Second build up from the short block

Truck looks really good man. My dad is going to need to clean his flareside up now lol. It does suck when a 10 minute job takes you half the day too lol
 
Rolled it off the lift and cleaned it up today.
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Dam,I like that.
 
Well I ended up doing some clean up and painting in the engine bay and then wired the new injector pigtails on before dropping the engine in. I also did some more massaging on the firewall for intake clearance.
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Saturday I ran up to Northern Tool and picked up a high lift transmission jack.
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My first time installing a transmission with a lift. Wow! What a big difference. It went so smooth.
Although it’s only a temporary installation. I just ordered a neutral balance flex plate and I’ll have to pull the transmission to put that on. But I wanted to start working on the cross member height, driveline angle and pinion angle.
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It’s looking better with some weight in the front of the truck.
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There’s still a lot of parts to go on the front of the truck. At least another 200 lbs.
I’m liking it! I may end up swapping out the front springs.

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I can’t wait to put some power to these things!
 
Thanks guys, I appreciate the encouragement!

We’ll I snagged a 2wd E4OD transmission crossmember from a buddy and tried to install it. It has the narrow pattern and my mount is the wide pattern. I can overcome that detail. Next problem is that the transmission tail seams to be sitting about an inch to far to the drivers side of the truck.

That’s a big problem because the auto fab motor mounts won’t even give a 1/4 inch side to side, a real testament to the rigidity of the mounts but that means I have to cut them up and rebuild them once again!

I am guessing the correct measurements based on the hole locations in the crossmember. What I don’t know is, if the correct transmission mount has any offset built into it.

So. I “think” the tail shaft should be off set by 3 inches to the passenger side but I would be very grateful to anyone who could check that measurement for me.

Measuring from the inside of the frame from each side I think the correct measurements would be 20” and 17”.
Can anyone confirm that? Maybe [mention]glenbartley [/mention] since yours is on the lift?

Thanks for any help!!


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Hey Gary, I should be able to get out in the garage tomorrow night or Sat for sure. I will measure that for you.

Also this was posted in one of the Lightning FB Groups. Thought you'd like it, damn nice truck.

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Hey Gary, I should be able to get out in the garage tomorrow night or Sat for sure. I will measure that for you.

Also this was posted in one of the Lightning FB Groups. Thought you'd like it, damn nice truck.

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That is awesome! I’ve thought about painting mine somewhat close to that color.
I got the cross member installed and the motor mounts re-worked last week. I then moved on to getting the pinion and driveline angles worked out. I finally got happy with all of those things and tacked the new leaf spring saddles and shock mounts on. I was about to take the rear out to final weld everything and set up the gears but some measurements were bothering me. Long story short, the rear tires were toed in about 5/8”. After pulling the housing out and checking it internally with a straight edge the axle tubes are not true.
I sent a message to another shop that does rear diff work to see if it can be fixed or if I need to get another housing and start over..


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That is awesome! I’ve thought about painting mine somewhat close to that color.
I got the cross member installed and the motor mounts re-worked last week. I then moved on to getting the pinion and driveline angles worked out. I finally got happy with all of those things and tacked the new leaf spring saddles and shock mounts on. I was about to take the rear out to final weld everything and set up the gears but some measurements were bothering me. Long story short, the rear tires were toed in about 5/8”. After pulling the housing out and checking it internally with a straight edge the axle tubes are not true.
I sent a message to another shop that does rear diff work to see if it can be fixed or if I need to get another housing and start over..


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When Jerry S. welded the tubes up and put ends on mine he used a cool fixture to ensure the ends are true because really that’s all that matters. My 60k mile stock never wrecked housing was def not true.
 
Friday I went to get my rear differential housing from TRZ Motorsports. Rained the whole ride home so it’s a little rusty. They straightened the tubes and added bracing.

I got it back under the truck and sitting on the wheels to finish mocking up the new saddles and shock mounts. Lots of measurements, adjusted, set angles and tack weld in place.

Pulled it back out, cut old saddles off finished welding all new stuff on, cleaned up and started paint.

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Ysi 2.7 griptec

If it was me? I would run a custom hub. You can run a 8.6" lower without changing water pump. I already did it. With a 3.25" upper at 7000 rpm he will be near max (rated) impeller speed. If he does decide to change timing cover/ water pump then he has lots more options. With a Griptec upper pulley I'm telling you it will be much better. Seen them work first hand on a couple different set ups. I really wish I ordered a griptec for my Novi. Would have raw data to back it up. With that said I still managed to see 23lbs boost with my Novi with proper belt tension/alignment. Did require some diy bracing but I did it. With whatever blower he uses he will fight slip and bracket flex. May as well use a blower that will meet his end goals. And he already has it.

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Got a question. I’m waiting on my 2.7 griptec pulley for my ysi. I have a 8.1 lower. Do you think I’ll have any belt slip? It’s a 8 rib setup.
 
Friday I went to get my rear differential housing from TRZ Motorsports. Rained the whole ride home so it’s a little rusty. They straightened the tubes and added bracing.

I got it back under the truck and sitting on the wheels to finish mocking up the new saddles and shock mounts. Lots of measurements, adjusted, set angles and tack weld in place.

Pulled it back out, cut old saddles off finished welding all new stuff on, cleaned up and started paint.

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Man you've really gone the distance on this thing!!

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100% will have belt slip.
Well he does have a griptec pulley. Those things are awesome! I wish I would have gotten one when I ran my blower. They help a ton. But it will be easy to tell if you do have slip if you datalog boost.

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Well he does have a griptec pulley. Those things are awesome! I wish I would have gotten one when I ran my blower. They help a ton. But it will be easy to tell if you do have slip if you datalog boost.

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Yeah I’ll do that abs see what happens. Was hoping one of you guys have tried something similar though.
 
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