Project CT 67 C10 by Speedtech

[Ben@SpeedTech]

Hey All-

Check out what's on the table at Speedtech Performance! Reminiscent of the beautiful southern Utah sunset, this hot new project will bring a sense of awe to all who stick around to watch it.

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We've been hankerin' for a hauler for some time now, we needed a good excuse to develop some new suspension parts for the 67-72 C10 crowd. Well this little p'up wandered into the shop lookin' like it had a pretty tough life. It's got quite a history, we'd tell you but we really don't know what it is, lol. Needless to say, there wasn't one matching color panel, it was missing half it's parts, it had rust all over and it looked so bad it would run and hide every time a camera came out. I barely got this first shot while it was hiding behind the paint booth.

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After hiding in the corner of the shop for several months the stars aligned and the truck came out with a pretty serious game plan. Instead of simply adapting our suspension to it's battered frame we decided to start fresh. So along with this build will come one of the first of Speedtech's new line of full frame products! These frames will offer super low stance, proprietary front suspension geometry based on our ATS tall spindle, a little bit of a straying away from the norm out back, and some subtle body mods to create a look that hasn't been seen before. This is a side project being built for us to play around with so follow along over the next few months as it all comes together.

[Ben@SpeedTech]

The parts list is a long one, starting out with a complete new bed, tailgate, doors, fenders, hood, floor, rockers, and lower cab corner patch panels. Additional patch panels were hand formed to take car of areas we couldn't order. During the process, the firewall got moved back and smoothed a little, and the drip rails got shaved. Topping off the cab mods will also be flush mount glass and a modified cowl panel. These pics are the start of some very cool things to come...

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[driveit]

Beautiful rendering. Can't wait to see it come to life. I have yet got to see one of mine completed on an actual vehicle. Awesome work, can't wait to see more.

[Peter Mc Mahon]

Great rendering.

[Ben@SpeedTech]

Thanks Peter and Chris! There's more to the design we left out of the artwork that we'll release photos of as it gets implemented onto the truck. We're really excited to see this one come together.

[Ben@SpeedTech]

Here are some updates. After playing with more color options we've decided to do something different than straight black and make it Oreo two tone. Oreos are "America's" favorite cookie" right? We're also adding some mild ground effects to have it hug the ground and flow the air a little better. One last thing not in the new rendering is that we'll be using a deeper rather than a shallow wheel offset.

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Photos coming in a few...

The frame is underway. Right now we're waiting on our new forged ATS tall spindles to be completed, which are designed specifically for the new line of frames. Most frames on the market use the Vette spindle, our new spindle has even better geometry than the Vette unit. It will be by far the best choice in spindles you can by.

Ultimately the goal is to have a truck with the lowest (without bags) static ride height on the market, handle like a well built Camaro, and cruise comfortably too.

If you're wondering, although by far the short bed wins the popularity contest, but we'll have a version for a long bed and we'll be looking into the Blazer too.

[Ben@SpeedTech]

To visually drop the truck even lower and get the air flow around the rolling brick a little better Jeremy's created some mild side fairings.

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Here's the beginning metal work on the hood.

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More coming soon...

[driveit]

Ben, looks awesome. I am thinking of some side skirts and things to that affect for the Chevelle. I just want try and make it a bit more aerodynamic. Love the new rendering as well. Do you have any more angles of the side fairings?

[Ben@SpeedTech]

Here's another view. I'll post more as things progress. :)

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[syborg tt]

Subscribed

[Yelcamino]

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Me too!

[Ben@SpeedTech]

Thanks for following along!

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This is a little more along the lines of the offset we will see from Forgeline. At this point we'll likely run 345-20s out back and 315 19s up front. Fatness on the ground is a good thing.

[driveit]

Nice...

[bs46488]

I like the updated rendering with the two tone white/black.

[kmdracer]

Awesome!

[Peter Mc Mahon]

I like the last rendering, if it was mine I would look at making all the red accents standard dove grey.

[Ben@SpeedTech]

I guess we can't leave well enough alone...

Not long ago Forgeline announced deeper offsets available for the GT3C wheels, so back to the drawing board we went. After a few different options were considered we decided to do the centers in transparent red and the barrels in white. We're after a mild custom yet still out of the box styling with this build so the shoe, or in this case wheel, fits. We talked to Baer and they were able to whip together a little custom bling for the brakes too, which will look great under the wheels. Cool eh? BTW the Speedtech Signature Logo calipers are now available to customers too.

