Re: Project: Fun Daily Driver (Plus New QA1 Coil-Over Suspension!!!)
 

No, I got it through Summit. I forget the name of it, but it worked fine for what i was hoping to achieve.

Re: Project: Fun Daily Driver (Plus New QA1 Coil-Over Suspension!!!)
 

Sound deadening is on the list twice. Something to cross off the list already! Nice

Re: Project: Fun Daily Driver (Plus New QA1 Coil-Over Suspension!!!)
 

You're right! Didn't notice that!

Re: Project: Fun Daily Driver (Plus New QA1 Coil-Over Suspension!!!)
 

What brand water pump?

Re: Project: Fun Daily Driver (Plus New QA1 Coil-Over Suspension!!!)
 

Made some headway today. Wider rear tubs painted and installed.

Re: Project: Fun Daily Driver (Plus New QA1 Coil-Over Suspension!!!)
 

More pics

Re: Project: Fun Daily Driver (Plus New QA1 Coil-Over Suspension!!!)
 

I think is was AC Delco, but I painted it to match the aluminum intake manifold.

Re: Project: Fun Daily Driver (Plus New QA1 Coil-Over Suspension!!!)
 

Looking good. Can't wait for the work session over in your very clean garage!

Re: Project: Fun Daily Driver (Plus New QA1 Coil-Over Suspension!!!)
 

Sorry for the delayed progress pics. Here are some pictures from thed past month or so.

Re: Project: Fun Daily Driver (Plus New QA1 Coil-Over Suspension!!!)
 

Working on ruffing in my Slosh Tubs firewall fillers. Makes the process of shaving the heater box so much easier....and they look awesome!

Re: Project: Fun Daily Driver (Plus New QA1 Coil-Over Suspension!!!)
 

More progress

Re: Project: Fun Daily Driver (Plus New QA1 Coil-Over Suspension!!!)
 

...and more progress.

Re: Project: Fun Daily Driver (Plus New QA1 Coil-Over Suspension!!!)
 

More progress

Re: Project: Fun Daily Driver (Plus New QA1 Coil-Over Suspension!!!)
 

Nice work on the firewall. Looks awesome!

Re: Project: Fun Daily Driver (Plus New QA1 Coil-Over Suspension!!!)
 

Firewall looks great, how did you put that little lip/bend on the top of the filler panel?

Re: Project: Fun Daily Driver (Plus New QA1 Coil-Over Suspension!!!)
 

I took some 1/4" diameter steel rod and welded it on the backside of the filler panel. It gave some nice dimension to it. I know many people shave the entire drip rail, but i didnt want to do that.

Re: Project: Fun Daily Driver (Plus New QA1 Coil-Over Suspension!!!)
 

Few more progress pics.

Got the Slosh Tubz firewall filler bodyworked. Then the entire firewall got a fresh coat of paint. I finished cleaning under the bed and painted that as well.

The new engine and trans is due to arrive next week, so re-assembly will begin. Then the highly anticipated QA1 suspension will get installed.

Won't be too long before this truck hits the road again!

Re: Project: Fun Daily Driver (Plus New QA1 Coil-Over Suspension!!!)
 

Are you installing the QA1 suspension in both front and rear? I saw their display at SEMA and looked nice. I especially liked the rear trailing arm setup that allows for pinion angle adjustment. Nice looking build!

Re: Project: Fun Daily Driver (Plus New QA1 Coil-Over Suspension!!!)
 

Yes! The entire coil-over system front and rear will be installed. The adjustable pinion angle is really neat and removes the guess work on what pinion angle spacer to buy.

I'll have suspension updates shortly.

Re: Project: Fun Daily Driver (Plus New QA1 Coil-Over Suspension!!!)
 

The transmission arrived! Gearstar level four 4L60E built to handle the 400 SBC due to arrive any day.

Re: Project: Fun Daily Driver (Plus New QA1 Coil-Over Suspension!!!)
 

Awesome work man. I wish my exterior paint looked that nice. In for the drive train!

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I'll just leave these here...

Re: Project: Fun Daily Driver (Plus New QA1 Coil-Over Suspension!!!)
 

Alright folks, it's been a fairly productive weekend.

Since I deleted my factory heater box, I decided to install one of those mini Summit Racing heaters with a blower motor and heater core. That meant I needed to find a place for it and fab up a bracket. I ended up mounting it on the far left side of the glove box. While I'll lose some storage space (not that I use much), the two heater outlets will exit towards the center of the truck. I can drop one straight down at the trans tunnel by your feet, and the other up to the speaker grille which will exit at the windshield. The two heater lines are accessible on the right side of the unit and it will be fairly easy to make a short run to a bulkhead fitting at the firewall. I bought a 4x8 sheet of ABS plastic, so I'll be building a new glive box inner with that.

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I also was able to get my front accessories put on the engine and have that fairly close to being ready to go in the truck. I chose a serpentine system from CVF racing. Their kit came with new power steering pump and alternator. Pretty slick kit, and it looks great.

I'm anxiously awaiting my trans crossmember that should arrive on Tues. That will allow me to install the engine and trans in the truck.

Re: Project: Fun Daily Driver (Plus New QA1 Coil-Over Suspension!!!)
 

I was also able to make some headway installing the new rack and pinion. I decided replacing the worn factory steering and upgrading to a quick ratio box was silly when upgrading to a rack is fairly economical in comparison. Also, I suspect I can run a much wider front tire now that the steering box is no longer on the outside frame rail. The rack I went with was from No Limit.