54 GMC 5 window, s10 frame, 5.3 turbo
 

well ive been lurkin around here for a bit getting ideas, and figured hell why not post up my build.. i picked up this 54 gmc sitting on a s10 frame waiting for some motivation to get her swapped... paid 500 bucks with a clean title

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on the ride home
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Mounts built, took 4x4 tubing, cut down cross ways to make 2 mounts, welded the plate on top...
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had to cut the front lip off to clear the side of the body on the front mounts
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welding on the mounts.
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Junkyard score 600 bucks complete 5.3 with 120k on the clicker, powersteering pump, belts, ac, and the entire harness...

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Master cylinder installed along with brake pedal assembly
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notched out my fenders to clear the a-arms, decided i will probably pull them out completely now
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noone every shows very well how they cut out the front of the pan, well i wanted to but the pictures didnt turn out how i wanted them too.. but here it is, you can seen where i notched around the frame posts
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my cab is mounted 3 inches off the frame
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starting to look good
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well here it is .. after a huge fight getting it out of my ridiculous pickup, a couple hours of fighting getting it in by myself, running to ace several times to get the right bolts this is how she sat, ugly and full of electrical cant even see the motor!
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i was skeptical about what to keep and what not to keep on the truck, i was going to rewire the original harness, but scored a painless from my buddy for cheap (well alot cheaper than what they retail) .. that makes it easier.. removed all the electrical, egr has yet to go bye bye but will, deleted my a/c, and hit it with some degreaser.. pulled off the duct tape and strapped a filter off my other turbo just to keep the crap out
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looks a hell of a lot cleaner, now the decisions....

i ended up turboing my green pickup, learned alot in the process and ended up with an extra turbo, ton of piping, an intercooler and oilpump and other accessories..
thinking of going with the intake, cam, and springs off 2001 ls6.. can pick them up for cheap and support boost really well.
plan to push 15lbs thru her.. possible meth injection to keep the iat's cool and 45lb injectors if they will support the power..
walboro 255 inline the push the fuel, and a boost a pump to keep up with the injectors.

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Well i ran up north to where i grew up, forgot how much of a hoarder of parts my old man is.. of course he would have the rear end i need.. scored the rear end out of a 68 nova, i beleive it was 59 to the outside of the drums... is that what i need??
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picked up the turbo parts
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Friend showed up and delivered me my painless harness
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60 mm turbo with a .96 ar exhaust outlet, perfect setup for this 5.3, of course a garrett and not that cheap chinese junk. Also a same side inlet/outlet intercooler with 3" openings, should flow well
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More pics of the boogie van please!

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well heres another picture of the van, and my buddys long bed before the chop and it is now sitting on s10 frame..
we just swapped a 351 windsor into the van, but toasted the rear end right off doing burnouts... so that came out and is still waiting for a transpant, so we can cruze it again this summer

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havent spent much time on the truck this last week, ordered the stuff for my 4 link and am waiting on that and motor mounts so i can start mockin up the turbo system and intercooler.. plan on hitting it hard again this weekend.

still havent got a response on the rear end... what fits good underneath these things?

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Dmill, this is going to be a great build. I want to turbo something sometime. I can check the rear end on my panel for you tonight.


Shannon

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thanks x pickup, ive had this turbo lurking for a couple of years, and been wanting to do all kinds of vehicles, once i seen this i knew it was "the one"

im currently looking for a tranny thats going to hold up, i really want overdrive, but will settle for less.. i found a th350, with a so called overdrive unit on it, the guy doesnt know much about it, neither do i never seen one like that before, just looks like long tailshaft, but there is a weird thing sticking out the side and he says it has gears in it... ive never taken apart a tailshaft, or a tranny for that matter but havent seen one like this.. not sure if its a 700r4 or not.. hes going to get the markings off it tonight for me..
here is some pics let me know what you guys think it is.. is that deal stickin out for speedo??

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making a score on a ls6 intake and 45 lb injectors with different fuel rails thinking about picking it up, but havent decided yet, i figure i have to do injectors anyway, the ls6 intake will pick up a few ponies but mostly just looks way better than truck intake..

also having the damndest time finding an 01 z06 corvette cam, it has to be the first series, want the springs too.. was just a couple of years ago you could find them everywhere with springs for 75-100 bucks, now its all new gen stuff.. if anyone has a lead let me know.

