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diponyou · 02-07-2010, 07:49 PM

well i picked up this 77 about 2 weeks ago.
im stoked.

its got a 383 stroker,202 heads,3:73s posi,th400 with a shift kit,and it runs and drives awesome
all the brakes were redone

so far ive done a few things to it.

swapped out the crusty headers for some new ones.
got rid of the cheap mufflers and got some flows welded in.
picked up some rallies with spinners

and a few other things.

my short term plans are:

swapping out the tiny 550 carter carb for a holley 750 i just rebuilt
lowering it about an inch more all around
swapping out the moons for the rallies
shocks(belltech nitro 2)
possibly getting a fleetside bed(im kinda liking the step though.)

and then just getting it tight

The rear has a flip kit and im not sure whats done to the front.my guess is chopped springs.it rides decent i have no real complaints.a set of new shocks should make it a little better hopefully.i plan on just cutting the springs up front and getting a shackle kit for the rear,theres a beltech kit for 40$ at an o'reilly's next to me

ohhh by the way i love this truck its awesome!!!!

And this site is great.

flamingbig10 · 02-07-2010, 07:54 PM

welcome to site and keep the step side bed

diponyou · 02-07-2010, 07:59 PM

ohhh
here is a pic of what the headers looked like before also.

notice the crease

and do those springs look cut ?

Alex1 · 02-07-2010, 08:25 PM

That header pipe has a nasty kink in it lol.

diponyou · 02-07-2010, 08:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex1

That header pipe has a nasty kink in it lol.

yea tell me about it

thats why those headers are now in the garbage

joe231 · 02-07-2010, 10:02 PM

Cool truck!

I would prefer the fleet bed, but it isn't my truck

by the length of the shock and the amount of spring showing, I would guess that those springs are cut.

PhilaTruck · 02-07-2010, 10:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex1

That header pipe has a nasty kink in it lol.

That's flow control on the #1 cylinder.

Nice truck!

STOCKISH · 02-07-2010, 10:44 PM

Shhhh, dont tell everyone but number 1 is on the other side of the engine.

I'm just messin with ya, we all knew what you ment.

**N2TRUX** · 02-07-2010, 11:06 PM

Cool stepper...

smashingchuck · 02-08-2010, 12:00 AM

cool truck & looks like cut front springs.

Driveway Dreams · 02-08-2010, 12:24 AM

Nice stepper. Like the other guys have said, looks to be cut springs to me too.
Oh and

diponyou · 02-08-2010, 08:24 AM

cool, thanks guys.

so now i must ask.

how much is too much when cutting front springs?

i want it down another inch or so..

eventually i will do the right thing,spindles,springs,yada yada...

in about a week and a half i will be ordering some new shocks so i figure once im there i might as well do some cutting and see if i really like it.

heres a pic of my last ride i had,as you can tell i like em a little...uhhh low

no bags just static,sorry for the off topic pic if you guys want i can remove it.

JohnC · 02-08-2010, 11:02 AM

Nice looking truck, and bug! Welcome to the boards.

hot trux · 02-08-2010, 03:04 PM

partial to the stepsides! now get to work!! keep us posted!

diponyou · 02-08-2010, 09:03 PM

so i have an edelbrock air gap rpm intake in the box sitting in my room.what do you guys think i should do?????

just rock the performer or swap it out?

ive read some bad things about driveability with the air gap so thats why im wondering.

thanks guys

westie 666 · 02-08-2010, 09:34 PM

Springs look cut to me also.

I wouldn't cut them any more, they will end up loose and and you will be riding on the bump stops.

Nice truck tho and keep the step bed

diponyou · 02-12-2010, 12:21 AM

yea decided im just going to man up and order some 3in spindles and 2 springs.
and some shackles in the rear.

hopefully i will be sitting pretty then.

ohh and i decided im going to keep my wheels i got now,i bought some rallies but once i looked my wheels are 15x10 so im just going sprucn them up a little...

i rebuilt a holley 750 va but one of the fuel bowl screws got stripped out so im waiting for the new ones to come in the mail.hopefully that will wake it up a little.

02-07-2010, 07:54 PM	#2
flamingbig10 6.0 powered square Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mesquite texas Posts: 3,459	Re: whats up.new guy with a sweet arse 77 step.pics welcome to site and keep the step side bed __________________ Aaron 1980 c-10 short bed lowered, cammed 6.0, 4l80e 3600 stall, smp tune, wilwoods, and flames best time so far best et 7.86 @87 on motor 7.57 90 on a 75 shot Build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=283326

02-07-2010, 07:59 PM	#3
diponyou Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: duluth,ga Posts: 201	Re: whats up.new guy with a sweet arse 77 step.pics ohhh here is a pic of what the headers looked like before also. notice the crease and do those springs look cut ? Last edited by diponyou; 02-07-2010 at 08:01 PM.

02-07-2010, 08:25 PM	#4
Alex1 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Ottawa Ontario Canada Posts: 1,156	Re: whats up.new guy with a sweet arse 77 step.pics That header pipe has a nasty kink in it lol.

