Whoring my Crew out....
Dec 26, 2010 | 07:00 AM
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From: Here and sometimes there too.
well.. you have to cut the rear cab mounts off the frame and move them in line with the cab mounts on the body...then you have to cut off the front mounting bracket for the extended cab fuel tank and remove the excab fuel tank as well... and make a new braket and get a fuel tank for a crew cab with the 5.5 bed..
you also have to cut the top off the drive shaft swing bearing/carrier bearing mount so the cab can sit down...
also have to notch the very back of the cab if using a HD cab which is different than the non HD cabs
there are a few other things here and there but that is the main thing you have to do...
i can get into more detail if need be
but the wheel base is within a 1/2 inch!!
...the HD cab is totally flat on the bottom where yours humps up right behind your seat...
as far as space technically yes usable not really... i wish i could had gotten a non HD cab it would had made things ALOT easier... but couldn;t pass up the deal on the wrecked HD.. got the cab and 6.0L for cheap!!
you also have to cut the top off the drive shaft swing bearing/carrier bearing mount so the cab can sit down...
also have to notch the very back of the cab if using a HD cab which is different than the non HD cabs
there are a few other things here and there but that is the main thing you have to do...
i can get into more detail if need be
but the wheel base is within a 1/2 inch!!
...the HD cab is totally flat on the bottom where yours humps up right behind your seat...
as far as space technically yes usable not really... i wish i could had gotten a non HD cab it would had made things ALOT easier... but couldn;t pass up the deal on the wrecked HD.. got the cab and 6.0L for cheap!!
I remember you posting the pics of your previous rides in one of your turbo build threads, kinda sad to hear about the Lightning's demise. That truck was sweet as ***!
Dec 26, 2010 | 07:12 AM
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Wow, great looking builds! Would love to have that Blazer with the LS power! That engine compartment is sik!
Have to say too that lightning was nice and had a beautiful underhood appearence.
Bad *** quad too, i bet that thing bear stands like a mutherfker.
Have to say too that lightning was nice and had a beautiful underhood appearence.
Bad *** quad too, i bet that thing bear stands like a mutherfker.
Dec 26, 2010 | 10:33 AM
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From: S. Walpole, MA
Dec 26, 2010 | 11:33 AM
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From: Where our street cars are faster than your racecars..Mississippi
glad everyone is getting along this morning
and SPOOLIN,
i didn't really take alot of pics.. cause i would had NEVER dreamed it would had taken as much work as it did.. i thought it was gonna be more of a drop on deal.. boy was i wrong!!
i also didn't know there was a difference between the 2 cabs utill things started not fitting so well...lol
also forgot.. if you used a HD cab you have to change the radiator support because the HD's have a 3" body lift from the factory and it is built onto the radiator support... ask me how long it took me to figure that out... lets jut say i was ready to beat the truck with a bat cause i couldn't get it to sit on the frame straight...lol
