WICK3DxGATA

well ive been on this site for quite some time now just been searching around and getting ideas. and well its finally time for me to start a build log.

well to start off my truck is a 99 5.3 4l60 extended cab. its got 3.73 gears and sitting on 33 inch tires.

current mods are specter air intake, true dual exhaust from cats back with spintech mufflers, and a tune by Wheatley.

well awhile back i ordered all of these parts

tr220 cam, ls7 lifters, ls6 springs, 7.4 pushrods, hd timing chain, circle d 3000 stall, and pacesetter long tubes.

i forgot my camera in my truck at our shop so i dont have any pictures of the truck this second but i will get some up tomorrow when i get back out there and start working.


but i do have one picture of my 85 that i will be building here soon also just figured i would combine both of these into one build log
(i know its not the best but i will get some more tomorrow.)
for this i was given a 6.0 the other day for free that was making noise in the lower end from what the guy said. so i will be taking it apart after i finish my 99.
but i got a couple of different question
first how i can i tell which 6.0 i have?
second what shift kit and servos should i get?

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im sure im missing some things also but i will post anything else i think of when ever i think of it.

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i also want to give a little background information on myself.

Well im 20 from kinda small town in Texas right in between Houston and Galveston. Im am currently living in College Station attending Texas A&M trying to get my degree in architecture. I spent my whole life so far around cars. MY dad and uncles all build classic cars which has led me to learning all i can about cars and wanting to always work on them.(if anyone would like to see any of our builds id love to share some of them).

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A 6.0 in the 85 is going to be sweet man

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thanks man, i really hope nothings seriously wrong with the engine so i can use it.

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well didnt get so work on the truck any today i had to finish up christmas shopping.

but i found a couple pictures i had on my phone of my truck
hes my truck i know its not the best picture but its better than nothing

and here a picture of my rims i plastidipped alittle over a year ago. took this picture last week so you can see how well it holds up to a years worth of driving.


hopefully tomorrow ill get to work on the truck.

one i found on my computer of my headlights also have 8k HIDs

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well yesterday i finally got to really work on it. got almost everything on the engine unhooked getting close to ready to pull it out.

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well didnt get to work on the truck any the pastfew days been at the deer lease. but finally got back at it today with my dad and some help from a friend we got the motor pulled out and started taking it apart. wont get to work on it again till this upcoming weekend but shouldnt take us to long to finish breaking down the engine and start putting it back together.

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well i ended up taking the engine completely apart and and absically cleaning and replacing everything but the crank and piston. The engine was actually very clean on the inside but the cm baring needed to be replaced. i have some pictures ill have to upload either later today or tomorrow. should be back on the road tomorrow sometime.

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first got the motor out.

when i started taking the engine apart. also one of our hot rods in the back 55 chevy truck with a small block w/ 871 blower

engine boke all the way down

all cleaned up

nice and shiney

put back together ready to be dropped in.

got it back in there.

today got all the intake and everything back on got the exhaust done. tomorrow ill finish all the little things and hopefully be back on the road tomorrow night.