56 Chevy (RIP)

[8man]

Nice job on the brackets. The seat looks good.

[dsraven]

some say the rear seats aren't as plush as the front seats usually are. I have a 2015 silverado daily driver and those front seats are a chiropractor's dream, they make the users book chiro appointments after a long drive. I am sure your rear seat conversion will be as good or better than my stock front seat. if not you can always do some work on the seat foam, the covers are not that tough to get off. as a side bar, the seat shop in texas makes very good replacement seat covers for stock seats. I have used them and they look and feel like a stock GM cover. just in case someone reading is in need of a new cover for a stock, newer model, seat

[Snake72]

Raven that's pretty funny, I actually am a chiropractor, maybe I should start recommending patients drive 2015 silverados and give business a little bump up hahaha. No these seats are super comfortable and a dramatic improvement over stock, I prefer a firmer seat vs plush or bouncy springs. My daily driver is a 2012 duramax with leather buckets and I can drive all day in those with no issues

[dsraven]

I previously drove a 2003 avalanche and those seats couldbe sat in for a 12 hour drive with no issues. the newer style seats, however, seem to have a lot of issues and owners posting on different sites about comfort issues. I am going to try new foam and see if that helps.

[57tailgater]

Nice work!! Great thread to follow!

[SDRRACING]

Nice work and making me anxious to get started on my truck.

[Snake72]

Welp, overdue for an update. The holidays, kids sports and work have been the focus for a few months. I've tinkered on the truck a little, stripped the cab interior to bare metal and did some minor metal work around the interior. I removed the stock firewall / steering brace from under the dash, I'm going to install a firewall mounted brake booster which comes with its own brace for brake pedal and booster mounting. I'll need to figure out a hydraulic clutch pedal as well. The interior is ready for epoxy. I'll wait to paint the interior until I figure out engine placement and if a firewall recess is necessary, but need to install the front corvette IFS first for motor mock up (kit ordered and on the way).

[Jason 56]

I like the seats! They came out great. You’re making great progress.

[Snake72]

Sprayed some epoxy primer last night, interior is finally one color! It'll sit like this for a while, the flat out C4 front crossmember came in today so I'll get to work fitting that up. After the crossmember is in, I can figure out engine/trans placement and hopefully not have to recess the firewall. By my measurements the AR5 shifter is going to be a little far back already so I don't want to have to move the motor back any further than necessary, oil pan clearance of the rack and pinion will be the issue. May have to try several oil pans and clock the steering lines to the front instead of the stock "on top" location that causes clearance problems.

Pointers welcome if anyone has installed the flat out C4 crossmember and LS engine in a task force...

[8man]

What a difference a little paint makes. Looks good.

[dsraven]

its good to let the epoxy dry for awhile anyway.
like any new crossmember install, I recommend to set the frame at the rake angle you want and block it well once levelled side to side. next decide what tire outside diameter you want in the end,, this goes along with the rake angle thing as staggered tire sizes obviously changes that angle. then hopefully be able to mock things up with a front fender on because if the task force truck is lowered then the front axle center line needs to be altered some so the tire doesn't look like it is being stuffed into the rear of the wheel opening.
you prolly already know that already.
keep posting up pics, we all love when guys do that.