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[Ben@SpeedTech]

Here's sneak peak of the new frame. This is our prototype chassis posed under Oreo's cab, and is actual static ride height. The cool thing about this is the frame is tucked about even with the stock rockers and it has a full range of normal travel at this height. Now, for you slamarized guys, imagine how easy it would be to put this thing on the ground with a set of bags, which will be an option with the chassis package. In the photo we borrowed wheels from another project to give a feel for sizing. These are 335-30-18s on 18x12 rallies out back and 275-35-18s on 9.5s up front. Our final wheels will be 19s and 20s with 345s out back and 315s up front. This is going to be one killer C10 that has the moves!

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[Ben@SpeedTech]

We got the wheels and tires from Forgeline yesterday. WoW!! Some of the shop guys think we're pushing the limits a bit on styling but I say they're totally sick! The transparent red looks wicked and the white rim will tie them into the truck's paint theme. It's like a crazy blend of old school deuce coupe wide whitewalls on red rims and new school pro touring flair and styling with a bit of attitude. Let us know what you think!

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[syborg tt]

Your a shop you are suppose to push the limits. - I like them !!


We got the wheels and tires from Forgeline yesterday. WoW!! Some of the shop guys think we're pushing the limits a bit on styling but I say they're totally sick! The transparent red looks wicked and the white rim will tie them into the truck's paint theme. It's like a crazy blend of old school deuce coupe wide whitewalls on red rims and new school pro touring flair and styling with a bit of attitude. Let us know what you think!

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[cornfedbill]

Looks great Ben!

[Ben@SpeedTech]

You got it Marty and thanks Bill!

[Ben@SpeedTech]

...Some shots from the C10 frame assembly phase. Splined sway bars, LOW ride height, coilovers, torque arm, rack and pinion, stainless tank...the works.

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[zamora7]

Awesome, I love these trucks. Wheels look great as well, live the fact you guys are using a torque arm rear suspension.

[Ben@SpeedTech]

Ok so some more photos to get everyone up to date. I'll mostly let the pics do the talking...

Minitubs and raising the bar, er, bed. We wanted to still be able to haul a Harley so a big ol' bump in the middle of the bed just wouldn't do. We like to think if we didn't mention it's been raised most folks wouldn't catch it at first glance. First step was widening the tubs. This was simply done but moving the area where the tubs bolted down inward. Same deal inside the bed sides, just moved everything upwards.

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[Ben@SpeedTech]

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The end result...

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[Ben@SpeedTech]

Now the reason for the bed mods... :headbang:

Note:
-Torque arm suspension, the same style set up in our booty kicking Camaro and Nova suspension systems
-Articulink rotating trailing arms with greasable Delrin bushings
-Several coilover options from mild street to full race sweet
-Splined sway bar with several available spring rates
-Available 9" Ford with all bracketry pre-welded on
-Rear frame clearanced for 345s and then some for the pro street guys
-C notch built in for air bag dropping the rockers on the ground

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[Ben@SpeedTech]

Custom tank by Rick's...

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[Ben@SpeedTech]

And the even more exciting news- how about the most advanced optimization of suspension geometry on the market. Trust us when we say hours and hours of time went into this suspension design. Yes it rides well. Yes it rides LOW. Yes it is high clearance to easily swallow 315s. And yes, with Ron Sutton on board as part of the design team, this suspension kicks! Quoting Ron-

 The ONLY chassis to come exclusively with the Next-Gen ATS spindle
 Industry first: Optimum roll center with any suspension strategy
 Roll Center achieves optimum location for low, mid & high travel
 Increased shock length providing more suspension travel
 Excellent for street, autocross & track days
 Virtually ZERO bump steer - .005” in standard full travel
 Bump steer kit available for competitors desiring additional bump out
 Up to 30 deg of steering angle
 Rack location & ATS Next-Gen spindle provide optimum Ackerman
 3-piece Chromoly tubular splined sway bar available in various rates
 It just doesn’t get ANY BETTER than this

and speaking about the new "Next Gen" ATS spindle...

