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so what the plan for the hood vents? where are you going to locate them?

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I think they're the same. The first pic was a computer generated image. Also, the 15" rims have a different look with the shorter spokes then the larger diameter...

They went to the powder coaters on Wednesday to get a wrinkle black (like Harley-Davidson motors) and will be rivited to the hood. Probably towards the back fo the hood near the center. I will cut the hole in the hood and I want it to clear the under hood brace. The brace dictates the location of the vents...

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That will be cool. You will like the why thet turn out. my bike is all wrinkle black. a 2000 dyna superglide sport.

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I have an 09 Street Glide and I had the chrome dash powder coated in the wrinkle black... doesnt match Harley wrinkle but it looks great....

The ultimate goal is to Line-X the body inside and OUT... black on the inside floors and RED on the body.....

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here is my work in progress with double standards

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What size tires and lift do you have?

Does that outer ring actually bolt on and off?

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4 inch deaver springs and the tires are 35x12.5. the rings dont come off.

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That is only a 4" lift, looks taller, cool rim/tire combo, truck is lookin good.

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Here's the vents back from the powder coaters....

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Nice vents!

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Get this swap done so we can go wheelin! Nice build btw.

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OK. collecting parts and bringing them to my friends shop on Saturday to begin teardown. My registration actaully expires on Saturday and it won't pass emissions anyway.

I have my center console cut out and bent up. I mounted the shifter and will eventually have it welded up and coated. I'll take some pics as I load the truck up.

I had my waterjet guy cut me some exhaust flanges for the 2010 Camaro manifolds. I have to pick those up on Saturday as well. They were cut for 2.5" exhaust but mu existing pipes are 2.25... to save some cash I guess I'll be reducing the OD before the flowmasters.

I decided to use KORE3 to build all my FlexKORE braided brake lines. I decided against AN fittings and will be running all 3/8-24 fittings. I will use hard line from the MC to the wilwood proportioning valve. Then use the flex lines down to the frame where they split off to each corner.

Nitrous Express came out with some -6AN insulated fuel line that I want to use. I dont like braided stainelss hose so this looks like a nice alternative. I need one from the tank to the hard line and one from the fuel rail to the hard line... from summits website http://www.summitracing.com/parts/NEX-14036/

Nitrous Express triple insulated race hose has gained popularity and will soon replace most steel braided hose on race cars. Not only does it insulate better resulting in less need for purging but it also out-flows the traditional steel braided hose.


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Got the truck to my friends shop along with all the parts I had stashed. Had to cut off the home made hitch to pull the tank. The wleded it to the rear frame rails as well as two more plated on each side. Ater that I pulled the rear bumper, fuel lines, brake lines shocks and exhaust.

I went to reassemble the front Dana 60 and ran into a problem. As far as I can tell the driver side lower bearing race / cup wasn't seated fully. When I install the knuckle and tighten everything down, its so tight I cant turn it... I'm going to have a shop reinstall that side...

I hope to pull the front clip along with the motor/trans/transfer this weekend... I'll try and take more pics...

PS: I dropped my 1 month old Droid Razr Maxx and trashed the screen... no insurance so I was happy about the progress I made till that happend...

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So I pulled the front clip yesterday... Also pulled the bulkhead harness out to clean it up and sort out whats there. I want to run some relays for the headlghts.

Today I pulled the old motor/trans/xfer. Pulled both crossmemebers and wire wheeled the frame where the new engine mounts will go. I aso cuts rivets for the bumpstops and removed them, pulled the brake and fuel lines, cut off all the bracketst the PO welded to the frame for exhaust.... I now have a clean slate to work with.... here are some pics....

out with the old... (my buddy Russ guiding it)
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ready for the new(er) ...

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After these pics I removed the gas pedal, cleaned the 5lbs of crap out of the fresh air vent at the footwell, trimmed the steering column bracket to clear the Hydroboost bracket and removed the e-brake cable. I will be running a hand e-brake lever in the center console I'm building....

