78 silverado stepside her names 'Quicksilver'

[77ChevySharkBite]

Originally Posted by chevybuilder18

Yea it is sad.. Thank you for your understanding

I have 2 big reasons on why I understand it so well, my birthday is september 15th, which as everyone knows 9/11 is 4 days before that so that year and for a few years after it was a little weird having my birthday then, because of all the innocent people that were killed, 2nd reason I understand is because a few years after that my grandpa passed away on 9/11 but we buried him on 9/15 my birthday, so I know it's rough to see what happened but all we can do is send prayers to the families that were affected.

I know I went and got side tracked on this, but man take your time when you get back to your truck you get back to it, just make sure when you get back to it, you hit it fully force!

[chevybuilder18]

Originally Posted by 77ChevySharkBite

I have 2 big reasons on why I understand it so well, my birthday is september 15th, which as everyone knows 9/11 is 4 days before that so that year and for a few years after it was a little weird having my birthday then, because of all the innocent people that were killed, 2nd reason I understand is because a few years after that my grandpa passed away on 9/11 but we buried him on 9/15 my birthday, so I know it's rough to see what happened but all we can do is send prayers to the families that were affected.

I know I went and got side tracked on this, but man take your time when you get back to your truck you get back to it, just make sure when you get back to it, you hit it fully force!

That sucks. you didnt get side tracked at all. im sorry for your misfortune near your birthday.
todays sunny, and cool, thinking i should get this engine sittin right. the manifold on the left side is to far back to cut the frame and not get hit in the head with a motor so im doing the driver side which looks like the wrong thing to do... im also gonna call up NAPA about there U joint conversions from 1310 U joint to 1310/1330 u joint.. I guess all drive shafts have a different size

[77ChevySharkBite]

Sweet!!!! Get working man I'm anxious to see it installed!!
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[chevybuilder18]

Originally Posted by 77ChevySharkBite

Sweet!!!! Get working man I'm anxious to see it installed!!
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hell yea

[chevybuilder18]

well got the 5.3 sitting in it... but i gotta cut the passenger side because the manifold wont go over it... so theres gonna be some exhaust flukes..... o god i had to brag about my headers lmao

[77ChevySharkBite]

Originally Posted by chevybuilder18

well got the 5.3 sitting in it... but i gotta cut the passenger side because the manifold wont go over it... so theres gonna be some exhaust flukes..... o god i had to brag about my headers lmao

It's all good man, there's always hiccups along the road, I don't know of a single build that goes perfect but it's part of the learning experience if everything went perfect, not everyone would do it just remember that man!
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[chevybuilder18]

Right! but i fealt that karmas against me now
Im now doing the wires on that fuse box i had gotten out of that GMC 2500 Hd van.. i guess i need an extra fuse box for the fuel pump relay... so no imma wire it in and do that.


Guys, I wish my phone didnt go out... Otherwise id post pics

[77ChevySharkBite]

Originally Posted by chevybuilder18

Right! but i fealt that karmas against me now
Im now doing the wires on that fuse box i had gotten out of that GMC 2500 Hd van.. i guess i need an extra fuse box for the fuel pump relay... so no imma wire it in and do that.


Guys, I wish my phone didnt go out... Otherwise id post pics

Sounds like you got a challenge ahead of ya man, just stay positive bro

Yeah no pictures it's killing me!!!!!
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[chevybuilder18]

yea but i feel like im telling a fib or something.. Everyone likes progress photos. and i aint posting anymore intill i have some up

[77ChevySharkBite]

Well don't do that we want to know when you do things but pictures just make it all better
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[chevybuilder18]

well the engines in there just need some Motor mounts. wandering if anyone with some experience with the LS swap is watching this and could point me in the right direction

[77ChevySharkBite]

Glad the motor is in man!! Right on!!!! at least someone is getting work done

As far as motor goes I don't know nothing.
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[chevybuilder18]

Originally Posted by 77ChevySharkBite

Glad the motor is in man!! Right on!!!! at least someone is getting work done

As far as motor goes I don't know nothing.
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im sure you know how engines work.. just sometimes it gets technical. suck squeeze bang blow. 4 strokes on a v8. they number each cylinder to know how many rpms are going on within 4 strokes. it takes a lot. theres also rotations per second. if you divide 7000 rotations per minute by 60 seconds, youl get 116.66667 rotations per second. most guys dont build engines to do this for street, because thats alot of abuse on a engine. your 305 push your truck at an idle, and sounds good i bet. some want there cake and eat it too. some just love having a high reving engine with alot of peak horse power instead of the low end torque you get with your 305. then they make 2 stroke meth injected big blocks like the hemi 426, or fords over head 427 cammer. they go to 12000 rpms and produce 5000-8000 hp but dont really hold up to the whole thing. after a race everything is warped in top fuel... the 427 cammer was pretty popular in sixtys in nascar which it was band in nascar in the sixtys because the thing produced 550 hp and nothing could touch it. who called a meeting to ban it? chrysler. Well thanks for making me go off topic lol. i love talking engines

