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looking good, some tubular a arms will help with the weight . speedway motors makes so decent uppers for a low price.they also free up some space close to the headers. i had the same headers on my s10 and they hit the stock a arms on the passenger side ( slightly) so i went with the tubular ones from speedway
It's on the short list. I was going to check clearance on these first. I have been eyeballing making a set, but I might go with some cheaper ones for now if needed. The plan after this season will be either go TRZ Arms or building a tubular front all together.
Originally Posted by BudRacing
I noticed you removed the sway bar. Will you be replacing that with an aftermarket piece or is this a drag build?
I will not be replacing it. This will indeed be a drag race oriented build.
Got a little done tonight, not as much as I had hoped due to some unsuspected stuff.
First thing I did was clean up the firewall. Then I got my HVAC delete installed.
After that I tore my engine down to the bare assembly. I was going to leave the valley cover on, but noticed it leaking pretty bad. I pulled the wire harness for the knock sensors and saw they were both broken and one of the ports was filled with oil. I am pretty sure I am just going to ditch the knock sensors. On solid mounts they won't be hugely beneficial anyway.
I did manage to get the new pan kit installed and everything stripped down on the engine.
I hope Friday to get the heads bolted down and the engine in the truck. We will see how cooperative everything is. For tonight and tomorrow I will probably work on my block off and mount pieces for the interior. I have my son tomorrow and toddlers and garage work don't mix well.
Last night I grabbed a piece of ABS and made a cluster plate. I will be mounting my tablet there. It will be used as my gauge cluster. I will also have a wideband mounted in the cluster.
Tonight I got some engine work done. I cleaned up the deck surface with a gasket removing wheel. Also because I am paranoid I cleaned out the bolt holes about 2,900 times. Got the heads on and torqued down. It will likely be a few days before I can work on it again, but next up should be getting it in the truck and test fitting the headers.
I got a little more work done the past couple days. The engine is in place and the driver's side manifold clears...barely. The Passenger side does rub the control arm just slightly. I plan to clearance it by taking a little off the edge of the control arm. There is a pretty healthy amount of ground clearance, which is nice. Also, I'm pretty sure there won't be an issue running the truck intake and maybe even the engine cover.
I had a few more pieces show up. Nothing too crazy, some braided sleeve, a few sensors.
Engine after being installed:
Clearance from the driver's manifold to the steering shaft:
Where the passenger side manifold hits the control arm:
I got a few more parts in and started getting some final fitment checking and install work accomplished.
Installed the ICT knock sensor delete cover. I have to say this is a VERY nice piece for the money.
I fit the 4 port steam crossover I have and test fit an old intake manifold. I will be using a different unit as this one has some cut off barbs and a few of the brass inserts have pulled out.
Everything seems to fit fine. I was hoping the factory engine cover would fit under the hood, but knew that was asking a lot.
The intake I will be using was very dirty, so I spent a little time cleaning it up.
Stripped down the the bare manifold.
After cleaning. (Not perfect, but a lot better)
I fit my valve covers and packs as well. The coil packs hit the brake booster. I am hoping to slightly modify the bracket to make it work. If that doesn't do it I will decide between switching to the round coils or a manual brake conversion.
03-14-2018, 02:07 PM