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Nice progress!

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Awesome build! Looking forward to seeing it up and running.
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Got the axles loosely under the truck. Need some new Ubolts and for the front D60...

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Ran into some issues with the rear shackle flip. Not exactly square and it was interfereing witht the body mounts......

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An I need to recenter the rear axle....

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Swapped out the splined end on the steering shaft to match the 2WD steering box.

Started to clean up the core support and test mount the trans cooler.

Dropped off my fenders to be media blasted and the CaptainFab firewall bracket to be powdercoated. I did receive my FlexKore hoses for the rest of the brake system...

Measured out for my fuel tank, should end up being about 35 gallons, maybe a little more... it extends above the rear axle to gain those few etra gallons... I sent the drawing (below) to the waterjet guy. I already had a 48x102" sheet of stainless steel that I was going to use for Chevelle.

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looks like that cut out in the flip bracket approximates the level of QC they have....

how far will that tank hang down? i made mine 10" top to bottom with a 1" sump in the center so it actually hangs down 11". it is right up against the bed channels so it hangs below the frame ~6 inches. it is also about 35 gallons but i had more room to work with since it is a truck, and i slightly modified the rear frame section and made more space for it in doing so.

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your chevelle build is sweet too!

Ryan

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I asked for the bird design ... It was better then a company logo... I guess they were built on a Friday. HA. I spoke to the owner and he's building me a new set...

The tank will be 13" deep to fit the factory fuel module. I also have a 1" body lift and the the frame is 4", so if I leave space for the fuel connections on top it should be about 8 to 9 inches below the frame.

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Started the motor mounts for the LQ9 ...

Drive side fabrication ....

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Passenger side in place waiting to be tacked..

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Finish welded the motor mounts...
Test fit the NP205 to the 4L80e and had my friend Russ (the robot) tig weld the adapter...

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Should have the gas tank cut on the waterjet this week....

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Here are two pics of the big brake upgrade on the Dana 60.... Sorry I dont have the calipers installed yet, but you can the rotor fills up the 17" Hummer H2 wheel...

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Ok. weekend update...

New crossmember for the trans/transfer case... boxed mounting plates to fit in the frame... I'm having a bracket cut on the water jet that will be bolted to the trans and welded to the crossmember...

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Fox shocks hanging off the factory mounts.... I'll weld the lower mounts when the axle is centerd and pinion angle is set.

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Here is the center console. I didn't really do anything to it this weekend other then take a pic. The very front still needs to be bent down. I have a hand e-brake to go in the center.... I just ordered some cable shifters from NWFab....

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This is a set up for a doubler, I'll only have two shifters

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the last pic is the CaptainFab booster mount and my new wire "harness" for the brake lights. I used a 90* fitting from home depot and I'm running 14awg 6 wire trailer wiring. I will be doing something custom with the rear lights...

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I forgot to add that I picked up the fuel tank from the waterjet guy on Saturday too. It's not even bent yet so I didn't get any pics....

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Progress is looking good!

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Nice build. I like that console. Should look good with the transfer case shifters and e-brake handle on there.

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Ya really like the console too, most don't even run one, good mod.

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Sunday update...

Back of 4L80e with a temporary brace. The six holes in the trans are not symetrical....

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Here is a close up of the 3/8 plate that bolts to the trans/xfer adapter... It's welded to the tube crossmember and then boxed in... then some overall pics

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Plent of room on the driver side for exhaust... none one the passenger side as the transfer case is clocked up and is only an inch from the floor...

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Also finalized the rear axel... centered and set pinion angle ... new lower shock mounts and factory upper mounts... Not sure if I'll add a mount for the reserviors or just attach them to the shock body...

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Russ cleaning the axle tubes... you can see the new mounts in bare metal and the factory mounts further out...

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Here are the new rear spring hangers. The first set was not square and they also hit the body mount on the Blazer. The vendor was very easy to work with and built the new hanger and sent it out without hesitation. Kert at DIY4X is great and easy to work with. I have recomended him before and still will.

