Project Goldilocks, '66 C10 SWB BBW Build

[duallyjams]

There's some big bugs you have in SC.

[theastronaut]

Originally Posted by duallyjams

There's some big bugs you have in SC.

Highly infectious too...

[likaroc13]

Clean work!

[theastronaut]

Originally Posted by likaroc13

Clean work!

Thanks Phillip!!


Other side is finished. Checked the fit of the crossmember, the bottom is level with the frame rails now. Shouldn't scrape the LCA shafts as badly now.

[LoRollinLS]

Nice fab work! Looks like its coming along nicely.

[aggie91]

Looks good way better finish work on your welding than I did on ours. I was going for function or form...LOL.

I switched to PB Forward arms and I don't think they will hit before the crossmember does. I will have to look again under ours.

[MalibuKasey]

Is this thing on the road yet or are you still playing with imports???

[theastronaut]

Originally Posted by LoRollinLS

Nice fab work! Looks like its coming along nicely.

Thanks!

Originally Posted by aggie91

Looks good way better finish work on your welding than I did on ours. I was going for function or form...LOL.

I switched to PB Forward arms and I don't think they will hit before the crossmember does. I will have to look again under ours.

Would be interested in seeing how much clearance there is under there at ride height! A-arms and spindles are my next step.

Originally Posted by MalibuKasey

Is this thing on the road yet or are you still playing with imports???

Didn't you see the update I posted last week? I said that it's back on all four wheels! Shouldn't you be doing something productive like getting Buttercup ready for Goodguys?? And did you think I was joking when I sent you that link for the Conquest in Mooresville? I want something with heat this winter, the VW is a bit chilly!

[theastronaut]

Stopped by the Inglese booth at Goodguys this past weekend and ordered the intake, was hoping that by waiting I could get a show discount. $70 bucks off and free shipping. Also ordered a pair of front CTS-V/Brembo 6 piston calipers. Both should be here by Friday.

Last night I bought a boom for my granddad's old 8N, and tonight I finished building a cab mount so I can move the cab by myself.

Next up is notching the crossmember to clear the oil pan, then reassembling the cab on the frame to check for carb clearance with the new manifold. I'm not worried too much about the carbs but I've got an idea for an air cleaner that might need more room than what's available.

[ajgriffin]

Nice score! I wanted to buy an IR intake from Inglese as well, but they don't make one for my engine (even though its been advertised on their site for years). Custom fab from sheetmetal only at something like 5K for the intake alone! Needless to say I changed my mind.

You do very detailed work! Keep giving updates and if you're up to it, I would love to see the Weber carb rebuild when you get around to it!

[theastronaut]

Originally Posted by ajgriffin

Nice score! I wanted to buy an IR intake from Inglese as well, but they don't make one for my engine (even though its been advertised on their site for years). Custom fab from sheetmetal only at something like 5K for the intake alone! Needless to say I changed my mind.

You do very detailed work! Keep giving updates and if you're up to it, I would love to see the Weber carb rebuild when you get around to it!

For 5k I'd buy a tig welder, shear, and brake and build my own! What engine are you running? I was seriously thinking about building my own until I found out that Inglese started making them for LS3 heads. With a valley tray and no water crossovers it should be pretty simple on an LS. The only other option had been a $1600 buck billet piece. I have a pair of early Italian IDA's than need reassembling before I can sell them, I can post the details of that.

[ajgriffin]

I just have a BBC with rectangle port heads. Apparently no one makes the manifolds and haven't for a while. I heard a rumor that someone was going to start making them again, but that hasn't come to fruition.

I'll keep my eyes peeled for the IDA rebuild!

[aggie91]

Originally Posted by theastronaut

...Next up is notching the crossmember to clear the oil pan, then reassembling the cab on the frame to check for carb clearance with the new manifold. ...

What oil pan are you using? I did the raised x-member too and did not have to notch the crossmember for the oil pan. I did make my own custom mounts though so my engine may be a bit higher and set back more to clear. I used a LSA pan....

[mcbassin]

Originally Posted by theastronaut

Last night I bought a boom for my granddad's old 8N, and tonight I finished building a cab mount so I can move the cab by myself.

Will this boom allow you to raise your cab high enough to mount on the frame? I have an old tractor and you have me thinking.

[theastronaut]

Originally Posted by aggie91

What oil pan are you using? I did the raised x-member too and did not have to notch the crossmember for the oil pan. I did make my own custom mounts though so my engine may be a bit higher and set back more to clear. I used a LSA pan....

I have a F-body pan. The engine is lower than normal to clear the low hump floor. It's low enough that the stock balancer will hit the rack so I've got to find a smaller pulley.

Originally Posted by mcbassin

Will this boom allow you to raise your cab high enough to mount on the frame? I have an old tractor and you have me thinking.

I hope so! Haven't tried it yet. With the cab sitting on ground the boom will barely go inside with the lift all the way down, so it will get full lift. I haven't measured to see how much lift there is at the end of the boom.

[theastronaut]

The manifold and calipers came today. Moved the frame into it's permanent spot for the winter, so I'll level it and move on to building the A-arms. Still haven't found a source for bare 73-87 LCA shafts at a reasonable price so I'm going to LKQ tomorrow to dig around.

The calipers are huge. I've seen them on a CTS-V before but their size can't be fully appreciated until they're off the car. Over a foot long!







The intake, has a plenum built into the bottom to even out vacuum pulses to the distributor, or MAP sensor in this case.






Moved the cab using the boom lift, needs a couple kinks worked out (center pivot and stops to keep the cab from sliding off) but it works.




And a teaser shot.

[ajgriffin]

[duallyjams]

That's the best teaser shot.

[68GMCCustom]

Very nice. The intake spurs a question tho....doesn't the plenum take away some of the benefit of running independent throttle bodies? I thought reverberation and its effect on other cylinders... was part of the issue that running individuals works to correct?

Those calipers are huge!

[Dinos63]

whoa! nice work on all of it the teaser pic is killer

[theastronaut]

Originally Posted by ajgriffin

Originally Posted by duallyjams

That's the best teaser shot.

Originally Posted by Bomp

Thats one of your modified valve covers. One of the trickest mods I've ever seen.

Thanks guys!!!

Originally Posted by 68GMCCustom

Very nice. The intake spurs a question tho....doesn't the plenum take away some of the benefit of running independent throttle bodies? I thought reverberation and its effect on other cylinders... was part of the issue that running individuals works to correct?

Those calipers are huge!

The plenum is only connected into the runners by small (about 3/16") holes, so there isn't enough air flow through the plenum to hurt the benefits of the individual runners. I was wondering why such big boxes showed up... the calipers needed boxes that big! Over 13" long!

Originally Posted by Dinos63

whoa! nice work on all of it the teaser pic is killer

Thanks Dino!!

[LoRollinLS]

Teaser def looks old school!

[theastronaut]

Cab is back on the frame and engine is dropped in. Will pick up some plate steel to notch the crossmember this week.

[Alan's Classic]

It should be illegal to do as nice as work as you do. Purely amazing!!

[aggie91]

That teaser pick is great! Should be one of the best looking LS motors out there!