Owen's C10

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Originally Posted by jwilb88

I get excited every time I see this post updated, this truck is SICK!

thanks! more updates in a few mins.

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spent the day Saturday pullin' the 6.0/4l80 out of my '86...and whatever other parts I need..

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borrowed the gauges, and Lokar pedals too...

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[knomadd]

Looks good!

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Originally Posted by knomadd

Looks good!

thanks!

[Couch]

such an awesome thread to read from beginning to end. definitely an inspiration and im taking alot of good ideas from your build. i also am playing the waiting game on some PB stuff now, seeing this makes me want to blast and paint my frame. Beautiful truck my friend!

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Originally Posted by Couch

such an awesome thread to read from beginning to end. definitely an inspiration and im taking alot of good ideas from your build. i also am playing the waiting game on some PB stuff now, seeing this makes me want to blast and paint my frame. Beautiful truck my friend!

thanks for the kind words!

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Got a cam for the 6.0 last week, got it in, cleaned up the block, sprayed some epoxy primer and chevy orange, then a couple coats of clear...

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just waiting for an oil pan now....I think those colours are gonna look good together..

[72 tigger]

Everything looks nice- coming down the home stretch!

[MMcMasters]

You can never go wrong with Chevy orange!!!

[GAc10boy]

Wheweeeee (that's a southern US saying)! That orange pops!

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oil pan showed up today...!

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installed oil pan and swapped valve springs...

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got the trans painted and bolted back up to the 6.0, then dropped it in the chassis....

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then put the cab back on to check for clearance....

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[knomadd]

Looking good! One suggestion, from someone who has put a similar engine in and out of a 71 half a dozen times over the last few months... If you haven't done so already, check to see if your coil packs will fit and clear the firewall. Or, if you're swapping valve covers, you'll need to do that ASAP to see if they clear. I have a feeling you'll be moving your engine forward a few inches.

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Originally Posted by knomadd

Looking good! One suggestion, from someone who has put a similar engine in and out of a 71 half a dozen times over the last few months... If you haven't done so already, check to see if your coil packs will fit and clear the firewall. Or, if you're swapping valve covers, you'll need to do that ASAP to see if they clear. I have a feeling you'll be moving your engine forward a few inches.

Thanks for the heads up! I plan on swapping to a different valve cover, and relocating the coils anyway, but yeah it's pretty tight. now I did raise the back of the trans up to correct the angle so that helped with clearance a little...not sure I can move the motor ahead because the oil pan will be into the rack and pinion...

[mcbassin]

Awesome progress! Looks great

[MMcMasters]

Just looking at your pictures it looks like you will have room for the coil brackets if you chose to keep them on the valve covers. Maybe that's just wishful thinking on my part because you and I are running the same mounts and I hope to keep my coils on the valve covers Either way, all that orange looks awesome in there!

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new valve covers...only one problem. they don't fit! the motor is too close to the firewall..

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So I had to find some room somewhere...and I found it by drilling new holes in the PB motor mounts 3/4" ahead of the previous ones. that gave me just enough room, cause the oil pan would be into the rack and pinion...

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I wasn't happy with the colour the v/c came in, it was close but not close enough, so I gave them a respray with chevy orange and a couple coats of clear. I liked the look of the script orange too so I left it..and it saved some time too.