1966 C10 Project Truck

[Pinchecharlie]

Man that's great and you haven't even started with speed parts. If you watch ls1 tech forum classified you can score cams and lifters and throttle bodies pretty cheap/affordable. Of course there are rotating assemblies and all manor of parts to make you broke too. Maybe add a 100 horses with bolt ons? I hear ya about the coil overs and arms. Would be nice. The qa1 c10 stuff offers just the lower and the mounting stuff but I dunno if the gains would be there or not? But it's "affordable" compared to whole kits? Sad day when you think 2k is "a good price" lol. I did the caster drill hole in lower mount thing. At the time ididnt want to clearance the crossmember so I machined the new locate hole 5/8 from stock. After alignment I got 4° of caster. Iam no guru but that was with no headaches and they where off so a win I guess. Now I am looking at the front end apart again and thinking the fabricated arms look soooo much better. Who knows maybe we will win the Powerball and have all the goodies! Sure enjoyed watching you do your truck and have fun racing!

[scoot_mcgrute]

Couple videos from the autocross a few weeks back. First one had my cousin riding with me so I had a little fun, the 2nd one was my last run and I think my quickest run. Good times!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHIdVxIDBUI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIuUyW1VE7w

[scoot_mcgrute]

LS Fest prep is in full swing in my garage right now, I am leaving a week from Wednesday so the pressure is on! Over the weekend I got my bucket seats mounted, LS6 valley pan installed and also repainted my valve covers to match the truck. Good weekend in the garage for sure!

I used a similar idea to another member for my seat mounts and made a frame that bolts to the factory holes and holds both seats.






Tearing into the motor to swap the valley pan, I sure like how easy these engines are to work on. Took all of about 30 minutes start to finish.




All back together with the new color on the valve covers. I think that it really showcases the whole swap now as the motor is the main focal point and not the valve covers.


That's all for now! I have a 3 day weekend this weekend so I'll be buttoning a couple other things up and get it ready to go on the trailer!

[scoot_mcgrute]

Had a very productive weekend working on the old girl. Dad came over on Saturday to help me knock out the remaining mechanical items before LS Fest, we killed it in the garage and got every item taken care of minus some cleaning!

The initial list


Center console, cup holders and tool box all done




I also did some research and found that my PCV system was hooked up improperly so I got that taken care of. Oil smoke out the tailpipe does seem less than it did before


I also got the rear sway bar on and wired in my Dakota Digital speedometer signal converter, so nice to have a working speedometer in it!


List is all checked off, minus cleaning it up!


Now for the unpleasant news. I was driving home last night and decided to blow 3rd gear out of the transmission. Just what I needed right before I left for LS Fest! Sourced a remanufactured unit this morning, dad will pick it up on his lunch hour, and I'm taking off early to start pulling the broken tranny. I WILL make LS Fest, down but far from out!

[Pinchecharlie]

oh man bad luck! good luck and post your results!

[CRGRS 66]

Odd... I don't see a cooler, beer, or ice on that list...

[The Rocknrod]

Originally Posted by CRGRS 66

Odd... I don't see a cooler, beer, or ice on that list...

Probably why he was successful.
Great work on the truck.