Re: 78 silverado stepside her names 'Quicksilver'
 

Haha everytime I would post something I was expecting to see your name pop up but nothing! Glad to know your still alive, glad to have you back for sure!

And well its 1 step at a time might want to finish my truck before I try and get another project lol but yeah if I got a 57, I would get it power steering somehow and I would throw a fat 572 in it now that would be one tricked out ride! Oh well my truck is going to be badass when it's done I have no doubt!

Re: 78 silverado stepside her names 'Quicksilver'
 

You should check out Howell Engine Development they made the harness for my 8.1 swap and reprogrammed the ecm for me and made life alot easier. www.Howellefi.com

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yes im still alive and im sorry i havent been on it awhile just thought id take some time off the site to rethink some things. I havent drove her in awhile been awaiting this check im suppose to get but i guess ill get it may.
sure thing man, You done the vortec big block swap?? Thats the second time ive seen somebody dare do that with the 8.1 liter cause everyone thinks they suck gas. hell even everyone i know is driving a v6 cause they still think all V8s suck gas, but ill be the first to prove em other wise.

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I also forgot to add.... since ive lowered it the dang steering and take off sucks. it really has me on the down but ill fix it. i believe ill need after market shocks for the front and it will take some for the rear. Ladder bars are going on my truck.

Re: 78 silverado stepside her names 'Quicksilver'
 

I may have missed it but I think you said you were going to make your own harness. If you need a harness I have a complete harness off my 2005 HD with 6.0 and 4l80e. It has the fuse box and all. It was in the truck I bought and gutted and it was running...I just went with a custom harness to make the wiring a little cleaner and save time.

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Oh id love to have it!! Ill PM you for the details, but i dont wanna get your hopes up. as you can see, ive aquired a 5.3 liter for $250 with a computer for 50 bucks.. so im on a strict budget. since the transmission wont fit in my buddys nova, he gave it to me just for helping him get the vortec out of the van it was in, then i poked my eye out getting the wires disconnected.. ahh man. So im more or less a Jew when it comes to money. :lol:

:smoke:

Re: 78 silverado stepside her names 'Quicksilver'
 

Well ill have the new tail lights on soon. the LEDs are going on. but unfortunately the snow is on the ground... and i dont feel like getting sick again. so ill wait out this weather intill i can lay on the ground and do some must needed rewiring. then ill move on to new tie rod ends, which are acting wierd since ive dropped the vehicle. wish me luck. Ill talk to you all next month, hope you all progress. :smoke:

Re: 78 silverado stepside her names 'Quicksilver'
 

Hey man little news is just as good as big news, hope you get everything all figured out on the truck man! and yeah that's why I "love" Texas is because we don't have to worry about snow, we just have to worry about rain lol

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Hey you jinxed yourself. seen you guys got plenty of snow;)
And now that its melting prafusely i can get on my back and do the wiring... safety first tho, i dont need more things in my eye so ill have to be carefull on the rusty parts..
another thing is making me question the engine i currently have. it has a wierd looking flex plate with some curves sticking out where the bolt holes are.. i dont understand this. i have the 4L80 E trans and its got a six bolt patern, but the flex plate i have has only three... Can someone explain this to me please?

Re: 78 silverado stepside her names 'Quicksilver'
 

Nah man, I didn't get any snow that was probably North Texas, I'm in South Texas I'm close to the Gulf of Mexico, all we got where I live is a lot of rain. But now were having a weather change....oh the joys of living in Texas haha

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:banghead::thud: Im going nuts... I need to work on this truck! I havent even gotten to put the LEDs on because of cold weather. thank god i will be able to on the first of April, im getting some money, so i can patch it up and get the 5.3 in asap. i have a couple clues as what to do for wiring since i dont have the ECM connectors and fuse box. Plus its very much hacked up

Re: 78 silverado stepside her names 'Quicksilver'
 

Hope the weather clears up fast for you bro!! Nice, glad to hear about your progress you can do it man!! :metal: I can't wait for you to get that 5.3 in there I'm anxious for you :lol:

Re: 78 silverado stepside her names 'Quicksilver'
 

Hey I know what you mean by the weather. I live just short of 2 1/2 hrs south east of you in Marshall. It has been spitting snow off and on this morning. Didn't anyone tell mother nature that it was spring?

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hey im rooting for it too! man people need to take another look at these 3rd gen motors.
Found out what kinda engine im working with. youd be surprised how big the intake runners are for just this stock 5.3. Lol i hope you stick to getting the 6.0 cause they have 210 cc intake ports. mine has 200 cc intake ports. the only difference is i have the 706 heads 9.49:1 comp ratio and eighth digit of the vin on the truck it came out of was "T' so that means LM7. these have 1.89 intake valves and the bigger 4 inch bore 6.0 has 2 inch valves. heard alot of good things about them, i could actually bore my 5.3 to a 5.7 like an ls because its iron, but i dont believe ill have to do that. im really glad i switched to the dark side :devil:

O i know right? stuffs wacky around Illinois right now, 33 degrees out and its in the middle of the day and suns shining. FML :tms:

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haha that funny image with the big motor is just for laughs


the orange truck is what im aiming for, except satin black and a silver paint of some sort to bring it out. ive also thought about white as a third transitional stripe or something to show some remarkable influence to the paint and how it would look, something nice but comfortable

Re: 78 silverado stepside her names 'Quicksilver'
 

That's a great goal bro!!! My only advice with your paint scheme is be careful with it, something I would consider doing maybe is looking into have some white pinstriping done or silver, I know whatever you do it'll look awesome!!!
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Re: 78 silverado stepside her names 'Quicksilver'
 

purty!!! Now back to work!!!! "CRACKS DA WHIP" lol

Re: 78 silverado stepside her names 'Quicksilver'
 

yea probably stick with the silver, satin black two tone look.

