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Just sitting here watching YouTube and figured I’d let people in on this. I have done a lot of work already and in the next week I hope to get back on it
First it’s a very sentimental truck that can’t be sold outside of the family so there is your why. 87 GMC S15 2WD base model that has been in the family almost 20 years now, it’s had many different drivetrain variations but has always been a stick shift. It’s had a dirt track 350, a 383, tuned port 305, , Saginaw 4 speed, Muncie 4 speed, and a T5 5 speed. Well here is what’s going down, All aluminum, and I mean including the block 5.3 with a stage 3 BTR cam and matching valve train, carbureted setup because I want to plus there is nothing that sounds like a cammed carb motor. The trans will be a T56 that started like from a GTO and is modified now 4WD frame swap Oh yea, the most important part, NP149 transfer case, yes it’s going to be an LS powered, 6 speed manual, ALL wheel drive truck. This is how it used to sit |
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And to add just a tid bit more of a Syclone feeling I bought a rusted out Sonoma Gt. Then stripped the entire body kit, interior that is identical to a syclone except the syclone script on the seats, power windows, power mirrors, Cluster, wiring harness, I mean ALL of it.
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This should be enough show&tell for now
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Cool project! That will be fun to drive!
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Ok here are some more, only reason this has been on hold was because I wanted to get the Lincoln on the road before bringing it home and having another dead car in the garage.
The trans is using the tail housing from a c6 corvette trans I had laying around. Since the trans no longer has a spot in the rear for a shifter I managed to adapt a cobra mustang shifter and put it in the “forward location.” Had to cut off the extra shift rail, then installed a McLeod lug for the shifter to engage. It all works great and smooth through the gears. I still don’t remember how I found it, but I found a guy that makes the black steel adapter to go from a corvette trans to a 4wd transfer case for the full-size truck guys. Well being the np149 came in a couple years of the Escalade and the Silverado SS it’s a full-size transfer case bolt pattern. It’s been months since I did all of this so trying to remember stuff. Oh the oil pan is a 4wd swap pan I wasn’t fond of because I like my cast aluminum pans but you do what you gotta do. And I had to hammer it for diff clearance because I wanted my motor low and not use any kind of body lift. No one makes 4wd s10 LS swap mounts to put the engine where I wanted so I modified 2wd summit mounts till it sat where I wanted. |
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Here is a reference to show how far the shifter had to move. Sad part is the GTO trans already had an aftermarket shifter that I couldn’t use.
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This was me playing with an idea, so unlike the Syclone the Sonoma Gt never had cladding around the wheel arches. The wheel opening shape is identical from a round body to a square body, that made me think well why not use S10 Xtreme flares. I’m going to have to mock all the gt kit up before cutting on the flares but I’m pretty sure I can make them work and all tie in
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There is an S10 section on this site.
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Nice work and I really like your work space!
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It’s a wreck right now but it’s my wreck so it’ll be fine. Anyways as you can see the shifter is in a great spot, I’ll end up modifying the Sonoma gt factory floor shift console to accept a cup holder and shifter boot for the stick. I have front pads now that I didn’t have when I put the front end together so I’ll get those on, I’m using th 98-04 blazer dual pistons. I started messing with the headers a few nights ago, slight dinging with be necessary on the firewall and near the clutch slave cylinder as they weren’t meant for a 4wd or stick shift. And for good measure a picture of it and big girl, had to move it out of the garage temporarily.
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Well ****. This one was short lived. Family issues and let’s just say I don’t wanna own a vehicle where someone can say they gave me something. So I’m selling off the parts, and returning to sender
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I'm sorry to hear it. I think we all know what it's like to get sideswiped by family situations. Have you thought about buying another truck to be your base vehicle? This was quite a setup you had going, and would be an amazing truck to drive.
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I just found this and my enthusiasm was rising when I got to the end. What a bummer.
I've thought about doing what you were doing to my Blazer for a number of years now. |
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Welll maybe. Just maybe there may be a good outcome in the fiasco.
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Must go lower
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Man I was getting psyched! So you are still building it?
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Well I went and got the parts truck
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Well I got the old column out to put the tilt in. I was like hey there is a lot of room to work, may as well swap the cluster and add the SyTy brackets. Ordered LEDs for the cluster so not doing the final install yet but it’s all in there.
Random fact for her unknowing, the syty clusters were actually Pontiac sun fire clusters with special brackets and a bezel to make them fit in the Sonomas |
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