Project-Atlas

[Eastonspeedworks]

Next on the list was a heater which I had ditched in favor of a clean look but found out I needed for this climate. I went with a vintage air gen 2 heater and built a tray and new shallow glove box to keep it out of sight. I also used a heater bypass with the stock cable so the heater is controlled entirely with the factory sliders

[Eastonspeedworks]

Now back to that motor. I had wired the entire engine and located the ecm and tac module under the seat along with all the accuair components for a factory look. Everything went smoothly and the truck even fired right up first try! But I had issues with the factory abuse mode kicking in which took me a while to figure out. Now that I was finally running I decided to tear the front of the engine off to address the terrible alternator mount and failing paint on the accessory drive

[Eastonspeedworks]

After deciding a new accessory drive was out of my budget I set out to build my own! I didn't like the big billet pieces everyone was using so I built my own low mount alternator setup and even saved my old belt. All I had to do was buy one idler pulley and a few bolts. This is what I came up with. I also modified the water pump neck for a more favorable look as well as smoothed the entire body

[Eastonspeedworks]

That pretty well brings the truck to its current state I'll continue to add pictures as I move forward

[tlmoore2501]

You do great work my friend!Keep the pictures coming!

[Eastonspeedworks]

Thank you! Here's some pictures from today here's the painted accessory drive and the wire loom tucked behind it feeding the fans and alternator

[Eastonspeedworks]

Fabbed up a new upper radiator hose out of 2" stainless necked down to 1.5" and added a port for the steam ports. Also got the 2 step in there with clutch and first gear micro switches

[GR8-68]

Very cool build

[Eastonspeedworks]

Started building some filler panels today I'll snap some pictures of the rest of them tomorrow evening

[Eastonspeedworks]

Here's some pictures almost debating on going with a brushed aluminum look rather than paint but who knows?