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Looking good man!
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damn that loks great, cant wait to see her finished
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Wow lots of progress, the polished VC and intake is gonna look great on it!
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ryan, you are making me look bad. :) trying t fight the damn engine in the bay and i cant get it angled in just right
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Nice work, it should be a torque monster. Are you going to have to beef up the frame I know they like to crack by the steering box?
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Today I welded up the LH engine mount. I have to make a few more cuts and drill a hole and it should be done. I'll post pics tomorrow. |
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Got the LH mount finished up this morning and installed back on the truck. I then put a dummy trans cross member in place and jacked the truck up and removed the jack stands from under the engine. I have been worried that the weight would sag my front springs and kill my clearances. I sat the truck down and it didn't settle much. I then bounced the crap out of it, and it's good to go. Everything I was worried about is just fine. :lol:
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...0/DSC00478.jpg http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...0/DSC00477.jpg http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...0/DSC00476.jpg http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...0/DSC00479.jpg http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...0/DSC00480.jpg http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...0/DSC00481.jpg http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...0/DSC00490.jpg http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...0/DSC00484.jpg http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...0/DSC00486.jpg http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...0/DSC00487.jpg http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...0/DSC00488.jpg http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...0/DSC00489.jpg I then moved on to start the modifications to the front cross member. I thought about hacking the rivets and building a new one, but decided I'd concentrate that time on the engine cross member because I know that'll eat up the most of the time any way. I'm going to add a piece to the top and bottom to follow the original cross member's lines. Plus it will be plenty strong as well. Then I'll have to decide how I want to do the steering box brace. http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...0/DSC00482.jpg http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...0/DSC00485.jpg |
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Is it just me or do you have negative arch on those front leaf springs? I think you may need a set of 5 leaf 1 ton stock leaf springs with that motor.
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Looking good man!
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My K30 came with 9 leafs in the rear with 2 overloads and 4 leafs in the front with just a slight positive arch with or without a 454 sitting in it. It was a cab & chassis model and it also has the camper special badges on the cab so I guess that's why it was so beefed up.
The truck keeps looking better and better man! Could you have torched the rivets out of that front cross member, slid it forward then re-drilled and bolted it in place? |
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I thought about that on the front cross member too. But the problem with that is I'd have to put it in front of the steering box bolts and then there goes my support in that area of the frame. That's why I decided to leave it in the original location and modify it. |
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Oh ok I'll have to see what you're going to do for your bracing up there.
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looks pretty damn good ryan
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Today I continued on the front cross member. I was making great progress until I ran out of mig wire. :lol: So I cut out templates for the pieces I need to cut out to weld in place. Hopefully tomorrow I'll get it done.
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...0/DSC00500.jpg http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...0/DSC00501.jpg Here's a pic of what this truck would look like with big meats. :lol: http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...0/DSC00499.jpg It was a bad idea, cause it'd look bad azz! :) |
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Your build is coming along nice.
What auto trans would you use on a cummins swap? |
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it does look great :)
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once we both get our projects done will have to play tug o war :0 and thank you for the incenteive to keep going ryan
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Over the weekend I didn't get as much done as I would have liked to. I had to make some repairs to the shop, and we had some family stuff to attend to. Here's what I've gotten done lately.
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...0/DSC00504.jpg http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...0/DSC00503.jpg I was curious how the turbo was going to fit over there and here is what it looks like with a S362 on it. I plan on running a HX35W as long as the turbo is rebuild-able. http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...0/DSC00502.jpg http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...0/DSC00505.jpg http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...0/DSC00506.jpg http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...0/DSC00507.jpg |
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