TCI Engineering's '72 C10 R&D Project

[NolaC10]

Looking great! Excited to see how road testing goes.

[NolaC10]

Any updates?

[Sales-TCI-Eng]

We just received our first article spindles yesterday. This was one of the most important pieces to the puzzle. We still have a lot of time studies to accomplish but we're moving very quickly, so quickly that many of the R&D projects are finished and have moved into the production department.














-J

[NolaC10]

Very nice... one step closer

[glennheath]

I see that you have this advertised on your website for sale now. What is the final cost for the front suspension and the rear suspension?

[Sales-TCI-Eng]

I see that you have this advertised on your website for sale now. What is the final cost for the front suspension and the rear suspension?

We are still just making presale lists at this point. We were hoping to have final pricing done before we left for Louisville but it just didn't come together. Final price and introduction will be next week.


-J

[Slick68]

I know the current configuration is for the stock 12 bolt. What options will there be if one decides to or already is running a 9" setup?

[glennheath]

Sounds good for the pricing for next week. Keep us updated.

[Sales-TCI-Eng]

I know the current configuration is for the stock 12 bolt. What options will there be if one decides to or already is running a 9" setup?

We will have kits for the 10/12(Truck) bolt and 9".

-J

[Sales-TCI-Eng]

We're a couple days behind schedule but here are a couple updates.

The time studies for the crossmember and lower control arms are complete after 10 sets were finish welded.





A small but significant change to the Torque Arm.





-J

[glennheath]

Parts are looking good. Quick question you might know the answer to. I have a 71 chevy c10 stepside, but I have an extra frame from a gmc, same year model. I've had this extra one for quite a few years, and the thought hit me that I could get the gmc frame ready without having to tear my truck apart until I'm ready to do bodywork. I know the gmc is leaf spring, but is all the dimensions the same so I could change it to a coil spring setup with the trailing arms? My plans are to change about all of the rear suspension anyway including rear axle, break, trailing arms etc.. Will this work?

[Sales-TCI-Eng]

Parts are looking good. Quick question you might know the answer to. I have a 71 chevy c10 stepside, but I have an extra frame from a gmc, same year model. I've had this extra one for quite a few years, and the thought hit me that I could get the gmc frame ready without having to tear my truck apart until I'm ready to do bodywork. I know the gmc is leaf spring, but is all the dimensions the same so I could change it to a coil spring setup with the trailing arms? My plans are to change about all of the rear suspension anyway including rear axle, break, trailing arms etc.. Will this work?

I can't confirm anything at this point but if it has leafs my guess would be that it is different. Probably 3/4 Ton esque which if that is the case would mean the front will work but not the rear. We will definitely be looking into it in full detail now that you brought it up.

-J

[aggie91]

1/2 ton GMC where leaf spring. I believe the frame was the same on both GMC and Chevy.

Glenn - Can you post up a picture of the GMC frame you have?

[Sales-TCI-Eng]

The release of the front end is official, parts will begin shipping in two weeks.



-J

[4WardInv]

Very nice set up you guys have come up with. What did the alignment specs come out to and how much adjustment is there?

[Dmooreco]

Do you have a similar flyer for the rear end? If not what does the pricing look like?

[Siroadrnr]

Do you have plans for a '73 and up setup?? Put me in line!!

[Sales-TCI-Eng]

Sorry for the delayed responses, it's been a crazy couple weeks here at the shop.

Very nice set up you guys have come up with. What did the alignment specs come out to and how much adjustment is there?

+ 6 degrees caster(+/- 2 degrees)
+.5 to - 3 degrees camber
1/16" toe in for street use

Do you have a similar flyer for the rear end? If not what does the pricing look like?

Not yet, but we are very close to releasing the rear suspension kit.

Do you have plans for a '73 and up setup?? Put me in line!!

Everything we've measured says it will fit but we haven't had the time to mock it up yet. We'll confirm in the next few weeks but it's looking pretty good.

I've been working on the Install Manual. Here are a couple teaser shots.

































-J

[Sales-TCI-Eng]

Here are some of the pics from the shockwave mock up yesterday (based on a 26" tall tire). This is with the 2" ridetech shock extension, I am hopeful the 1" top will clear the control arm cross shaft. This will give another 1.125"-1.25" of compressed travel but will keep the suspension below its designed operating range. I will mock these up today sometime just to know.

Our bumper is bent up on the driver side so the frontal view looks a little off. The driver side is roughly an inch higher than the passenger.








Looking underneath the bumper at the crossmember.



This picture is a little deceiving because I couldn't get the camera low enough to get the true height. The crossmember is closer to 1.5".



The front frame head just behind the front bumper. Keep in mind that the rear suspension is still at ride height so once it is aired down this height will actually go up.



This is the front cab mount. Keep in mind that the rear suspension is still at ride height so once it is aired down this height will go down.



-J

[protouring70]

That's awesome! Thanks for the pictures. ....