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2.5 TC EZ rides in front, with blocks in rear. 1 inch zero rates front and rear and HD front shackles. 315/75/16 BFG ATs on WV 8x16s

The pic with the smaller tires is just the 2.5 lift by itself and a zero rate in the rear. 255/85/16 BFG KMs on late steel rims

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That's a really good looking suburban. If I remember right the 315's on my 98 measure at like 34.5 tall. They really fill the wheel wells up nice on your rig. I appreciate the visual. I've got a little more time before I HAVE to decide so I will continue to think on it. Any other opinions are welcome. Here's some pictures of my spring hanger repair.
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And the final:
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All I had was a 1/2" bolt long enough for tonight so tomorrow I'll get the proper 9/16 bolt sourced and installed. One more box checked off but still a lot to go haha. The pictures make it look like I welded it with no bolt in it, I in fact did keep it bolted up tight at the bottom of the ovaled hole. Obviously this is so it would all stay lined up and tight against the hanger.

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Here's some more small progress. Blasted and repaired engine crossmember. Had a few small cracks and areas where the motor mounts had worn the metal down a bit. Nothing the welder didn't fix.
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So as you can see I pulled the rear end tonight. The perches look like top notch work huh? Those are scars from a previous owners rear end reassignment surgery gone wrong haha.
I got my new perches and shock mounts from ruff stuff. Hopefully by the end of the week the rear will be back at home. You can also see that centering bolt in the drivers spring was broke. No biggie. I picked up the tail gate and 4x4 shroud from Pete on Saturday. It was a good time hanging out and looking over his collection of beautiful trucks! After looking his K/20 over I do believe I've made my spring choice. I'm going to keep it stock height.

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I've been pretty busy the last few weeks with getting the last of the frame work finished up. I'll post some pics of it up soon. My chassis saver paint got damaged in the mail so I'm still waiting for it to come in. The biggest news however is a little nugget I've kept pretty quiet until now.... I acquired a 6.0 out of an 08 Silverado that I think I'm gonna run with a 6l90e and my 205. I've gone back and forth over this for probably 9 months or more now but I think I'm gonna do it. It's To the point that I've started building the stand alone harness and gathering parts for the swap. 08 ly6 6.0 with vvt, 6l90e, less than 100,000 on the clock. paid 100 bucks for the combo with complete harness. Missing the computer and a few other small things. (Now gathered)

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Well that sucks.... all my pictures are shot to hell... damn photobucket. I've got some additions to add but I'm gonna have to do it in another way. Stay tuned lady's and gents... I've not stopped working just not updated in a little while.

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Here’s some pictures of my progress, first is my 6.0 and completed engine harness, first then some pictures of my progress over the last year or so. Sorry it’s been so long since there’s been any pictures. Photobucket took the wind out of my sails. Thank goodness for the google chrome hack! I don’t know which is more annoying photobucket or iphone sideways pictures. Ill figure out how to flip the pictures and get them fixed over the next few days.

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Complete harness

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ORD steering box repair

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Frame horn repair

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Complete horn repair

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Frame repair complete frame painted

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Time to get back on the cab rust

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More rust repair

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Drivers side

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Captain fab hydraulic clutch

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80s hydraulic clutch bell housing

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205/465 before

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465 case after vat, blast and paint. Pardon the clutter on my bench!

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Some of the 465 guts stripped down after vat.

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465 after rebuild. bearings, syncros. 1st, 2nd, 3rd gear bushings and complete re-seal. I didn’t have any third gear pop-out issues so I just replaced the counter shaft lock-rings and called it good.

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205 after tear down and vat. Again pardon the clutter. I needed a quick place to stash the parts after the caustic bath.

