hey man, i was actually looking back at the pics at the beginning and was just wondering... shouldnt the wastegate be where the gases from both sides have to pass thru it? it looks like its mainly on one bank only. just wondering

 

So is the rcsb pictured @ 4/6 or 3/5 in the original post?

 

I started with longtubes, cam, intake and all that and yeah it was fun and got me to press forward but if I knew how these things react to turbos I would have went this route right off the bat. Go with the turbo, you wont regret it.

Thanks, I'm sure i'll be PMing you in no time for something. Trader feedback left.

It is more towards the drivers side bank but that whole area of the merge is just one big cavity inside. I wanted to center it but I though it might be too tight with the hood clearance and I didnt know if I had enough pipe to get it into the downpipe and I didnt want to order pipe again . If you look at the KB and Trick kits they have the gate on the xover under the truck without issue. I have pretty solid boost at 8psi, no issues with creep or anything.

In the pic its a 3/5

 

ah i see man, thanks for the info. was there not room for you to make the crossover pipe lower rather than it coming way up like that or you just didnt feel like messing with it lol? overall great job btw

 

Im sure there is a way to wrap around the front instead of over the alternator like I did but there is a decent amount of crap in the way. The junction box that has the positive batt cable and alternator wire. The ecu is also in that general area. The manifold flipped sort of points you up anyway and going directly towards the front of the engine would hit one of the manifold studs. Going over the alt seemed like the easiest way.

......that or go twins, solves your xover problem

 

Damn the lift looks badass on the truck! Do the gap gaurds look bad? I wanna do a 3in spindle lift on my 2wd with 3in blocks, but for now ill do the spindles and see if i want more

 

The gap guards don't look bad at all, cant even really notice them. The body lift only took a day to do, very easy.

 

Had some time this weekend to give the 4l80e I picked up a once over. I got it up on an engine stand, drained it and pulled the pan. Unfortunately the pan wasnt empty as I had hoped it to be.

Found the two below pieces of metal and after a quick reply in the drivetrain section from Vince B, he is saying they look like the springs from the overdrive roller clutch.



Considering both of my trucks are up and running and the 60e is still somehow holding on after 1000 miles, I figure I'm going to take a stab at giving the 80e a rebuild myself. I have never rebuilt a transmission before so I'll be doing research for a week or two, picking up the parts and diving in.

Stay tuned for some rebuild pics.

 

Hmm... Lol i wanna run the 1.5 BL from zone
i don't think the gap will look bad,
As for the 4l80e i'm looking for one too, good luck with your rebuild, ill be following as well lol

 

Sent some logs back to Justin at Blackbear and got a retune, the overall driveability was fantastic but as I crept into boost the mixture was too lean, so back to blackbear for some tweaks. Been running 1300 miles so far on the initial tune and the 60e is still holding strong somehow.

Since the 80e was going to need a rebuild I took some time this weekend to make a service adapter to one of my engine stands. Not as pretty as some of the others on here but it came out pretty good.

Tear down/rebuild pics to follow as I get some free time.

Paint still drying



Mounted