DCohoon
12-09-2015, 09:53 AM
So I have been lurking this site for years now looking at everyone else's builds as I slowly work on my own. I haven't started my own thread for some time just due to lack of pictures during the process as I always forget to take some as I go and of course school, life in general and work we all contend with. I finally believe though I have enough to post up and start showing my progress as I put this thing together and make changes. This project started for me years ago when I was just graduating high school and going to college. I bought the truck (1985 C10 Short box) with the original intent of using it as a hunting truck and maybe one day just building a hot motor for it when I found a better truck to use around the farm. Well as all these kind of projects go one thing led to another and the gear head in me built a sweet little engine and started driving it daily until hitting a deer one morning while ironically headed to help a friend pick up a deer he had just shot. That was the excuse I needed to start from scratch with the truck and build it from the frame up into a Pro Touring truck build which was really always just a dream but now reality. The truck even once "complete" will see many suspension changes as these projects are never really complete. For now I just want it back on the road as a good handling truck I can take to a few auto crosses each year and cruise around in on the weekends when I'm home. At that point I will start saving for more suspension upgrades I have planned when I decide to start competing more than cruising not that it wont be set up decent to begin with. Ill post some pictures I have taken here and there, this is my first ever post so I may screw it up so just bear with me.
As it stands now the truck: Is in a million pieces but has turned the corner to assembling it again instead of tearing it apart and soon I will have a full rolling chassis and then I will start the body work.
- 350 bored 40 over- now a 357, full hydraulic roller set-up, aluminum heads, 10.5:1 compression, just tons of goodies inside. Just ask if you want to know more.
-700r4 Transmission- built all out. not much left of the original trans but the casing haha
-tubular transmission cross member
-12 bolt rear end, narrowed 6 inches, Detroit limited slip, 3.42 gear U.S Gear, moser axles, big ford ends, disk brakes, and lots more.
-New to me/ the truck frame that I had a very good family friend of ours put on his frame rack and check it for laser straightness then cut and put tubes through frame like modern pick-ups/ cars.
-BAER Rotors with Wilwood calipers up front
-Eibach 2 inch drop pro touring truck spring, progressive rate spring
-CPP 2 inch drop spindles/ 1 inch narrowing spindles to help tuck the big front tires
-Caster mods made to the lower control arm cross shaft/ and soon to come bump steer mod
-5&1/4 rear drop by moving the leaf spring brackets up the frame and modifying them, Detroit spring- spring liners, polyurethane bushing. (eventually going to a No Limit Engineering 4-link)
-Working on custom aluminum fuel cell that will mount behind the rear end to not only increase fuel capacity, help weight distribution greatly, but also increase safety.
-Will be going with 20 inch wheels from billet specialties, but I have also been looking at some other brands- ya'll know how it is, nearly impossible to pick the right wheels. They make or break a car or truck in my opinion.
-I have thought about buying an additional set of 18 inch wheels for autocross competition but that will be costly and down the road.
-Have been working on designs for a roll bar/ cage set-up. I will be pulling the daily driver/ comfy seats and installing racing seats when I decide to go to the track and want to have the ability to mount harnesses properly but also don't want to compromise my own safety on the street with a million bars running all over the cab. I will be keeping it simple/ minimal. Something similar the C10R build.
-There are a million other things to list or talk about but I'm sure we will get to those when the time comes or just ask if you have a question about what Ill be doing in a certain area.
As it stands now the truck: Is in a million pieces but has turned the corner to assembling it again instead of tearing it apart and soon I will have a full rolling chassis and then I will start the body work.
- 350 bored 40 over- now a 357, full hydraulic roller set-up, aluminum heads, 10.5:1 compression, just tons of goodies inside. Just ask if you want to know more.
-700r4 Transmission- built all out. not much left of the original trans but the casing haha
-tubular transmission cross member
-12 bolt rear end, narrowed 6 inches, Detroit limited slip, 3.42 gear U.S Gear, moser axles, big ford ends, disk brakes, and lots more.
-New to me/ the truck frame that I had a very good family friend of ours put on his frame rack and check it for laser straightness then cut and put tubes through frame like modern pick-ups/ cars.
-BAER Rotors with Wilwood calipers up front
-Eibach 2 inch drop pro touring truck spring, progressive rate spring
-CPP 2 inch drop spindles/ 1 inch narrowing spindles to help tuck the big front tires
-Caster mods made to the lower control arm cross shaft/ and soon to come bump steer mod
-5&1/4 rear drop by moving the leaf spring brackets up the frame and modifying them, Detroit spring- spring liners, polyurethane bushing. (eventually going to a No Limit Engineering 4-link)
-Working on custom aluminum fuel cell that will mount behind the rear end to not only increase fuel capacity, help weight distribution greatly, but also increase safety.
-Will be going with 20 inch wheels from billet specialties, but I have also been looking at some other brands- ya'll know how it is, nearly impossible to pick the right wheels. They make or break a car or truck in my opinion.
-I have thought about buying an additional set of 18 inch wheels for autocross competition but that will be costly and down the road.
-Have been working on designs for a roll bar/ cage set-up. I will be pulling the daily driver/ comfy seats and installing racing seats when I decide to go to the track and want to have the ability to mount harnesses properly but also don't want to compromise my own safety on the street with a million bars running all over the cab. I will be keeping it simple/ minimal. Something similar the C10R build.
-There are a million other things to list or talk about but I'm sure we will get to those when the time comes or just ask if you have a question about what Ill be doing in a certain area.