its turning out really nice man!
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its turning out really nice man!
Getting close now! You gonna end up painting that intake also?
:thumb: very nice
I did already!Quote:
Originally Posted by bangbangskeetskeet
it doesn't pop like my truck intake did, but I kinda like it. I didn't sand it smooth because I like the cast look on things that arent brushed or polished.
Thanks for all the compliments guys, hopefully i'll have a few more updates in a few days.:hyper2:
Got my welder in today, A lincoln 180amp/230v wire feed/mig. i'm getting argon, a cart, and a good mask this weekend, and a spool gun for aluminum welding after Mia is running:secret:
not gonna have much to update till the end of the weekend because I'm tiling my house fryday and saturday. i'll have a little bit of time on sunday but I dont know how much, having an early dinner with my family for my birthday(more welding stuff!)
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my buddy started working on his 69 camaro, its going to be a driving project once he gets the back window in. 63xxx original miles on it, but its going to be a street rod. were going to turn it into a 396 clone with a little twist. since the 396 in 69 was actually a 402 were going to stroke a lq4/lq9 to a 402:cool4:. only has rust on the right rear fender!
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where are the burnout vids? i'll take a donut or two in it's place though.:lol:
so after fighting with my headers for a while I finally got them to fit with some cutting, grinding, welding, and a new steering shaft. they look great, but they didn't fit well on mine. the new bolt in mounts are supposed to help that, i have been talking to brp again to get this worked out.
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I finally got my rear end finished, when I got it narrowed the shop welded an end on crooked, they fixed it for no cost though. I welded on the spring pads, cleaned and painted it to match the engine, got new e-brake shoes, ceramic pads, and new rotors. now Mia has 4 wheel disks, 3.73s with a posi, and traction bars.
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my welds are getting better too
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I talked to jared and he said the wiring should be here sometime next week, and I have a 3 day weekend this week so I should be ready to put the wiring in when I get it.
she still has alot left but she's starting to come togather pretty well. I really hope to have her running mid august before school starts, but we'll see how that goes.
damn looks like its really coming together now!
I spent half of yesterday and most of my free time today helping my buddy put long tube headers and off road Y pipe on his 2000 trans am, so I didn't get to work on my truck till 6:30.
well I got half done putting my gas tank in today and then I ran out of welding wire. at 8:30 at night on sunday.... so I sanded and painted my inner fenders to match the firewall and called it a night. I still have to move all my furniture out of my house tonight so that the carpet can get installed tomorrow morning.
I have tomorrow off so I'll get more wire and get all this stuff finished. tomorrow i'm picking up a battery and a relocator kit and tossing my battery in my bed, or under it if I can find some space.
Greg
looking good! anymore progress?
glad you asked:)Quote:
Originally Posted by lechez71
well I picked up more wire and got the last of my tank mounts finished up, cut the frame for the filler tube, got the rest of the battery relocating stuff, and relocated the charcoal canister. also cleaned, primed, and painted the inner fenders to match the firewall. before I put the front end together I will be painting everything in the engine bay to match the firewall.
I also got news today that my wiring will be here on wednesday!
and on to the pics, the tank sits nice and high but still clears the bed without cutting any of the supports.
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more updates to come this weekend!
this thing is erotic, yep just that nice
put my walbro 255 in the tank today and extended the wiring for it.
ordered a wideband today and 85mm maf, only to find out I already had an 85mm maf in my spare parts box. oh well i'll just use one for now and port out the other I guess.
now to try and find a good deal on hp tuners pro...
where are you from exacly?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lsx10
I'm from tucson az, the northwest side.Quote:
Originally Posted by gTeran1
long overdue update
well school started and she isn't running yet. so close but so far
Hooked up the walbro into my stock sending unit, I ran the fuel lines to the filter, still need to run the last line to the engine.
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and now to announce change number 793
I got another new intake! My buddy had an issue with it and was pressed for time so I swapped him my ls6 intake for this baby. I dont have any pictures of it when I first got it, the first thing I did was clean it up and paint it the same color as the last 2 I had.
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then instead of getting the 85mm tb I ported the intake out to a 90mm and picked up a bluemaxxx 90mm. there are more wet kit options and it should be worth a few ponies.
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more to come soon, hopefully...
is that a professional products intake? Does it use paper gaskets to seat to the heads? If so, they're notorious for vacuum leaks. Make sure everything seats up correctly since the mating surfaces have trouble aligning. Silicone may be your only hope of getting no intake vacuum leaks if its a PP intake.
yup it is, and I was planning on using high temp rtv to seal it.
Well I'm not going to update you guys with everything because my camera died, but I have still have some good stuff for you guys.
I had to pull the heads back off to lap the valves in. that sucked...
but I got the valves all sealed up. got the heads back on, got the headers back on, dipsticks in, intake and throttle body on, rails and injectors in. wiring done, and most of the front end done with.
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my coils didn't fit so I took a grinder and a welder to the brackets and they fit great now. these will fit over the injectors between the rails and the valve covers. i'll be cleaning them up tomorrow before they are put on.
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also cleaned up and brushed my abs unit.
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like I said I have some more, i'll update more when I get some time between work and school. this thing would be done if it were not for school...
small update for you guys, was busy with house stuff most the weekend, but I got some stuff done and inching closer to being done.
coil brackets on and wired, still need to grab some spark plug wires.
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got my bed on and the filler neck fabbed up, had some 2 inch exhaust pipe bent up for me, then I welded on the top of the stock filler neck so the cap works, and weled on the small vent hose. Its functional but not done, i'm going to bend up aluminum sheet to make a nice cover for that ugly hole.
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I got the core support on but no pics, I need to go make a junkyard run and grab a few things at the parts store, i'll have another update in the next few days.
The relocated coils look great there. Might need to make some plug wire support looms to keep the wires off the header tubes now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lsx10
Any trouble finding build them yourself plug wire sets for the LSx?
shouldnt need one, there are kits to put your coild right there by a few people who make aftermarket valve covers, I can get theres if I need to. these are only set about an inch or so higher then the round coils so regular wires should work. i'll try to find my stock wires tonight to check before I order a set of msd wires.Quote:
Originally Posted by 68 TT
SHE LIVES
video of her first start. she needs a tune soo bad. 5.3 computer trying to controll a cammed 6.0 with over sized injectors...
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I'll get a more detailed update later. I have some radiator hose numbers you guys could use. and all the other little details. I'm going to go wire in my wideband and get some loose ends tied up.
Congrats. That's awesome truck is coming together great. Cant wait to see some numbers.
:rock: awesome job!!!!
did you have to have longer plug wires for your coils or did stock ones work fine?
Nice!
great job man, looks like you got a few ends to tie up and you'll be tearing up the streets:rock:
had to make some longer ones. stock wires were 2 inches too short.Quote:
Originally Posted by mitch cobb racing
Freakin awesome man! I can totally appreciate your work on this cause I helped Danny drop the 5.3L in his S-10.
Nice TB. :thumb: Also--very clever on the gas tank. How hard was it to plumb the neck up the bedside?
aww, BOOOOO!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lsx10
what wires did you use? did you get some pre-made ones? or just make your own?
pretty easy. measured what I would need, cut a notch in the frame, went to an exhaust shop and had them bend me a pipe, then welded the top of my filler neck to the pipe. I can get more detailed pics of it if you would like someQuote:
Originally Posted by txarkitekt
made some out of my stock wires(they were almost new) and a set of msd universal wires. I robbed the coil ends off my old ones and crimped them onto the msd wires after I cut them to fit. didn't take long.Quote:
aww, BOOOOO!!!!!
what wires did you use? did you get some pre-made ones? or just make your own?
now to catch up on what went on before starting it. many trips to the parts store and a little fab work to make this big square peg fit in a round hole. excuse the dirty pics, the dust makes my engine bay look like crap.
first off the radiator hoses. these are numbers from orilies/checker auto and with a little trimming they fit better then most hoses made for stock trucks.
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numbers, sorry I dont remember which was top and wich was bottom. but these will fit currents radiator with a 07 and up truck water pump. the lower hose should fit anhttp://i241.photobucket.com/albums/f...0/IMG_4153.jpgy truck water pump.
next up is spark plug wires. after i raised the coils my stock wires didnt fit, so I got a set of make-your-own and cut them to fit
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I installed my brake system, computer, and most everything else, in the engine bay.
