I looked at it a bit, but i paid less than half the price of the earls hose for my hose AND 8 fittings. It has a lifetime warranty and seems pretty compliant with a MBR of 2.5in.

Check them out, few people i know have used them and like them. I haven't got my hands on them yet, so i'll be comparing them to the fragola PTFE in the camaro.

 

Yeah, EARLS is pricey. I’ll have to check out the HotRod stuff when I order my line

thanks,
Jim

 

Curious, what trans crossmember is in it? I’m about to do a 350/700r4 swap into a 72 and just started collecting parts.

 

As far as what's in it right now or what's going in it?

I have a Hooker Blackheart for it that's setup for a 4L80e that will be going with all the swap.

I have a 350/700R4 setup i'm trying to offload with a HOST of other parts making a "full swap" for a roller to running truck. If you or anyone else is interested, I will be posting it up soon. Going to include EVERYTHING i take off the truck that i'm upgrading: 350/700R4 complete from aircleaner to oil pan, headers included. Has new AC compressor, alternator and fuel pump, edelbrock intake/carb and a HEI distributor and all accessories.. I'll be including with the pullout the old style vintage air complete system as I have a new one coming for it (for an AC Cab). Radiator. Trans Tunnel (Low hump). Gas Tank w/ fuel lines. Carpet. Dash w/ guages. Driveshaft. Wiring if anyone wanted the old harness from the truck. Carpet. Gas Pedal.

 

Well this hasn't taken a back seat, just work and part backorders keeping my timeline in a holding pattern.

Engine (LS2) is with machine shop getting cylinders cleaned up, new bearings, etc.

Heads (243s) are with local shop getting CNC and larger valves installed as well as new TSP .660 springs

TSP 228R (110LSA) cam has been ordered

Picking up a Circle D 258mm 3200 stall (triple disc) this weekend.

Radiator w/ fans arrived today.

Still waiting on a couple things from Holley (oil pan 302-3) and all my Dakota Digital gauges and control modules.

Need to order the new VA system as well as the fuel tank, and that should be EVERYTHING in hand that I need to get it running (aside from a driveshaft i'll measure and have built locally).

Looking forward to getting some more updates and photos when I get back from my next offshore trip sometime mid next month.

 

Man I love this truck! Looks so clean in that color and I have a soft spot for big rally wheels. Looks so perfect pulling the Camaro. Subscribing to the thread now

 

Wheels and color sold me. I have a love for hugger orange and love the big rallys on it as well. It was "good" for a few years, and time to make it GREAT. Sorry for the stall in updates, but i'm working in and out of town and waiting to start until i have EVERYTHING in hand and parts delays are massive right now.

I'm continuously ordering more and more stuff for it, and we're getting close to enough in hand to get it going. Gauges right now are the longest lead item looking like 2-3 more weeks (been 7 already). Ready for the Holley 302-3 to arrive already too, original ship date was 3/18, now it's 5/10....Feel like i'm getting strung along.

 

Been a bit since an update. I spent a month out of the country and then was lazy with the Texas heat to get much done in garage.

LS2 was machined by a local place and i picked it up and brought it home to assemble myself. Heads were CNC ported by Hooper's Heads here in Houston and Parts supplied primarily from Texas Speed for engine related, and a shop called Matt's Classic Bowties for all the swap/classic parts.

Block returned and on a stand ready for some work:




With the help of Joseph Potak's LS Book I set crank and measured all bearing clearances and thrust and moved onto filing rings and installing the pistons.


Cam and timing set was installed:


After that the Heads were installed, and I checked PTV and pushrod length. Luckily i had a few diff length pushrods to choose from and my measurement matched with a set I had and within the allowable lifter preload.


While I was checking the valvetrain, i noticed the rockers were 1) nasty and 2) bushed trunnion upgrade was severely worn (came with the motor).




Quick call to Trevor at TSP and the trunnion issue was sorted and some Chem Tool sorted the rocker grime/grit.






Next up was installing the oil pump, and front and rear covers. I pulled apart the melling pump that came with the motor to inspect and happy that I did. It definitely showed some wear, so a new OEM style replacement went in it's place.




Covers were cleaned up with some brake clean and a tooth brush to get any grime out of the small crevices and all looks good as new! Also installed the holley valve covers while i was at it to "seal up" the motor. Tape now covers the intake and exhaust ports until it's installed in the truck, and it's been bagged each time I leave the garage.


Oil pan will go on today, i was waiting on some windage tray, hardware and oil pump hardware. I waited for the Holley 302-3 for about 6-7 weeks and decided to cancel that order and go with the knockoff available off ebay. I'm all for supporting Holley but considering I got the same pan, with all hardware and gasket for about $150 less than they sell theirs for, and it was available to ship same day, its hard to justify the continued wait.

While This was all taking place, I got a deal on a Circle D 258mm converter and took it by Circle D to have it freshened up and gone through. What I received back was a brand new looking converter, and some swag. Very happy with the service and quick turnaround from those guys. It's a 258mm Billet Triple w/ 3200 stall. More converter than this little truck needs, but no kill like overkill.




I'll be bringing the C10 back to my house this weekend and starting the disassembly process. Have some time off from work coming up around 4th July so hoping to make some serious strides. Only thing at this point NOT in my possession is the guages (just celebrated my 16th week anniversary of ordering them yesterday) and a driveshaft that'll be measured when I get the setup in the truck.

I'll be more regular with updates when work starts actually taking place.

 

Very nice. What are your exhaust plans?

 

Managed to snag a Hooker Blackheart exhaust setup and it shipped. Will arrive tomorrow. 409SS, Rear Exit, 3.0" OD piping.



For headers I have Speed Engineering 1-7/8" Long Tubes. I was watching some of yours posts on FB and i have been considering putting Cats on this one as it's a driver and may keep the "smell" down a bit.

 

Nice. I got stuck behind some ratty junk collector truck last week with no cats, I was like WTF. But then I thought, that's how everyone behind my '10 feels lol.

 

LOL Exactly!!! My wife doesn't like riding in the camaro, but it cant realistically have a cat survive i'd bet. I killed a bunch in my 2010, and it was making half the power.

C10 isn't a power hours, i want to drive it across country and have it act like a new car, so maybe cats are the way!

William

 

Will,
how much did it cost to have CircleD go through the converter? What was done to it during their work?

thanks,
Jim

 

I’d have to check the Invoice. Was around $300. They took it apart and it’s basically a brand new converter. I mean came back looking like it’s never been in a car and received a new “build date.” I know they inspect all internals. Tune the veins and if you want to adjust stall while they’re in there, that’s included as well. I kept same stall. It was more for peace of mind for me since it was used.

 

That’s pretty cheap. It’s excellent insurance when buying used parts if the deal was cheap enough

thanks for the info
Jim

 

some progress. Got some time off coming up and plan to knock out a large portion of the swap.

 

This quick turnaround got long when i spend a month in Trinidad, 6 weeks in Scotland, and 3 weeks sick. I managed to make a lot of progress over the winter holiday / time off, and it's nearly done, just finishing out a few items.

I'll get some pictures up tonight of the progress as I've uploaded most of them last night. First drive should be this weekend and looking forward to it after Andrew helped with the tune.

Last remaining items are install carpet and seat, and figure out where my AC system leak is. then just drive it!

William

 

Sweet, good driving weather there right!!

 

Right now is excellent. Kinda all over the place. But 60-70s still most days.

 

Let's get an update.