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11-04-2023, 11:25 PM | #1 |
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A few update pics
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04-14-2024, 01:05 PM | #2 |
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Is the engine staying in the stock location. And, only the crossmember/suspension is moving forward ?
Because, if the engine/trans drags forward with the cross member. And the rear moves further away. It will actually be worse. Last edited by Grounded63; 04-14-2024 at 03:32 PM. |
04-14-2024, 11:25 PM | #3 |
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The plan is for it to stay in the stock location or as close as possible, moving it forward with the crossmember would cause too many other issues with clearance for accessories & fan & radiator etc. Keeping it in the stock location should also help with the weight bias keeping the engine weight as close to the center of the truck as possible.
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04-20-2024, 10:45 PM | #4 |
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Front suspension is installed still have to install the front & rear sway bars. the rear sway bar needs custom mount brackets due to the heavy duty axle housing, The housing extends out further, it has shorter axle tubes than the std housing and the sway bar mounts sit right where the tubes are welded and so a stepped mounting bracket is needed, so another custom piece needed to make it all work together
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04-20-2024, 10:49 PM | #5 |
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rear sway bar mount bracket
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05-04-2024, 10:52 PM | #6 |
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We set in an engine to test fit everything and it looks like we will have to push it back, as it is right not it is about a 1/2 in front of the stock location. The front cross member is 1 inch forward but when installing the engine mounts first install as the instructions pushed the engine even more forward so we were able to flip sides and bring it back a 1/2 inch.
It really looks strange with all that space between the firewall and the back of the engine. Probably will have to run a low profile valve covers (hope I can do that as I want to run a good set of roller rockers ) and also modify the firewall to be able to set it back more than it is right now, I'm not sure right now how far back we can go because the 4l80e has to also fit in there and pushing that back will surely have some interference somewhere, I believe it will be on the seam between the firewall and foot well. I may have to cut that off and weld it up to gain that 1/2 inch to clear the trans but we need to get a empty case to test fit it. So just to get the engine as far back as we can to get it as far behind the crossmember as possible there will be more modifications. |
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Nice! Did you have that done locally? Eventually, when I get to that point, I'll probably end up doing the same thing
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I can probably get the guys name and info if you want it. I will say when I saw it this past Saturday he did do a great job, everything was very clean the hood was not warped which was my biggest concern. Cleaned out all of the old filler and old undercoating, and overall we had very little unknown rust show up so I'm very happy with the results. Next is fix the unknown now known rust and beat out the dents enough to so that it can be body worked and then it will be off to the painter for body work and paint. Looking forward to getting it back has been gone since 2020 |
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05-22-2024, 10:15 PM | #10 |
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Yeah me too! it has been a long time in the works.
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06-02-2024, 01:01 PM | #11 |
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Started on the firewall mod this week to fit the big block, It's looking great, we need to move the engine back 1.5" to compensate moving the front suspension forward 1". Swapping the engine mounts to opposite sides should effectively move the engine back 1" and there is another .5" in the block mounting plate.
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Can you cut both sides to look symmetrical?
The passenger side looks almost "original" - I like that.
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Both sides are not symmetrical from the factory, so it would be a bit difficult to make them both the same without changing the look of both sides or even just removing and replace the whole firewall which I'm not willing to do at this point. The driver side has more right angles than the pass side had
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Dang.
Oh well. Keep up the good work!
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06-22-2024, 05:02 PM | #15 |
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Well its welded in and has changed slightly from the first go round, I think it will look good once it is finished out and motor is in etc won't really notice it that much, but serves the purpose of getting the motor pushed back and fitting in better.
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What ever you do not ever add up all your invoices to see what your project has cost you. |
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Getting a little hood repair the front inner structure was rusted but the exterior hardly showed any signs of rust. Cut down the steering column 3" to be able to fit the steering linkage for the rack. Mounted the rear sway bar. Filling all the little holes which showed up after the sand blasting.
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mounted rear sway bar
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Nice Part, looks good
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Update, temp wheels on ready to be put back on the ground soon 15 years since it has had wheels on it. inner fenders needed to be modified to fit over the new coil-overs and also need cover the old steering column hole in the inner fender. Front wheels are more centered in the wheel well now, that turned out well, once the bed is back on we will get a look at how the rear wheels align in the opening, since the front worked out so well the rear should look just as good.
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The tailgate is now finished
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08-16-2024, 09:45 PM | #22 |
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Getting down to the last few bits of things needed before going to paint and body work.
Inner fender changed, removed the steering column slot since it is not needed. |
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Nice work! Looking really good. Are you sending it to a body shop or will you be taking that on yourself?
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08-19-2024, 08:57 PM | #24 |
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She's going to a paint and body guy, I would like to leave that up the professional.
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08-24-2024, 07:33 PM | #25 |
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Test fitted the steering linkage and decided on going with a race truck trans tunnel, leaving it open so it will run cooler and easier to work on.
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