1990 c1500 s480 ladder bar cage and more
Oct 7, 2014 | 09:57 PM
#11
I would like to start off and say thanks for all the help I have received on here. I should have started this about a year ago and just have not had the time. This truck was originally a long bed and I found a frame and just swapped it all over to a short bed about a year ago. I then swapped over the lq4 into a truck that my grandfather passed down to me. I installed a 4l80e and a cam. I dynod the truck to around 380 at the wheels. this with a 3200 converter from circle d. I think I ran an mid 8's with this. Then 6 months later I installed an on3 turbo and ran mid 7's. well not happy with that I went and installed the Holley hi ram all new fuel system. I am using a holley dominator pump with all an lines and fic injectors and the s480 from force inductions. I pulled out the stock computer and installed the holley dominator. I have now started to run in the high 6's at 106. The new goal for the truck is to loose some weight add some traction and run high 5's. I don't really have a budget within reason. I have placed an order for a lot of parts and still need to add more. I will try and post as often as I can. The new parts on order is a turbo 400 with tbrake from Rossler. a full front drag brake set up from aerospace to help shed some weight and now run 4 3/4 bolt pattern. Parts still needed is ladder bar rear as well as brakes and new shafts. I am going to order weld wheels for all corners. I have been working on the cage as well. It is getting a full 12 point cage.
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Oct 8, 2014 | 06:08 AM
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Right now i have 5x5 bolt pattern in the front and 5x5.5 in the rear. I wanted to do a drag brake set up for front and rear. The only way to do the front was to change hub and rotor. the 5x4.75 bolt pattern was a thousand times easior to find wheels and i needed new wheels anyways. The rear was about the same. I needed new wheels and drag style brakes needed to go 5x4.75 or 5x4.5 bolt patten.
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Nov 1, 2014 | 09:18 AM
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I agree about the fuel cell. It was mounted before I built the cage and just have not moved it. Ig does come out from the sides. I had it like that last year when I was still sort of using the bed to haul things.