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Looks like Escalade engine cover to me.

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the engine cover are from the 6.0 Max engine. you can do a search and find them, if not I can look thru my reciepts let me know
for the upper hose I am going to use the water neck outlet from street and performance. pricey but the only one i can find. it is a 90 degree and i can point it straight up and run a short hose to the radiator my outlet on the radiator is in the center

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very close, but actually from a 6.0 Max engine

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I was actually looking at street and performance new online catalog yesterday and saw a nice 90 degrees swivel neck outlet for the lower rad hose but didn't see one for the upper hose. Do you have a picture of the one you want to use? What headers are you using?

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I think the engine cover looks good! especially when shaved and painted!

some progress finally
 

Wow, its been 8 months since I worked on my project but got a chance this weekend. pulled the motor and trans out, installed a custom grind Isky cam
219/219@.050'' -.549''/.549'' -108* lobe center. the idle on this cam should sound awseome and also have some good low end power. also installed a 3000 stall convertor. when I bought this motor the miles were stated at 52 and after having it apart I can believe it now. everything looks brand new, not even any carbon on the valves. after the cam install I painted the engine with the same paint I am painting the truck with. it looks great, I hope it holds up. I read many threads were engines were painted with regular base/clear and they held up fine. heres a few pics.


http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...caminstall.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1.../engine006.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1.../engine007.jpg

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Looks good man!

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Glad to see some progress.

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Wow love that color.

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ok motor and tranny back in for good this time. here is a short clip of it running with the new cam installed, the exhaust on there is just temporary, I did not want the headers dumping onto the new paint.

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cool project what are you making the console out of

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the console is mocked up in cardboard, but will be made out of fiberglass.

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Looking good!! Coming together very nicely..

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WHERES THE UPDATES!!

its been over a year! haha

did you get your center console or any interior work done yet?

looks like it will be an awsome truck!

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I know.. I know but I got sidetracked on a few other projects and opened a new shop but finishing this truck is my new years resoloution. I really need to get back on it.

here are the other projects I have been working on.
I restomoded this 36 chevy sedan. all new suspension, gauges wiring and paint. it goes in for upholstery next week so it is finished.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...um/biloxi2.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...um/biloxi1.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a198/ahsum/marks.jpg

and a 52 chevy hot rod sectioned 9 inches and chopped 3 inches on a S 10 frame on air ride the 52 was to far gone to restore.
you can see the 50 paitently waiting in the first picture
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1.../halfintoo.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...m/photo3-1.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a198/ahsum/bed3.jpg
you can see the build thread here http://www.killbillet.com/showthread.php?t=25968

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that 36 looks like a super clean ride. love the gun!

You have your own hot rod shop?

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yes the 36 is a fun car thanks. after working at a dealership for 33 years I opened my own shop last March hoping to be able to spend more time on classic and hot rod work. so far it has been mostly repair work and a little classic and hot rod work. as my son learns the repair work I am going to focus more on the old cars. I currently have a 67 cougar a 41 chev truck and a 69 chev 1/2 ton in the shop

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Awesome work man! I wish you the best on your new venture! :metal:

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Very Nice! What did u use for motor mounts and engine plates? Can u also put some close ups of those?

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thanks, for the engine mounts I used LS1 adapters to mount old style 3 bolt chevy motor mounts and then welded universal engine mounts to the frame.
now they make LS style weld in mounts so you can skip the adapter.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...tsweldedin.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...um/motor13.jpg

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Very nice build man and congrats on the shop.

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hey I was wondering how you converted your 9'' over to disc brakes. What exactly did you use to do it?

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I will have to look it up in my parts folder. I bought the bracket and you use Lincoln rotors with GM calipers. all parts store or wrecking yard components other than the brackets

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my rear brake brackets came from Steeltech Soloutions
http://www.steeltechsolutions.com/RE...PAGE_CODE.html

the 9 inch is from a 1970 Ford F 100




http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a198/ahsum/ford9.jpg

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thanks for the info. So you just bought the whole kit there then? I was hoping a doner vehicle would work but maybe ill just have to buy a whole kit. Thanks