 We took the best forged aluminum spindle & made it better
 Better Geometry than ANY Corvette (or Corvette copy) spindle
 Reduced KPI/SAI angle
 Requires less caster to achieves optimum tire contact patch
 Significantly less scrub radius
 Maintains optimum tire grip with less backspaced wheels
 Still forged from 7075 aluminum
 Uses all brakes built for Corvette C6 spindles
 Comes standard with stronger ZR1 hubs & bearings
 Next-Gen steering arm provides increased Ackerman steering
 Achieves optimum tire slip-angles, increasing front tire grip
 Excellent for Autocross, Road Course & Street


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Yeah baby!

[Ben@SpeedTech]

Mmmmm, 525 HP GM crate LS3 backed by a smooth running Hughes 4L80E

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[Ben@SpeedTech]

This is static ride height. Wouldn't take much by way of bags to drop the rockers on the ground for those that dig that. "How low can you go..." Note that the frame rails and custom formed headers and exhaust are tucked up above the stock rockers so there's no issues with ground clearance through full suspension travel. For those that live in speed bump utopia, there's is plenty of travel to raise it up as needed via the coilovers. The additional parts such as headers will be available for purchase as well.

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[Ben@SpeedTech]

In these pics we hadn't adjusted the wheel base via the adjustable trailing arms yet but we wanted to get a few pics out in the sun before we continued...

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[wfo guy]

I love cool parts! I'm curious for the ride report. The only desire I have is I wish you had gone with a manual trans.

[cactuss4]

amazing.. love that series of truck
-Tory

[bhcustomdesigns]

Looks awesome,love the stance!!!!

[grendel]

Any interest in sell the C10 aero stuff you did on the bottom? I am ditching the bags in mine to make it handle more... Ride Tech has a set of coil overs with my name on 'em.

[Ben@SpeedTech]

I love cool parts! I'm curious for the ride report. The only desire I have is I wish you had gone with a manual trans.

We considered a T56 but ultimately this one's going to be a cruiser more so than a racer. Jay's Camaro will handle the go fast duties. The C10 will likely see some track time to stretch it's legs now and again, but it'll get a lot of miles put on it driving to local cruise nights and shows and even to work and such. The manual has some advantages but how nice is it to just get in, press the go pedal, and you're on your way?

[Ben@SpeedTech]

Thanks Tory and BH!


Any interest in sell the C10 aero stuff you did on the bottom? I am ditching the bags in mine to make it handle more... Ride Tech has a set of coil overs with my name on 'em.

Sorry grendel, they were a one off deal. Good luck with your C10! We've got a new chassis with a set of Ridetechs already installed with your name on it! :) If a new Pro Touring complete chassis isn't on your wish list, as soon as we've got the ExtReme Chevelle, and Tri-5 chassis and the new ExtrReme Camaro and Nova subframes on the market, we'll be readdressing the C10 with a bolt in clip with all the new ExtReme suspension parts for the factory frame. Stay tuned with us for more...

[cornfedbill]

Looks great.

[Peter Mc Mahon]

Love it! that is one good looking frame, looks a little flimsy where the lower control arms bolt up though! LOL

[Ron Sutton]

I only designed the front suspension & steering geometry. The key to making these cars & trucks corner faster is increasing front grip & this will do that.

Having said that, I LOVE the rear suspension layout. The torque arm offers 50/50 torque distribution for excellent corner exit grip. the adjustable panhard bar lets you tune the rear roll center to balance the corner handling. The sway bar arms & coil-over shocks mounted on the outside of the frame is the best mounting strategy.

I did not design this, but that is how I design my stuff when I have the freedom to do it. Having the coil-over shocks mounted wider, quickens the shocks responsiveness, increasing the car/trucks grip & responsiveness. Having the sway bar arms mounted on the outside of the frame allows for the longest bar possible ... and running long arms ... narrows up the sway bar rate adjustment range ... making more of the tuning holes actually usable.


:cheers:

[SSLance]

Wow... Just wow....

[Ben@SpeedTech]

Here are some more pics...

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[Ben@SpeedTech]

Underneath...

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Sway bar mount...

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[Ben@SpeedTech]

More out back...

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Developing the fully adjustable trans crossmember system...

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[Tincup]

Very nice work

[Ben@SpeedTech]

Thanks Tin, and thanks Ron for chiming in. Always good to have your stamp of approval!

