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i like your panard bar in the rear mine is below the drive line yours is above. not sure if it would get in the way of the tank but i think it would be safer...
-40 come on think warm thoughts. this morning there was frost on my grass for the first time this year. i actually had to wear a coat to work... Crazy!! GT |
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I install the panard bar as per the instruction that came with the kit. My only concern is that the diff bracket is very close to the floor board. I may not be able to lower the suspension as much as i would like if i keep the original floor board. |
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Nice fab work. That's going to be one *****in' truck when it's done.
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Thanks for that info.
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Nice looking truck and very nice fab work. Keep the pics coming. Kim |
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I just like to mention that the roof and box sides came from www.callingallcars.ca . This guy has a good collection of complete trucks and truck parts. Please check him out.
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Updates, here's what i have done in the last couple weekend. I got myself an old rusty cab, from www.callingallcars.ca cut the roof and back out of it and just keep the floor and firewall. After getting it home cut some more not needed sheet metal off. Attachment 424091Attachment 424092Attachment 424093
Mounted a couple of braces to hold it together. Attachment 424094 It now ready to be set in place. I'm using this floor/firewall to help me muckup the engine mounts. It much easier to move a floor on and off then a complete cab assembly. When i get the engine/tranny where i want them i'll be reinstalling the good cab. Attachment 424095 |
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Now with the floor in place i can see that the engine can move back about 3/4 inch which should give me little more room at the front to clear the p/steering pulley and tie rod end.
Attachment 424106 Attachment 424107 The tranny is a little tight against the firewall, so i have to cut a little there. Attachment 424108 Attachment 424109 |
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Check out this website for engine mounts on that 5.3.
http://www.brphotrods.com/1970-1981%...0firebird.html I dig that fab work...looking good!!!! |
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Looking good, had me worried for a moment I thought you might be starting with just a firewall and floor and grafting in the rest!
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Decided to start working on building my engine stand alone wiring harness. Did a lot of reading on LStech.com and i think i can do this. I have the complete wiring from a 2002 Siverado and it in great condition. First I temporarily reinstall the wiring on the engine so I could identified and label every connectors.
Attachment 428880 Next time to strip all the tape and loom off and remove bulky fuse box. A smaller one will be install. Attachment 428881 Attachment 428882 Now that i know what every thing is, its time to remove unwanted wires. Attachment 428883 Attachment 428884 |
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Here is a couple more pics, first all the wires i removed: oil level, coolant level, fuel tank pressure, fuel pump sender, rear h02s, AC, EVAP, fuel level, cruise. I though there would have been a lot more wires but no that is it, there are still plenty of wires left has you can see in the pic.
Attachment 429620 Next step is to install small fuse box to feed ign power to all those pink wires, bat power to the orange one, starter rely and fuel pump rely. This weekend i will zaptrap everything together and put it back onto the engine to see were i could place the pcm. I want it inside the cab as well as the fuse box. Attachment 429621 |
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I remember those days of wiring up my truck, how much fun that was! Your truck is coming along nicely, keep up the good work!
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just an FYI on my nova clip i moved the axle center line forward about 1.25" but i haven't re-fit the front clip, so no pics on how that affected the overall stance of the truck. maybe this weekend i'll tackle that.
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with that said, i will be making my panhard bar adjustable for height, so i can dial it in for best handling (with reasonable ground clearance as a constraint, no lower than any other bracket on the rear axle.) |
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This weekend was more wiring harness work. Not very difficult but it takes lot of time. I decided to modify to harness to have the pcm inside the cab. Some wires had to be lengthen and others shorten.
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Well wiring is almost done, fuse boxes are installed. Some wire loom and she will look pretty.
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That is it for wiring work for now. It is pretty well done, just have to install DLC connector, MIL and feed wires from ign and bat.
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