72 Cheyenne Build Thread

[SactoJim]

Originally Posted by heavy71chevy

this truck is so perfect it makes me sad to look at my beat up 71 rust bucket lol but what can i say i love my pile of rusty bolts.I just hope that someday mine looks as good as this one...mine is ripped apart right now due to a bad lifter that wiped out the cam lobe...so im swapping cams and replacing the lifters and also swapping over to a performer intake and holley carb..but keep up the progress...keeps me going cause right now im pretty pissed at mine...good work

They all start somewhere. Mine was pretty clean to start with, but I've had others that were far from ideal.....and BTW, I'm pretty pissed at mine after working on it today and getting nowhere trying to figure out some electrical gremlins!!

Originally Posted by rawraw67

can you tell me what size rims you have and the offset ? and what size tires you have. Thanks JB

18's all the way around with 8" (4" bs) up front and 9.5" (4.5" bs) in the rear. Tires are 255/50 and 275/55.

[SactoJim]

Been working on the sound system. The PO hacked the doors pretty good so I decided to make a plate and mount my components in the doors. Gonna have to make some kick panels with some integrated speaker grills....should be fun! Also working on a sub box and back panel to mount the amp.

Also got my tranny cooler installed. between this and the Pan (Derale with cooling tubes) I hope the tranny stays cool enough, I'm going to get a tranny temp gauge just to make sure.

BTW....my exhaust is discolored cuz I put some "hi temp" clear on before I put it back on. It's burned all the way off where the exhaust has gotten hot enough.....gonna have to sand the rest off!

Also finally put an air filter on it. I really wanted to come up with something different, but I gave in and bought with K&N setup. I really wanted some type of cold air setup, but not only did I not have many options for intake, I'm not real fond of the "clothes dryer exhaust" for intake tubes. I was also concerned about CFM. the lid is real close to the hood when closed.

[Rokcrln]

For a tranny cooler I went with the B&M remote mount w/ fan and mounted it in the same spot. I have a temp gauge and I had to beat the sh!t out of my truck (power brake, hard launches) for almost 45min to get the tranny to kick the fan on (180*). I have towed heavy loads and done a few 300 mile trips and never a problem. So if yours does not do it for you look into the B&M I put on LowBuck.
So were are the motor pics??? One of these days I will have to cruse up the road and check your truck out it is a work of art!

Kevin
LFD Inc.

[72SWBChevy]

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18's all the way around with 8" (4" bs) up front and 9.5" (4.5" bs) in the rear. Tires are 255/50 and 275/55.[/QUOTE]

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