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Watch out for your cornhole !
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Location: Azle, Texas
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I'm going to go ahead and do it...
See the truck below?
I'm pulling it in the garage later today to get to work. I'm doing: 4 1/2 front, 6 rear drop 5 lug disc brakes 3.73 rear 5 lug rallys KYB shocks all around ECE super track bar ECE shock extenders ECE raised sway bar mounts 1 1/4 inch swaybar off a 85 3/4 ton truck with urethane bushings. I figure I'll have it done in a couple of days. I'll document it all with pictures if anybody wants any details. Picutres soon! Matt67350....I need a proportioning valve and get ready, because I'll have the rear end and rally wheels pulled and ready for you by tomorrow if you still want them. Kevin
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Franconia,N.H.
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sounds cool post pics of your progress once you start
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Location: Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada
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Good luck man, I'll be watching for the pics in the next couple days
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: Benbrook, TX
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Should I bring the SAW?
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: D/FW TX
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Good Luck and work safe. I'm looking forward to seeing pics and seeing the truck, assuming you will still drive it to work.
curtis
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Life is Good !
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Hollister, Ca.
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Good luck with your project !!!
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'72 Chevy C10 4x4 shortbed "Project" '71 Chevy C10 2wd longbed "partsrunner" '91 Chevy Burb 4x4 "kidrunner" '14 Honda Accord Sport "commuter" |
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I'll be waiting too. Looking forward to the pics and progress reports. I need to do something with my suspension soon to. Was considering a similar set up.
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Fabricate till you "puke"
Join Date: Jun 2002
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69 longhorn,4" chop,3/5 drop, 1/2 ton suspension/disc brakes,1 1/2" body drop,steel tilt clip, 5.3/Edelbrock rpm intake/600 carb, Hooker streetrod shorties,2 1/2" exhaust/ H pipe/50's Flows , 6 spd Richmond trans,12 bolt/ 3.40 gears.... |
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COMING SOON...
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Ft Worth TX
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I for one would love if you would do a pictorial on your disc swap...I'm almost ready to start on mine once I get the M/C and prop valve. I have all kinds of magazine tech articles, but another point of view never hurts. Good luck.
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Castlegar B.C. Canada
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first thing's first, GET A CHROME BUMPER!
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Keepin an eye out
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: So.Cal
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Couple of days? Ive been at mine over a month and im not even doing that much. Go TX
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Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Victoria,BC, Canada
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Great project. Just front discs right? What was your parts cost?
Hope every thing goes smoothly and all the parts are correct! I'ts going to be cool.
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Watch out for your cornhole !
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Location: Azle, Texas
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UPDATE!
Back is done. -- Early Classic makes good stuff. Hardest part was removing the 4 rivets that held the upper shock mounts to the crossmember. Job was cake. Changed the whole rear end, installed the lowering springs, super track bar, shock extender kit and new KYB in 3 hrs. Time also included doing the rear brakes too.
Took me 2 hrs to dismount the tires off of the old 6 lug rallys. I'm too cheap to pay the local tire rapists...er shop 20 bucks to dismount four hoops, so I do them myself in the garage floor. <see picture for proof> Front is apart. I had to call it a night. I need to hammer new bearing races in the rotors, but my little girl is asleep and I know the noise would wake her. It will be back on it's feet by noon tomorrow. Then all I have to do is work out the proportioning valve deal. Kevin
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Watch out for your cornhole !
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forgot the pic
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: Benbrook, TX
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Dude, We want to see pic's of the install, not your money saving tire swapping charm. LOL
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Watch out for your cornhole !
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I figured you'd be bagging on my sandals.
Real mechanics wear Jerusalem cruisers when they work on heavy suspension stuff. Nothing like grease under your toenails. ![]() |
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: West Des Moines, Ia
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if you want man i can mount those tires for free at school, if i was to do it at work i might get in trouble but if you want bring them by and i will take them in to school and then you can come get them the next day
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: st.louis mo.
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ece is great
Kevin, been there and done that ECE IS GREAT!!!!!
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: st.louis mo.
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ECE PARTS
KEVIN, I SENT THE WRONG PIC. WHOOPS!!!!!
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1969 cst swb 350/400 th . DANNY C . ["]FRIENDS DONT LET FRIENDS DRIVE F@RD$!! ![]() ![]() 1969 cst swb corvette hugger orange with 400 hp sbc I started out with nothing and i held on to it ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Cypress, Tx
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Hey, I want to do that same sway bar swap. Let me know how it works out or if there are any mods needed. Does it bolt right up? (anyone can answer that for me if you know!)
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Progress = 0%
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Kansas City, MO
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Cool! Now it won't look like a 4X4
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Watch out for your cornhole !
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Location: Azle, Texas
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73-87 swaybars bolt straight in. If your truck didn't come stock with a swaybar, you need to add the brackets to the frame. They are the same for all these trucks. Available at GM or ECE if you want the lowered ones.
My swaybar off the 3/4 ton is 1 1/4 and it was free, instead of paying for some over priced aftermarket one.
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: salt lake city, utah Home of the 3 M's Mormons, methlabs and minivans
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Im courious, what rear end did you use? You said you were going 5 lug. Just wundering what the axle came out of. By the way, you know when you are a true mechanic when you use a cutting torch while wearing sandles and shorts. I sure wish those blisters would heal.
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Cypress, Tx
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Thanks Tx Firefighter!!! I can get one from a 77 chevy with brackets for 29.00 + 1.00 core charge. It is off a c20 and I think its a camper special, not sure, but I also think it's 1 1/4. Thanks again!!!
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