Re: 78 K20 custom delux "modern meets vintage" build thread
Seats are finally mocked up. I must say I think the seat fabric works great with the retro theme...
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q...u/DSC_1990.jpg Besides the windshield a-bar and the rear x, everything is well hidden, almost a sleeper cage. http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q...u/DSC_1987.jpg Thanks to Craig and his crew at Stewarts Raceworks for doing such a great job on the cage. |
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does it ever work well,great rollcage btw
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damn those headlughts are cool! sweet overall build also.
I am interested in your projector headlights. I just finished my second retrofit on my 74 GMC Suburban...got any more info on yours? https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ZL...w162-h215-p-no https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-n...330_212017.jpg low beam output! didnt take a pic of the highbeams https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4...330_204821.jpg I added angel eyes behind the Porsche Panamera Shrouds I used, but still need to connect those. Here is a video of them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTpkbV4KdK0 |
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But other than this setup being different than what everyone else is doing, what really sets these apart is the auto leveling system. The truck has an ultra sonic snsor in the front and one in the back, measuring the distance to the ground at all times when the lights are on. When you load the truck and the tail comes closer to the ground, the headlights adjust down with an electric motor on each light unit. that way you donīt blind oncoming traffic and can still see where you are going. The same is true fpr accelerating and it also works when braking, the nose comes down, so the headlights adjust up to not just light up 3 feet in front of the truck. You can say they always stay at the same level, no matter what the body does. It is called adaptive auto leveling system. It also comes from Hella. Pretty sure no other truck has this feature! ;) Hope this helps as to what I have set up here. |
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yeah got it! supercool setup man! rockin
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Some more cage pictures. Itīs done now and the cab is ready to be shipped... :metal:
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q...u/DSC06158.jpg little triangle added to mount the rear view mirror... http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q...u/DSC06167.jpg seats are wrapped up... http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q...u/DSC06163.jpg cab is being put back in the crate... (pretty cool sun visor mounts!!!) http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q...u/DSC06169.jpg Thanks to Craig and his team at Stewarts Raceworks for their awesome work!!! |
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sweet!
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Great pictures. I do wonder about the van 14-bolt axle, any positive or negative aspects of that swap? increased stability? narrower turning ratio? I would like to use the same axle. I found one -91 g30 with locking (gov?) and 4:10 gears for my K20 Suburban instead of the 14-bolt sf. Just need to open the wallet and convince my wife.:lol:
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Stability is the exact same as the truck axle and your turning radius will suffer, so get worse. That is why they put the narrower track width on the truck axles to begin with, to give them better turning radius. Turning radius will increase! Iīm happy with that, because it gave me the chance to loose the wheel spacers and my truck has such a bad turning radius that I didnīt care about making it a bit worse! ;) Hope this helps! (Gov lock -> Detroit locker) |
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This is a hell of a build!! Subscribed! any chance you can post up additional pics of the ORD x-member and what it looks like for clearance in and around the engine corners and A/C stock location for those GenIII/GenIV engine?
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The cross member is very close to the oil pan. I had to space the engine mounts up to even make it clear. the pics show the first setup, where the transmission mount was a little low, with the new trans-mount, it is up a little higher. Next time I take the engine out, I might notch the cross member a little, just to make sure. Right now I have about 1/4" between the oil pan and the cross member. If you want A/C you need to move it up to the top passenger side, it will not work on the bottom unless you notch the frame... and I would not do that, jsut my 2cents. Iīm not running A/C yet, so I canīt show you pics with an A/C installed. here are the pics I have for now... http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q...u/IMG_1249.jpg http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q...u/IMG_1250.jpg http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q...u/IMG_1254.jpg http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q...u/IMG_1251.jpg http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q...u/IMG_1255.jpg http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q...u/IMG_1267.jpg Hope this helps for now. Iīll take more at the end of May. |
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Thanks for the pics. I think I'm gonna pull the trigger on this crossmember. ORD should send you a gift card or something for securing a sale. |
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Let me know how it works out for you once you get it installed. |
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So I did some more renderings with the Hella 4000 Xenon that I already have on the shelve....
This is with the pencils moved in a bit more, I like this better myself.... http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q...m_centered.jpg And this is with the rings "blacked out", as someone mentioned it would look better if the red was gone... http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q...am_ctr_blk.jpg Let me know what you guys thing of this setup. Thanks! |
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I would go with the red. But it depends if you want to stand you or be just neutral.
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Sure, the LEDs are very low profile, but they donīt shine far enough. The HIDs give me all the light I need but are kind of large, though more classic looking. And a combination of both might also give me the light I need, but could look funny and it might be hard to fit that many lights. I think this option looks fairly vintage and classic.... |
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Here is a glimbs of what will be the next evolution step on the K20.
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q...u/IMG_2380.jpg http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q...u/IMG_2489.jpg http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q...u/IMG_2371.jpg http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q...u/IMG_2375.jpg :chevy: |
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More to come soon....:chevy: |
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Cab made it to the body shop, but it had too many small dings and stuff, so we just got all of that worked out and got it primed.
Still need to modify the transmission tunnel to fit over the ZF and Atlas. So itīll be a while til that is all painted and swapped onto the truck. http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q...u/L1040728.jpg http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q...u/L1040730.jpg http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q...u/L1040731.jpg Doors put back into place and alligned http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q...u/L1040744.jpg http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q...u/L1040747.jpg |
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good progress....what is the tape on the doors for?
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oka, thanks...I thought it was something brilliant in the door alignment stuff, hahahaha :dohh:
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You are going all out man this is awesome. I love this truck
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