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Re: My Dusty 71 GMCe Electruck
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Well, let's get the gratuitous joke out right off the bat. When you said you were going to do this I was //shocked//... You're really going to town on this -- you can go to the country later (that's a range joke ; ). Tons of progress and a huge accumulation of knowledge. I'll admit that I'm like 90% enthralled and 10% horrified. But Henry Ford said something like "if I gave people what they wanted, I would have just built a faster horse." I will also admit, that each page I turn, I picture that transmission sitting in there without an engine in front of it.. and think how crazy it would be to have a small block powered truck that looked completely stock, just with a barely odd-looking transmission. And that transmission was like a 300 horsepower supercharger. Anyway, I'm muddying the waters - unintentionally, but just letting you know that I'm not only watching, but it has engaged my thinking. Carry on my wayward son.. and while you're at it:
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anywho one more month(ish) of dreaded winter here in Nor Cal and I'll be de ICEing the truck as the cool kids say ICE = Internal Combustion Engine |
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02-06-2022, 04:48 PM | #4 |
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so got the lugulators and I must say they pass the feel solid and hefty in the palm of your hand test and not light as pot metal, you know what I'm sayin'
can't wait to put them on and back the truck out of the secret facility code name "Mamas House" |
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Fun Fact: did you know tow truckers won't tow your vehicle with anything less than three lugs per wheel? ask me how I know
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02-20-2022, 10:22 AM | #6 |
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got a chance to clean the garage and here's a peak at the two 2018 BMW 530e high voltage battery packs and the 2010 Lexus GS450h transmission sitting waiting to go in to the truck, hopefully as early as next month (again the only hold up is me getting the '54 outta there
the two battery packs equate to the electric only range of the Chevy Volt (18 kW) as a reference the original Nissan Leaf had the 24 kW capacity, I think of the killa watts as fuel tank size. March Madness baby ! Last edited by Gregski; 02-20-2022 at 10:29 AM. |
02-21-2022, 11:12 AM | #7 |
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Nice circuit lug nuts. Even your purely mechanical parts are named after electrical parts.
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02-21-2022, 11:36 AM | #8 |
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03-05-2022, 12:44 AM | #9 |
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we're getting closer to actually starting on the truck, I made it inside the garage for my videos, lol
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Nice work Professor. Never thought I'd see the advent of real-life flux capacitor workings...
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03-06-2022, 10:39 AM | #11 |
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ha ha, haven't figured out flight yet though
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03-07-2022, 10:56 AM | #12 |
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should I use a Chevy Volt battery charger and the DC-DC converter and keep it in the bowtie family?
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03-08-2022, 09:16 PM | #13 |
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three reasons why I'm doing this:
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03-08-2022, 09:20 PM | #14 |
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limped her home today from the remote site, now that Dusty is in my garage we can get started
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03-08-2022, 09:22 PM | #15 |
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so naturally the first thing I do is try that fiberglass rear roll pan I bought neons ago
and maybe if I spread the rear quarters of the bed sum it will actually fit, but everything is polywhompus on this rig |
03-08-2022, 09:29 PM | #16 |
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so I just dropped $150 on one of these hydromatic auto body frame repair puller things
and after minutes of research and careful consideration, I decided not to buy a red one |
03-08-2022, 10:39 PM | #17 |
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Where'd you get that from? I like the compact kit-ness of it. Great progress, please continue!
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Nope, they're usually pretty good. Hmmm, as in, I might haveta have one-a thems!
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i was not told about this! ... thank god i'm not the only idiot with multiple projects ...
so this trans can be used with or without a mechanical input? no 3rd motor from a leaf or something? |
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03-09-2022, 01:24 PM | #24 |
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Ok, I bit! Subscribed to YouTube and posting to this build. I am not a fan but do realize they can be powerful power plants. I don't know enough about them but will be learning here.
Also, we need to increase your vocabulary, Rusty, Busty and Dusty? How about Larry, Curly and Mo for the next three.
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