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I'm exhausted!! Got the new twice pipes fabricated with MagnaFlow mufflers. Trailing arms made things a little tight. I picked up chrome tips but kinda like it without them. More of a stock appearance. Tacked everything up with the mig and stainless wire then finish welded with the precision Tig. I'm by no means a expert but learned alot and welds came out nice

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Got the new automatic column installed today with new rag joint. Installed the exhaust for the last time. Test fit new driveshaft and found out I had the wrong output shaft seal but new shaft fit's nice. lots of little stuff left but I feel there's a light at the end of the tunnel now

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Almost there, been chasing the details and working on getting wiring done. Finally plugged in the battery cables today and cranked it over! Fuel pump is running and everything looks good. My mechanic friend is going to bring his laptop down and load a tune in, hopefully that's all it needs to start.

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Very clean install. Great shop as well!!

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Nice work, truck is looking great!

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Thanks guys, garage is my happy place. Added the lift last year and that's great to have

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My boys asked why the green truck isn't done so I took them into the shop. My oldest says to the youngest "Kole when dad's done with the green truck it's gonna go fast then we get ice cream"

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Quick trip to the ICE CREAM SHOP.... Heh, Heh.

LockDoc

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This thing is looking great!! After my C10 a suburban is in the works. Not sure if I missed it but what is the suspension set up beyond the 4"hd springs in the back?

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Thanks, I am running the cop hd 4" springs, adjustable Trac bar, cpp shocks and c notches. Rides great.

Latest issue is that the junk yard I got motor from was supposed to give me everything out of the same truck and didn't. So I have a 2014 engine, 2016 transmission and a 2010 ecu. Problem is that trans is out of a Truck that had a e78 ecu and Mone is a e38 so it looks like we are gonna have to change TCM so that it will communicate.

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It's alive!!! Finnally got it started and it sounds great. I have a few issues to get fixed like fans are wired backwards, swapping TCU for 2010 unit I picked up, nuetral saftey switch is bad on brand new steering column. When you put it in nuetral the starter engages so I'll have to call them and see if they will replace it. Must be backgeeding from backup lights. Mass air flow sensor is dead so I ordered a new one. Hopefully get this stuff done this week and drive it next weekend

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Video

https://youtu.be/WMiV94-PGQM

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Exhaust video

https://youtu.be/WasL2n-UEH0

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Oh yeah! Sounds good. Almost time for ICE CREAM....:)

LockDoc

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That will be the first ride, my oldest max asked
Max:" when is the green truck gonna be done?"
Me: I'm working on it bud
Max: not sure what the problem is dad you've been working on it forever and it's still not done

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Looking good! You are making great progress!

Paul

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Thanks Paul, got the headlight wiring harness back in today. Stripped all the un needed original wiring out of the harness and installed new wire loom. Got a good laugh when I hooked up battery ground and horn button was stuck and blasted horns. Scared the hell out of me

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Took it out for the first test drive with no major issues. First the exhaust is way to loud, long tube headers, dual 2.5" ehaust with magnaflow mufflers. It's not terrible at light throttle but anything more then 25% rattles your brain. Going to look at adding a h pipe and some resonators. Truck also feels like brake booster isn't working and it trys to push through the brakes when your stopped. Tuner might be able to fix this.

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My buddy has a 60 catalina wagon with a similar set up and he had the same noise issue on the freeway. His daughters wouldn't ride in it. He already had the h pipe but he added 8 chamber mufflers and resonators. He also had a low brake pedal problem and he added an extra catch can to increase the vacuum capacity and that fixed his problem.

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I would try "J" pipes on it before adding an "H" pipe. They quieted my Panel Truck right down. My wife wouldn't ride in it before the "J" pipes..... Also a lot cheaper than an "H" pipe.

LockDoc

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I'll have to see if there is space to add h or j pipe. Mostly it's just to loud, my gto had the same issue and I added small resonators and it made it alot better. I'm sure it doesn't help that there is no sound deadining in the interior.

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Put resonaters on exhaust and it's much better. Went for a ride and when I got back the fans stopped working and got real hot in my driveway. Gonna chase a few things this week and hopefully get it figured out.

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Hope you get it figured out. Maybe the resonators resonated too much... :).... J/K

LockDoc

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May have been the burnout...

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Took the boys out for donuts, ice cream and popsicles. Truck ran good, need some more sound deadening and I think I'm gonna change mufflers to a magnaflow 3 chamber from the straight through ones that are on it.

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Truck looks good and the boys look pretty happy!

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Picked up some Dakota digital gauges and got them installed. Very nice product and a easy install.

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Santa brought the burb some new marker lenses

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Wow! You must have the Deluxe Santa, All I got was the standard ones....:(

Looks good!

LockDoc

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Truth be told I bought them, wrapped box and put it under tree

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:)....

LockDoc

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Truck is back from getting Dyno tuned. Runs awsome. Made 330rwhp and 335rwtq, before you bash it's a very stingy mustang Dyno. Dyno owner says it runs about 23% lower then Dyno jet. It made a average of 298tq from 2300 -6000, very happy with results. I'll post graph shortly

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Update: installed the AAW harness and worked through some small issues. Truck is running really good and took it to the first car show about 45 minutes from the house. 75-80mph at 2000rpm.is really nice. Gonna work on getting some more sound deadening in and get AC lines installed.

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Apparently the sound of American v8 puts my kids to sleep

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Good deal! Nice family pic. You must have worn the kids out at the show...:)

LockDoc

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Bash???

Oh heck no! Thats some killer numbers in my book. That kinda power and mpg too? Well done sir.

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Thanks, it's a blast to drive. Got right around 20mpg on our last trip. Gas mileage goes out to window when I let the wife drive, she loves the sound of exhaust!

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Pedal to the metal.....:burnout:....:haha:

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Spent the last few weekends installing a hydro boost and new trailing arms. Hydro boost works great but was not impressed with directions or the fact that kit was missing fittings. Not sure if I'll buy from CPP again.

The ECE trailing arms was a great product and came with everything needed and the sales guy couldn't have been any more helpful. Truck rides great now and alot of the sounds from rear are gone now. My original trailing arms were separating and driver's side was cracked where u bolt went through. It was definitely time.

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