dvdswan

not sure. the fans will be pretty much behind the winch and bumper. the trans cooler will be mounted to the bumper on the lower support brackets.

so today I did some more tedious little things. I made blockoff plates for the intake and forgot to make one for the egr port on the exhaust manifold. then tacked up the trans dipstick tube.

dvdswan

so, with heartbreaking news, I have to sell my winch bumper. I will build another one but this one is too close for the cooling fans and the trans cooler and fan just won't fit right. I going to make a fan shroud for the 2 front fans but its only as large as the fans are. basically enough to hold the fans.

Johnfire

That suck to have to sell that bumper, but that is a great looking bumper. My bumper build is pretty far down the road. Your truck is comming along really nice.

dvdswan

thanks jonfire,

so over the last couple of days I did some little things again. trimmed the front core support for the best fit of the radiator, and got the sleeve off the old fuel pump and installed on the new one and installed on the pathy sending unit. all that's left is to solder the connections on the sender.

dvdswan

well not much happened this weekend, well at least to the truck. I made some radiator brackets and the start of the heater hose brackets. I need to add some foam strips to them and need to figure a way to hold the radiator down.

dvdswan

ok, so now I'm torn again. I picked up a LS1 intake for a deal and figured I see what the differences were. well, here's the truck intake....





and the LS1 intake... thanks to Cosmo22nov BTW





and the best part is... no need to fab the crossover hoop...



now its decision time... I go with the LS1 intake I need to pick up possible fuel rails, injectors and the fuel filter (not cheap BTW)... oooh and the coolest part... engine covers

matt99

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I would think you would benefit from the truck intake for the torque difference but then again your truck does not way as much as a Silverado.

Rocketrod

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Incredible build and attention to detail!

dvdswan

thanks guys. I'm still undecided about the intake but leaning towards the LS1 just because of less to deal with. not sure about the attention to detail, but just making sure everything works together.

so today I worked on the bed for a little. made a filler piece and it looks like I need to align the pathy side better, its off about an 1/8" grr. I then placed the 2 front bed mounts and tacked them on the frame. then went the the back and tacked in the tailgate support and it certainly stiffened up the bedside.

dvdswan

so today I work more on the bed, did some trimming for the spare tank filler neck hose and tacked in a wheel well from my old bed. did some more fitting for the taillight and the tailgate. I think there is a plactic piece that the Pathys have the goes next to the taillight but don't remember. I have about a 1/8" gap top and bottom between the sheet metal but the taillight gap is about a 1/4". More thinking here. I also went to the junkyard looking to stuff and found a 85 Pontaic GTA, hood louvres! sweet and in great shape too. (there's another GTA hood there in great shape too, I'm might pick that one up too)









yep, love the pathy taillight over the truck taillight









now I have to decide how I'm going to place them. these are true working louvres, so engine temps will be cooler for wheeling.

dvdswan

did some work on the dr. side bed and some more thinking on the louvres.



the long slats are at the slight slope of the hood to allow the air to flow into the engine compartment.





and these would be with the old style hood with the 3 slots in the front and made so that air would flow through them.

dvdswan

so today, went back the j/y and picked up the GTA hood so I can cut out the louver openings. 25 bucks beats the 100-200 on e-bay just for the louvers. lol then stopped by the local chevy dealer to pick up parts I ordered and drool over a SS Camaro, I'd rather have a COPO Camaro though. lol then cut off the driver side taillight assembly and tacked on the pathy 1/4 panel, looks like a unibody lol









I'm going to need some trimming on the pass. side cover because of the high mount AC, but I was completely surprised that the fit under the crossover tube.

kmattinson67

What radiator is that? I was hoping to run the S10 4.3 HD one, but I bet it's too big. Also curious on how exactly your going to run your hoses. Looks like we have about the same amount of engine bay room. I tried setting my engine and tranny in today and found out I am going to have to notch my oil pan. Should just go ahead and SAS it with the fj80 axle I have, but only want to do one project at a time. I also have the same miller 211 welder, great machine. Keep up the build.

dvdswan

thanks, is a universal Speedway Motors radiator. for the hoses, the upper hose is going to be cut and 90* and I will use a molded 90* hose to fit to the water pump, for the lower one that will be 90* as well just pointing upward, the t-stat hosing I cut and turned it downward. there will be pics coming soon.

dvdswan

so today I think a lot got accomplished. more little stuff, but a lot of little stuff. 1st, reverified the thermostat housing to the lower radiator.

the upper and lower hose pipes will be cut and have 90* pipes installed. the veiw looking down, you can see how the upper hose will be with a 90* in the hose going to the water pump, the side view you can see the hose will have about a 30* bend to the lower hose pipe.







I made a cutout for the heater hoses to go by the AC compressor.











I also removed the strip on the pass side to weld up the front inner bed side





my friend evened the gap on the driver side bed side for a clean fit, then installed it. I prepped the tailgate bracket so I can possibly get that done tomorrow and still need to fit the front of the bed side but its on.

dvdswan

so today I worked more on the bed. got the dr. side taillight assembly welded in. tailgate is now going to be right around 50", inside opening is 48-1/4" and outside opening is 50-1/4". tailgate is currently 54-1/4" so 4" must go bye bye. I tacked the inside front of the bed, the wheel well opening is also tacked in. I had to trim some piece on the tailgate support so the lights fit in perfect. I will add the metal back in but it will be straight instead of bending in towards the taillight assembly. I also cutout the louver openings on the GTA hood, then put tape lines where I am thinking of cutting out for the rear bumper.

dvdswan

finished the bed corners today. not the best welds but the corners are a definitely stout.

dvdswan

so yesterday I made access covers...





and today I started on the hood.







and some trimming clean up is needed on the inside...





and some input would be appreciated on how to deal with the slight hump for the rear louvers...

dvdswan

today I tacked in the rear louvers...

matt99

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hell yea, love how the hood turned out. the truck has come a heck of a long way since you first posted the thread. I bet this thing gets 20 mpg easily