1986 k20 "the mullet"
 

ive been tossing up the idea of starting a build thread since the day i joined this site a few years back, and i figured starting it now is the right time besides the fact im taking 15 units at school haha :waah::dohh:

I bought the truck a few years back in high school for my 18th nice gift to my self over the years ive done every thing on my own with the help of a few good friends learning along the way. here are some pics of the day i brought the truck home!

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i picked up my new toy for a very reasonable price from a friend of my dads, he had no use for it he has a bad a** 77 already and his son wasnt intersted. i replaced power steering pump and starter right off the bat, i then picked up a set of military oz of a local guy for pretty cheap.I knew the 35s wernt gonna cutt it for me. in the process of bring the tires home i grenaded the ring and pinon on the free way so i picked up a 14 bolt FF out of a military blazer.

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For the next few moths it was a downward spiral it seemed like everytime i started the truck something els broke causing me to go broke i rebuilt the front end hub to hub after failing to fix a wheel bearing that i thought would "last" definition of young and dumb haha, i put a 105 amp alternator in new high flow water pump edelbrock intake due to a vaccum leak edelbrock 600cfm carb along with summit racing headers and exhaust. i wish i had pics of all my work but i lost most of my pictures but i make sure to back them all up now

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I went to a concert and got the coolest idea where a guy in a ford… i know rarely guys have good ideas with fords… anyways he had a fold out stage out of his truck bed i decided that was too much work and u couldnt use your bed to haul stuff so i had a buddy who bought a 75 to use the running gear for his 45 jeep so i bought the cab and flat bed off him for 200 bucks with title and plates so ill have a smog exempt truck. i was going to run a flat bed with a stripper pole.

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i wound up doing brakes all around hard lines and all picked up some extended brake lines from ORD and the shackle flip kit as whell.

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i added some electrical goodies after this with a 14 inch elc. fan HID healights with LED running lights on top the cab Dual optimas and also some rock lights for Night time repairs haha

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a few misc. pics ive got

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a few more

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neat! I like it!

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Thanks man i appricate it!

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after 25 years of running strong and never given me or the previous owner a problem and 285k miles later the original motor decided its days were out numbered. i even went above and beyond 3 days prior to the the motor blowing and redid the entire cooling system and added electric fans. still wasn't enough for the California heat i guess

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after a month or so of debating on what i was gonna do with the truck i decided a whole new power plant was the way to go. i couldn't justify putting money into the old 350 with so many miles and not being able to garunte the bottom end would hold much longer. i had some money saved from working 40 hours a week for a year so i decided a summit motor was the way to go and i went with the 383 budget build motor. i think 330 hp and 370 ft lbs was a good place to start haha

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awesome!!!!!!!!

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Thanks man! its been alot of work but i love it your truck is pretty sweet too!

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Nice truck! Looks like you have a lot of flex.
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the rear is crazy how much it flexes i would love to do the b52 swap up front to get some more out of the front.

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where did u get your hid lights at i have looked every where are they custom or kit

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sorry for the late response ive been busy with school stuff i got my clear housings off LMC and i ordered my HID kit off http://www.xtremehids.com
i got the 55W kit and also did a relay setup on the headlight harness as well from lmc. you can run the headlights with out the harness but i dont recomend it. if you want pictures let me know i can snag a few and post them :metal::bowtie:

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Can. U get a parts list for me to get hid lights and like the truck nice job
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Parts from LMC Truck
#36-0283
#36-3581

Parts from http://www.xtremehids.com/

http://www.xtremehids.com/product_in...roducts_id=443

that is a direct link to the hid kit i picked the dimond white its very bright and 100x better than the orginal setup let me know if you need any thing els:metal:

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Thanks man I was mad when I couldn't find a kit when my cousin got his and know I'm ordering mine tonight thanks
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Yeah no doubt I'm not a fan of the round head light front end. That's why I peaced together this kit. It is not DOT approved but who gives a rats a** lol
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well last week was proabably the scarriest week i have ever had in the truck ha ha. i started the week by almost wrecking it on the free way doing 75 mph when some lady decided she was going to stop for no apparent reason on the highway. i slamed on the breaks and nearly hit the k rail putting the truck in to a 4 wheel tire skid saveing the truck by a matter of 6 inches, then my alternator was acting funny it was charging but charging danm near 18 volts then back to around 13 and back up and just fluctuating so i purchesed a new voltage regulator from a local parts house. spent saturday putting it in and got it hooked all up and went to hook up my battery and there it was i had an electrical fire in the engine bay i fired my harness to the point of no return luckyly the pick n pull had one for 15 bucks! i got that and a new alternator from summit on the way hopefully it will be here in the next day or so, so i can put it back together.

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im back at it again. The tired th400 couldn't take the abuse i was putting down with the 383 and took a dump on me but luckily it made it home this time. i decided that i would go with a sm465 and a 208 combo. i purchased a 83 parts truck from a buddy. i also decided to start my B52 swap from Diy4x as well as rebuild the 10 bolt i have. its getting a reid racing knuckle sky off road cross over steering. Along with an interior swap with some s10 buckets and a blazer center console.

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here are some photos.

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some more

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the picture of the black 83 is the parts truck i purchased to make the swap possible.

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Any more progress?
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Made a lot of progress just been super busy as well started a new job but I will post some pictures in a minute!

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Here's how the truck sits now

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Can't figure how to post multiple pictures on my iPhone so gotta make a few new post. Here's the 10 bolt I built with 4.88s and sky off road high steer

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That looks great!

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looks sick man!!! any update????

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Haven't made to much progress lately. Recently got a section of land 20 miles from home so my time has been put into her but I've been saving my coins and making some slow purchase here and there. came across and dana 60 hub to hub for 400 bucks it was a steal. almost finished with the bucket seats from the s10

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I'm curious about the 383. I'm in CA too and have to deal with smog. Is your truck exempt or did you hook up the factory smog equipment?

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i bought a 75 truck man. theres no smog on the older cabs

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been doing a lot more work than posting on my truck but I've finally go it all back together and running and driving and registered haha got everything done had an oil leak so i tore the motor apart and now its back together and road worth have taken it on a few 100mph+ on the highway and over 1500 miles on it since together at least. heres some photos of it along the way

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i was struggling long and heard with my death wobble issue and it was really testing my paticens so i honestly gave up more than once trying to figure out what the hell it was. the whole thing stemmed from a broken belt in my used tire find off cl. I did wind up getting a set of shims from diy as well. I drove it before the shims were installed and there was a night and day difference. got the shims in and it was like a brand new truck. besides needing a longer front drive shaft I'm happy with where she sit for now gonna start saving to rebuild the 60 i have heres a photo of me finding out i need a longer drive shaft :lol: