OBS conversion success

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RedHeartBeat...Those 18" Corvette wagon wheels... They are a 4 3/4" bolt pattern. The truck is a 5" bolt pattern. Did you use wheel adapters? If so, what thickness adapters, front & back, did you use? Thanks, Gar

[RedHeartbeat]

Gar, I have 2" wide front and rear. 1.75" on the front would probably be better for tucking them under the fenders but the 2" worked after rolling the fender lip with a baseball bat. I bought the set from www.motorsportstechnologies.com . I think they were $160 plus shipping. Order them with the 14mm studs or they will put 12mm studs in place instead. They are 5" to 4.75" adapters. This is my second set and they both worked great. You can't go much more narrow than the 2" rear adapter, tires get pretty close to the springs otherwise. I also had to notch the lower front A-arms since I have 2" dropped Belltech spindles. I bought the adapters on Ebay but you can order them direct. They will also sell you lugs for $1 each if you need them. I had to buy them for mine, open end plain 14mm. I bought 20 for the adapters and 16 for the wheels and picked up 14mm open ended locks for the wheels.



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RedHeartBeat...Those 18" Corvette wagon wheels... They are a 4 3/4" bolt pattern. The truck is a 5" bolt pattern. Did you use wheel adapters? If so, what thickness adapters, front & back, did you use? Thanks, Gar
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[RedHeartbeat]

Got the modified rocker arm trays installed today thanks to NITROUS. The valve train is a lot quiter. The .025" off the rocker trays was definitely the right thing to do since I didn&#39;t have 7.425 pushrods available according to COMP Cams. I did have a vendor email me that he has 11 sets of the COMP pushrods. Jeeze, those tech support guys at COMP must be ex-autozone employees.

[LS1GMCTruck]

RedHeartBeat...Great wheel info... Thanks, Gar

[RedHeartbeat]

I can take some pics of what I have to show you how they fit if that will help. Let me know.

Greg

[motoxlifer]

Sounds pretty sweet RedHeartbeat. What&#39;s the drivability like with the 3600 stall? Mine&#39;s not too bad with the 3000 but it definitely shows in slow stop n go driving. Once on the highway and she locks it&#39;s great, that&#39;s why I&#39;ve decided to go up to 3.73&#39;s. I&#39;m with Nitrous, I think we need to all get together and run em. I&#39;m just north of you in the Wichita Falls area. The dragstrip here doesn&#39;t open up until March and it&#39;s killing me since I finished my swap just after they closed for the season. I&#39;m dying to know what it&#39;ll run. Yall post up when your going to the track and I&#39;ll try to make it down there. Oh yeah, what are you doin about gauges?, I&#39;m fixin to install a complete set of Autometers and I could use any info you got especially for the fuel an speedo.

[RedHeartbeat]

I&#39;m 100% stock gauges. It all works without issues in my truck. DentonDragway.com opens Friday night the 20th of January and I will be there.

Driveable is cool. I love the higher RPM take-offs at all intersections. The PoPo don&#39;t like it though. They watch me like a hawk when the engine comes up to about 2500 RPM. Fuel mileage around town is about 15 but the highway gets 22.

[LS1GMCTruck]

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I can take some pics of what I have to show you how they fit if that will help. Let me know.

Greg
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Greg...A couple photo&#39;s would be cool, at your leisure. Thanks, Gar

[motoxlifer]

Sweeeeet&#33;&#33;&#33; that&#39;s like tomorrow. I&#39;ll try and make it too. Yeah my exhaust gets this really cool growling sound when I&#39;m on the converter.

[RedHeartbeat]

Yeah, look me up if you make it. My truck is a burgundy 93 xcab on chrome 18" vette wagon wheels and has a sand colored tonneau cover. I&#39;ll be there trying to tear it up&#33;

Of course it has a couple of LS1TRUCK.COM stickers on it, too.