BlueChooChoo Silverado Build Thread
09-09-2017, 09:55 AM
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BlueChooChoo Silverado Build Thread
Hey guys, I haven't posted much on here and this is my first build thread so I'll start from the very beginning. I bought the truck when I was 15 and did a full wet sand & buff and a 3/5 drop. It's a 99, 5.3, 2wd
Before
2" lower control arms
1" coil springs
3" leaf springs
2" drop shackles
after
The year after that, I decided my GU6 3.42s were a little too high of a gear and the G80 was a ticking time bomb, so I picked up some Yukon 4.11 gears and a Detroit TruTrac. My brother and I were able to get it done by ourselves on our homemade axle stand.
Before
2" lower control arms
1" coil springs
3" leaf springs
2" drop shackles
after
The year after that, I decided my GU6 3.42s were a little too high of a gear and the G80 was a ticking time bomb, so I picked up some Yukon 4.11 gears and a Detroit TruTrac. My brother and I were able to get it done by ourselves on our homemade axle stand.
09-09-2017, 10:03 AM
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Cam swap #1
I was happy with the new gears and limited slip, but wanted more power and a chance to learn something about these motors. So I got a very mild cam from a friend of mine out of his S480 ls1 foxbody. It was a 206/212 comp cam, beehive valve springs, new lifters, etc. I swapped that in and cleaned everything up while the heads were off. Before getting a tune, I did a TBSS intake swap. I deleted EGR and the EVAP purge solenoid for convenience. I cut my fuel line crossover and my brother welded steel -6an bungs on each end so I could use AN line to make the crossover. Also, at this time I installed a racetronix fuel pump hotwire kit to ditch the factory pump harness. The only pic I have of that is one side of the modified crossover fuel line
09-10-2017, 08:24 PM
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Turbo Time
Once again I wanted more power. I was constantly reading peoples' threads trying to decide what to do. So I decided I wanted to do a fairly cheap turbo setup that I could easily upgrade in the future. I originally had an on3 76mm, but I actually just swapped it for a cxracing 76mm. The reason for that was I couldn't get a -10an fitting on the drain flange with the on3. A friend of mine had the cxracing (which works with my drain setup) and he was willing to trade. The manifold is from KBracing and my brother and I built the whole kit at home using all U-bends.
Tial MVR 44mm, Tial Q BOV
A/C deleted
Oil feed
Holley Sniper 92mm
Homemade U-bend cutter for vertical bandsaw
cxracing 31x12x3" intercooler
Tial MVR 44mm, Tial Q BOV
A/C deleted
Oil feed
Holley Sniper 92mm
Homemade U-bend cutter for vertical bandsaw
cxracing 31x12x3" intercooler
09-10-2017, 09:39 PM
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Nice ride you got there. Great to see you getting so much done on such a pretty truck.
