1966 C10 Project Truck

[scoot_mcgrute]

Originally Posted by siggyfreud

Would love to come check out the project sometime! I'm not too far from you in the Hillsboro area. I'll eventually be doing an LS setup in my project.

Cool, I'm always down for visitors. I'll shoot you a PM

On Friday, I decided to play hookie and tinker around on the old truck. Wasn't planning on it but it worked out. My exhaust manifolds hit the frame towers for the engine mount so I needed to clearance them. I was able to use some scrap tubing I have laying around and it turned out pretty well.

Making the marks, you can see the scratches on the left side where it was hitting


No turning back now


I used some 1.75" tubing and welded it on both sides. It turned out really well once I ground it all smooth.


Hard to see but there's a bunch of room around the exhaust manifolds now. Perfect!


I also got the power steering pump on. I picked up a kit to reduce the pressure for the Mustang II rack. That was an easy install and so was putting the pump in the brackets. ICT has really done their homework with their LS swap components.


I didn't do a whole lot on Saturday, I picked up the engine harness and sold the 292. Found out that the injector plugs didn't get swapped over for the LS1 injectors so I'm working through that right now. No biggie but a little bit of a setback.

Sunday, my dad came over for a little bit and helped me get the CaptainFab clutch pedal linkage on. The install went smooth and the clutch operates a lot smoother now too. I can't wait to see the difference when I actually drive it.


Last night, I tackled the rear tank install. In lieu of pulling the bed, I took the bod wood out. Seemed to work great and way easier for one guy to do it. I was pretty surprised that it was a no-drill install, I kept asking myself why I didn't do this a year ago.


Tucks up nicely, I won't be worried about it hanging down too low.


That's what I've got for the weekend progress. I need to get a winch put back together for a buddy this week and pick up a couple more parts. Stay tuned!