hellbents10

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The lean is nearly impossible to get arid of!!!! I have had 20 of these damn trucks now...let me tell you all about it. I have cut the pass. springs down, cut sway bar end links down on the pass side, and switch leafs from side to side and nothing will do it. Little truck with the gas tank and driver on one side.

s-10ls1

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I believe I have heard of people cutting the sleeve that holds the sway bar to the a-arm. I am not sure how much though. Maybe try half inch and see if it does anything, if not try a inch. Again I'm not 100% if that works are but them sleeves are cheap and easy to change. I think it's worth a shot

1fast bird

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Hahahaha! That's not the answer I was looking for. I guess it's set for a hard launch since it will torque the truck the other way....I'll call it preload

Blackpanther99

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Just make sure its done right lol dont want a crappy suspension on one side of the truck lol

T76s10

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Lol i wouldn't have done it that way anyway. My truck doesn't lean at all so i don't have to worry about it.

Dragtruck2

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Truck looks clean, should be a fun build.

Blackpanther99

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Lol good

spoolin around !

nice clean looking truck ..

1fast bird

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Looking forward to getting started. Think I decided on lifting the front 2" and raising the rear 3". That should get me where it needs to be for a non scraping height

T76s10

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Mine is 3" drop front and back from stock height and doesn't hit anything

TheRace1092

nice clean truck. id have to agree with the fuel tank idea causing the lean. im guessing it was a 4.3l5spd to have the 8.5". food for thought you can steal the disc brakes from a blazer to stop a little better thats how i did mine. what kind of specs/goals for the engine u have?

TheRace1092

prob. goes without saying but i ment rear brakes*

1fast bird

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It still is a 4.3 5 speed but hopefully not much longer....too slow. The plan is to use either a 4.8 or a 5.3, whichever I can get the best price on. Then add my cam, some good valve springs and head studs. Top it off with 60-80 lbs injectors and use the stock truck intake. My goal is to have a 500-600 rwhp weekend cruiser that may see track time every once in awhile. Really not looking to push it too much.
I already have a set of Strange rear brakes I will use. They are currently on my MWC9, but have a buyer that wants it without them. I will just need to buy the correct caliper mounts for the 8.5".

Oh yeah, I ordered springs to bring the front end up some. This sucks to drive it this low!!! I must be getting old?????

TheRace1092

ok its eatin me up. what kinda heads are you thinking? compression, boost level? ....sorry i got an s10 fettish

1fast bird

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Whatever heads the 4.8 or 5.3 comes with and same with compression......Unless I find a shortblock for sale, then who knows what I will get. Just know it won't be 317's, as they will just lower the compression too much...... Boost will be whatever it takes to be fun

fat tony157

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Very clean truck! I do agree though, it needs to be lifted up a bit.

To fix the S10 lean, you have to get one of these 3/4 inch coil spring spacers for the drivers side. Just goes in on top of the spring, should pretty much take care of it.

It's belltech part #4930

Thumpn

clean truck . I'm looking for one my self, for a DD. but not too many 2wd in the northwest

1fast bird

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I plan to get a spacer to fix the lean. I'm raising the truck with 1" drop springs in place of the 3" drops. Gonna take one 2" block out of the rear also....hopefully it's enough.
There were tons of 2wd trucks around here, but finding one that was straight was very difficult. I was almost to the point of getting one shipped from somewhere else.

1fast bird

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Okay I finally got this thing to not scrape the front wheels by raising it 2" front and back.

Before with a 5/7 drop


After with a 3/5 drop


What does everybody think? To me the front needs to raise a bit more but it's not bad....

RacerXLs1

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Looks good bro, glad to see your still in it. Andrew