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no, the A/C compressor wont be bad at all...probley 30 mins. to R&R it if needed..take a look at kalebs black truck, it is alot less cramped then that...and also with your lift, it'll be super easy:)
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Bixby oklahoma,used to work at oreillys there and professional body works for a few months.. Bixby sure has grown the last few years..Truck looks great!
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Very nice progress! those stainless hoses look super clean! You may have already said, but where do you buy your hardware for the hoses and connectors? Summit racing? You have a parts list put together for a swap like this? thanks
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With the transmission mounted at an angle like that ,is that the manufactures suggested mount or does it matter? Or does the transmission pump push it thru. on its on anyway? Will the shift indicator be able to show Overdrive for this style motor or will we have to change the shift viewing block out? Or would you just use the 1-2 3 low gear options for the O/D? Looking good though. Can"t wait.
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Just a note: So someone like me will know for future use, What Temp does that transmission cooler keep the temp. at compared to a radiator type style?
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So awesome! Hard to tell, is that a metallic blue?
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nice progress man. i love the bend you put in the shifter rod. looks good!!
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nice work Don!
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few more progress pics to post...
got a adaptor harness (first pic) made for the brake sw./ TCC control.. so its a factory (for 84) brake switch controlling everything, and its a simple plug in deal.. i also mounted, and wired in the OBD2 port, its on the driver side, and is easy to get to, yet inconspicuious..also blasted/painted the stock exhaust manifolds, and installed them...i then had a few friends over to help hang the front clip... it went well, and had it installed/bolted down in about 15 mins...once the clip was installed i put in a new battery perch (hard to see in the dark pic), but looks better then the rusty one it replaced...then determind the best place to mount the fuses/relays for the engine/trans, after going back and forth on either mounting them on the backside of the core support, or on the dr. side fender, i thought that they looked good on the fender and the fact that they are easy to get to made my decision...so i mounted them there....now came to the air intake, its a 4" chrome one that i had to 'tweak' the mount on it so it would mount to the head, rather then the battery box of a newer style truck (like it was designed to do) worked out nicely (only thing i have to do now is paint the bolt that holds it to the head)... http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...P9060043-1.jpg http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...y/P9120002.jpg http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...y/P9120004.jpg http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...y/P9120003.jpg http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...y/P9120005.jpg http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...y/P9120006.jpg http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...y/P9130010.jpg http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...y/P9140011.jpg http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...y/P9140012.jpg http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...y/P9140013.jpg http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...y/P9140015.jpg http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...y/P9140017.jpg http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...y/P9140014.jpg http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...y/P9140018.jpg http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...y/P9140021.jpg http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...y/P9140020.jpg http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...y/P9140019.jpg http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...y/P9140022.jpg http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...y/P9140023.jpg http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...y/P9140024.jpg |
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looking great Don! i was wondering if you had some more info and pics of how that brake harness you built works?
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Hey man, what are your plans for the rest of the air intake? I need to build one myself so I was just curious.
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looking good. nice work
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looking good as always. I noticed radiator and condesner missing, Is that next? Will it have a K&N on end of intake? also how is that connection for brake assembly work, I guess I trying to figure that one myself. Keep it up though good job.
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68 short step,
would you mind telling me where you purchased the wire connectors for your gauges, i am looking to do the same for my '72 & i have no idea where to get the wire connectors??? thanks!! rodstored-72 |
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are you talking about the plugins?
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make the fenders look like the firewall!:exit:
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they are weather pack connectors, casper electronics is the manifacture, and summit is where i get them....ill look up the P/N of the ezact kit i get.
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Not sure on pricing , But Oreillys sells weatherpak connectors and so does chevrolet.....$$$$ . It would be a local source if a guy was in a pinch , you need a special crimper for the wire ends and dont forget the weather seals. I love em , I use em every time I am wiring something up . Best thing since sliced bread :metal:
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Wow very nice build man.
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68 short step,
thank you, i appreciate the time..... again great build! |
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part number from summit on the connectors 103009
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more progress to report, got the new aluminum be cool radiator...the mounting blocks were a bit to long for the factory style rad. hold downs...after looking at the big, ugly, 'plate style mount' i chose to shorten the blocks on the radiator and use the better looking hold downs...once it was trimmed down to fit, i put the electric fans on, and upper/lower rad hoses...ran my heater hoses (added a nice heater hose clamp), hooked up the steam line with a 'T', and the cooling system was complete..also put the hood on...then it was off to get tuned...the tune turned into a complicated matter, the computer i ordered was a e38 PCM from schram, and a t42 TCM....i received them both, and installed them... little did i know that that particalular PCM was outta a 06 v6 impala... so what we had to do was buy the HP tuner lience for that yr impala, and once we had that, we did a entire rewright of the PCM, for a 08 silverado with a 5.3 and DOD...once the PCM had the right software installed, then we could begin the actual 'tune' process....Glen worked his computer vu-do magic on it, and it came alive....once it was running i headed back home, only to get get 3 miles from the house, and run outta gas on the off ramp of the highway ( its kinda my friends fault, he talked me into passing the gas station in favor of trying to get to one closer to my house)... so once the truck was stopped, and not starting, we had to Mcguyver it... i had a old anti-freeze jug, behind the seat, and some plyers under the seat....so i disconnected the fuel line off blue-ray, and jumpered the fuel pump relay to fill the jug... once it was filled, i had my friend pour it into old red, while i took pics....it was a long trip.....but here are a few videos of the beast...(first vid, the sound isnt great, but the second video says it all)
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click to watch the videos. no brakes were applied during the video either :metal:
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:metal:! bad @ss buddy!!! sounds sik!!!
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Very impressive!!!!!
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nice!!!
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I think i watched that video 13 times. Man that was cool. Was #'s did it put up on dyna tune? and did it sound good on those exhaust pipes or not?
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Awesome! Love the smoke show.
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yep, i'm definitely jealous
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Very nice progress!
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Awesome build Don.
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subscribing...
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on the home stretch now, got the A/C lines made up, vacuumed, and charged the system...the A/C blows cold, but the small electric fans arnt cutting it when the A/C is on, the high side pressure is higher then where i wanna see it at idel...so new fans are going in...also im going to retro fit a cruise control to work with this engine setup, more on that later....and here are some pics of everything so far...
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Very nice progress! that engine looks like it came in there from the factory.
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nice work Don.
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