Not your usual performance truck, my '87 V20 Squarebody
10-30-2016, 02:55 AM
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Not your usual performance truck, my '87 V20 Squarebody
Hey guys! I recently sold my 2007 Silverado to buy this gorgeous '87 V20. The '07 had wheel well rust and this V20 is the cleanest square I've ever seen in person. (Minnesotan here haha) I have wanted a truly rust free square for years and I finally got one. It's from Arizona, the guy I bought it from has a buddy who travels down to Arizona a lot and brings back clean vehicles. Luckily I was able to sell my '07 and go buy the '87 the same day! Here are some pictures!
This is the last drive I took in it, playing with my camera
Current specs:
TBI 350 and TH400
123k miles
4" Rough Country lift
315/75/16 tires (35")
Plans for it are:
Swap in a mild 5.3 Vortec and 4L80E
Skyjacker 8" lift springs
ORD zero-rate 1" leafs
ORD shackle flip
37 or 38" tires
Turbo eventually
Redo the paint (clear coat is gone in a lot of spots, keeping this color scheme!)
I've got a 5.3 from a buddies 2000 Silverado we parted out, ready for some TLC.
Plans for the 5.3 is a Brian Tooley Racing Stage III Truck Cam, LS6 valvesprings, LS7 lifters, BTR 5/16 pushrods, ARP head bolts, and some other little things. 4L80E is going to stay stock for now, but will have a 2600-2800 Circle D stall converter.
At least... that's what the plan is at the moment! Excited to share my progress on this, my best friend is letting me build it in his garage this winter along with his '79 square he's working on!
This is the last drive I took in it, playing with my camera
Current specs:
TBI 350 and TH400
123k miles
4" Rough Country lift
315/75/16 tires (35")
Plans for it are:
Swap in a mild 5.3 Vortec and 4L80E
Skyjacker 8" lift springs
ORD zero-rate 1" leafs
ORD shackle flip
37 or 38" tires
Turbo eventually
Redo the paint (clear coat is gone in a lot of spots, keeping this color scheme!)
I've got a 5.3 from a buddies 2000 Silverado we parted out, ready for some TLC.
Plans for the 5.3 is a Brian Tooley Racing Stage III Truck Cam, LS6 valvesprings, LS7 lifters, BTR 5/16 pushrods, ARP head bolts, and some other little things. 4L80E is going to stay stock for now, but will have a 2600-2800 Circle D stall converter.
At least... that's what the plan is at the moment! Excited to share my progress on this, my best friend is letting me build it in his garage this winter along with his '79 square he's working on!
10-30-2016, 02:57 AM
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Truck was just parked for winter teardown this last weekend so this is just the beginning of the build. Friday I decided to pull out and haul over the 14 bolt full float rear end I'm trading a friend my semi-floater for...he's also trading his solid rear window for my slider window, both out of his parts truck.
Here's from when I originally started playing with the wiring, pulling out all the wires I don't need from the 5.3 harness:
No pictures of the 14 bolt yet, but here's some of the 5.3 (lots of cleaning left to do on it!)
I'll be updating this as much as I can, I'll be working on the truck almost every weekend! Next up is putting the full floater under my truck and then pulling the 350 out of the square!
Here's from when I originally started playing with the wiring, pulling out all the wires I don't need from the 5.3 harness:
No pictures of the 14 bolt yet, but here's some of the 5.3 (lots of cleaning left to do on it!)
I'll be updating this as much as I can, I'll be working on the truck almost every weekend! Next up is putting the full floater under my truck and then pulling the 350 out of the square!
10-31-2016, 01:54 AM
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And lol I know, it's all factory exhaust! It's getting cut off this weekend, I'm planning on running either dual 2.5" or single 3" with a Carven TR-Series muffler and dumped over the axle, I don't like seeing tips sticking out on these trucks, ruins the body lines imo
Forgot to share my other purchase! 15x14" Bart Super Trucker's, I'm not keeping them black, they'll be painted...thinking white? Need opinions!
