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The Lokar bracket is on, just had to drill the housing out a little. Tapped in with a brass hammer and good to go! Finished putting the front clip back on. Painted the core support and mounted my radiator and getting my Dual fan shroud worked out. Weather is has been touch and go here, had 3" snow Saturday. Today its 60* now! Crazy! Working out my Cold air intake, have to cut and TIG weld it back together. The laundry list is getting shorter. Wish I wasn't self employed at times. Hard on free time! Just lost my Fiance of 3yrs, Guess she didn't Like the life either! Work hard, and sometimes I guess forget to stop and smell the Rose's! Justin Attachment 562839 Attachment 562840 Attachment 562841 Attachment 562842 |
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Sorry on hearing about your loss, I wife who is my ex wife now use to get really pissed at me when I worked to much. I picked up a 91 suburban a few weeks ago and now have a nice 350tbi for my sons s10.
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It happens, better to find out now than later ( No KIDS) but still bad never the less.
Thats cool you have a complete donor truck, that will help alot with the swap. Finished the front clip this week. Ready to wire everything! If my plans don't change over the weekend, should have a buddy there to help with the harness! Thats if I have enough beer there!:lol: Attachment 564482 Justin Almost forgot what this P.O.S. Looked like back together! |
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Been Busy! Got a lot done in the last few weeks!
The Red Rocket is getting closer. Attachment 570326 Attachment 570327 Attachment 570328 Attachment 570329 Attachment 570330 |
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Rebuilt the TH-350.
Raybest Green Clutch kit Trans-Go Stage 3 Shift kit " Neck snapper" New Hardened planetary, thrust washers, bearings,roller clutch, hardened sprag. Blue printed pump. Line pressure improver 3qt. B&M pan. Attachment 570331 Attachment 570332 Attachment 570333 Attachment 570334 Attachment 570335 |
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3200 stall. 9.5" Nitrous Bullet hub, Converter.
I have had all these parts, but didn't have the time to do anything! Business first then play I guess! Thankful that I have the Lift. Made it easy installing the trans by yourself. Plumbing is next and odds and ends. Attachment 570336 Attachment 570337 Attachment 570338 Attachment 570339 Attachment 570340 |
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More parts installed. Bought me a 8.8 Ford rear, disc brakes, 4.10's limited slip. Heck for $100 bones, I couldn't pass it up! Might sell my 9" now, Need to order the rims with the correct offset!
Rolled the truck out my shop for the 1st time in over a year! Cool seeing it the Sun light again! But I hate the stance, too high! Need to get some drop spindles and figure out how I'm going to drop the rear end. Attachment 572265 Attachment 572266 Another shot under the hood. Attachment 572267 Attack Shop puppy Sammy Girl! Justin |
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I thought it was four wheel drive. Haha It must be a good feeling to have it out of the shop.
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Yeah It sure looks like a 4x4 the way it sitting. Have to fix that! \
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Looking good man! Love the shop dog, looks like she is :ito:
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dang there are alot of familiar faces on this forum!
I'm lsx10 on performancetrucks.net |
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Hey Buddy!
Justin |
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Attachment 608011 Attachment 608012 Attachment 608013 Attachment 608014 Started the wire harness. New RCI seats and Grant Steering wheel. Been Busy getting things together. Thought Id share my progress. Should have the harness tied in this week. Little every night after work. Hopefully start it up this weekend!:metal: Justin |
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Attachment 608015 Painted my Tan Dash with some Dupli color gray. Used Bull Dog Primer to seal it.
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Attachment 608243 Used some spackle paint on the tank, and bought some Eastwood Tank Sealer.
Attachment 608244 Putting the Interior back in order. Attachment 608245 Gray paint Attachment 608246I found a New dip stick for the TH-350. I was afraid I was gonna have to buy a Lokar Flex on. Auto Zone had it. Spectra. Nice thing about this one is the Tube Mount isn't welded on. You can bend it tightly on the tube and bolt it down. Little tight on the top handle near the fire wall. But nothing I can't get to. Attachment 608247 The noodles I need a few buddys and full day. Bust this sucker out. Soo close. Can't wait! Justin |
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Got the Dash Finished. It painted up nice.
Attachment 608530 Auto Meter Phantom Gauges in the stock bezel. The Aluminum panel I fabbed up fit like a glove. Put the turn signal, hi-beam and check eng lights in. Might have to put a diode on the Blue Hi-beam. Man it bright! Attachment 608531 The gauges look neat behind the Grant leather wheel. Mounted the Monster Tach. Still have to wire that baby Attachment 608532 Pumb the heater core and the fresh painted inner fenders. Routing the engine wires and started hooking them up. The engine bay sure got smaller with the fenders in there. Attachment 608533 Building a mount for the Be Cool Radiator tonight. After that I should be ready to rock. :metal: Justin |
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Coming along nice. I don't know why it did not occur to me that I could paint any dash to match my truck.
