Since this is the project section and PT used to be about big projects i figure id share this project of mine with the members of PT



Some of you have followed my truck over the yrs. From its first turbo setup in 08 to its twins in 2010 and now for 2014 the truck is going back to an auto. I had enough of the issues that are related to the manual and power setup for me the change and go back to an auto. The last issue was my firewall split from the clutch master, with all the pressure always applied from the pedal.

so for this revision of the truck i got rid of alot of un needed weight. Weight form the skirts, weight from the front bumper, system and etc



i then wanted a change in interior, so went with SEM landau black interior dye and had my panels dyed black. Also went ahead and had my headliner redone in black suede



at this point i felt it was time to stiffen up the chassis some by doing a roll bar. I went ahead and did a 8 point chromo
with with 3/16 polycarbonate for the rear glass
wanted removable door bars as this is a street truck and not a full race truck. the wife wanted the door bars to be removable for when she drives the truck

 

been working on filling the stake pockets in the bed, the 3rd brake light and doing a little mini tubing








doing the tubs now since the bed is getting a spray-in liner and dont want to mess with cutting apart bed later for when i consider doing some suspension work

 

finished up the factory style mini tubs, once the truck goes to body shop it will be getting a white spray in liner

 

started getting firewall ready for paint work... shaved off everything i wasnt using anymore, relocating the wiring harness and filled up a bunch of holes

 

since im about looks little more then i am all out race. I wanted things to look as good as i could this one last time on this truck. So i decided to have my built 4l80 painted to match my motor. I dropped it off at body shop to have it painted basecoat/clearcoat with PPG products. paint color is arrival blue




since 2006 my truck has had white leather door inserts to go with the two tone leather seats, for 2014 i wanted a all new look. i chose to have my interior dyed with SEM landau black and my door inserts done with black suede

 

Finished up the underbed fuel cell filler door tonight, tried to keep it as stock looking as I could

 

tonight worked on getting the carpet in place. Started off with applying a nice layer of Dynaliner thru out cab floor and firewall


next up is how the carpet fits and a pic of how little of the bar sticks up thru floor before the clevis



heres a close up of my carbonfiber door bar protector

 

Spent tonight modifying the stock seat brackets to work with the corbeaus. Nice thing about this is can still use the side trim pieces to cover up seat frame.

You can also see how well the bar is tucked up against the door

 

decided to take a different path as for power plant in this truck...went ahead and bought a LSX block then dropped it off at machineshop








picked up a set of trick flow 6bolt 245 heads...been drilled out for 1/2 head studs, BTR platinum springs and little more port work on exhaust side