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Old 07-30-2015, 06:36 PM   #1
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Engine looks great both in and out of the rig! Seems like Edelbrock designed that intake to only fit under vehicles with a lot of hood clearance. That thing is TALL!
thanks. the intake is a very nice piece!...and actually only about an inch taller than the stock truck intake....
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Old 08-03-2015, 06:15 PM   #2
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....injectors in, fuel rails, pump, and regulator all plumbed...coils, brackets, and alternator cleaned up and painted.
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Old 08-03-2015, 06:19 PM   #3
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wire wheeled 50 some years of paint off the bumper and grill....and gave it a fresh coat of white...no more silver....
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Old 08-03-2015, 06:20 PM   #4
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did the mirror too....and patched the hole in the trans hump.
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Old 08-26-2015, 07:28 AM   #5
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Subscribed...nice build. Looks like it is going to be an awesome ride.
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Old 08-26-2015, 07:29 PM   #6
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Subscribed...nice build. Looks like it is going to be an awesome ride.
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Old 08-30-2015, 07:47 PM   #7
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installed some new plugs and wires, and got the ol' gmc fired up, and then the trans pooped the bed for some unknown reason, so we spent the day getting a replacement and putting it in...
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Old 08-30-2015, 07:51 PM   #8
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got the exhaust finished as well...this was before I found out the tranny was junk....I love that flowmaster x-pipe kit!
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Old 08-30-2015, 07:54 PM   #9
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took'er out for a rip today...I think I have two bad coils....next weekend it's getting a beating.....
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Old 09-07-2015, 07:13 PM   #10
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Heck yeah looking good sir
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Old 09-07-2015, 09:04 PM   #11
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Heck yeah looking good sir
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Old 09-15-2015, 10:12 PM   #12
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I wire wheeled about 10 layers of paint off the roof and gave it a fresh one of white. still have to "weather" it some...
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Old 09-15-2015, 10:18 PM   #13
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since it rained all weekend and not much else to do I buffed the truck again, with a little more elbow grease this time.
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Old 09-15-2015, 10:21 PM   #14
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...blacked out some of the "bling".
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Old 10-12-2015, 09:36 PM   #15
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at least you took the picture from the correct side! haha
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Old 10-12-2015, 09:49 PM   #16
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at least you took the picture from the correct side! haha
yeah...that was just luck. lol.
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Old 10-18-2015, 05:15 PM   #17
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got the speedo installed....
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Old 11-13-2015, 02:56 PM   #20
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Nice build! Have a question about getting your paint off.. Did you use a wire wheel on a die grinder hooked up to an air compressor or a 4.5" angle grinder? Very off topic, sorry, but I love the build and how it looks!
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Old 11-15-2015, 05:25 PM   #21
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Nice build! Have a question about getting your paint off.. Did you use a wire wheel on a die grinder hooked up to an air compressor or a 4.5" angle grinder? Very off topic, sorry, but I love the build and how it looks!
thanks! 4.5 " grinder, I don't have any air tools as I don't have a very big compressor.
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Old 11-15-2015, 08:23 PM   #22
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ol' blue's gone home..
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a little update...so we were having some drivability issues with ol' blue after the swap last fall and we didn't get much time to drive it, but my son has had it out for a week or so and found a guy that could tune it so he had him do it on Sunday and he found the problem/s....first of all it was tuned for a 4.3 v6..?(thank you PSI) and it was running really rich at idle and dangerously lean mid range. he corrected those issues and now it runs like a champ!
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hammer'n the miles on Ol'blue....
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