took me months to find a rcsb with what I wanted (5.3, 3.73s, power locks/windows, cruise control, not a work truck). here is how it looked first day I got it.






the truck came with a belltech 4/6 drop kit, so naturally, the second day of having it, I installed the drop kit



ever since I was in the "just looking stage" for the truck, my end game was to turbo it. I bought a ls6 cam, then second guessed myself and thought I wouldn't be happy with it, so now its a paper weight in my office and I ended up getting a triple 12 cam from stock48.





went with ls7 lifters, pac valve springs, and all the other required parts to get rid of the DoD (thank you iamkeniff for the thread that had all the part numbers! https://www.performancetrucks.net/fo...t-list-493773/ )

while doing the cam change there were some parts on the bumper and hood where the plastidip was starting to lift and peel. So I opted to have the grill, front bumper, and rear bumper professionally painted







and then of course, it happens. 5 days after getting the truck back, I messed up and rear ended a cobalt


barely made a dent in the trunk lid of the cobalt btw. bumper, hood, grill, and every single bracket that holds them on needed to be replaced. so luckily I had made friends with the bodyman who had just did the paint work on the truck and knowing first hand how talented he was I obviously opted to have him do the repairs. ended up going with a 2011 2500hd hood and grill. I hadn't seen it done, and could only really find information on people doing the 2500 hood on the chevys, so it was kinda touch and go. I think it turned out really nice though.






wife is buying me these wheels for xmas/birthday


once i get my xmas holding fund and xmas bonus i'll be buying the on3 turbo kit, i've got a built 4l80 in the garage, so come spring hopefully she'll be a monster. if anyone has critiques i'm open to suggestion on what else I could do to this thing to make it look a little cooler. thanks for viewing this. I will be updating this thread as I update the truck.

 

I like it.

 

nice!

 

thanks! its finally starting to look like how I imagined it in my head. just wish i could have gone with the chevy 2500 hood instead.

 

Looks great man, nice work.

How'd the removal of the DOD parts go? How long did it take you to do the swap?
Thanks

 

Nice truck man. Looks a ton better than the day you bought it.

 

I agree with Jake. So much better than when you got it. The new wheels should change the way it looks too! Can't wait to see what it looks like.

On a side note, which grill did you start with before you had it painted? An all terrain or work truck grill?

 

DoD was pretty easy, it was a little nerve racking putting the oil pump back on, in fear of tearing the new oring for the pick up tube, and when I was getting the bolt started for the pickup tube my wedding ring slipped off and went down the oil pan, so that made a bunch more work for me, having to get the pan down enough to try and fish my ring out lol. it was a weekends worth of work though, just take your time.

the original grill was the sle grill, when I had it replaced I went with the work truck grill and had him sand it down and paint match it.

 

Took it to the track tonight to just get a base line, and i'm not gonna lie..I expected a lot better. best I could get out of it was a 15.1@92 with a 2.4 60' not spinning

 

Truck looks great! it will be a beast when you get it turbo'd. What do you have tune wise? That cam will probably wake up a little more when you get some FI.