83 C10 Pro Touring Truck

[Project Bike Truck]

This Build is Epic! Im going to be following it for sure.

[vette427-sbc]

Everything looking awesome as usual!

[Buryingthesun]

Wow man, this is such a good build!

[Motoracer838]

And the front fender dent is the reason why brothers never get along. lifted 3+3 big block chevy fell out of gear and used my fender as a praking brake

"You can choose your friends but you can't choose your family"...

Just found this thread, awesome build. With the fab skills your showing, you'll go far...

Joe

[the dan]

"You can choose your friends but you can't choose your family"...

Just found this thread, awesome build. With the fab skills your showing, you'll go far...

Joe

Thanks Joe!

Here are the res' mounted on the frame. Todays project is master cylinders, battery hold down and shockwave bracket improvement.

[2ndroundko]

The resivor mount is dope. I always look at your thread and wonder what you made and what you bought. Quality is top notch as usual.

[the dan]

I make almost all of it because I can't buy anything I like. Lol. Much appreciated.
No updates tonight. Tilton didn't give me an oring on one of my masters so I couldn't bench bleed them all and mount them. front brakes and suspension are back together and I need to get some material for my battery tray tomorrow

[the dan]

I got my new Tilton masters in place, One of them came missing an o-ring for the res, so MCMASTER has an EPDM ring coming today




And checking clearance on 325's for the front

[hotrod56]

Very Nice!

Have a few questions for u. Did u run braided lines all the way to your brakes or do u have hard lines? Tell us more about the front suspension and the Fox shocks please.

[the dan]

ps ive tried 3 different times to upload that image properly. Every time google decides to rotate it, even after i download, rotate, save, and re-upload it

[the dan]

Very Nice!

Have a few questions for u. Did u run braided lines all the way to your brakes or do u have hard lines? Tell us more about the front suspension and the Fox shocks please.

No, Soft from the res to 3/16 stainless hard line, then hardline to the axle, and to the front crossmember where i then used steel braided up front for movement, and the rear has regular c5 vette lines. The rear isn't an issue for the brakes, the front is my main concern.

Front suspension/cradle is 04' C5 Corvette, brackets are custom to hold the shockwaves. Engine mounts to factory C5 motor mounts and puts the engine back about 10/12" from stock

I had 2 sets of QA1's that blew out in less than a year each. I work for an OEM and decided that if FOX can run their 2.0's in an OEM, then those are what i want. I need alot of travel to get the rear end out of the wheel well, i tuck about 5" at ride height which requires about a 8" stroke shock.

[the dan]

One of the best investments in the shop was my cnc plasma table, even after 6 months, i'm still learning the programming and parameters but btw that and solidworks it makes brackets really easy.




I had made custom nuts to hold my optima down by the base, since i ditched that, i had to retrofit my strap onto my existing mount. I kinda wanted to remake the whole thing, but i kinda would rather drive it this summer.



Hood Hinges from Little Shop Manufacturing. Couldn't make them for what you can buy them for, so far they are a really nice piece. AND you get a T shirt with it!

[the dan]

Back on all 4's with some new (used) tires up front. Bed is going on tonight. Its been 100 all weekend and going to be high 90s all week with 50% humidity. Its hot


Got my engine back from BTK



Hopefully I get my LS timing, valley, and valve covers back and have the thing running this weekend. Still have to redo the radiator and replumb some stuff

[ekmxryda]

Hows the progress?

[the dan]

Been too busy to update, probably wont have another for a while. Got it together and to the dyno on Saturday. 645/571 rear wheel on 9psi. Having an engine built by someone who knows camshaft profiles was one of the best things i ever did. The torque curve is 375ft/lb at 2500rpm. The cam and displacement use the blower alot more. The same pulley setup ran 12.8 psi on the stock 6.0. I will work on the tune some more and get it more crisp when I have more time for another session.

Also: I will probably never run air ride again. I had a line blow out on the dyno from exhaust heat and barely got it back on the trailer. the line was on the opposite side of the frame as the exhaust.. Make sure you have ample air flow when having your vehicle load-tuned (he can hold back 650hp with at any RPM) and use thread sealer, NOT teflon tape, on your steam ports.

Also buy Injector Dynamics injectors for anything youre building.

Getting new tires from Chris at Autoworks NJ this Friday as I drop the billet capped fuel cell for his 69' vette. and hopefully get my Ebrake setup

[ekmxryda]

Nice job getting everything together!
What compression pistons are you running?
Those are great dyno numbers for a conservative 9 psi.

[the dan]

Nice job getting everything together!
What compression pistons are you running?
Those are great dyno numbers for a conservative 9 psi.

-15cc pistons give it around 9.2:1

[Rustamov]

I really like your project, it inspires me

[the dan]

So i ditched the KRC pump as it sucked, the service department wanted no help in figuring out a solution after i blew 2 caps off of it during an event and almost lit the truck on fire. so here we are. Made a idler to keep m belt route

[the dan]

MR2 Electric Power Steering pump with a custom baffled tank and the stock cap


So Here it sits on 325 x 19's on all 4. I have to massage the fenders to fit the wheels