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Thanks guys!! Yes 99 I can't have a dually that can't pull.

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I got the rear bumper tacked in place. It is tucked in and just below trailer hitch. It is 3.5" off the ground when aired out. I have to put the truck on hold for about a week or so. Have to get my Jeep ready for a offroading weekend in the bush up north May 1st.
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That looks like a sweet Jeep! Good luck with it!

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A little update. I picked up my radiator today. :bann:
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Found a cool article about copper vs aluminum radiators.

http://www.hotrod.com/how-to/engine/...l/#.VUBXomvQKE

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We had a great weekend off roading. With a little bit of carnage. One guy broke his drive shaft on a rock. Another spit the caps out of his front u joint.
My 67 Jeep ran great. Here are some picks.
Now back to the 52.
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dang looks fun. I like the camping idea. haven't done that since I was a kid.

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Ya we go into the forest Friday morn and come out Sunday. All we have is what we bring in our Jeeps. It's a lot of fun. We usually go spring and fall (before and after the bugs) with some local day trips here and there.

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It looks like you guys had a blast! I've heard the mosquitos get severly nasty up there!

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It was great!!! Ya mosquitos get bad but bug spray works great. The black fly's tho omg it's like you have an afro of little biting bugs. That's why we go spring and fall. They started to come out on Sunday.

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Got my scraper bars on. I need them to protect the fenders from driveways and such. First pic is on the back and second is under rad support.
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I was thinking of using this piece of 5" chrome pipe for my exhaust tip, but I have a piece of 6" stainless I think ill use.
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Today I worked on my floor. I cut out the recessed part to make flat and made my transmission hump seat support. The rear of the seats will bolt to this bar.
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I'm making a 3rd seat/arm rest on top of the hump. From the rear of an s-10
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Nice work! Those scraper bars should help!

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Great idea on the scraper bars! To me, it looks terrible when someone airs down their ride and you can watch the body panels flex as they contact the ground, unfortunately I see that quite a bit with air ride vehicles.

I can't wait to see how this truck turns out, it's looking awesome!

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Really digging those pipes! But I like your plan for the bigger ones.

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This thing is looking great!!! What a monster. I was just looking back at some of your posts and I noticed how low you have your cab set on the frame. I wanted to see what your plans for your radiator are? Are you going to tilt it forward to miss the steering box? Also, what are you planning on doing for the drive shaft tunnel? Specifically with the brace that comes down the center of the back of the cab? Looking awesome!

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05snopro440 Ya I agree. Rear ones where a necessity. I had it aired out and lifted the front and almost bent the rear of the rear fenders, because I chopped and lowered the fenders. But its all good now.

Coldshot I'm running just one pipe out pass side. 3" from turbo straight out to 6" tip

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Thanks everyone

Yes its going to be tilted back at the top slightly and go just in front of box. Also the rad is going down between the frame where clamps are and will hang down below a little.
For the tunnel I was going to make a bracket out of angle same as the one I have for the seats and weld it to the cab bracket and floor. I'm also going to make a drive shaft hoop front and rear, just in case.
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So today I built the other floor/ seat support, a little wider and taller than the rear. Got them kinda welded in. Floor is super sturdy now.
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Then wallah I have seats to sit and play on. Very comfortable driving position!!
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Nice work! Do you have a time frame of when you will hit the streets in it?

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Are those from a Sunfire or Grand Prix or something like that?

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Dieselwrencher My goal was 1.5 years from now but its looking like it might be next spring :metal:

05snopro440 seats are out of an 2001 s-10

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getting there. I made the same style floor, only the whole way from front to back in my cab. I didn't have a good floor to work off of at all. Luckily my rockers where good. The floor ate up alot of my cab hours which is about 150 total. thats with all new patches, cleaned and painted firewall and inside back wall.

The radiator deal is a pain. I used on both my trucks, a tri5 car aluminum rad. If I were to do it again, I'd really try another way. I had to tilt mine, which looks good but you just gotta fab up a cradle for it to sit on. I did away with the stock rad support, just made mine own. radiator moch up eats up some time thats for sure.

