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Finished up a battery mount this morning...bought and returned two different mounts before deciding it was going to be easier (and cheaper) to just make our own :lol:

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My boy wants to run all the wiring :metal:, so it's going to sit like this until we can get back on it next weekend (OSU starting up Mon).

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Plus its more fun to make your own parts! Looks good!

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Looks good :thumbs:

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Looks great guys!! I am typically not a fan of a bunch of shine on a motor, but that is VERY tastefully done as is the core support with all of its goods. Very nice work!!

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very nice , great work!

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are you going to leave the paint on the body just the way it is ?or are you going to paint it

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Thanks Scott...sometimes it's the only way to get what you want!

Thanks Cap!

Thanks!!

Thanks Dino, we do what we can since you won't let Joe out of AZ :lol::lol:

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We will eventually repaint the burb (wife wants it "pretty), probably something close to the original balboa blue with silver where the white is now. For the time being though, we want to be able to enjoy it a bit...so try to keep it running while we chip away at it.

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Spent the weekend running wires, chasing loose ends, and second guessing ourselves...but, at the end of it all...we fired the motor off!!


http://youtu.be/Z0aO88Zf1H0


:hot::two::ennyd::clap: :lol::lol:

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We swapped out the CPP drop springs for some LMC, HD, progressive rate, 3/4T, springs...we like these better (stock, LMC, and CPP together in second pic) Gives the burb the rake we were looking for and will handle people/loads much better.

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man, that sounds mean! :burnout:

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Getting close, looking good!!!!!

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man, thats sounds so nice! i'm still grinning, lol!! i cant wait til i get mine to that point!!

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Guys, that sounds awesome and looks killer! Keep it up. I love what you have done with your suburban. Thanks for sharing the video of the start up, it was great to watch and listen to that BBC power!

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AWESOME!!!! what do you think the horsepower is ?

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sounds fantastic... when your dad rapped it back it sounded like a mean ol' big cat growling.

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It sounds so much better in person, camera phone just doesn't do it justice!

Thanks, slowly getting there!

We're stil grinning too! Love firing an engine for the first time...always a milestone.

Thanks! I had to start it up for few minutes this evening just to listen to it idle...HOA loves me!! :lol:

We'll be happy to get 400 or so to the ground...may have a chance to get it on a dyno for some tuning in the future...will know for sure then.

Yea, open headers are fun for a bit ;)...we're researching exhaust options now though, haven't decided which way to jump yet.

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sounds awesome great job

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hey just got home today!! it was great meeting you guys this weekend and hanging out for a bit! after hearing that motor my brother in-law had a smile on is face for like an hr. on the way back!! motor sounds so much better in person!! thanks for the grille again austin!!!

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Good meeting you too Chad, we're going to have to arrange a meet & greet or something so we can put more faces to names around here...

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We're still working down that list, but have crossed a few things off.

My son cleaned/painted the old hinges and the underside the hood before setting it back on with some new (shiny ;)) springs.

Also test fit some kicker panel covers with speakers in them...gonna take a little bit of trimming to fit perfect but pretty close.

We also finished running the brake lines, braided lines from master down to hard lines at the frame :metal:

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I pulled the rad hold down, support wings, and hood latch off a couple weeks ago to have them ceramic powder coated...I wanted to try and match them to the headers. They aren't quite as shiny as I would have liked, but do have the basic "aluminum" look I wanted.

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my feeling about all those holes is that it makes it to busy in there. it over powers what else is there. just scroll the page down until it blocks it out the rad part. it defines the rest of the eng department more readily . that is just my opinion, it is your truck.
I think that it looked good in the crossmember work that your son did on his truck.
ron

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looks like it is coming together very well