im going to be joining the LSx crowd very shortly

[Wessel]

this is what my next project is going to be

95-98 regular cab short bed 1500 silverado 2wd

5.3L LM7 from the early 2000's GM trucks

Edelbrock EFI to carb conversion
http://www.jegs.com/i/Edelbrock/350/7118/10002/-1?parentProductId=755239
Edelbrock 750cfm performer carb

pistons and rods (unsure which ones)

think im going to go with the "thumper cam"
along with the support valvetrain of course
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeQ0jk-7Uzc

3200 stall

truck will be lowered a few inches

should make for one fun full size truck!

comments/suggestions welcome!

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[DanJ]

What happened to your GTO dreams?

 

[Wessel]

my thinking is to always be different. i like GTO's but ive always wanted to have a bad ass full size truck. with what i want to do to this truck it will be cheaper, faster than most GTO's and something totally different.

 

[Wessel]

as far as looks this is what it will look like

 

[Mook]

i dont hate that

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

IMO, id stick with the fuel injection, run a vic jr and a 4150 style throttle body over a carb.

Should be a cool truck regardless

 

[DanJ]

¡Cuerva!

 

[JDHedman]

go old school

>>>1985 Chevrolet C10 - $3500 (Downers Grove)<<<

>>>custom 86 c10 truck (aurora) $4500 obo<<<

>>>1972 Chevy C-10 Long Bed Truck - $3800 (Northwest Indiana)<<<

 

[JDHedman]

as far as looks this is what it will look like

I like that

 

[Wessel]

im going with this body style though

 

[Wessel]

by far my favorite body style and i can find them cheap all day long

 

[Wessel]

IMO, id stick with the fuel injection, run a vic jr and a 4150 style throttle body over a carb.

Should be a cool truck regardless

if i go to the carb setup i dont have to worry about making sure every little wire is on the wiring harness (since they love cutting the harness at the fuse box on take out motors) plus dont have to have the thing tuned everytime i add something to it

 

[xringshooter7]

Check out http://www.hotrodlane.cc/ They sell a harness that is semi expensive, but you only need to run like 4 wires or some thing like that. My dad has a 1999 escalade with an LQ4 in it, and that's the harness he used. ill try to find the write up that my dad based his build off of

 

[xringshooter7]

Or check out Nelson Perfomance--http://www.nelsonperformance.com/ They also make nice harnesses, and i believe they are custom too

 

[TransHed]

I dig everything but the lowering part.

 

[Yaj Yak]

Check out http://www.hotrodlane.cc/ They sell a harness that is semi expensive, but you only need to run like 4 wires or some thing like that. My dad has a 1999 escalade with an LQ4 in it, and that's the harness he used. ill try to find the write up that my dad based his build off of

thats fucking sweet.

 

[Wessel]

I dig everything but the lowering part.

well if im going to make a "race truck" its not getting lifted. plus lifting a 2wd truck is just plain fuckin stupid lol

 

[xringshooter7]

thats fucking sweet.

It is pretty awesome, it's got a 4 inch suspension lift and 32 inch tires.

 

[TransHed]

well if im going to make a "race truck" its not getting lifted. plus lifting a 2wd truck is just plain fuckin stupid lol

Get an Elcamino then lol

 

[Fast Motorsports]

believe it when i see it

 

[Wessel]

believe it when i see it

oh its happening Brandon! ive wanted to do this for a long time! im dead set on this, no turning back!

 

[Fast Motorsports]

:mepoke:

 

[BoostedK20]

my thinking is to always be different. i like GTO's but ive always wanted to have a bad ass full size truck. with what i want to do to this truck it will be cheaper, faster than most GTO's and something totally different.

 

[Wessel]

like i said "most" ur old one on the other hand....... hell no

 

[BoostedK20]

like i said "most" ur old one on the other hand....... hell no

Well I wasn't comparing what your trying to do to the TT build. I mean it was a 5k TT kit + the other mods it had.

I haven't looked into a build your doin so I'm not sure price wise if you were to buy a GTO and make it let say a low 11sec to 10sec car. Which honestly is not hard. The large portion of money is tied up in buying a GTO. After that the formula is easy; drag bags, tire, clutch, cam, spray, and tune. You could do a few minor mods to help but those things can you 10's in a GTO.

The truck idea is cool. I've always wanted to do one. Just have Brandon tune it and it'll run smooth, lol.