Vorteccrack

What pickup do you use for a cut down truck pan?

turboventura

See you degreed the cam on this one, did it need any adjustment or was it good "dot to dot"

kjm

speaking of degreed cam some time last month you were asking about degrred cam data due to a car not making power you expected ?????? what was the out come????? was it the cam??????

denmah

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cut down stock truck pickup

denmah

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this one seems dead on, i would need someone with experience to tell me exactly if i am right or not but my numbers made sense


have not dug into the truck yet

denmah

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oh look at that




i have this in here, mocking evertything up and taking a measurement for my friend to cut the pan.


longblock only on the suspension, coil half way up


my friend tony built the hotside in south dakota, and im on the east coast, and it dropped right in. amazing





china pt88




forgot to install my center cap, this is hotside, turbo, radiator etc

Tjabo

Dude, where's the "sloppy" on this one?!?!?! Lol

I love how the truck intake fits under the hood with the tubular K member. Does it fit in a fox body mustang too?

If you fabbed up some "bump steer correcting spacers" for where the tie rod connects to the knuckle, could you drop the steering rack and not have to notch the pan?

Fullen

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After all of the previous builds...I'm curious as to how much faster you're planning to go. All of these shiny parts are definitely nice though. Mark's car must have you motivated.

Quaman

Bumpsteer.. Rack? Looks like he is cutting the pan because he is going to smash it after it hikes the wheels for 100ft or so.

We need to just start the fund for the 25.5 chassis now.

rpturbo

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Didn't you say someone built that hotside? Is it a kit, or was it built to your specs? I looked again in the thread, but couldn't find it. I love how well it fits off stock manifolds, and the turbo placement.

denmah

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my friend built it, i did pay him, he built the other really nice kit for my other build. whenever i want something like that done nice i just ask him.

i told him where i wanted the turbo and we went back and forth on a few things and decide on what it is, i just told him i wanted driver side and orientation and he took care of the rest, pretty incredible since he doesnt have anything with this k member and didnt know exactly where anything would be.

this is the other kit he built me

denmah

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i can answer both of these questions together.

i guess the point is to see if a more race oriented car is worth the squeeze
im going light, and using nearly the same setup china turbo and stock 5.3.

yes nearly any aftermarket K lets you fit the truck intake, since it puts the motor so far down and back.

costs a little more for the k member but whats nice is you dont have to break the bank getting the car intake bare, rails, lines, regulator, intake gaskets etc. its almost a push, i figured while i was at it, **** it, tube A arms, coil overs, and the works.

tiznodd

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From what I've seen, the truck intakes make more power than the LS1 intakes, so if it's a push cost wise, it's a win overall.

Can't wait to see how this one turns out.

slowbu

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Im curious to see if that China 88mm will really make anymore power then the billet 76mm BW. that was on the last car

denmah

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took some pics with my better camera while mock up is done here, also some shots of my cut truck pan

AJGls1

weighed my car today with alot of the same weight reduction you are doing, (4.8,th400,gt45,no hvac,tube k, coilovers blah blah) came in at 2920 with me in it (145-150). i dont have a cage and its still on stock 14s with the 7.5 but just giving you an idea. cant wait to see how fast you go with this one.

zipster

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What size tubing is that on the hotside?

Tjabo

I think he said 2" in the latest update video.

denmah

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that makes me pretty excited for this car to be 3000 with me in it

denmah

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operation mini frame rail today
pretty close to teh turbo and drain and this will make it much easier to reach all of that and easily be out of the way







also pulled the gas tank, and i sprayed everything with penetrating oil so i can get the rear loose then, removed exhaust and driveshaft and 20lbs of mud and rust.