Drama's Build- '88 Crew
 

Welp, figured I'd start a thread and a little introduction. My name is Brandon and I am a heavy equipment operator at a coal mine. I work a goofy shift work schedule and when I'm not at work, I am a dad. 3 kids under 6 with the 4th due a month from today.
All that said, you can probably guess I don't have a ton of time to spend in the garage. So this will be a fairly slow build.
Anyway, I am working on my '88 Crew Cab Dually. Will be pulling the 454/th400 combo and swapping in a ls1/4l80e combo. I hope to have this in and running by the time my boy is born, then after that it will slow down a bit.
The pickup. Super clean, zero rust, no dents and some sweet 80's graphics. haha.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8162/7...d4db1e6ac1.jpg

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The parts car.

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Hopefully I will finish pulling the ls1 and 4l60 this weekend. Picked up a 4l80 to run instead of the 60, that way when I boost it I should still be safe.
I'll quit being so windy and just post some updates as I go.

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Nice truck!

Looking forward to seeing what you do with it!!

(But I would keep those graphoics, they look cool to me!)

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I should have the engine pulled tomorrow morning. Dropping it out the bottom and the only thing left holding it in are the 6 engine cradle bolts...I hope.

What a mess.
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Once it is out, I will box up the harness and pcm and send it off to Yates EFI for a new harness and reprogram. I am also going to run their mounts and radiator. 30 days til my wife's due date. I gotta hustle.

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Finally out
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Still been working on it. Got my mounts, harness and pcm back from Yates EFI. Harness looks great. Then I decided to stick with the th400 so I have to send my spare pcm back to him to have programmed. Tomorrow my new flexplate will be here, but I go back to work tomorrow night. Progress will be slow for a little bit as my wifes due date falls just before my week off in August. Needless to say, I don't think this will be getting done before that, but I'm still going to try!
Also, anybody got a link to some cheap headers that don't have any clearance issues? Thanks!

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nice.....subscribed!

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this is going to be cool. subscribed.

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Thanks guys!
Engine is cleaned up, new flexplate is here along with my mounts/harness/pcm from Yates EFI. They were/are great to deal with. Quick responses to email questions and the parts look great.

Engine cleaned
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8160/7...01f478d71a.jpg

New Harness
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8291/7...d53eae0626.jpg

Still trying to figure out what headers to run. Open to suggestions...
I'm also curious, can I "T" my return lines from my hydroboost to just run a single return to the stock ls1 power steering pump? I've searched around and can't find anything. Thanks!

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Anybody?

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That is what i did on my cummins swap it works ok

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I appreciate the response man!
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I know some guys a reunning the hydro boost power steering pump that comes off of the newer vans that have the same system then you will have a spot for the othe rline if you dont want to T it

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Sweet ride. Subscribed.

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Thanks guys. Progress had been fairly slow. Waiting on my s&p headers, should have ordered sooner. And still need to plumb my fuel setup.
Engine bolted in place.

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I'll be watching this. Looks awesome. But a ls1 is going to be kinda low on power don't you think?
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Won't be a huge difference over stock as far as power, but fuel mileage will be way better. I would have rather gone with a 6.0, but got the parts car cheap and will about break even and have a free engine out of the deal. Not only that, but it will be getting a turbo in the near future.
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Should be considerable difference to the stock truck engine.........weren't they only rated at like 180hp?

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A turbo will help it a lot
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I guess I'm not positive about stock horsepower but I think I remember reading it was ~230 and tq was ~380...but I could be off.
Progress will slow for a few days. My boy was born at 7:36 am today!
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:cong:
Hope Mom and baby are doing great!

On an unrelated note, nice build!

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^thanks man. On both accounts.
I got my headers yesterday from S&P. They look like pretty nice pieces. My fuel parts will be here Thursday so I'll get that all plumbed in this weekend. My exhaust gets run on Tuesday so I need to have it all buttoned up by then.
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Been awhile since I have updated...
Engine is and and runs like a top. Now my transmission is slipping like mad. Tearing it all back apart and throwing in my 4l60e and shortening the frame for a shortbed. That way I only need to have the driveshaft done once. Boost will be put on hold for awhile.
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