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09-18-2010, 07:07 PM
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Re: LS1 into a 73 cheyenne
Love this thread- sweet ride in progress!
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09-22-2010, 12:05 PM
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Re: LS1 into a 73 cheyenne
The rear components showed up my first impression was "damm this thing is narrow" it is a metal beef cake its very well built
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09-22-2010, 12:07 PM
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Re: LS1 into a 73 cheyenne
I slided the axles into the housing for test fittin the bolt pattern of the hubs with my wheels and it was a match so far so good
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09-22-2010, 12:27 PM
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Re: LS1 into a 73 cheyenne
 
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09-23-2010, 08:37 PM
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Re: LS1 into a 73 cheyenne
Awesome man looking great cant wait to see the stuff on the truck.
Z06 brakes are huge people have been having hard time finding wheels that will fit. But am sure you got it figured out right on man  How much did the ford 9 set u back? Am looking for one my self. |
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09-27-2010, 11:47 PM
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Re: LS1 into a 73 cheyenne
The 9 was custom ordered to my specs and it was 950 shipped. No center section a good one is about another 1,000
As for the breaks I agree the calipers are big and it will be a challenge to find wheels to clear calipers, the rotors just dont have enough kick out youre best bet is to run sum sort of spacer I ended using a billet adapter this gave me sufficient wheel bolt thread and the clearance I needed. I got these 2 pics Quote:
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09-26-2010, 11:18 AM
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Re: LS1 into a 73 cheyenne
Started putting the parts together as i predicted I did need a spacer to clear the calipers. Once I had it all built with the wheels on it lookd huge like if there was no way it would fit in a truck.
My plan is to center the rear axle with wheels on, after i triple check my measurements I will start welding the 4 link in place. I need the spacers I will order those on Monday so work on this will have to wait Last edited by smokedat; 10-03-2010 at 11:08 PM. |
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09-26-2010, 11:28 AM
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Re: LS1 into a 73 cheyenne
This is gonna be a serious machine! , I love the wheel selection the color, the brakes, and ovetall attention to detail....do you have a deadline as far as completion? Or is it one day at a time?
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09-26-2010, 12:50 PM
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Re: LS1 into a 73 cheyenne
Damn! I want that! :drool:
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09-27-2010, 11:36 PM
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Re: LS1 into a 73 cheyenne
Thanks for the positive feedback, I dont have a deadline for this project but I defenetly dont intend in dragin it for years, I dont want to rush and half a$$.
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09-26-2010, 06:48 PM
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Re: LS1 into a 73 cheyenne
wow
 that is just incredible man
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09-27-2010, 02:30 PM
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Re: LS1 into a 73 cheyenne
Amazing parts and work as usual. Keep it up.
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09-28-2010, 03:23 PM
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Re: LS1 into a 73 cheyenne
Your photography blows everything else away on this board.
Is there a way to pull off the focus / fade with a standard digital camera? That makes such a huge difference.
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09-29-2010, 12:14 AM
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Thanks, I use an SLR camera the ones wit the detachable lenses, unfortunatly a standard compact digital will not produce the depth of field effect in order to achieve that you need an aperature of 2.8
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09-29-2010, 12:18 AM
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09-28-2010, 04:08 PM
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Re: LS1 into a 73 cheyenne
Nice progress! Where did you get the wheel spacers? are they custom widths? thanks
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09-29-2010, 12:16 AM
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I got them at the local wheel shop they come in any size you can eaven get a 4'' if ever needed
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09-29-2010, 10:04 PM
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10-03-2010, 12:35 PM
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They were like $55 each
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09-29-2010, 12:24 AM
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Re: LS1 into a 73 cheyenne
Today i started on the 4 link i managed to hang to bottom arms and the top piece were the coilovers connect for this I used a 1.50" OD carbon steel pipe. I didnt have enough time to hang the tri angle arms those require more attention due to the fact that the pumkin is off set to the driver side by a few inches, I should be able to knock it out tomorow. here are a few pics of the progress.
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09-30-2010, 06:57 AM
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Man i feel like you can read my thoughts my setup is almost exact, the only difference is your ahead of me. I feel like your building my truck 
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01-18-2011, 04:14 PM
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01-18-2011, 05:34 PM
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SICK SICK SICK!!!!
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01-27-2011, 09:04 PM
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It was 49" from outseide of hub to hub. this will vary depending on what brake system you run and of course the back spacing of wheel.
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01-31-2011, 10:47 AM
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