Broke My Truck Again -Long- (56k be carefull!)

[85 c-10]

Im pretty new here, but have found some great information over my time here. I have acquired some great ideas and motivation to finish them from the looks of the trucks I see here. I bought an 85 SWB a couple years ago. It is a nice truck, but the previous owner didn't get to do the work he wanted to for the interior. its pretty much all stock. He did do some minor body work and painted the truck himself. The paint work is a little rough, but he did admit it was his first try. Anyway, after ditching the Preditor carb he had, it ran pretty well. He put in a mini spool and 3.73s so it ran out pretty good for 4000 lbs. After awhile, the engine started to get some valvetrain noise. I narrowed it down to the intake rocker on #5. I wanted a turbo motor so the noise didn't bother me. Once I took the engine out, I found the valve had smacked the piston and tore up the lifter and lobe. I built a motor to be turbo friendly. Had the block machined, had a steel crank cleaned up, bought:
Edelbrock Victor Jr.
RHS Aluminum 200 Heads
Summit Cam 224-234 @.050 / .496/.520 w/1.6RR
JE 21cc Dish Pistons
Manley H beam rods
Put this engine together and started breaking it in. Took a little bit to get the timing and carb set, but ran pretty well after it was done. Bought my Aeromotive fuel system, 70mm turbo, and intercooler. (Haven't put the turbo setup on yet.) Took the truck out and hammered on it from a stop and snapped an axle. Chucked the wheel right out the side. Got it home, took most of the rest of the turbo money and bought some axles, c-clip eliminators, full spool, all new brakes, and shocks. Got this all set up, drove for a couple weeks and took it out again. Hammered from a stop, manually shifted the TH350 into 2nd, and heard it explode. The trans took out the drivers side exhaust, crushed the muffler pretty good, split the driveshaft, twisted the trans crossmember, sheared the converter bolts off the flexplate, broke the nose cone on the starter, and dented the floor board on the drivers side a little. Just enough damage where you get out, and almost laugh cause there ain't much else you can do! The truck is sitting now. Ive got just enough money left to get my powder coating oven built, and start making money at that. Then I will fix the truck. I've got a lot of other projects to do for the wife, and the house. The daughter, I think, was more upset than I was. She only got 1 ride in the truck and her brothers got 3! She isn't very happy right now! Here are the pictures from the beginning. The truck pic is right before the trans quit liking me.

Josh Johnston