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Old 07-01-2019, 04:52 PM   #426
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Re: Sparky's 1978 Silverado Build "Addiction"

Man that is a good looking truck!
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Old 07-03-2019, 11:31 PM   #427
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Old 07-29-2019, 01:11 PM   #428
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Just a quick update. Getting closer by the month.
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Old 07-29-2019, 01:27 PM   #429
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Nice....Starting to look like a truck again....
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Old 07-30-2019, 05:11 PM   #430
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Old 08-03-2019, 07:31 PM   #431
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Old 08-03-2019, 07:57 PM   #432
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you got a good jump on that harem you must be starting! Question: It seems like you've been non stop on these builds for a good while now......still enjoying it? I'm on the other end of the spectrum, still in a holding pattern, wrapping up my concrete pour to build a small shed to free up some space in the garage so I can start my own damn harem!
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Old 08-05-2019, 12:37 PM   #433
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you got a good jump on that harem you must be starting! Question: It seems like you've been non stop on these builds for a good while now......still enjoying it? I'm on the other end of the spectrum, still in a holding pattern, wrapping up my concrete pour to build a small shed to free up some space in the garage so I can start my own damn harem!
Love it!! I’m in a holding pattern as we remodel a couple bathrooms.
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Old 08-07-2019, 01:10 PM   #434
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Looks Great!
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Old 08-14-2019, 09:33 PM   #435
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Old 08-21-2019, 12:54 PM   #436
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It is really a long time since I last visited this website. You've done a really great job, Mike!
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Old 08-22-2019, 02:42 PM   #437
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Old 10-15-2019, 06:36 PM   #438
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It's the factory color from I think 78-82, somewhere in there. GM Corporate Blue. Thanks Mike
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Thanks Chief. I like orange and had I stayed with the factory color I would have gone orange. However, since the truck is crimson/white, I thought the factory color (Corporate Blue) would pop against the crimson firewall?
Did the Corporate Blue color come from a rattle can or did you shoot it w/a gun? Any prep tips on the aluminum heads you care to share?
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Old 10-16-2019, 08:09 PM   #439
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SCOTI, color came from a rattle-can. I did a basic cleaning of the heads and the degreased them prior to spraying. I painted intake separate from the block/heads.

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I've been slacking on updating this site.

Thought I'd throw in my IG logo

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Old 10-17-2019, 04:42 AM   #441
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Finally found a build thread. Been lurking on IG. I’m Mac’s Garage. My 73 has a 350/700r4 but built that engine when I was 14 and it now burns and smokes a little oil. A customer of mine has a 5.3 I pulled out of a rolled over truck we parted out. 120k miles 4x4. So I’d have to get trans shaft and tail housing swapped for a 2wd. But my question is on your intake. Is it using the factory truck injectors?? Nice truck by the way man.
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Finally found a build thread. Been lurking on IG. I’m Mac’s Garage. My 73 has a 350/700r4 but built that engine when I was 14 and it now burns and smokes a little oil. A customer of mine has a 5.3 I pulled out of a rolled over truck we parted out. 120k miles 4x4. So I’d have to get trans shaft and tail housing swapped for a 2wd. But my question is on your intake. Is it using the factory truck injectors?? Nice truck by the way man.
54Caddy, yes, I used the factory injectors. However, I took the cap off of the tip of the injector so that it would sit deeper into the manifold. Used a pliers to take them off. Thanks Mike
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54Caddy, yes, I used the factory injectors. However, I took the cap off of the tip of the injector so that it would sit deeper into the manifold. Used a pliers to take them off. Thanks Mike
Interesting. Have you ran it like this yet? No fuel leaks?
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Old 10-17-2019, 01:49 PM   #444
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54caddy...I know Mike,myself ,and dayj1 as well as a few others have done the LS like this....dayj1s build thread is probably the most complete thread on this setup...and hes the 1st I saw do it this way...
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Old 10-17-2019, 04:53 PM   #445
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Re: Sparky's 1978 Silverado Build "Addiction"

Truck is looking good.

How can I get one of those Home Built C10 stickers as shown in post #428?
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Interesting. Have you ran it like this yet? No fuel leaks?
No fuel leaks
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