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Looks like its a speedo adapter or something to correct the speed, looks like a th350 with a long tailshaft
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yup thanks guys found out its long shaft turbo 350 out of van ... no overdrive here.. no wonder it was such a good deal.

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hey slim, this is Josh by the way. thats a sweet pick up your old man wouldnt happen to have any more rear ends up there would he? I'm trying find one. let me know if he has anymore please. you should get me your number so the next time i'm in the g falls i can come over a take a peak at it.

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josh, im dustys younger brother danny, dont know if i have ever met you b4 or not, i know most his buds from havre... my dad might have another rear end but not sure on if he wants to get rid of it

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Lookin fun. might have to strap 2 of those inline 255's on there. then go find another 60mm. lol

good luck!

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my bad danny, but anyway good lookin project man I have a lq4 that i'm swapping into mine so i might be hitting you up for some tips down the road.

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well lets hope not.. have the same setup on my green truck with just a boost a pump on the stock fuel pump.. seems to work well, been reliable and havent had any issues in a few years.. its all learning as you go type thing tho who knows i may want some more boost down the road.

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well went junkyard hopping this weekend.. scored an old visor, a cool oil pressure and temperature gauge pod, and a sweet mirror from an old chrysler cheap.. found a 4l80 for cheap also.. thats the route im gunna go.. borrowed my buddies widewites and rims so i could make sure my cab mounts were right, to say the least im doing some moving around.
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Starting to look like a classic.... scored an old keg and front bumper from my buddy, i wish the pictures of the keg worked, it was originally flat black with pink and green flowers painted on it.. after some aircraft stripper, a warm bath, and 2 1/2 hours of buffing this is how she came out.. buffed up the grill and what not also
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POWERED BY OLY!

Now im just waiting on the rest of my 4 link parts and motor mounts.. should all be here this week... plan on having one side of this bagged this weekend and the cab permanately fixed, may as well mount the motor too if the mounts come, then i can start tinkering around with turbo setup

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Nice score on the visor, I've been looking for one but can't find any for a good deal, what are your plans for the keg
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well i was going to keep it a secret becuz i have never seen it done... mounting it on the running board where my spare tire carrier is, pry have to do a little modding and leave out the splash apron.. but i tested it out on my buddies and it looked cool..

plan on making some nice leather strap mounts to go around it and have a local saddlery place do some tooling on it to make it different, maybe some galvanized aircraft looking rivets in it also.. now dont anyone go stealing my idea!!!!

scored the visor, old temp and oilpressure gauge, and a drop mirror for 40 bucks... :)
the keg was free because like i said before it was terrible looking, paid 50 for the bumper in the front it has 2 long horns with a bridge and then 2 other horns in between the first 2.
4l80e he said for 600 which is good but my friend assured me i can low ball him and that he needs the money 400 bucks for strong overdrive???

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little update on the pickup... got a big pile of bag parts .. again this time for the front,
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got a chunk of metal in my eye working on the truck and had to get it removed so i was off work for three days, needless to say i wasnt sitting around.. worked on the truck some more with one bum eye.. got the front bag pockets cut out..
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didnt expect to have to take so much out but i ended up using 2600 bags as a recommendation from s10 forums as far as ride quality and psi to air them up.. really was pretty easy once i dove into it. fronts are in starting to look the way i want it too!
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Hey pal glad to see the old Chev made your thread haha!
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you need to get some new pics of it up... youd better get goin on that thing or im gunna pass you up!

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been a while since i posted, been getting work done on the truck

went to do my cam swap and ended up dropping the last damn lifter down into my motor.. pulled my heads so i could put it back and noticed rust in one cylinder from sitting.. pry would have been ok but dissasembled and am boring it out to a ls1 with forged internals.. expensive little lifter drop.. ended up with 7 layer headgaskets, arp head studs, dished forged pistons put my compression a little under 9.5 to 1.. gunna end up throwing a little nitrous to it also..

picked up the 4l80e trans 99' model and bought a tci streetfighter 3000 stall converter for that. starting to think that a non posi trac rear end wont cut it..