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Very nice work and update. I feel your pain on the pics uploading side ways and PB really sucks. :lol:

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Thanks Ryan. Last night I didn’t get a chance to update the overall direction I’m headed. I’ve decided to put the 350 back in it for another year or two until I get some more money together to do the 6.0 swap the way I want. I will be sticking with the 4 speed even with the 6.0. The 6 speed would/maybe one day will be cool but for now I’m contempt grabbing gears on my own. I’m also not going to paint the truck right away. I’ve got a few other money thirsty projects on my hands and this truck is a long term build. For now I’m going to get all the bare metal sealed up and everything seam sealed. Then I’ll begin putting it back together to more or less look like it did when I tore it apart paint and body wise. I’m going to paint and go thru the axles when I do the springs. Once the transfer case is back together I’m going to just re seal the engine as it runs good other than a few leaks. hopefully then it will all start finding its way back together.

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Nice work Tyler!!!! I enjoyed talking to your dad the other week when he stopped by to pick up the cigarette lighter!! Keep up the good work

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Thanks Jeff! Dad told me all about the trucks you’ve got going. I need to get over your way the next time we come home.

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Here’s a quick update picture:
Engine went back in today. Transmission and transfer case have been in for a month or so now.
They were both full rebuilds. The engine I tore down to just the block and rotating assembly. The Bores have a ridge but the heads look good. Slapped it back together with all new seals and gaskets, gonna let it eat for now. I didnt go thru all the work to paint the engine for a couple reasons. 1 it wouldn’t look right in the engine bay as I’m not planning to detail and paint the engine bay until I do the body work. 2. I’m only planning to run this engine while I gather up the parts to complete my Ls swap. It’s been cleaned and re sealed so hopefully it’ll stay clean. The tranny and transfer case I plan to run for a long long time hence the rebuild and paint. It’s got all new mounts, new 12” luk clutch, resurfaced flywheel etc.

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Making progress! Thanks for the update.

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The trans and tcase look great. I don't blame ya for leaving the SBC for now. Those LS swaps can eat money no like no other. :lol:

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Thanks guys I appreciate it! I haven’t checked this thread since I posted last. Pete I’ll text you in the next day or so about the nl2 stuff my plans haven’t gone the way I had hoped.

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Here’s some more action shots from last night and today!

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And one more:

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Last night I prepped, painted and seam sealed the bottom of the cab. I painted it with the same chassis saver paint I used on the frame. Should keep the rust at bay for a good while. I used lord fusor 800 dtm seam sealer. Then I set the cab in place with new cab mount bushings, I still need to shim the cab and square it all up. Today I set the bed on the frame, and installed the rear drive shaft. I then calculated and set the pinion angle for the rear end. I tacked the perches to the axle tubes for now. In the next week or so I’m hoping to pull the rear and weld the perches and shock mounts up permanent. At that point I’ll clean and paint the rear end. If you haven’t read the whole thread it’s got a floating 14 bolt from a later truck in it. It’s nice to see it all taking shape again. Progress is the best motivator. The shop crane truck was a real life saver for setting both the bed and the cab.

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I also realized tonight that I never posted a picture of my 205 after it was gone thru.

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Very nice work Tyler keep it up!!

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tyler , that truck is awesome , you have done a excellent job on it , from when you picked it up here , its been awesome watching your progress keep up the great work

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X2 - strong work man

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Thanks guys! Kevin, your right this thing has come a long long way. Once I get it together I’ll have to make a road trip up there so we can catch up. I’m sure you’ve got some new additions to your stash! Pete and Jeff, thanks for keeping up! Got a little more done today. Steering box rebuilt, painted and installed, hydraboost mocked up so I can sort out the lines, hydraulic clutch hard lines mocked up so I can measure for the stainless jic hose. If anybody reads this and wonders how I got the willwood clutch master to play with the gm slave, here goes. I get all of these kinds of parts from Jegs but I’m sure Summit and the others will have them. You’ll need (2) 3/16 inverted flare to -4 an adaptors, (1) m12-1.5 to 3/16 inverted flare adaptor, a couple foot or so of scrap 3/16 tubing, -4an braided stainless hose or 1/4” jic to fit depending on how you run your hard lines. Took a little searching to figure out the size of the gm slave fitting. I suppose you might could buy a set of factory style square body hydraulic clutch lines and cut the master side fitting off and swap a 3/16 inverted flare in its place but I don’t know that for sure.
Here’s how it looks.

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And another showing a rough idea of the clutch line setup minus the braided stainless line. I should have that Monday.