71 suburban daily

[38chevyhotrod]

Does anyone know wher to get a good 700r4 transmission?
Mine has died.

[Rokcrln]

If you want the best you can get then call Jim! Advanced Transmission-ATO Performance
2660 Mercantile Dr
Rancho Cordova, CA 95742 Map

(916) 636-3283 Call Heavy Duty - Super Heavy Duty - High Performance

I have a few of his 700R4's and have never been able to beat them hard enough to hurt one.

Kevin
LFD Inc.

[38chevyhotrod]

Just curious, does anyone go to the 'NSRA Southeast Nationals' in Tampa Florida. its 10,11,12 october.

[thirdstreettito]

Originally Posted by 38chevyhotrod

Just curious, does anyone go to the 'NSRA Southeast Nationals' in Tampa Florida. its 10,11,12 october.

My mom and brother might. Why?

[Painter D]

Nice , keep it up.

[38chevyhotrod]

I have been busy again, I got myself a new steering wheel and gauges.
Also purchased an other glovebox door.









In the last picture you can see the little holes making an arrow. I'm putting large leds behind them, that will be my warning lights.
Also did the brake light and the high beam.

And i am thinking to buy a set of 18 x 9,5 boss 338 wheels, I photoshopped the on the burb to see how they look.





I am waiting for a descent set of springs, carpet and a new radiator to arrive here in holland. I still need to make the headliner and all the door panels.

[RJGeister]

Nice work. Keep it up.

[toomanytoyz]

Originally Posted by 38chevyhotrod

In the last picture you can see the little holes making an arrow. I'm putting large leds behind them, that will be my warning lights.
Also did the brake light and the high beam.

Any info on the led's that you will be using, Doing a Guage set-up similar to yours & Have been searching for ways of doing the Turn & Hi beam signals.....



Rick

[idonutn0]

the new wheels look nice!!!

[68C15]

this is a cool build thread. I like the results so far.
my question is what do you have planned for where the later column meets the cluster?

[38chevyhotrod]

@ toomanytoyz
These are the leds that i will be using, there available in different colors.



I welded a pipe on the back where the holes are, the leds fit right in there.
I drilled some holes on the side of the pipe where 2 pins will hold the led.
I'll post a picture of that later.

@ idonutn0
Yes i also like the result on the wheels, of course 20 s would be nicer but because it is going to be my daily driver i have to consider the driving comfort.

@ 68C15
I will try and make a piece of aluminium that lets it flow in to each other.

[38chevyhotrod]

I used my Sunday to Finnish the dash.
I still need to wire the whole thing but i temporarily hooked up a battary too see how the signal lights would look.









Earlier I made myself a trailer hitch, nicely hided behind the license plate.
I run the suburban on LPG, on the right you can see the filler for that.
On the left is the hookup for the lights.





I forgot to take a picture of the back of the panel, if I don't forget than I will do that later this week.

[thirdstreettito]

Is it legal in the Netherlands to own such an awesome burb? I'd impound it just to drive it if I were a cop.\

Where did you guy the LEDs?

[19723DR]

Wow! Killer job on the dash.
As far as the boss wheels, the 338's are a good looking wheel that have the styling of Coys for less cost. I'm sure the will look awesome. Great build.... .

[ERASER5]

Nice. Very nice! The Burb virus is about to over take me.

[38chevyhotrod]

Thanks for the compliments, that is where these topics are all about.
And of course to give someone else an idea on how things could be done.

I don't know if it is illegal to drive such a burb here on the streets
It does make a lot of noise

Here are some pictures of the back of the panel, with the leds installed.
I bought the leds here in Holland from a Internet shop in all sorts of electronics.

[38chevyhotrod]

I have spent most of my weekend laying upside down under the dash.
Made the spaghetti a little nicer, also addes an vacuum switch in the setup for the TH 700 lockup.

Also made new knobs for the wiper and light switch.





Finally finished the dash, but i can't relax yet. Have to do the headliner now.

[ERASER5]

Looking at the pics in your post #2,11, & 37 I have some questions.
What kind of carburetor is on the engine?

Is the round black tank between the exhaust pipe the LP tank that is fill by the opening shown in post 37? If so, is it custom made?

What system are you using to switch from gas to LP?

Nosy aren't I?

[70k52wd]

Amazing what you have done. Great job. Love the dash, led's are very cool.

[38chevyhotrod]

Thanks,

@ ERASERS,
I have an Edelbrock 1406 on the engine, but i have to adjust some things on that because it is running way to rich.
On top of the Edelbrock I custom made an adapter on which a impco 425 mixer is placed, i mostly drive on LPG because that is almost 1/3 of the price of normal gas.
I still have to make a custom air filter which scoops cool air from the outside.

I also have a problem with the gas, that it is flowing back. If i dont use the car for e few week or so, Than there is no gas in the carb left. also the fuel pump is not able to pick up new gas from the tank, really strange. I have an mechanical pump on it right now but i want to place a electrical later on.

And indeed the round black tank can hold 100 liter LPG.
When i switch from Gas to LPG i flip a switch in the middle position where the gas flow stops and the carb's gas will run out, the moment the engine starts to stutter i flip the switch all the way and i run on LPG.
The other way should be the same but because of the problem with the gas draining i can't switch back.

[ERASER5]

Cool. I like the idea of alternative fuel source.

How big is your custom gas tank?

If you go with an electric pump, are you going to setup a safety shut off so that the pump does not keep pumping in case of an accident?

I really like your burb. Good color choice.

[38chevyhotrod]

My custom tank can hold up to 15.8 gallon (60 liter). That is enough in case of emergency.

Yes I have to make the pump shut off in case of an accident.
I have a similar system on my LPG setup. If i put the ignition on, then the valves will open for about 10 seconds if in there is no signal from the distributor within those 10 seconds, the valves will close again.

In case of engine failure there wont be a signal also.

[ERASER5]

Cool!

[38chevyhotrod]

Finally got the headliner in, it certainly wasn't easy.

[38chevyhotrod]

Today i have been busy trying to fit some electric window motors to the standard window mechanism.

I had to make and adjus a few parts but it works well now
They don't go real quick and it is going to hurt for sure if i get my fingers between the window and frame, because it has got a lot of strength.