I keep forgetting you have larger fenders which I know are taller. but are they loner too? seems like most all s10 frames get cut right at the pws box. you seem to have a good 5" more.

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Yes 99 they are longer. The rear cab mounts lined up with the rear extended cab S-10 mounts. To give an idea. I think the are 5-6" longer that helps me fit that monster.

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Got my exhaust welded up and 95% mounted. I miss working with stainless. Also cut and figured out the finish I like for the for my 6" tail pipe.:metal: Now I just have to trim the inner fender.
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So exhaust is done:metal: I am planning on trailering the truck to a car show (if the weather is half decent) not far away called the Unfinished Nationals. It's on June 7 in Paris Ontario. The show has everything: rat rods, customs, show vehicles, ect. There are at least 2 awards I qualify for, best unfinished, most custom. This will be my 3rd year going, 1st with my GMC. So my plan right now is to get the rad and inter cooler in so I can get the motor running for the show.
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Great work on the exhaust and good luck getting the rad in to go to the show!

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good luck with your deadline. Im done making deadlines!!

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Thanks guys. Well today I made up some starter cables from some 2/0 welding cable I have, same as in the back. Also got the inner fender hacked and back in. Built the cover for exhaust and got it tacked in. I still need to clean up the inside of my cut to cover and make a cap for the top.
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Well the rad is in. Just have to add some gussets and find some rad hoses. I used 1.5" angle welded to the rad, then 1/4" rubber and 2" angle welded to the frame. So I can sill get it out. I'm just in front of the psb and on a slight angle back at the top. The inter-cooler fits right on top of the cross member.
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I started to make the intake hat out of the old air cleaner. I can't believe how much restriction there was from factory. Glad I'm cutting that out!!
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:lol: I've cut out a lot of those in my day.

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So the mail man was my friend today. Got my new waist gate actuator. It has a 7 psi spring in it, so I can start off running 7psi till I work the bugs out. Then I can tune it to 15psi. The factory one has a 19psi spring. I'll have pics tomorrow of intercooler mounted, intake hat and actuator.
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Today I got my inter-cooler in and hooked up.
First pic is looking where the rad should be.
Second pic is the intake hat that I made.
Third pic the 3" hose I'm using. It should work it's rated at 230* and 30 psi. I don't think it looks to bad. :cool:
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You're getting there! It's looking cool!

Just my unsolicited opinion, but I don't like the flexi hose for the turbo outlet to the intercooler is a good idea. Since you're planning on cranking up the boost, your turbo outlet temperature could end up very close to the 230°C limit of that hose, but you may also get extra heat transfer from the engine bay to the air in the hose. I guess my point is, do you want to take the risk of melting the hose and feeding dirty air into the engine? I think solid plumbing would not only work better, but would be safer and perform better. Just one opinion.

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Thanks. I am wondering about that happening. I'm not going to run solid right now there are a lot of bends to get where it has to go, I think it would be all cuplers. I cant weld aluminum. I'll see what temps I get with my inferred gun. I found some flex silicone hose, but really expensive. So I guess this is just for now.:thud:

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Yeah, when I said solid I meant just straight lengths with couplers. What I saw in my mind looked nice and clean. For what it's worth I've seen and heard that you can buy good quality silicone couplers online significantly cheaper than at your local auto parts store, especially for us Canadians.

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Thanks a lot!! That's the way I would really like to go. I'll do some searching and change it out before I really start driving.

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Nice work. I as well, don't think that type of hose will work for you either. Something tells me if it doesn't rip, it'll just blow apart. :lol: Thicker type stick hose from a heavy truck shop may work decent though. I try not to use any long hose on intake systems because it's hard to keep them on. At 15psi you won't have as many issues, but the vlume of air going through the pipes has a lot to do with it too.

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Thanks for the feed back Dieselwrencher. It is industrial, coated nylon hose but, it is on my small list of things to redo.