[chevybuilder18]

anyways i ordered the engine mounts. should be able to get the engine in right. it sits to high then i can put in the tranny mount on. and make sure the drive shaft has enough room to have a half inch of play. i dont like the trannys yoke

also fixed the problem with my phone so ill upload some pics

[77ChevySharkBite]

Originally Posted by chevybuilder18

im sure you know how engines work.. just sometimes it gets technical. suck squeeze bang blow. 4 strokes on a v8. they number each cylinder to know how many rpms are going on within 4 strokes. it takes a lot. theres also rotations per second. if you divide 7000 rotations per minute by 60 seconds, youl get 116.66667 rotations per second. most guys dont build engines to do this for street, because thats alot of abuse on a engine. your 305 push your truck at an idle, and sounds good i bet. some want there cake and eat it too. some just love having a high reving engine with alot of peak horse power instead of the low end torque you get with your 305. Well thanks for making me go off topic lol. i love talking engines

Your quite welcome man!!

Yeah engines are an interesting thing none the less, I have to admit I love my 305 even those people dog the s$&@ out of it, it's a great motor! I have to say though if money had it, I would probably do a 4.8 or 5.3 swap with a 4l60e tranny

Looking forward to an update man!
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[chevybuilder18]

Originally Posted by 77ChevySharkBite

Your quite welcome man!!

Yeah engines are an interesting thing none the less, I have to admit I love my 305 even those people dog the s$&@ out of it, it's a great motor! I have to say though if money had it, I would probably do a 4.8 or 5.3 swap with a 4l60e tranny

Looking forward to an update man!
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imma jump and see what your up to. told you i wouldnt post on here till i had pics again well im gonna get em, and i wanna see what your projects doing.

[chevybuilder18]

well heres the engine sittin in there now. I have the engine mounts. They just got here today, the truck gotta lil hammered finish right on the top of the core support. also pics of the C notches i did to the frame. did them eliptical so the longer the notch stronger the notch. instead of a huge circle. plus with the new engine mounts ill have room to have exhaust put there. TRANS-Dapt hooked me up with some quality pieces
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[chevybuilder18]

Got the stock engine mounts off, will progress tomorrow. i have one plate on but not finished

[JRANGER]

woohoo like it...Now back to work!!

[77ChevySharkBite]

Originally Posted by JRANGER

woohoo like it...Now back to work!!

Yeah what he said!!

[chevybuilder18]

it rained the day after i put the one mount on. of coarse its a new day hopefully itll be nice today. well ill be on later today, gonna catch some zs, thanks guys

[77ChevySharkBite]

glad you were able to get 1 put on, something is better than nothing man! :meta:

Yeah it's nasty here so even if I wanted to work on my truck don't know if I would just due to the fact it's rainy and gloomy perfect sleeping weather!

[chevybuilder18]

todays nice and sunny. the kit came with the wrong engine mounts but i can still adapt my clamshells to the plates that adapt the older style motor mounts. so im doing that and, i need an alen wrench for the flush/countersunk bolts that came with it... i havent found one... i ordered my 1310/1350 U joint for the truck it will work with a 4l80E and my drive shaft so no problems there hoping i get the cross member in soon and the engine set down. its on a jack still.....

[77ChevySharkBite]

Originally Posted by chevybuilder18

todays nice and sunny. the kit came with the wrong engine mounts but i can still adapt my clamshells to the plates that adapt the older style motor mounts. so im doing that and, i need an alen wrench for the flush/countersunk bolts that came with it... i havent found one... i ordered my 1310/1350 U joint for the truck it will work with a 4l80E and my drive shaft so no problems there hoping i get the cross member in soon and the engine set down. its on a jack still.....

Sweet!!!!!

then it's all about installing all the goodies into it right, or what else you have to do to get it running?

[chevybuilder18]

so this is what i did today. Got my u joint today and pounded the driveshaft apart. 1310/1350 conversion U joint from strange was $41.99. The sun was great. The engine isnt lining up because the trucks sitting on the curb. Haha. I havent even put the cross member in yet. But i will soon. Ill keep yall posted. One problem solved
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