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Here is a shot of the front of the driver side, springs mounted and shock tabs welded... 11" of travel on the Fox 2.0 shocks...

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OH.. and here is a shot of the stainless steel tank... still flat with its protective plastic cover...

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do you loan your buddy russ out????? haha nice work guys

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OK. Haven't updated in a while. The tank was a PITA... Too many bends on one piece, so we had to trim ends and weld them back on.. Also put a little too much heat into the ring... so the top is a little warped. Its tacked together...
Trying to track down a scrap piece of 2x4 to make a new rear crossmember. Replace the factory bolt in Z shaped bent one with a welded on length of box tubing...


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I bolted up the hydroboost and built the connecting rod to the pedal. I cut and sectioned the brace from the firewall to the master cylinder (not pictured).

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I posted this in my brake upgrade thread as well... but ....

I went to test the Raceline wheel on the passenger side and it fit, but barely. So close that I went and assembled the driver side (I hadn't tried this before.) I tride to mount the Raceline wheel and it wouldn't fit over the wheel studs. The problem was I upgraded to 5/8" wheel studs and holes in the rim was too small. It had no allowance for being 27+ years old and slightly off center. So I grabbed the Hummer rim and .. TA DA... it fit the driver side, no problem.... 1/16" celarance between the caliper and rim.... So now I was thinking, what the hell is wrong with the other side....
I disassembled the passenger side brakes, then re-assembled making sure everything was aligned. There is a small amount of adjustment/play in the hole that the caliper mounting bolt goes through. I test the Hummer wheel again, and IT FIT.... again only 1/16" clearance, but it clears... as long as there is no deflection in my braket, I should be fine...

Another note about the Raceline wheels. You have to use aftermarket slpined lug nuts. The fit was so tight that you couldn't even get a thin wall socket on the lugnut. Now that may be beacuse I upgraded to 5/8 wheel studs and the OD of the larger lugnut take up more space, but just and FYI.

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I had wondered about that tank. it looked like it might be a real bear to break up. i wish you were closer, i could get you your scrap of 2x4 this morning! i used a few drops of that for cross members in my truck since we have a lot of it laying around at work.

are you planning on baffles for your tank? if not, i would strongly recomend them. looking forward to seeing it mounted!

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Did you have to do any major modifications when adapting the 4l80 to the np205? That adapter looks sweet. I want to adapt my np205 to a 4l60 in my swap. Didn't know if there was a similar adapter for that. PS Russ has some mad welding skills:metal:
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I did split the main section in half... front to back.... had to leave space for the fuel lever float arm on the side...

... and I was politely told to consult my fabricator before making any engineering descisions... hahahah

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nothing special at all... but my input shaft on the NP205 was correct for the output shaft on the 4L80e....

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Nice work... Coming along good.

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Sunday Update:

Started by bending a few brake line pieces... then I messud up and went out an bought some more.... moving on ....

When Russ showed up we installed a new rear crossmember to replace the factory one bent like a Z. Unbolted the old one and welded in a pices of 2x4 heavy wall box tubing. Dont cringe, but I cut off the rear frame horns too.... Well I didn't, I made Russ do it.... I just couldn't.... I'll have a custom bumper on the back anyway. I think I want to cap the farme rails from driver side to passenger side for a more finished look... but maybe just skipit as the bumber will be right there anyway...

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After the new crossmember was installed, we mocked up the tank. We were making a front crossmember for the tank and I was cleaning the frame rail to weld it when .....

The tank fell off the stand from about 5ft in the air... hit the floor ... put a dent in the back of the tank... and destroyed the OEM GM Fuel Pump assembly.... It's 80% plastic and the force just shattered it. So now I have to spend $250 for a new pump... FML!
:whine: ... :barf:


At this point I just celaned up a few tools, turned off the lights and left...

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Good progress, sorry to hear about the tank - that sucks. Looks like you are getting close to lighting a fire. So which rims are you going to run?