been reading your post and both of you have some good lookin trucks. ive been wanting to set mine up for road courses, reading your post makes me wanna do even more. oh yeah do you happen to weigh the new wheels?

 

Thank you sir

I still have them installed. Going to be pulling them out soon. They are completely backed off now.

Thanks man. Going to try and have the trucks ready for The Optima Ultimate Street Car Challenge in October. Really want to run a road course. Not sure how the brakes will hold up with higher speeds. Might consider cooling ducts. the new wheels weigh 29 lbs each.

 

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What's the part number on the momo hub adapter? Can't find a listing for the trucks

 

Nobody lists an adapter specifically for GM trucks. The part number was 2401. It's not listed to fit a Silverado. The application was for a Camaro I believe. Had to modify it slightly to make it work with the horn wiring.

 

steve did you want to sell the caltracs? there for the flipped rear right?

 

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A few updates. A few weeks ago Claudia and I got to do another Autocross at the Airport in Camarillo, CA. It was pretty fun. Limited to only 30 cars it kept things moving quickly. Got to hang out with Rob and Brandy of PCH Rods and learn a little more. Claudia got to drive my truck a couple laps and see how it felt compared to hers. Overall a good day. No obvious casualties until I started taking the front end apart for a spring swap.











I needed to get a higher rate front spring in the front of the truck to keep the truck from nose-diving into corners. Up to this point I've run the stock 106,000 mile coil spring and lower control arms to achieve the height. I started calling and emailing a handful of places to find out spring rates/heights on their GM truck coil springs I ended up going with Belltech. They were the only ones that would give me any info on the springs. Everyone else gave me replies like: They are like stock, or we don't have the info on them.

The springs were delivered last Saturday so got to un-bolting.





I found that I had a missing sway bar link bushing on the passenger side. The missing bushing let the sway bar to slide toward the drivers side which bent both links. The bar rubbed against the tire and ended up knocking the grease fitting off the driver's tie rod end.







The upper control arms boots were leaking and the bushings were drying out and starting to crack, So I ordered a new set of and new tie rod ends. I already had new Moog ball joints for the DJM arms that I never got around to installing so I did everything all together. Just need to figure out sway bar links for the front and she'll be ready to rock for the next Hotchkis event in June.



I also pulled the trigger on new wheels and because my NT05's are pretty much completely wasted new tires too. Not going to be leaving the wheels black. Taking them down to get coated today and then have the tires installed. Will hopefully have them back soon and get them on the truck.





The next few things I want/need to do are. Cut the transmission crossmember brackets level with the frame and plate them in. Ground clearance is already really close and will already scrape on my driveway. It'll be even more of a problem with the new shorter tire diameter.

 

Love the truck and what you've been doing with it! Looking forward to more updates. In the meantime, do you mind letting me know the specs on your new wheels? They look like the level8 mk6's. What size, offset, backspace, and tires you going to run? I have an '06 with a 4/6 drop and want to pick up a set for track use, but obviously want them to fit without rubbing issues

 

Yes they are Level 8 MK6's. They are 18x9 with a 12mm offset. Might have them widened. I am waiting until the tires come in and see how they look. Having the wheels Cerakoted now. Might have them ready and on the truck next weekend. Depends on how busy the coaters are. Will be running a 315 series tire all the way around.