02-07-2010, 10:02 PM	#6
joe231 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Palmer, Alaska Posts: 13,821	Re: whats up.new guy with a sweet arse 77 step.pics Cool truck! I would prefer the fleet bed, but it isn't my truck by the length of the shock and the amount of spring showing, I would guess that those springs are cut. __________________ *CHEVY ONLY*

02-07-2010, 10:44 PM	#8
STOCKISH Formerly- 1972SuperCheyenne Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Wake Forest NC Posts: 5,782	Re: whats up.new guy with a sweet arse 77 step.pics Shhhh, dont tell everyone but number 1 is on the other side of the engine. I'm just messin with ya, we all knew what you ment. __________________ --Josh My Build Thread:http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=799218 A good crossthread is better than Loctite any day. Life is not about what you have, but who you have to share it with.

02-07-2010, 07:49 PM	#1
diponyou Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: duluth,ga Posts: 201	whats up.new guy with a sweet arse 77 step.pics well i picked up this 77 about 2 weeks ago. im stoked. its got a 383 stroker,202 heads,3:73s posi,th400 with a shift kit,and it runs and drives awesome all the brakes were redone so far ive done a few things to it. swapped out the crusty headers for some new ones. got rid of the cheap mufflers and got some flows welded in. picked up some rallies with spinners and a few other things. my short term plans are: swapping out the tiny 550 carter carb for a holley 750 i just rebuilt lowering it about an inch more all around swapping out the moons for the rallies shocks(belltech nitro 2) possibly getting a fleetside bed(im kinda liking the step though.) and then just getting it tight The rear has a flip kit and im not sure whats done to the front.my guess is chopped springs.it rides decent i have no real complaints.a set of new shocks should make it a little better hopefully.i plan on just cutting the springs up front and getting a shackle kit for the rear,theres a beltech kit for 40$ at an o'reilly's next to me ohhh by the way i love this truck its awesome!!!! And this site is great.

02-07-2010, 11:06 PM	#9
N2TRUX Happy to be here Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 39,021	Re: whats up.new guy with a sweet arse 77 step.pics Cool stepper... __________________ Follow me on Facebook and Instagram @N2trux.com Articles- "Jake" the 84 to 74 crewcab "Elwood" the77_Remix 85 GMC Sierra "Scarlett" "Refining Sierra"

02-08-2010, 12:00 AM	#10
smashingchuck It'd be alot cooler if you did Join Date: May 2003 Location: Three Rivers, MI Posts: 2,345	Re: whats up.new guy with a sweet arse 77 step.pics cool truck & looks like cut front springs. __________________ 78 Build Thread 4Runner Build

02-08-2010, 12:24 AM	#11
Driveway Dreams I have car A.D.D. Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Greeley, Northern Colorado Posts: 4,147	Re: whats up.new guy with a sweet arse 77 step.pics Nice stepper. Like the other guys have said, looks to be cut springs to me too. Oh and __________________ -Gerald Building vehicles in memory of the first "car guy" I ever knew, my Grandpa. Bob Dunham 1935-2009. Rest in peace. 61 GMC Suburban SOLD The 86 build thread SOLD Are you a Colorado member?Click here.

02-08-2010, 08:24 AM	#12
diponyou Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: duluth,ga Posts: 201	Re: whats up.new guy with a sweet arse 77 step.pics cool, thanks guys. so now i must ask. how much is too much when cutting front springs? i want it down another inch or so.. eventually i will do the right thing,spindles,springs,yada yada... in about a week and a half i will be ordering some new shocks so i figure once im there i might as well do some cutting and see if i really like it. heres a pic of my last ride i had,as you can tell i like em a little...uhhh low no bags just static,sorry for the off topic pic if you guys want i can remove it.

02-08-2010, 11:02 AM	#13
JohnC Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 7,461	Re: whats up.new guy with a sweet arse 77 step.pics Nice looking truck, and bug! Welcome to the boards.

02-08-2010, 03:04 PM	#14
hot trux '85 Stepside Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: montgomery city mo. Posts: 360	Re: whats up.new guy with a sweet arse 77 step.pics partial to the stepsides! now get to work!! keep us posted!

02-08-2010, 09:03 PM	#15
diponyou Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: duluth,ga Posts: 201	Re: whats up.new guy with a sweet arse 77 step.pics so i have an edelbrock air gap rpm intake in the box sitting in my room.what do you guys think i should do????? just rock the performer or swap it out? ive read some bad things about driveability with the air gap so thats why im wondering. thanks guys

02-08-2010, 09:34 PM	#16
westie 666 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: AUCKLAND NZ Posts: 264	Re: whats up.new guy with a sweet arse 77 step.pics Springs look cut to me also. I wouldn't cut them any more, they will end up loose and and you will be riding on the bump stops. Nice truck tho and keep the step bed __________________ 77 Cheyenne no longer in bits Last edited by westie 666; 02-08-2010 at 09:35 PM.

02-12-2010, 12:21 AM	#17
diponyou Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: duluth,ga Posts: 201	Re: whats up.new guy with a sweet arse 77 step.pics yea decided im just going to man up and order some 3in spindles and 2 springs. and some shackles in the rear. hopefully i will be sitting pretty then. ohh and i decided im going to keep my wheels i got now,i bought some rallies but once i looked my wheels are 15x10 so im just going sprucn them up a little... i rebuilt a holley 750 va but one of the fuel bowl screws got stripped out so im waiting for the new ones to come in the mail.hopefully that will wake it up a little.



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