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Big Bertha fire right up tonight. I guess my wiring skills were good. what a difference 104 cubic inches makes. I need to make a few new exhaust pieces and it will be good to go. Cant wait to see how she does next week when I get the camper out of storage.

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Very nice, congrats on the swap

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i'd say that your wiring skill were excellent!
congrats

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I can't believe I never ran across this thread before! This is a sweet build! Would be cool with a duramax. I would really appreciate some dash and seat bracket pictures. What did you do for mounting? Did you modify the floors or brackets at all?
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:metal:

Let us know how the first tow goes. I hope you enjoy the extra power!

Chad

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Duramax would not fit....I will get some pics of the interior. Seats are bolted in using the outermost seat bolt and the other 3 are mounts I made. rear seats are pretty much the same......

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Thanks man! A dash/instrument panel picture or 2 would be appreciated as well.
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Drove her to work today. Out on the highway she shifted into overdrive and never came out. There is a big hill I used to come up at about 70 in drive and I came up it at 80 in overdrive with only quarter pedal....I am so glad I switched to a big block.

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:metal::metal:

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So Cool, size matters....

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wow, cant believe I missed this thread.. awesome fab skills.. in for some dash pics..

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Amazing build thread, Still floors me on how this was built

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Congrats on the TOTM! I love the 'Big Truck' builds and you have set the bar a whole new level! :metal:

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Posted 3 videos to on youtube. One shows the interior people have been asking to see. I have to warn you my video skills are not the greatest

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are you gonna take Big Bertha to the OC Cruisin' Weekend May 16th-19th?

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This is awesome....totally makes me want to do something like this. Maybe I can convince the wife.... :-p


Hope that you make it out to the midwest....I hope to see this in person

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Buggy, that thing is an animal.

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I am not planning on doing any shows this summer except for a couple local weekly shows. Its camping season and we are pretty booked all summer for the weekends

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Absolutely beautiful.....

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Any updates? Have you used it much? This is a cool rig!
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How much is the gas mileage difference between the old SB and the new BB? I am dragging a 69 C30 back from Oregon to set up for towing like yours and think I might trade out the 327 for a BB.

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this build just made my day!

seriously the best crewcab build on this site.
love the truck man, lots of respect for the metal work in this one

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Orrie, sorry I did not see your question a while back. I am getting the same gas mileage but am able to come up the big hills about 10 to 15 mph faster. it hardly ever drops out of overdrive and it has to be a monster hill to drop to second gear. I do like the power of the big block. The tranny did not. Torque converter clutch went and smoked the tranny. Its been rebuilt and should hold up now.

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Totally wicked!!!! Id love to have something like this to tow my trucks!

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Not surprising, I got better mileage with my v8 4wd than the six 2wd when I converted. I think it was because the six was always working in the upper range while the 283 did not have to work as hard. I am hoping the 350 is even better as it should be a little more torquey.