[Ben@SpeedTech]

More updates...

We've got short billet solid body mounts on to help channel the body over the frame. As a result we're doing a little bit of fab work to help get the driveline angles correct. First part was building a new tunnel cover. This one will stay in Oreo but we'll have a little more refined production design available as an add on for the frame package.

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Next up was modding the back of the cab. This much clearance wouldn't have been necessary had we used our factory height body mounts, so there's two options for everyone with the frame package.

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[PhillipM]

Very nice build. Thanks for posting!

[cactuss4]

that transmission tunnel is sexy..
-Tory

[ent72olds]

Subscribed!

[Ben@SpeedTech]

Thanks folks!

And so the progress continues...

We're going for smooth and clean, so to match the flush glass and shaved drip rails we did a vent window delete kit. A bit of work to install but it's a great subtle change to the look of the exterior.

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[Ben@SpeedTech]

In the engine bay Jeremy fabbed out some low key inner fender wells with hidden compartments up front. On the left it houses the air cleaner box, while the right houses all the engine management electronics.

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[Ben@SpeedTech]

On this pic you can see the beginnings of the splitter and tow tab. The splitter doubles as a partial belly pan to direct high speed airflow under the truck.

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Hexagon mesh fills the grille inserts.

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[Ben@SpeedTech]

On to the interior...

Vintage Air supplied our HVAC unit, nicely tucked behind the glove box door.

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What's a pro touring driver to do without some decent tunes? Our center console incorporates a down firing woofer...

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... with plenty of amps to push it, incorporated as an exposed part of the rear interior panel.

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We also wanted a modern feel to the design so we built it all around 2015 Sierra components and a pistol grip B&M shifter. Looks natural in there eh?

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[Ben@SpeedTech]

We finally got all the little details worked out on the prototype frames and production #1 frame returned from powdercoating awaiting final assembly.

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To make plumbing easy this frame has pre-bent brake line kit option. It fits nice and snug and sure makes the install a cake walk. Tabs are all prewelded to the frame and the lines all fit perfectly.

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[Ben@SpeedTech]

For a clean engine bay the battery box has been incorporated under the bed. Holes are tapped in the frame on either side for a battery mount. Had we run a really gnarly sound system we could have run dual batteries- one on either side, but we're trying to keep weight down so we opted for a single battery on the right side for better weight distribution.

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Holes are also predrilled for our Rick's custom tank and straps. Install was quick and painless.

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[Ben@SpeedTech]

Custom frame mounts are included, in our case we opted for a 525 hp GM crate LS3 and the stands give the engine just the right position to work around steering and crossmembers.

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On this build we wanted it to be a super comfortable drive to events so we decided to forgo the man pedal and went with a 4L65 auto. Crossmember getting into position and final assembly.

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[Ben@SpeedTech]

Here's a cool option, the ATS road race LS oil pan allows for a remote oil filter and the frame is pre-drilled for mounting it on either the right or left side. Super easy to incorporate a cooler in there too.

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PS and oil lines routed around Unisteer rack and pinion steering.

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[Ben@SpeedTech]

Rear axle breather will keep the rear seals happy.

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Quick ratio feel rack and pinion has about 2.5 turns lock to lock. Now that's a huge improvement from the farm tractor like factory box!

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[Ben@SpeedTech]

Needless to say when trying to milk near drifter steering angle with w i d e wheels the frame rails came inboard a bit and required a careful design on the custom stainless headers. Ultimate Headers took on the task of the production units, check out those sick flanges. Awesome!

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[Ben@SpeedTech]

We decided to run a Spintech muffler that allows for a dual 3" in and 3.5" single outlet. A very unique combination that works great for encouraging high exhaust flow and neat packaging. It'll sound pretty cool too. :cool:

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[Ben@SpeedTech]

Progress is really moving along. That's a good thing, we're scheduled to be at a car show in like 2 weeks. This feels a little like Overhaulin' with 1/10th the amount of crew members working on it, lol! Stay tuned...

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[gio75camaro]

This is my favorite build so far! And where did you get the grille mesh??

[Ben@SpeedTech]

Thanks Gio. try this link- http://www.customcargrills.com/Custom-Grill-Mesh.asp

[gio75camaro]

That's perfect! Thanks Ben! Can't wait to see more of this truck!!