I have 12 inchs of snow on the ground:sumo: lmao

Re: 78 silverado stepside her names 'Quicksilver'
 

grab a shovel and move it build you own little area :lol: jk man

yeah a foot of snow sounds like it sucks! it's a tad bit chilly down here right now.

Yeah man that paint scheme will look good, and yes do satin, I've heard if you do like a matte black if you have oil on your hands or something and touch the paint you wont be able to get it off.

Re: 78 silverado stepside her names 'Quicksilver'
 

yea lots of oil to be had on that truck. It sucks wish i could just yank my bed off, my cab and the front clip and redo everything like that but i dont got a garage to do it in. but im hell bent on yanking everything off and restoring it off the frame.:devil:

Re: 78 silverado stepside her names 'Quicksilver'
 

Just be patient one day you can, just remember our trucks take time to be built not overnight, just stick with it I know you can do it man! Just when you go do something give it everything you got and then when it's done find your next project to do.
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your right and the snows starting to melt. i wish i had extra hands, id think id have the 5.3 along with my 4L80E in their by the 3rd of April of coarse id start on the first. but since i dont, ill most likely get it in by the 7th :metal: patience is on my side. and then my bro in law has a chicago electric dual flux mig welder. will work be done? i think so ;)

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NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :metal: we almost bought a mig welder but when we started to think about it, it wouldn't be that useful as I don't do a lot of welding nor does my dad, and I don't think either of us knows how to use one properly lol so no worries.

I'm getting cam for my truck!! ahhh it's about to be 1 nasty 305!

Re: 78 silverado stepside her names 'Quicksilver'
 

Comp cams XE265 ;)
those with a set of 416 heads ported... and a comp ratio of 9 to one.. 300 hp would be easy cooking. but the thing is going much higher with it. idk how youd go about it. id look it up, its been awhile since ive looked into these types of numbers for the 305

Re: 78 silverado stepside her names 'Quicksilver'
 

Actually I'm getting the comp cam Thumpr :devil:

here's the specs for it. http://www.compcams.com/Company/CC/c...?csid=107&sb=2

Re: 78 silverado stepside her names 'Quicksilver'
 

Haha yea that looks good. one time i screwed up and bought the BMT, its the Big Motha thumpr, come to find out it was seriously uninclined for what i wanted it for. it had to have a 3000+ stall and a whole bunch of other things. ive learned a lil since then. did you know they have the heart shaped 305 vortec heads for 305s?

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Haha yeah, that big motha thumpr is just too much haha, the thumpr i'll be squeezing by with my 305 haha I need to buy a stall converter, and some new springs before I throw it in there that way. the 305 heads max lift is .480 you can I'm at a .479, so I'm riding that line pretty fine haha

Re: 78 silverado stepside her names 'Quicksilver'
 

id suggest buying some roller tipped rockers to go with, (the rockers that came from factory were 1.4 ratio rockers bringing lift down) and some screw in studs. and you could do a lil filing on top of each one of the valve guides, which your probably gonna need with those rough castings.. factory wasnt always perfect. but the new valve lift and such. your gonna need em filed so your new valve seals will work. sometimes .009 thick valve seals can be ruined quicker by floating valves. remember. a .010 of an inch is a mile in a engine

Re: 78 silverado stepside her names 'Quicksilver'
 

Well I'm looking at getting new heads anyway so I might hold off putting it in until I get new heads, because I heard people just running stock heads just putting lifters and spring, and them being fine. But yet again I rather be safe than sorry too you know?

Re: 78 silverado stepside her names 'Quicksilver'
 

i may be wrong, but thats just hypothesising and i agree hole heartedly. my uncles done some pretty wild stuff with these small blocks. like reusing a big cam in another one, even though myth is you never do that. because itd eat the cam up. but he did. that was one wild camaro 350 swap! it was quick lol

Re: 78 silverado stepside her names 'Quicksilver'
 

yeah, I mean I believe you can swap cams to different motors unless your really just stressing a motor with whatever cam you have but as long as the motor is built right it should be fine period. you know?

Re: 78 silverado stepside her names 'Quicksilver'
 

its complicated :chevy:

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Yeah its all about a risk, the guy I'm getting my cam from is a board member, his cam only has 100 miles to it, so its like it's just broken in. So I shouldn't have any issues with it.

Re: 78 silverado stepside her names 'Quicksilver'
 

make sure you grease it well on all lobes

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Yeah I'm going to still get some break in oil too just to be safe as well.

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Damnit!!!! im looking everywhere for a used good set of stepside fenders, but to my capabilitys seems like there is none for hundreds of miles. :(

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i am counting down the days !! its coming. :metal:

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Woohoo!!!!!!! I'm ready!!!! :metal: :burnout: :devil:
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I am really Glad that some of the board members made me look into the LS swap :lol: some cocky dude wants me to race his Not so stock 358 small block chevy with iron heads and 12.5:1 comp ratio. he aint running pump gas thats for sure. but we will see about this arrogant fools wish. i have no time to be lugging a 4000 pound truck on a road filled with familys. if its a country road that has been blocked off, i will see him to it.

ok back to buisness.
new engine and trans check
Computer for 6.0 liter.. check.
computer for 4l80E check,.
Wiring harness, will be checked off the list this april first..
old Engine and trans givin away. check.
old engine pulled and truck prepped? will be this up coming month.
New flywheel. and spacer for 4l80E... check... :metal:

Re: 78 silverado stepside her names 'Quicksilver'
 

Nice!!!!! Getting work done man!! :metal:
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