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Nice parts, your truck just keeps getting better.
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wohooo !!! road racing time
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Mo' parts! RedHead Steering Gear 'quick' ratio steering box and CaptainFab's D52 caliper rear disc brake brackets arrived today. At first inspection, both are high quality parts. The brackets were packaged nicely and will get sent out for satin black powdercoat with my control arms, Camaro rear sway bar, and some other misc pieces. Also received a set of C5 Hawk HPS pads for the front to match the current fronts that will be moved to the rear...
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Does look awesome, absolutely a huge improvement!!! Hope there are no fitment issues with the pads installed. Laughed at the Men in Black II quote!!!! :lol:
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great looking parts collection, cant wait to see it all on !
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The Bilsteins arrived today! Can't say enough good things about my experience with eShocks.com- best price I could find on the Billys and FAST, FREE shipping. These shocks just exude quality. Worked 'em through their range of motion a couple of times and they are SO smooth and quiet. Impressed with the welds, paint, decals, boots--everything is just very well done--guess I've never had 'nice' shocks before :lol: Also fairly happy with rockauto.com these days--they sent me the wrong parts twice, but both times ended up in my favor. First, they sent me what were supposed to be Moog tie-rods, but ended up just being Federal Moguls. Gave me a FULL refund and told me just to keep 'em! :D Second- these rear brake rotors (AWD Astro fronts for the captainfab brackets) that were sent instead of the clearance items I ordered. They both emailed and called to tell me they were out of the items I ordered, but would send me a premium rotor at no additional charge. They are ATE (pronounced Ah-Tay) PremiumOne with 'elliptical slots' and 'MetaCote'. Not sure what to think about the 'wave' grooves, but I do like that they are rust-inhibitor coated and for the price, I can't complain too much... |
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Thats a great looking parts pile you've got going there! These mods are really going to make a difference in the performance of your truck. Cool stuff!
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Ive got Poly bushings in mine and they have grease zerks built in for ease of lubrication, because lets be real here you have to get under the front end to lube suspension and steering parts anyway so whats two more zerks? |
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I hope the handling and braking improves- I want it to be fun to drive, not scary :burnout: It's sad when my '05 Yukon handles/brakes better than my truck- I aim to change that. Quote:
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Your truck is taking shape nicely. The fleetside box was a big improvement. Your Blazer was really nice as well. It is taking shape quite well up here in Calgary, Canada. So what are your plans for the truck?
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Man, I miss that Blazer. Glad he's finally making some progress :chevy: |
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Started some front-end tear-down today. Pulled the steering box to send back to RedHead as a core and the last pic is the 1.25 front sway bar, poly bushings, and ECE mounts for sale here to help recoup some more mod money. Also had a heck of a time removing the power steering pump- seems the pulley didn't want to separate from the shaft, but I finally won the battle...
Last time we'll see it look like this--shame, I feel like I just rebuilt all of this stuff not too long ago :lol: |
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I think George Jetson sent you those "Astro" rotors. :lol: Can't wait to see all the parts move from the living room to the truck!
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It is good to read allot of progress is going on here and that it looks to be going awesome! I cant wait to hear the feedback from all of this work!
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Nice progress, bet you can't wait for those porterbuilt arms to show up so you can get everything back together. Interested in seeing how that Redhead steering box works out for you, I want to upgrade mine as well.
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Big Thumbs up on that one! |
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Fast-forward to post wedding and we're walking around GoodGuys comparing 65-66 and 67-68 fastbacks to see which body style she likes better. We are standing near the back of a particularly nice '67 when she raises her hands, visually framing the rear of the car and says "Now, that's a nice ass." Needless to say, we're set on the 67-68 body style :D |
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Wow $215, now I am really interested
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Remind me again on your drop specs please? I'm eyeballing your shocks. :) Would they work on a 4.5/ 6 in static? I'm thinking those same part numbers for the ole GMC..
The specs are probably in the 33 pages somewhere and I looked, I promise I just didn't see it. :D I may just do the same shocks for mine. |
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I hope you are making a complete parts list for me. I know when I get to the point of driving my truck I will want to upgrade everything like you are doing. I also know you are always looking for the most economical solution to get it done. Keep up the good work.
