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Old 03-20-2012, 10:01 PM   #1
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Very cool pics. I love the pro stock cars. Thanks for sharing the pics.
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Old 03-22-2012, 09:05 AM   #2
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Do you have any pictures of the finished product?
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Old 03-22-2012, 10:17 AM   #3
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Do you have any pictures of the finished product?
We are just now going back together. It will probably be the end of May before it is complete. I will post pictures of the assembly as I get them.
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Old 04-03-2012, 08:00 PM   #4
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wow man nice build im very jealous...actually i was wondering where you got your tubular trailing arms and the frame section they connect to? i need to replace mine and those look amazing. thanks
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Old 04-03-2012, 10:44 PM   #5
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wow man nice build im very jealous...actually i was wondering where you got your tubular trailing arms and the frame section they connect to? i need to replace mine and those look amazing. thanks
That info was in post #3....
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Old 04-03-2012, 10:55 PM   #6
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wow man nice build im very jealous...actually i was wondering where you got your tubular trailing arms and the frame section they connect to? i need to replace mine and those look amazing. thanks
All the suspension parts come from RideTech. http://www.ridetech.com/
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Old 04-03-2012, 10:35 PM   #7
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Awesome project! I find it amazing how fast some of you guys can knock a build out. I love the red paint.
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Old 04-03-2012, 10:55 PM   #8
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love the red color, and the detail you put in looks amazing!
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Old 04-04-2012, 06:45 PM   #9
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WOW...nice
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Old 10-28-2012, 08:55 PM   #10
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Awesome build,the level of talent on this board always leaves me speechless.
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Old 10-28-2012, 09:33 PM   #11
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Updates pls?
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Old 10-29-2012, 12:20 PM   #12
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Hopefully have some more pictures and updates in a couple of weeks. The painter had mortal hell with the paint but I think everything is good now after repainting for the THIRD time.
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Old 10-29-2012, 12:47 PM   #13
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Nice project and I love the color!
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Old 11-10-2012, 01:18 AM   #14
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It looks like we have finally gotten the paint issue fixed and are starting to go back together.
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Old 11-10-2012, 06:55 AM   #15
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It looks like we have finally gotten the paint issue fixed and are starting to go back together.
Nice! Could you ask Rick how they handled the steam vents for the motor?

Your thread is great, helped me out BIG TIME so far!
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Old 11-10-2012, 02:19 AM   #16
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Old 11-10-2012, 09:49 AM   #17
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Lookin good!
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Old 11-17-2012, 09:29 PM   #18
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A few more pics going back together.
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Old 11-18-2012, 08:58 PM   #19
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Old 11-18-2012, 11:08 PM   #21
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Love the build!

Couple questions for you: what oil pan did you use, and where's all the Ride Tech Air Management stuff (tank, compressor, valves and ecu)?
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Old 11-22-2012, 01:11 PM   #22
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Couple questions for you: what oil pan did you use, and where's all the Ride Tech Air Management stuff (tank, compressor, valves and ecu)?
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We used the stock oil pan that came on the motor from GM. All the air ride stuff is mounted between the frame rails just behind the cab.
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Old 11-22-2012, 02:04 PM   #23
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Beautiful build, and some sweet parts your using.

I bought the same trans I believe (#19156257 2nd strongest GMPP has)....and it appears to be stock stall (at least on my truck)...tho the 4L85e part number listed a 2200rpm stall. After calling the selling dealer and sending pics about it I was told that it is the correct convertor for that trans.

Here's the sticker on my convertor....is yours the same? Sticker shows it to be a remanufactured unit....in a brand new trans.


I'd be interested to see how yours winds up.
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Old 11-25-2012, 04:52 PM   #24
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Beautiful truck. Im thinking of a ls3 4l80e build myself i dont have the time to do alot of the work myself like the efi and trans and rear install any idea of what that project has cost you so far? Im young no kids no bills make around 3k a month and have a 79 c10 and 11k in the bank any idea of how much i would need to do a build like this? Thanks
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Old 11-25-2012, 06:25 PM   #25
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Beautiful truck. Im thinking of a ls3 4l80e build myself i dont have the time to do alot of the work myself like the efi and trans and rear install any idea of what that project has cost you so far? Im young no kids no bills make around 3k a month and have a 79 c10 and 11k in the bank any idea of how much i would need to do a build like this? Thanks
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Mine is pretty extreme as far as the build. Everything is new and pretty much no expense spared. You could do it cheaper than I did but I would plan on spending 75k.
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