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10-29-2011, 11:18 PM | #1 |
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Re: Al's 71C10 Rebuild
by the way think boss 338's rock
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10-30-2011, 10:18 AM | #2 |
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Intro Vistas would look good. One of the wheels I considered just didn't want the 6 spoke design since I kept the 6-lug setup.
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10-30-2011, 10:34 AM | #3 |
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WOW... shopping for new wheels???? I don't think anybody seen that one coming... even Al! This bag project is heading straight to another level! Nice that you have a chunk of change from the sale of the old wheels as a nice down payment on new wheels of your choice... sounds awfully dangerous!!!!
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Bennett neither did I ....both Bbb and I are hapy with the outcome. I am going to go with 20/20 more than likely. I really like the intros and the billet specialties so many great choices. True!!! Quote:
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Thanks brother..
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Raul and I spent a good part of four or five hours working on my bucket we finished the rear brake install, rear bags, air lines, front shocks, removed my front sway bar and rear early classics pan hard bar with brackets. We also removed the two inch blocks i just installed a week and half ago as we think that they are not needed for the truck (someone correct us if we are wrong)The front sway bar cant be mounted on the tubular arms it is about two inches too short to where the new mounting hole is on the the lower control arm also the rear pan hard bar the right side bracket hits the differential and wont let the rear tuck all the way up so I cant use it either. I am calling Nathan tomorrow from porterbuilt so I can order a new front sway bar (hoping that it will bolt up to these lower control arms and I am ordering a new rear panhard bar from him also as I am pretty sure that it will do the trick). we ran into a snag on the rear brake hoses and lines the fittings are two different sizes so i took a drive to autozone and found us the adapters to make them all work together so we will finish this part tomorrow night. Here are some picts of todays progress as I know we all like pictures.
Guys also just to make quadruple sure with backspace on a 71c10 with a stock 71 rear differential. front wheels 20x8.5 with a 5.25 bs rear wheels 20x10 with a 5.5 bs Correct?
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10-30-2011, 08:37 PM | #6 |
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the sway bar removed and Raul doing his thing.....
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10-30-2011, 08:59 PM | #7 |
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Al,... here's my thought.
I like the 2" lowering blocks. They allow the rear axle tube to tuck all the way up in the notch,... AND limit the ride height with the bags air'd up. (nothing looks worse to me, on a bagged truck,... to have it look like a 4x4 going down the road) You don't need them to lay out but they will allow the ECE Super track bar to work with the notch,... plus allow a lower "ride height". The front sway bar doesn't need those frame stands. I would try locating the end links to the a-arms,... and then bolting the sway bar directly to the frame. (no gold frame stands) Also,... I would run a 5.5"-5.75" BS on those front 20x8.5's on a bagged truck.
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Al,... in this picture,... you need to put the ECE bracket under the 2" block.
That will solve your problem.
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You are the MAN!!!!! Ok thats perfect that takes care of that issue. We took everything off but no biggie I will reinstall it tomorrow night........
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10-30-2011, 09:14 PM | #11 |
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keith whatever you do, please stay on our build threads , yes putting the bracket under will work i didnt think of that , now keith on the blocks i told al maybe the one inch , the the two inch keeps the bags pretty full been that his diff hits the bed , what do you think ?
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(why go from 0-50 psi to raise the rear of your truck,... when you can go from 25-50 psi?) Less run time on the compressor. The bed floor is your limiting factor unless you cut it. You also have a hat on top of the rear bag,... which I don't on my blazer. (mine are bolted directly to the frame) Like I said,... I like a low ride height. I have a bumpstop in my notch to keep the rearend center section off the bed floor. Which bums me out. I'm still thinking about making a small hole in my bed floor so I can use all of the notch.
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check out this sway bar!!!
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=444390 Al I think I might have some of that porterbuilt rear stuff. Let me know if your interested.
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lol lowering sickness , thats what i told al to do a mini tub in the center of bed , ok we'll put the bar bracket at bottom blocks and adjust it .
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Keith is awesome!! You helped me figure out that my inner rods were on backwards. Your like the yoda of 67-72 trucks!! Lol
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Juan I like that swaybar from scottshotrods i will get with you about the porterbuilt stuf if I need it... Thanks bro..
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10-30-2011, 10:18 PM | #17 |
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Gotta agree that lolife99 knows his stuff, especially on wheels, I have PMed him so much about backspacing and rims I am surprised he hasn't blocked me yet. lol
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Al on my 72 my rear hit the bed without the blocks but I also had my rear bags bolted on without plates. I agree with lolife99, I would keep the 2" blocks so the bags are more full when you air it out.
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10-30-2011, 10:56 PM | #19 |
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This is the backspacing I like up front.
This is n2billet's '68,... aka Lucy. These are 20x8.5 Billet Specialties softlip Vintec's with 5.75" BS. This (in my opinion) the perfect front bs for a mild non-Dropmembered bagged truck. Just plates and cups. Nate's truck (72BlckButy's) has a 20x8.5 with a 5.5" BS. Perfect for a static dropped truck. Both of these trucks have different rear backspace numbers. Both have the narrower 67-69 rearend. But n2billet's truck has had the outer wheelhouse of the bed modified for the least amount of backspacing. Al's truck has the wider 71-72 housing. (1.5" wider on the total width dimension) I would run a 20x10 with a 5.5" BS on a "mild" bagged truck with a 71-72 rearend. (and a 20x10 with a 5" BS on a "mild" bagged truck with the early narrower 67-69 rearend) These are my numbers,... that I like. I still tell everyone to measure their own truck, to make sure. Just remember that a 20x10 will actually measure 11" wide. (20x8.5 will measure 9.5" wide)
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thanks for the advice I truly appreciate it fellowes!!!!!!
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Keith thank you for taking the time to clear all the things for me I now have a more clear understanding......
Wheel choice time!!!! Albert
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Bonspeed quicksilvers
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Cool looking wheel... thanks
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I decided to go with th hiboy billet specialties....now time to just get this truck buttoned up so by the time the wheels get here we will be ready to hit the road.....
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Excellent choice!
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