Project "ANVIL" F100. Built to be beat on

[rlovell383]

Wow!!! Awesome build. Love the ingenuity. Following with interest.

[Munssey]

Subscribed!

[1SAWB]

Thank you for the kind word's.

this past weekend I didn't get as much time in on the truck as I would have liked but it's all good. I leave for the PRI show in the morning so no progress for a week or so for me. Anyways this is all I got done

mocked up the rear mount tank just to get an Idea of where she landed....talk about 10 lbs of shhh in a 2 lbs bag

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In this pic you can see that I actually had to notch the rear subframe to gain 3/4 of an inch or so for the tank
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once I was somewhat happy I put the bed back on to see what was next on the chopping block. back when I was originally measuring out where the "new" axle centerline will be I also measured the bed and mocked up the wheel in the wheel well and marked center. as you can see with the plumb bob its dead on

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a little butt view for your pleasure

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[1SAWB]

while messing around on my phone I found a short video of the evil 6 cylinder that was in the truck. don't mind that exhaust leak and belt squeal ....lol

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[1SAWB]

few misc pics

The LS that's going into it in in the future, most of the spec are listed in the beginning of this thread

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Morel tie bar lifters...I really Hate the factory plastic lifter trays. the ARP stuff can be seen in the back ground
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The 120 injectors
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Aeromotive Phantom intank dual 340 LPH pumps
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[1SAWB]

rear wheel hubs cleaned, blasted and ready for new bolt pattern and screw in studs
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[redmist]

Awesome build!

[1SAWB]

Thank you

I'm out in Indianapolis at the PRI show. My Turbo was delivered...unfortunately I didn't have room to take it in my bag.....lol , so I'll have to ship it back with our booth and products. Didnt even open the box yet.....it's killing me

[1SAWB]

Been hectic lately with PRI, Boys coming home from college for the holidays and just life in general. I did manage to make it out in the garage to remove the bushings from the rear knuckles and install the studs in the hubs. today at lunch I plan on installing the new bushings and hubs in the knuckles

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also our booth crate made it back from PRI so my turbo made it home

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it's freaking huge !!! cant wait

[1SAWB]

well lunch got burnt up pretty quick. those damn bushings where not fun to install. finally got it and the hubs pressed back in and only went over by 2 minutes...lol

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The snow was flying today so its very cold but I just couldn't resist putting one of the knuckles on and seeing how she looked

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I put a wheel on too.....to damn cold to take a pic. I didn't have my jacket on ........ lol

[Motoracer838]

I put a wheel on too.....to damn cold to take a pic. I didn't have my jacket on ........ lol

Yeah, we're having one of those days here in Denver today, 26 degrees today, was 65 yesterday...

Joe

[1SAWB]

I couldn't help myself in NOT mocking up the rear tires and wheels to see what they look like

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unfortunately I needed to cut the inner fender wells on the rear to gain much needed clearance for the upper control arm. I mathed out that I would need 4 inches to gain the room needed. in the pics the upper control arm is actually hitting and wouldn't allow any more up travel.

I sat back in a chair smoking a cigar, staring at how I wanted to do this and this is what I came up with

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I cut the inner side of the fender well straight and then the bed floor, removed 4 inches that's needed. I then cut the top portion off and moved it toward the bed side to gain some up travel

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[1SAWB]

once I had it all cut up I re mocked the tire up and I like it much better

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I gained a fair amount of much needed up travel. I like the stance so much I'm now thinking air ride

once I had all this done the flu came over and started kicking my butt so im out for a bit

I also scored a complete virgin long bed to cut up and use the inner fender wells. that should be here any day now

[Jetfixr320]

Looking Good!

[1SAWB]

Got some work put in after the whole flu thing kicking my butt. I did end up going air bags front and rear. rears are D2600's and I did the Shockwaves in the front. i sat down and really rethought this build and i felt like i was putting the cart before the horse on some things so I made some decisions to keep this moving forward. from day one on this build i wanted to keep the 6 cylinder that i had built and have less then 1 mile on. i got side tracked by the LS and started funneling money towards it. I have a ton of parts for the LS but still a ways off. i made the move back to my original plan of the 6 cylinder first then the LS. that way i can still be out driving it and playing ......................also make me hungry for the LS even more. so i sent some parts back that i had ordered and bought the front Shockwaves. during my "Down time" i came across a rebuild T5 online for sale. i messaged the guy and come to find out it was an ex employee. He just wanted off of it so i bought it for a whopping $80.00 and delivered to me house

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[1SAWB]

The front shockwaves came in and like a kid a Christmas I tore into it to start drooling

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kinda bummed that I got the new style plastic end and not the old Billet. i'm just not a plastic kinda guy

[1SAWB]

last weekend I got the rear bag's in and played with them.

Here is all the way up

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This will be ride height

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And aired out

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[1SAWB]

Here is a pic of the front and rear air bags on my tool box

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still not sure why ridetech doesn't plate the upper mount. mine are off getting Black Zinc plated right now then i can do the front

i Was chatting with one of the Engine Builder's i deal with about an engine oil cooler he offer's for the Sprint car guy's. they badass dual pass cooler's perfect for engine oil cooler and i'll use the other for Tranny when the LS goes in

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[1SAWB]

Well......the front shockwave bags are in and very unhappy with them......pics to follow if Flickr ever allows them to upload

[1SAWB]

Ok so the weather broke a bit and life slowed down long enough for me to install the ridetech Shockwaves in the front of the truck on Super bowl Sunday. Took longer to get the old "strut" out then it did to install the Shockwaves. first impression when I opened the box was that they are just badass !! I knew on the front side that I would need to cut the sway bar end link stud off to gain clearance on the bag so I took care of that prior to install, quick cut off wheel job and done no biggie. As the install progressed i found that i really didn't care for the all aluminum spacer's, especially where the bolt made contact when I torque it I could actually see material come off of it. The other thing that was disheartening was the top plate was just plain steel. with its location it will rust badly being exposed to elements and basiclly in a cup on top of the aluminum cradle . I sent mine out to get powder coated. the other thing i wish i had paid attention to was that same top plate does not have drain holes in them. with it bolting directly to where the factory strut was it creates a cup for dirt, Water and debris to collect. If I had noticed this prior to powder coating i would have simply drilled a hole then coated.

Once the bag's where installed I couldn't wait to see how it sat. I threw together some airlines and a ball valve. added some air, jacked it back up, removed the jack stands and let her down.

This is what we got

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Let all the air out and she looks like this

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now at this point i was like a kid at Christmas. i added air........let the air out....added air .......called the family out to check out how it looked

Then I found that the sway bar end link hits the bag so hard when all the way down that it actually pushed the deflated bag in at least 3/8 on an inch

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trimming the nut would fix it but i worry about weakening the thread itself and having future issues.

with this disappointment I went back in the house wondering why i had spent almost $1000.00 for these and why I didn't just build my own. the real down fall to all of this is i read up on multipal builds, watched videos on install's and never saw this. i went back and looked at the ones i had saved and looked specifically at the sway bar end links and every single one of them hit....not one person said a word about it.

I do have a couple idea's rolling around in my skull full of mush on how I might cure this issue...but im going to stew on it for a bit and go to the rear of the truck and finish that first

I do have to say i love the look and i'm OK with the ride height

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