1970 C10 LWB "Blu"

[SKT]

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Just found this thread - great job maintaining the original/patina look and freshening up the mechanics.

Any updated pics and/or details would be greatly appreciated!

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[NC_John]

Originally Posted by SKT

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Just found this thread - great job maintaining the original/patina look and freshening up the mechanics.

Any updated pics and/or details would be greatly appreciated!

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Thank you. There is a ton of new stuff on the truck so if I get a chance I may update the thread.

[saxart]

Great looking build.

What size tires are those?

[NC_John]

Originally Posted by saxart

Great looking build.

What size tires are those?

Thanks. Fronts are 245/40R20 and rears are 275/40R20

[69gmcc10]

High quality work, Subscribed!

[Tork?]

Great thread. Maybe I missed it are there pics of your clutch pedal setup?

[NC_John]

Originally Posted by Tork?

Great thread. Maybe I missed it are there pics of your clutch pedal setup?

I don't know if I ever had anything on the thread about it. Updates to the truck went fast and furious but the build thread got left behind.

I just drilled a hole in the clutch pedal arm (used a 90 degree air drill) and used a clevis, some threaded rod and adapters to attach to the wilwood master. The most difficult part was mounting the clutch master to the firewall. The firewall looks nice and flat on the engine side but it is a mess on the interior with all sorts of stuff going on the way it was formed.

When using the F-body clutch slave you also have to put a stop in the pedal- if you push too far it will overextend the throwout arm and it will make contact with the pressure plate. I'm switching the to the newer LS throwout bearing that mounts on the transmission and don't know if there will be any issues yet.

When I did my wilwood brake master cylinder I paid the extra money for their linkage kit. Expensive but a lot easier and looks a lot better.

The truck is blown apart right now (again) for the install of a built 6.0, vintage air and a power steering setup. The past year it also got new wheels, a new front end (everything except steering), wilwood brakes, hotchkis suspension parts, drop spindles, etc.... I drove it four times before I tore it apart again for this next project.

Old engine out, new engine beside...



Early test-fit...

[NC_John]

Here is how she sits today. Quietly waiting for something to happen while I accumulate all my parts.

[mooseknuckles]

sweet build!

[NC_John]

Originally Posted by mooseknuckles

sweet build!

Thanks! Another $750 or so in engine build parts are trickling in this week. I am determined to get the engine and transmission back in place before the end of January (at the latest). I need to clear up some garage floor space.

[flashed]

Truck looks good .

[knomadd]

I like the new stance and wheels. Looks good!

[NC_John]

Originally Posted by flashed

Truck looks good .

Originally Posted by knomadd

I like the new stance and wheels. Looks good!

Thank you fellas.

[NC_John]

So much for changing the external seals/gaskets, sticking a cam in and dropping in the LQ4. My OCD would not allow me to install the engine without making sure everything is 100% right. Stripped it to the bare block.



Dropped it off at the engine shop on Saturday (RF Engines and Development in Concord, NC)



Still not sure what all we will do. Still considering options that cover everything from a quick hone to a full stroker kit.

[NC_John]

My Boyd's Welding tank is waiting to be installed (once the engine/trans is back in and the front clip is back on.



My vintage air kit should arrive in the next week.

[ChuckLee]

See your SNS cam for sale. Haha. Keeping original plans is hard bro! I've also gone completely new direction with my motor. Details to come in a week or less. Hey, how did your cam bearings look? Could you photograph them for me?
Here was the front cam bearing on mine:
Looks fine on top,

https://flic.kr/p/Ra14V5
And here is the bottom of Same bearing. Notice babbit is gone, hello copper. SUPPOSEDLY this is totally normal and shouldn't concern me. Lol. I don't know.

https://flic.kr/p/QDaSed

[NC_John]

Originally Posted by ChuckLee

See your SNS cam for sale. Haha. Keeping original plans is hard bro! I've also gone completely new direction with my motor. Details to come in a week or less. Hey, how did your cam bearings look? Could you photograph them for me?
Here was the front cam bearing on mine:
Looks fine on top,

https://flic.kr/p/Ra14V5
And here is the bottom of Same bearing. Notice babbit is gone, hello copper. SUPPOSEDLY this is totally normal and shouldn't concern me. Lol. I don't know.

https://flic.kr/p/QDaSed

Sorry man, like you saw, block is at the race shop getting prepped. The only cam bearing pic would be the one a few posts ago of the bare block. I had some copper showing but not quite that much. By what I've seen (and probably you too) on Ls1tech, it's pretty normal. I had 140k on mine, what was on yours?

What are you doing to yours now?

I've gone off the deep end on mine, full Callies stroker kit, all ARP fasteners throughout. I'm building the same bottom end the race shop uses on their 1,000 hp road course engines. The cam I initially spec'd (and am selling) was perfect for the stock displacement and bottom end but it too small for the stroker (and will give me way too high a dynamic compression for pump gas).

My bores are cleaning up perfectly at .005" so it looks this this time it'll be a 403 ci. I wanted to go 416 but the shop said if something goes wrong in that motor, the block will be done. With over $1,100 just in machine work on the block alone, I want to make sure I at least have a chance to do a rebuild or two, change pistons if I boost it later, whatever....

[Sicksty8]

Sweet build man! I love the stance with those wheels and tires.

[NC_John]

Originally Posted by Sicksty8

Sweet build man! I love the stance with those wheels and tires.

Thanks

[NC_John]

With the engine at the shop things are a little stalled. Took advantage of some great weather and still got a little work done. Pulled the in-cab fuel tank out, removed the rest of the heater to prep for the vintage air and roughed in my fly by wire go-pedal. Then spent a couple hours scrubbing engine parts.

[flashed]

You are going to like that .

[GR8-68]

This is going to be one tough ride, I like the direction you are going with this.

[NC_John]

Got some work done on the vintage air install today. Got the dash cutting done and vents installed. Vintage Air neglects to mention the dash pad has got to come off to cut the center vent. So with the dash pad comes out the instrument cluster. Hard to see progress when I have to keep taking stuff apart. I also painted the firewall covers. Doesn't look like like much but took a good six hours.

[NC_John]

Originally Posted by flashed

You are going to like that .

Yeah, it should make driving it in the summer a lot more enjoyable. Should get a lot more miles on it (when it gets "finished").

Originally Posted by GR8-68

This is going to be one tough ride, I like the direction you are going with this.

Thanks Larry.

[Batgirl]

Nice work! and the dash cutting looks great