well guys, thought i would make a build thread of the truck. The old man and I call it the black hole, because nothing went right and we never got it done for power tour. Its a 69 c10 short box. Goin for the rat rod look. It originally had a 6 cyl and a 4 speed.

pulled the 6 out and started mocking up the motor mounts

we picked up a 2004 lq4 longblock with a bad piston pin in #1. got that replaced and painted the block and installed a 228r cam and some pac springs

also shaved the truck intake, and valve covers. wont do that again, as i have about 20 hours into it

decided to go with a t-56 trans and a ls7 clutch. the shifter came out under the seat, so i cut and bent the old 4 speed shifter to make it fit and welded it to the cheap ebay shifter i got. looks old skool.

 

some under hood pics. notice the solid throttle linkage


wiring harness and pcm in glove box. also hid my coils in there too

obdII port

truck with silvy 17's. as soon as i get my wheel spacers its getting lowered ALOT

and last but not least, an idle clip of the 228r and 3" thrush welded mufflers and LT's

 

that is ****** pimpin! nice work

 

well done cuz. i'm sure glad we stayed up late that night and found that cam!

 

She's looking good. Keep us posted!

 

thanks guys. i appreciate it. this thing has been way harder than it shoulda' been. we'll probably roll it like this for a while and then murder it out after a bit of body work. gotta preserve whats left of the body