[Ben@SpeedTech]

Today's progress-

With the rear suspension now on it's own rear sneakers, we've moved onto the sheetmetal. The cab is bolted down and the sound deadening installed on the floor.

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[Ben@SpeedTech]

From there the leather wrapping got done- Dash pad, rear panel, A & B pillars, and the ceiling. Mmmmm looks good and smells great!

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[Ben@SpeedTech]

How about that reflection? Everyone that took part did an Awseome job on the firewall, great look and fit! Check out the steering shaft placement, great angle and plenty of clearance in such a tight package.

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More coming, have a great weekend everyone!

[wfo guy]

Looking Good!

[Ben@SpeedTech]

Looking Good! Thanks! :)

[Ben@SpeedTech]

Today's progress-
We got the windshield installed and the brake master cyl plumbing worked out today. Wiring got started as well, both interior and engine bay. More interior stuff happening too...

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[andrewb70]

Ben,

Great progress! Mind sizing your pictures a little bigger? Maybe 800x600, or even a little bigger?

Andrew

[Gil]

Very nice !
Gil

[Ben@SpeedTech]

Thanks fellas.

The photos are sized according to our website's photo gallery and for quick and easy I copy and paste here. If there's a particular one you'd like to see a larger version of let me know and I'll post it. "All of them" doesn't count, lol! ;)

[Ben@SpeedTech]

Some updated interior shots...

Leather wrapped door tops-

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Console going in-

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Behind the seat area-

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[Ben@SpeedTech]

More suspension details. Love those coated flex brake lines, smooooth!

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We sent the springs from our new Viking Crusader AutoX valved shocks out for a clear red powder coat, similar to the wheels. Looks awesome!

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[Ben@SpeedTech]

Jeremy is our lead tech and has taken on the crunch time task of assembling the truck mostly by himself. Soon you'll start seeing his sleeping bag in the background of the photos, lol! Great Job Jeremy, keep it crankin!

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[Ben@SpeedTech]

The console came out great. Wait till you see the dash inserts and gauges all assembled, coming soon!

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[Ben@SpeedTech]

Another shot of the flush windshield.

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Mapping out the body line for the very special paint job, the kind that comes in a roll...

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[Ben@SpeedTech]

Some front suspension...

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[Ben@SpeedTech]

Engine bay, getting there...


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[andrewb70]

The yellow dipstick handle sticks out like a sore thumb, but otherwise, looking good!

Andrew

[Ben@SpeedTech]

We'll have to fix that...

[andrewb70]

We'll have to fix that...

I made my own out of a .223 Remington shell. Your imagination is your limit...

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Andrew

[Ben@SpeedTech]

Now that's pretty cool Andrew!

[andrewb70]

Now that's pretty cool Andrew!

Thanks Ben. I am sure that you guys can come up with something cool. The yellow plastic handle is pinned to the dip stick itself, so it can be easily removed and replaced. I cut both the tube and the dipstick, but it can be left stock length.

Andrew

[Ben@SpeedTech]

Thanks for the info. My son just bought a wrecked Tahoe so he can do a 5.3 swap into his G body wagon. We call his car Coppertop so maybe a fabbed mock up of a "AA Duracel battery" for a dipstick handle would be fun, lol! I do have an engineering neighbor friend with a rapid prototyping machine side business in his garage...

[Ben@SpeedTech]

Anyone ever notice the lack of cool dash inserts for these C10s? We did too, there really isn't much support there at all, so we've decided to make one that we can add to our C10 catalog. If you've got a buddy looking for a cool C10 dash upgrade please pass the word! :)

Darren in engineering did a great job designing the 3D model from which we milled the main clusters out of billet, and the thin inserts were laser cut for a perfect fit.

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[Ben@SpeedTech]

The concept is that the inserts can be easily customized to the truck, brushed, painted, wrapped, print dipped, laser cut carbon fiber, etc.

For our truck we tried a couple options, black and white, black and brushed, ...

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[Ben@SpeedTech]

... and we finally decided on black with a red rim. The red is the same clear red powder coat that was used on the wheels, brakes, and shocks. The photos don't do it justice, it really is pretty. The back lit gauges are from Speedhut out of Orem, UT, and look killer at night, perfectly matching the light up dials on the Vintage Air controls.

