked like when it was new, he did a really great job with his. |
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I was at the C10's on the Capital as well.
Had my 62 SWB there....I'm local to Olympia so pretty short trip for me. There was a good turn out, lotta nice trucks and weather was just right. Hope it turns into an annual event. |
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Why do I always find out about shows like this after they're over. It would have been cool to tag along.
I guess I will just have to wait until next weekend, we go to McMinnville every year for their show and downtown cruise afterwards. Here's the info if you're interested: https://www.cruisingmcminnville.com/ |
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I am hosting a little cruise through Northwest C10s this Saturday, we will be heading to TMK Creamery in Canby for a little cruise in meeting at Clackamette Park at 10am and then driving together to TMK |
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