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In the front, the stock replacement 33033 Monroes are good until aired-out, in my experience, while using the stock lower control arms and stock style frame mounted studs. This is also the exact same shock that ART ships with their basic bag kits. The Bilsteins should have similar extended/compressed dimensions, but I will need to measure to verify and set mounts and/or bumpstops to accomodate. Out back, stock replacement 32301 'blue' Monroes again, with the aforementioned 2" blocks, which effectively give you 2" more shock travel plus ECE shock relocators. I have aired-out completely into the CPP bolt-in notches to the bumpstops without bottoming the shocks out. The Bilsteins are a few tenths shorter by my guesstimates- again, I need to verify compressed/extended lengths. All of this to say: They might work for you, depending on your setup. I will post more information on what I have to do to make them work as I get to that point. .....Just remembered--you're running the Hotchkis springs, right? These are the exact part# they ship with the TVS, but with their relocation brackets..... Quote:
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I had planned on doing this sometime soon, but all the talk of shock lengths got me curious, so I broke out the tape measure. Here's what I found: -----------------(F)--Bilstein 24-192941--------Monroe 33033 Extended----------------15 1/2-------------------14 5/8 Compressed-------------10 3/8--------------------10 1/8 Travel-------------------5 1/8---------------------4 1/2 -----------------(R)--Bilstein 24-002486--------Monroe 32301 Extended----------------18 7/16-------------------18 1/4 Compressed--------------12 3/16-------------------11 7/8 Travel--------------------6 1/4---------------------6 3/8 Of note: the Bilstein measurements are mine, the Monroe measurements are taken from their online catalog. The measurements I'm most concerned with here are the compressed lengths, due to my lowered suspension, and therefore shorter distance between shock mounts. The Bilstein fronts are 1/4" longer and the rears are 5/16" longer, compared to their Monroe counterparts. Not a dramatic difference, but enough to warrant double-checking that I won't bottom them out when I whack a pothole or speedbump. The relatively small difference shouldn't get them out of their mid-stroke 'sweet spot', but again, I'll have to verify. Hope this helps :chevy: |
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Stabbed the steering box this evening. Before it went in, I contemplated painting it to tone down the red, but figured it wouldn't really show once installed. Boy, was I wrong :lol: That picture reminds me that I need to re-do those brake lines when the new master goes in.
Second pic shows the reason I had to pull the PS pump--swapped in the inverted flare style pressure fitting I grabbed at the pick-a-part. The 'old' steering box was o-ring style, so instead of splicing, I just bought a new hose... |
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No real progress today other than re-installing the PS pump/pulley and sneaking away from work at lunch to snag a low pressure side steering box line from the JY- tried bending one myself, then decided original GM would be better than my mangled mess :lol: I did receive shipping notice today from Porterbuilt for a 64lb box set to arrive on Sep 4th! PB parts in the house pics will follow :D Almost have all parts gathered for the 'transformation'...
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'transformation'. What I miss ?
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Sweet !
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Love the build. You will love the 6.0L. I drive everyday in my 2012 3500 Express with a 6.0L. I will fill up on E-85 whenever I can find it. With E-85 it has faster throttle response and more power but less mpg.:chevy:
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Nice build, doing the same stuff I'll be doing to my '65 once I finish my son's '82. I hope to go up to GG's lonestar in October, maybe I can get to meet you.
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New, more traditional 'blank' rotors came in today. Getting down to the nitty-gritty...
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Ahhhh, new parts.... :metal: Lol! Its a sickness!
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Haha! Yes, it is :lol: ...and more to come...
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Drove the truck some today with the RedHead steering gear installed. MUCH better feel than before. Smooooth and quiet, too, especially compared to the 'old' (parts store rebuilt) box. It's easier to steer, but in a controlled manner, not the single-finger Cadillac steering, but not too heavy either. Somewhere this side of 'just right'. It also cleared up the off-center feel and turn signal cancellation problems I was having with the old box that I can only guess was due to using the incorrect pitman arm. Overall, very happy with the upgrade :)
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...tracking the PB parts. They're in town, but not scheduled to deliver til Tuesday...
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