Aussie built 1980 c10

[Bainsy]

as im using a carb spacer, I thought id have a go at smoothing out the plenum in the intake so the fuel air mix wasn't hitting a square edge and causing turbulence.

[Bainsy]

I went to bolt up the headers properly and noticed the flange was very uneven and wasn't consistent with the holes in the gasket. some sections were only sealing by 1/8" and others wouldn't have sealed at all. I wanted to deck the flange to make it have more sealing surface but the flange is welded on the inside, the area I am wanting to skim off! to overcome this problem I welded the outside then decked the flanges.

this is how it was originally



welded up



then it was no surprise to see that once I layed the gasket over the flange the exhaust ports were way too small which then called for a bit of time with the dremmel to do a bit of port matching.



I then marked the gasket holes to the flange and ground out the holes then smoothed them off



once I was happy with the finish the headers went to HPC in Leongatha for a ceramic coat

[Bainsy]

I cut out a sheet of aluminium and polished it to sit behind the gauges.



fitted a steering wheel from summit



I wasn't happy with how the horn button looked so I retrofitted the horn button from my old wheel into the new wheel



also fitted battery into the bed

[Bainsy]

here are my personalized valve covers. I designed a logo with my initials (JB) then added engine cubes beside it. first i got hold of a set of marine v8 valve covers which gives me plenty of clearance between valve cover and brake booster yet maintains clearance for the roller rockers. I gave them a light prime and a basecoat of VHT ford blue I know its a crazy choice but its the closest I could get in high temp to my colour scheme...

I went to a local sign writer with my design and he cut out a stencil out of spray and mask film. all i had to do then was lay down the stencil over the blue base and i sprayed the valve covers wrinkle black. onec dry I removed the masking film and this is the end result

[LT7A]

That came out nice!

[TrailerTrash]

dang that is SWEET

[Bainsy]

STAY TUNED!

[396C-10]

Love this thread!

[Bainsy]

For those interested iv continued my build thread here: http://www.c10australia.com.au/forum...ILT-NOT-BOUGHT