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[cornfedbill]

Wow, Ben, you guys are doing a great job on this C10. I am eager to see if it is as fast as it is good looking.

[Ben@SpeedTech]

The beginnings of our custom door panels...

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[Ben@SpeedTech]

Wow, Ben, you guys are doing a great job on this C10. I am eager to see if it is as fast as it is good looking.

It is, more on that coming soon...

[Ben@SpeedTech]

Back to the paint booth to get things "wrapped" up...

We were invited to bring a car to the Super Chevy annual Suspension and handling challenge again this year and they said although the C10 wouldn't be allowed to officially compete and get reviewed in the magazine, we were welcome to bring it, along with the 68 Nova that would compete, to run some track time and compare it to the other attendees. This is what put us into major crunch time to get the truck finished. For that reason and also to simply try it out we opted to do the white portion in 3M vehicle wrap. It's not quite as smooth as a cut and buffed paint, but overall it went on well, has amazing ability to conform to the body's shape, and it really looks good.

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[Ben@SpeedTech]

To save some time on the hood we opted to do a pinstripe instead of paint the valley red like our original plan. We may still do that later on. Is this a cool design or what? Not sure how Blake came up with the hood mod idea, but I heard it just sort of popped into his head as he drove his '14 GMC home one day, lol! It really turned out nice!

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[Ben@SpeedTech]

Some final suspension shots...

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[Gil]

Beautiful !
Awesome work...
Gil

[Ben@SpeedTech]

Beautiful !
Awesome work...
Gil

Thanks Gil!

[Ben@SpeedTech]

Here's a cool feature- we made some tow/tie down brackets that bolt to the lower trailing arm bracket. Note the bracket has 3 positions for easy adjusting of the instant center.

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[Ben@SpeedTech]

Here's the day before heading to the SC Challenge, still a bit to go...

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[cornfedbill]

Pretty!

[Ben@SpeedTech]

A week ago the truck was finished on Saturday night and loaded into a trailer with our Super Chevy Suspension and Handling Challenge contender '68 Nova to head to California the next morning.

On non-sticky everyday street tires wWith no real tuning other than a quick shock adjustment, right out of the box the truck was faster than the test bed 2015 Z06 Corvette through the slaloms. They also let us a run a few shakedown laps on the road course however because it wasn't competing in the challenge we don't have official lap times to report.

Thanks to Super Chevy magazine, the shake down laps gave us some good feedback and you'll see the results of some tuning at upcoming Goodguys events. Stay tuned to the build thread for an up coming photo shoot and race results.

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[Ben@SpeedTech]

Some of the crew took the C10 to the Goodguys event in Loveland CO last weekend. First time on an official autocross it took 1st place overall in the truck category and was hanging with most of the faster cars. This is with street tires and no major tuning on the right off the shelf parts. On Sunday it smoked many of the late model cars who were running on sticky tires. Goodguys put on a great event, we had a good time, and the trophy is REALLY cool.

The shakedown runs were helpful, we want to experiment with sway bar rates a little more for upcoming events. We may even slap on a set of road race slicks left over from an old project and see what it's real potential is at an upcoming SCCA event.

Overall things are looking fantastic for our truck and the future of the C10 ExtReme suspension!

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We're really excited about where things are going. Speedtech will have a booth at SEMA, # 72004, however the truck will be outside rather than inside with the booth. We will have a C10 frame on display at the booth, along with an ExtReme Camaro Subframe.

[Gil]

hey Ben,
Awesome !
Congratz with the win
Gil

[Ben@SpeedTech]

Thanks Gil!

[langleylad]

I want one ! Very nice

[Ben@SpeedTech]

If you bug Blake enough he just might sell it to ya! :)

[cbpldc]

I'm just in awe of this whole build. Congrats on the award and I'm sure its the first of many to come!

Chris

[Ron Sutton]

Congrats on winning the Goodguys Truck Class Autocross event in Colorado ... on the truck's first time autocrossing. Sweet !

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What's more impressive ... is that this is not a stripped down race car. This bad boy has a full custom interior, air conditioning, big stereo & is "Truck Heavy". My only question is... did jay have a Slushy in the cup holder on the Autocross course?


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