Thanks man, Ill def be doing lots of videos! haha hope to possibly have an idle video this weekend if all goes well. I will say there are a lot of little hurdles that you'll have to overcome that I did realize. I did my fair share of research but then again every truck is different. I'll be taking Friday off to get a good start on the weekend. I will take pics this weekend

 

looking forward to the vids

 

i wanna see this thing in person and go for a ride in it well hopfully my turbo build starts soon to

 

Me too!

I'll be bringin it to RI for sure but prolly not for a while seeing I want to make sure I have no issues before I head over the water.

Im actually headed up to SBChvys house seeing there is a nasty snow storm in the forecast so the boss said take off tomorrow and friday to get the bitch done. I really hope to hear it at least idle this weekend as long as there isnt little problems to snag me.

 

Snow is good for something at least !

 

yeah well mine should be done by that time and we will have to take some sick vids

 

Well got the truck to turn over for the 1st time in over a year!!!! We just turned it over with no turbo or accessories on the motor to get the oiling system primed for the engine along for the turbo. Took about 6 or 7 ten second cranks to get the oil to come out of the supply line. Really excited about the progress we got so far this weekend. I am really hoping that we can get this thing fired up tomorrow.

 

Great! progress is happening. Keep it up. Cant wait to hear it run.

 

I'm glade some of my ideas helped you out. Lets see some finished pictures and video!!!!!

 

It helped me out tremendously. We got the radiator overflow tank in the same spot as you put yours and it looks pretty good IMO. The A/C lines are a different story We heated them up and the hose went kaput. We shouldnt have heated them but lesson learned. I doubt that my A/C set up(same as yours)would have worked at all to be honest. The way the turbo sits with the oil drain and water lines, it would have been in the way.

However I did find out that the later trucks have a different compressor that uses to individual lines, one to the drier and one to the condenser.

Heres how my A/C system looked, the same as yours. It has one bolt while the newer style has two. Also the block of aluminum that the two little 'can' type things(towards the log) didnt allow the log to sit right. Even after bending the one single hose end, we had to file off a lot of aluminum to get it to fit.



And here is the newer style. This is a pic Kyle sent me and you can see there the lines are separate with there one bolts holding each one in. I do have one of these compressors that I had off a parts Denali I have. I just need the different A/C lines so the search begins.



I have some more pics at home that show the fitment issues at home, I just haven't loaded them onto the computer yet.

The truck does run. We fired it up for just about 20 seconds but she was running like ****/WAY rich. We need the tune for the bigger injectors but at least it fired up, really happy about that.

I do need to find an o-ring for my clutch master cylinder. I lost it and I believe that it isnt just a standard o-ring. Im searching to see if I can find one of those so I can bled the clutch and drive it!