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Stupid VATS! This is where im at now. Sending my pcm out to get the vats system disabled and all of the egr and rear o2s disabled. I was very happy to see good oil pressure. Big step for me!

Click on the picture for a 20 second video. It will start but not run.

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You have made good progress. Congrat's on the start and good oil pressure.

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Thank you! I sent the pcm out yesterday to get reprogrammed. I will be driving the motor stock for a little while to get it broken in.

Put new ebrake shoes and rotors on the rear. Next is the task of making a driveshaft. I have the 2 peice driveshaft off of the silverado that are about 4 foot long. I need a driveshaft about 5 foot long. So ill cut the ends off of the 2 peice and shrink it to what i need. Not sure about balancing. Heard in the "good ol days" they put a quart of oil in the driveshaft before welding to self balance. I have a gauge to measure run off when spinning to weld the tube straight.

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I admire your can-do spirit--you've got a great build going. If I was running a 235 or maybe a stock SBC I might cut and weld my own driveshaft. With that monster motor you're installing, as fast at that shaft will be turning during the inevitable burn-out--I think that's one job I would sublet. I'd hate to rip the output shaft out of the transmission, not to mention a leg.

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You could possibly have a point haha. Burnouts are definitally coming. But ill be driving it easy for a little while to break the motor in. Then i could swap the driveshaft for a stronger one.

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Buddy had a shaft made for his LS swap and it got ugly just running at speed. The drive shaft is next to the mufflers.

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Holy cow! That took out both ends. I've never seen an axle housing wiped out like that.

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We hadn't either and it could have been pretty bad for my friends driving.

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Dude, what an incredible build! Definitely no cookie cutter going on here.

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Thanks zoomin!

Wow, what the heck? Are you sure your friend didnt hit an IED or something? Lol

Both axel tubes are welded to the housing so i can sleep a little better at night.

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I measured the center of the center of the U joints and it came out to be 61 5/8 inches. Anyone know a driveshaft that measures that? Give or take a little bit

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Went to the junk yard and they had a full C board box of driveshafts. Only one that fit was a 01 dodge 2500 extended cab truck. About 3 3/4 inches wide
Paid 100 dollars for it. Thought that was overpriced but they had me by the you know whats. 1410 U joints and the 8.8 driveshaft adapter is a 1310 U joint size. Guess i gotta find another adapter or order a 1410x1310 U Joint.
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Difference between a 1310 U joint flange yoke adapter and a 1350. Went to the junk yard in 20 degree weather and stole this off of a f150 driveshaft.
Bought it for 3 bucks instead of paying 50 online.
I ordered a 1350x 1410 combination U joint and it should be coming in tomorrow.

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So while waiting i had a little fun painting parts. Starting to clean my messy shop. So much to do.

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Had a little bit of time here and there. Got my driveshaft in and started on my floor shifter linkage.
Base bracket so far.
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so i finished the exhaust. i don't know if i like it on the driver side. Had to make some interesting turns to avoid the hood, fender and steering box. I am done the waste gate piping as well but don't have pictures.

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Bought the sandwich plate and routed all the turbo oil feeds and drains. welded a bung to the oil pan on one side and aluminum pipe on the other because of the tight fitment
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Oil cooler lines not installed yet. I have a lot more pictures i don't have on my phone apparently. I am working on my hood getting all of the dings and dents out. The truck used to be red. It took forever to sand it off.

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Mankind..that's a mess of turbos on top of that thing..interesting

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This build is pretty sweet so far. Great work.

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Updated pictures of my wastegate piping.
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Got 1 door stripped, cut the bottom on either side off and put a new one on. Doing 1 door at a time so i can remember how all the rubber and felt goes back together. Just got a delivery yesterday of everthing. Unfortunately i cracked the window when i took it out but it was already chipped so doesnt count!

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Seat i got for free out of a junk yard fits perfectly side to side.
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Straightened out my bedsides after welding them. Wow they can turn into bacon on such a long peice of metal real fast.
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Getting the other door done
Going to order all new glass. Each window has a little chip thats waiting to crack or has already cracked.

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Great progress!

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Thanks dug.

Just went to summit racing and ordered low voc epoxy primer and hardener. I had to buy the low voc because the regular epoxy primer couldn't be shipped to PA. The low voc is more expensive, who would have guessed?:cuss:

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So i havent posted in some time obviously, so i have a mess of progress. pic overload on its way.

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picked up an Air to fuel ratio gauge which was huge for me. Im not much of a buyer of new things.
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got the bed sides welded up. Used some weld through primer. Then epoxied.
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made my own back panel. my cheap butt wasnt paying that much for a piece of rolled metal.:lol:
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My idea of the wooden bed. oak flooring. Not done yet.
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Put the primed bed back together and am using Unistrut for the wooden supports. I work as a plumber so get it for free. Including the wood for the bed from a carpenter buddy.:metal:
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more dash work of course. That thing is like swish cheese.
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Before i get to the doors my father got me a shrinker stretcher for Christmas. i was way too excited for a tool.
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Picked up random latch at a junkyard. Pretty sure i took it out of a mazda truck. I welded a small piece onto the latch hammer for the inside door handle so the latch would open the door sooner and i could use the OEM door handles.
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Cut a hole in the door to fit the latch and bent up a plate. countersunk the holes so they could clear the inside door jamb. No special tools to countersink, a hammer and a punch.
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Mounted the door latch and closed the door so it was flush with the cab, then used a sharpy to make the center of the latch when it was closed like it hit the striker and made a mark on the inside jamb. drilled the hole and made a piece to bring it out to the appropriate spot.
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Dont have a picture for the inside door latch but i cut the piece off of the outside door handle and welded an arm to open from the outside. still working on this to make a tighter fit with less play.
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BOOM
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