[eric8]

Getting ready to do an LS3/6L80E swap in my 72 C10 so I look forward to following this thread. I'm curious to see if you run into transmission tunnel clearance issues with the 6L80 as some have reported having them, while others seem to have had no issues.

 

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Getting ready to do an LS3/6L80E swap in my 72 C10 so I look forward to following this thread. I'm curious to see if you run into transmission tunnel clearance issues with the 6L80 as some have reported having them, while others seem to have had no issues.

I should have some good pics this weekend to post. The block motor has been painted and is being assembled, working on vintage air install, and the frame should be getting blasted and painted in the next couple days.

As for tunnel clearance I just went ahead and bought a high hump. For about $50-70 for the high hump, $180 for new carpet (I needed new carpet anyways), and an hours worth of work I think it's a better option than screwing around trying to make things barely fit.

 

[V locity]

Amazing project Jared! Looking forward to seeing the progress & results

 

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A couple small update pictures. We were really hoping to have the frame painted by now but the weather hasn't helped. They got 1 coat on the frame but it still needs at least 1 more coat on it. The suspension powdercoating is done but I don't have any pictures of it yet.

The wheels, I really hope that the rears fit. After looking at some pictures I kind of wish I got 19 or 20s for the truck, but we'll see how the 18s look once it done and go from there. Besides for the size I love the style of these, they just don't make them bigger than an 18".

Got the motor painted, we'll start out with the truck intake to get it going and let my bank account recover a little bit. After everything is smoothed out hopefully this summer we'll go to a single plane (probably Victor Jr), throttle body adapter, and an old school round air filter.

Low hump cut out to make some room for the high hump giving us more clearance.

Finally, I decided to go ahead and upgrade to Vintage Air while we're at it. I plan to daily drive it and it gets 110+ down here regularly so a good AC is important. Good thing I did cause come to find out the mice had moved in at some point.

 

[RabbitCTSV]

Nice truck. I can only with that you will not touch the paint and interior.

 

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Nice truck. I can only with that you will not touch the paint and interior.

Not quite sure what you're trying to say, but I don't really plan on touching the paint or interior. The only plans for them would be just replacing them with the exact same thing but newer/better and maybe a hidden stereo. I'm also on the lookout for an old white toolbox for the bed but I need to measure it still.

 

[RabbitCTSV]

Not quite sure what you're trying to say, but I don't really plan on touching the paint or interior. The only plans for them would be just replacing them with the exact same thing but newer/better and maybe a hidden stereo. I'm also on the lookout for an old white toolbox for the bed but I need to measure it still.

keeping the old paint would be bad ass. I'm looking for an old c 10 1986 ish with original paint . I would do a motor swap. So for now I'll just live vicariously threw you until I can satisfy my hunger.

 

[nvthev]

Lets just say the UPS guy wasn't too happy about having to make this delivery today. Everything came in about 8 boxes weighing on average like 40 lbs. I must say these parts are extremely nice quality, I almost don't even want to powdercoat them.

Porterbuilt DROOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!!

 

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Porterbuilt DROOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!!

Yup, they make some really nice stuff, I was impressed when we got it. For anyone building a truck of any kind and wanting suspension I highly suggest you contact them and see if they have anything available.

 

[Guard dog]

Love it! Great parts.

 

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I've been copy pasting updates from other forums and forgot to post the update on here yesterday so I'm just going to put them both together.

They got the frame painted a couple days ago with John Deere blitz black (and some kind of heavy duty rust prevention primer but I forget the name). I can say so far from what we've done to the frame putting frame braces in that the paint has held up pretty good. All the suspension parts were powdercoated matte black. Hopefully tomorrow we'll have the rest of the suspension on and maybe some brakes mounted up. We were ready to put the trailing arm crossmember in but we weren't sure on which position it goes in and it's a tight fit so we'd like to just install it once. Hopefully Pro Performance or Porterbuilt can help us out and we'll figure it out tomorrow.

Sorry for the crappy pics, tomorrow I'll get the real camera out and clean up the metal shavings.

Got the rear suspension mocked up and tires mounted today. For those looking at Wilwood brakes, make sure you chase all your threads with a tap before you bolt anything together. Apparently even with the crazy prices they can't even clean the threads out for you, lesson learned. Seeing the rear wheels on and rear end mocked up today really got me excited about getting this done.

 

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They made some great progress the last couple days getting the front suspension completed, front brakes on, mounting the air tank brackets, and putting on the new bumper with hidden hitch. The next couple days should show some huge progress with rewiring the truck, putting the motor/trans back in, and then the body back on it.

 

[ShelteredV]

It's gonna be really nice, great progress!

 

[Guard dog]

Gonna drive like a dream

 

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Got the motor back in, started plumbing the air ride, plumbing the fuel system, and the cab back on. They're making a mount for the valves and e level controller to mount them behind the seat and they're going to make a similar mount for the ECU.

 

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Got the truck on the ground and moving up and down last night. I'm about to leave to drive up to Houston so I'll be able to get some better pictures and hopefully we'll get the chance to maybe set the bed on it this weekend. The K member is sitting on the ground in the pictures where the truck is laid out.

 

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Been a while since I updated this, and the truck is up and running now.

This is at 10% of max ride height, or the low cruising height

Then ~60% of max ride height which is the normal driving height

There's still a couple little things to do on it like the horn, get AC charged, alignment, bed on it, and a final tune. I've put about 10 miles on it so far but need to get the bed on so I have tail lights before I do any stuff outside of the neighborhood.

 

[Dark Sarcasm]

Very cool.

 

[pcf_mark]

Schweeet!