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installed my condencer again after trimming so that I can get some lines onto it when I install my ac in the summer. then installed my tranny cooler, its a b&m plate style cooler.
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I had some questions about installing the filler neck so here are some pics and info on that.
-I notched the frame for the filler neck, then welded in reinforcements so it was still solid.
-I took some measurements and went to my local exhaust shop and had them bend me a 2" tube. I had them cut it 30" long and do a 90 degree bend in the middle, then trimmed each side at home to my liking.
-I cut a hole when I wanted my filler neck to enter my bedthat was large enough for me to work in a little.
-I welded on the top of my old filler neck onto the tube at an angle of around 40-45 dergrees so it pointed inside the bed. be sure to weld on the little vent tubeon the side or it will be a pain to fill up.
-I ran a soft line on the vent side from the top by the filler neck down to the tank, get some large fuel hose, do not use heater hose or it will deteriorate quickly.
-I used the stock rubber ends off the stock blazer tank to connect the exhaust tube to the tank.
-once I had everything in place I marked where I wanted to put some tabs and welded them on to keep the new filler neck in place. I welded nuts to the tabs then welded the tabs to the filler neck so that I wouldnt have to worry about holding a nut on the inside of the bed while turning a bolt on the other side.
all in all it did not take me much time once I had it in my head what I wanted to do. working by myself i did it in an evening and total cost was less then $50. it fits with plenty of clearance too.
onto the pics
tank to frame(note the plate welded in place.)
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frame to bedside
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up the bedside
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and lastly the filler neck in the bed
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to do list
-install drive shaft
-bleed brakes
-install grill, lights and bumper.
-tune
-make intake
-intall wideband
-fab exhaust
-find bedcover
-burn tires off
Excuse my ignorance, but I have a question regarding the 8.8 inch rear-end. Is this a Ford rear, and out of what Ford vehicle? What size are the disc brake rotors they come with, and what width are these rearends? Just checked out your thread for the first time & admire your attention to detail. Thanks
out of any explorer, or mountaineer before they switched to irs. 95 and up have disk brakes.Quote:
Originally Posted by LS1GMCTruck
It's 59.5" wide (between wheel mounting surfaces), It comes with 3.55, 3.73, or 4.10 gears from the factory, also most of which came with a posi(trackloc) that is rebuildable for cheap(the ford racing carbon clutch kit I did cost me $100, stock replacement can be had for around $50), they have 31 spline axles.
The tubes are 3.25" in diameter, The 8.8 tubes do neck down to 2.75" just before they enter the brake housings.
I narrowed mine 3 inches if I remember right, rebuilt the posi, changed out the axle and pinion seals and put in new wheel bearings, all in all I dont have more then $500 into a rear end that will hold up to my 6.0 and has disk brakes.
not sure on the size of the brakes, but they are not as nice as the new silverado brakes. but they were a good upgrade from my stock drums.
that answer everything?
- paint front side of radiator blackQuote:
Originally Posted by Lsx10
I didn't do this at first and it sticks out like a sore thumb so I went back and painted mine later.
Which axles did you end up getting?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lsx10
I think that covers about everything, lol. thank-you
just used 2 stock short axles, the pumpkin is offset to one side so I grabbed an extra axle out of the short side at a junkyard and cut the rear accordingly to fit it. stock axles are pretty beefy 31 spline units so i dont see a problem untill I get ready to spray her, even then I should be okay.Quote:
Originally Posted by 68 TT
Good idea, how wide did it end up being after you used two short side axles?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lsx10
drove it to school last night and drove it to work this morning. its running very poorly because of the tune, cruses fine but I cant take it over 3500 rpms. and if I go WOT(wide open throttle) it floods itself. tranny is leaking like a sob from the front seal so I need to change that out. and right now my exhaust is just muffles clamped onto my collectors so its loud as hell, that will get worked out this weekend.
it still felt great to drive it. i'm getting tons of looks in it.
I really wanted to tune this thing myself but i'm behind on school right now so I really dont have time to learn how to do that right now. I'll try to get this thing tuned before the end of the week, have to find a shop and get some prices to see if I even can.