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The Radiator mount is Finished. Spent Sunday afternoon building it. Attachment 609908 Attachment 609909 Attachment 609910 Attachment 609911 Attachment 609912 Only have $35 bucks in it. Think it turned out good. Most important, It dose it job. Got the steering Column wired in. Gonna take a few days break. Too damn hot here. It hit 102 yesterday. That sucks in my Metal barn! Maybe I can get the wiring finished next few days. It's time consuming work! Justin |
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Attachment 609914 Attachment 609915 2"Beltech drop spindles, Ground Force 3"drop coils, and the local Axle & Spring shop built me some new 3" drop springs. No de-arched used. New leafs. They did that for $180. Helps I know the owner well. Now it looks better. Not so much like a 4X4 Damien! :lol: Justin |
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Looks much better :metal:
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It's RUNNING!!!!
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Sweet!!!!:D
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Sounds awesome.
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Thanks guys! been a long road!!
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Just installed the exhaust.
The muffler shops around here didn't act like they wanted to fool with me. So I bought a 2 1/2" U-fit kit from Jeg's and a Pair of S/S 40Flowmasters. It was a cut and fit thing! Besides my ugly welds, I think it came out ok. Even though the Driver side was a the fickle, I was able to tuck the pipe enough to clear the ground and the stock trans cross member. Attachment 625229 Attachment 625230 Attachment 625231 Attachment 625232 Attachment 625233 Dump over the Axle. Here is a Video of it Trying to Idle! Needs a Good tune Real bad!:lol: But you can hear the 227/233 .584LFT Lunati Voodoo cam Lope. Getting the ECM sent off this week for tuning. Justin |
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I'm LOVING' the sound of that cam! I'm thinking Fred needs one now....... :D
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Fred would be nasty with any cam!:metal: Justin |
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Sweet! I forgot about that myself! PM sent.
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I've been away for awhile. I lost my Father the 2nd of Sept. And just have been taking care of my family.
Kinda put my project on the back burner. But thing's are getting better. I now have the ECM retuned for my cam. Night and day. Been driving "Ruby" quite a bit. Justin |
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Sorry about your dad, I lost my mom 3 years ago and it has been the hardest thing I have ever done. But it dose get better.
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Thanks. Its getting better. I have my Family and few great friends help me through. My father and I wroked everyday together in our meat business. For the last 4 years he was recovering for 3 strokes, and couldn't return to work.
I've keep our Butcher shop alive through his teachings. And I'm here to say. 20 years in this business, and not I'm gonna stop. I'm happy with the performance and sound that cam added. 227/ 233 .584 lft. 113 LSA. Lunati Voodoo grind. Took her out again last night. Changed the Plugs from the NGK Iridium to A/C Delco Iridium. Made a big difference! Found a little vac leak on the PVC hose, just clamped it tighter. Ran smoother. There is a collector leak that is ticking. But I didn't have the time to tighten that up. All in all, shes' running great. Drove it to work this morning. The heads where turning, along with the Derby PD. The truck drives nice.;) Even without overdrive, don't make you deaf from the drive. But I'm gonna get the overdrive later for sure. For now, I'm happy. The radiator and home made hoses seem to be doing there jobs. Took it up to my Uncles place last night, (45miles up and 45 back) The fans are working great, never went over 220* in traffic. Knock on wood that its cooling! Mileage isn't that bad. 15 ish mpg.. eeh but its Hot rod! Change the oil over there, (I hit walmart on the way up) And everything looked great. The mileage went up a little on the way home. Guess the oil change with Lucas stablizer helped. After the change, Oil pressure at Ilde was 50 lbs, before it was 42-45 lbs. So the Vital's are holding, and the trans is shifting great. The 4.10's are nice! The stall flash is more like 3600 than the spec. 3400 RPM. But I seems to be ok. Went the Local COOP. And my buddy Billy was at the scales, weighed in at 2788 with full 20 gallon tank, w/me in it. But there is another hundred more in cage and interior parts left to go back in. So I've been really busy guys! Enjoying the hell out of my" Other woman" as Allison call's Ruby. LOL! Justin |
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You're getting 15mpg with 4:10s and a 3600 stall!? Hmmm, might have to put a 5.3 in the noma
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cool build! looking good
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