Re: 66 GMC Long to Short LS Swap
Did a little more work done on the motor. Finished installing the other bank of pistons and rods. Lubed up the new Comp Cam and slid it in place. New billet roller timing set, and a high flow Melling oil pump.
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1977/...a6d60960_z.jpghttps://farm2.staticflickr.com/1966/...de5ac532_z.jpg Taped up the block and hit it with a coat of rust converter followed by a few coats of Chevy Orange. Painted the front and valley covers as well. Buttoned up the bottom end with a freshly hot tanked oil pan. https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1940/...155dab85_z.jpghttps://farm2.staticflickr.com/1980/...c91677bf_z.jpg[/url]https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1947/...93d5826f_z.jpghttps://farm2.staticflickr.com/1965/...f6fe545d_z.jpg |
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nice progress on the project ...
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Keep the updates coming
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Nice build! Depending on how low you are you may consider an f body oil pan for your set up. The truck pans hang a bit low for my comfort on a lowered truck. Also, curious if that's a boyds welding fuel tank you webt with, and if so, how low it hangs below the frame?
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Got my heads back from the machine shop, had them vacuum tested, tanked, and decked. Installed the new seals and dual springs
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4813/...5bdd57f5_z.jpghttps://farm5.staticflickr.com/4894/...996efc1e_z.jpg I blasted and painted the water and power steering pumps, all the pulleys and brackets and got them painted up and mounted. Dropped in some new lifters and bolted the heads on. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4908/...c783dfcb_z.jpghttps://farm2.staticflickr.com/1954/...f16361ca_z.jpghttps://farm5.staticflickr.com/4894/...ce56ce3a_z.jpghttps://farm5.staticflickr.com/4870/...6bbccd16_z.jpg Blasted and painted the motor mounts https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1928/...eae349b0_z.jpghttps://farm2.staticflickr.com/1955/...3ed3072a_z.jpg Coat of paint on the transmission as well https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4868/...4050c95d_z.jpg At this point the engine is pretty much button up. Still need to clean up the coils and brackets and throw the intake on. Also planning to get the alternator shell blasted and painted. |
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Looking good.
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Plumbed in new front brake lines
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What headers are those? They look like they fit like a glove.
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Looking good. I have the same mount plates and I'm thinking of using the I6 perches as well. Are those the Energy Suspension poly mounts? What location do you have them bolted to the plates?
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Slow progress lately. Pulled the motor and trans back out to swap mounts. Ended up getting the trans rebuilt while it was out. Cleaned up and painted the coils and brackets and threw on some new plug wires. Motor is back in and intake on. Just have to clean up the fuel rails and throttle body.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7831/...71b83355_z.jpghttps://farm5.staticflickr.com/4821/...0d598fb6_z.jpghttps://farm8.staticflickr.com/7867/...d55961a6_z.jpg Started back on the rust repair on the cab. Got the passenger side floor finished and started fitting up the rocker. Hung the door so i could get the gap right. https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7846/...d4ff4702_z.jpghttps://farm5.staticflickr.com/4899/...91f864c7_z.jpg The bottom of the back wall of the cab is rusted out. I wasn't sure exactly how I was going to tackle this repair until I came across a guy giving away a full back wall. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4902/...42907473_z.jpghttps://farm8.staticflickr.com/7902/...8d7847b8_z.jpg |
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Looking for my weekly fix...
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Cool build. Lots or good work going on here!
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Here ya go Notch!
Moving along with the rust repair. Made a pile of relief cuts, did a lot of bending and hammering. Rocker is all fit up ready to weld in. Going to wait on that until I get the cab sand blasted. https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7891/...8b08010a_z.jpghttps://farm5.staticflickr.com/4821/...ff1033fb_z.jpg Finished a bit of work on the passenger floor. Had to weld in a small sliver from a previous crappy fit up. Replaced a piece of the trans tunnel hump as well. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4898/...fd1fc2dd_z.jpghttps://farm8.staticflickr.com/7863/...47267f0c_z.jpg Moved on the the kick panel firewall seam. Drilled out all the spot welds and made a template for what i wanted to replace. https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7806/...60435bbd_z.jpghttps://farm5.staticflickr.com/4888/...c74240dc_z.jpghttps://farm5.staticflickr.com/4861/...dceb990f_z.jpg Transferred the template to some 18g and cut it out. once i was happy with the fit I cut out the kick panel section. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4862/...4d1a1e75_z.jpghttps://farm8.staticflickr.com/7820/...1219f0ae_z.jpg Made the bends for where the fire wall gets spot welded to the kick panel. Fine tuned the fit and its ready to weld in. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4897/...b3ea3ec5_z.jpghttps://farm8.staticflickr.com/7828/...42bfac84_z.jpghttps://farm5.staticflickr.com/4891/...c8c7d354_z.jpg The inside of the door pillar was pretty rusty. Found a rust encapsulator product from Eastwood with a long hose and 360 Degree nozzle. Shoved it up the pillar and coated the whole inside top to bottom. Will let that cure overnight and start welding in the kick panel patch tomorrow. https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7811/...dda609f0_z.jpghttps://farm8.staticflickr.com/7833/...4c23fd2a_z.jpg |
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Nice job on the metal work!
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Yes lots of metal magic on this one! Very nice!
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Slowly chipping away at the rust repair. Finished up the kick panel and started on the firewall.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7859/...2634e069_z.jpghttps://farm8.staticflickr.com/7854/...d29e89e8_z.jpg Built a sandblasting cabin and wheeled the cab inside. Started blasting the cab to see what was surface rust and what needed to be cut out. I was really happy to find the areas above the windshield were not rusted through and cleaned up really well. The lip that the windshield seal goes around is a different story though. That is gonna suck to repair!! https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7867/...423f9beb_z.jpghttps://farm8.staticflickr.com/7850/...585f45e0_z.jpghttps://farm8.staticflickr.com/7895/...971341a3_z.jpg Back onto the firewall/floor seam. Got most of the remaining pieces made and fit. Hopefully will get time to them all welded in this week. https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7823/...ec0319c7_z.jpghttps://farm8.staticflickr.com/7810/...1d983bc0_z.jpghttps://farm5.staticflickr.com/4813/...7fd1ea73_z.jpghttps://farm5.staticflickr.com/4810/...3a2da325_z.jpg |
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Nice job on the metal work :thumbs:
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How effective are you finding that sand blaster, and what size is your compressor?
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Is that a PA blaster as well?
I was planning on taking everything to "the man" and have them blast it all, but I really need to deal with the rust inside everything I have to cut out (like the rockers, corners, etc. etc.) What HP and CFM is your compressor? |
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My booth is pretty simple, just a 2x4 frame 10ftx10ft, 8ft tall wrapped in poly. I didn't really seal it up too much, just wanted to keep the sand from getting all over the shop.
Blaster is Princess Auto, I run a couple dryers inline to the tank. This is the compressor https://www.aircompressorsdirect.com...ssor/p705.html |
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