72 Swb starting from the bottom

[J3rm0ff]

Got my champion radiator in this weekend. I had them weld on new inlets and outlets to work with the ls sizes. I needed the inlet on the driver side because of the position of the turbo.

Also finally brought my by bed up from my dads. Was excited to get this thing set on. Can’t decide if I want to use my steel floor or go with a wood floor.

[J3rm0ff]

after Getting the radiator in I quickly realized he position and size of the turbo inlet was going to be an issue. I found a 5” to 4” elbow on frozen boost.com that looks like it will work perfect.

Also started working on the firewall again. Trying to finish up the day of the metal work so I can sandblast it again and get it epoxy primed next week. The last piece was capping off the wire channel.

[Jason7121]

Nice work so far I'm watching this one

[mdelosrey]

Good work!

Did you brace the door jambs to replace the rockers or did you go deeper into the floor pan? Down the line I need to replace rockers and kick panel area as well.

[J3rm0ff]

Originally Posted by mdelosrey

Good work!

Did you brace the door jambs to replace the rockers or did you go deeper into the floor pan? Down the line I need to replace rockers and kick panel area as well.

I only had to replace the rockers and inner rockers. I don’t think it was completely necessary to brace but always better to be safe than sorry.

[72 tigger]

Really nice build! You're doing it right

[J3rm0ff]

Finally finishing up the wire wall. I got the wire channel all welded up. All I have is a tig welder so it seemed like it took forever. Should save on the grinding tho.

[J3rm0ff]

Got the cab put back on and some of the cold side piping done. Also had my dad make up a press fit sleeve to make the throttle body fit a 4” coupler snug. I didn’t realize the truck throttle body was like an 1/8” smaller than 4” so the elbow I bought was way too loose. Fits perfect now.

[J3rm0ff]

I’ve shifted focus a little bit as I wait for more parts to come in. Started working on fitting the impala dash. For now I am going widen it with the intentions of using a factory style radio. I’d like to fit a double din somehow but that would come later. Really just need to get the dash fitted so I can sandblast the cab and get it in epoxy primer.

[J3rm0ff]

Got the dash widened. Need to finish welding but it is finally starting to look like something.

[Stickman]

Pretty Damn cool.

[TexasLS1]

WOW that’s really cool! Also like the Vette observing quietly from her own room lol

[J3rm0ff]

Originally Posted by TexasLS1

WOW that’s really cool! Also like the Vette observing quietly from her own room lol

Thanks. Definitely looking forward to seeing that dash fit into place for good. And yea I love the vette. Drive it nearly everyday.

[J3rm0ff]

I returned the mishimoto fan shroud and fans. I’m pretty sure the fans they included were the same fans you can get on eBay for 30 bucks. I bought some aluminum, a harbor freight sheet metal brake and spal high performance fans. I’m about finished with the shroud just need to figure out how to neatly cut out the holes for the fans.

[J3rm0ff]

Pretty much Finished up the fan shroud today. Just need to figure out how I want to attach it to the radiator on top. Picked up some silicone 90s from summit that will work good for the radiator hose too.

[J3rm0ff]

Got the intake side of the intercooler piping tacked up. Think I may need to do a little more work to get it a little lower. It has about an inch clearence between the top and the bottom of the hood.

On a side note I think I’m going to get ridetech strong arms. The front just isn’t sitting low enough. About 2” higher than the rear.

[J3rm0ff]

The impala dash is pretty much where it’s goig to sit. After 100 test fits I’m going to start welding it up. Going to wait on finishing the ends until I order the weather stripping and decide on the door panels.

[J3rm0ff]

Did a test fit of my dads wheels today just to see how it’d sit. They are 20x12 with a 315/35 tire. Definitely helps envision how it will look.

[1Rusty90]

Can't wait to see it finished. Keep up the good work.

[J3rm0ff]

Got ridetech lower strongarms to help level out the truck. The rear was sitting A lot lower. Now the inside of the fender is sitting on the tires and it has lowered an inch and a quarter or so. Still has a lot more to go down but I’m going to set it up so it sits level with the rear.

[brainfood]

this is an awesome build, i"m piecing together a turbo setup right now for mine, so this is getting me stoked.

[Red71gmc]

True imaginary thinking you have. The dash idea is awesome to suit your taste. I like how you say the "original dash never did anything for you" so you just simply change it to your liking. Nice!

[J3rm0ff]

Originally Posted by Red71gmc

True imaginary thinking you have. The dash idea is awesome to suit your taste. I like how you say the "original dash never did anything for you" so you just simply change it to your liking. Nice!

Thanks! Although I can't take all the credit as a few other forum members have also done this dash swap.

[J3rm0ff]

With the ridetech control arms in the first thing that became very obvious was these inner fenders aren’t going to work. I found frizzle fry’s inner fender post and kind of worked off of that.

[J3rm0ff]

Ended up remaking the intercooler mount so I could get a set of filler panels for between the grill and core support. Also, have a pair of viair gen 2 air compressors on the way.