Forcefed86

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Late sub. for power numbers. Looks great!

denmah

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denmah

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im unsure if this 7875 is any better than the 7665 even though it should be, they feel like the same turbo lol...

i only want 600 ish, 700 tire would be nice as that would be very fast with this 3200 lb truck lol

but honestly itll get kicked out with 3200lbs and 550whp anyway

aggie91

Awesomely Sloppy!

rpturbo

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So what happened to running this on a factory ecm? I thought that was the original plan? Looking great though!

denmah

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i weighed in and wanted to run a gen3 computer, not a newer ecu, so most of my stuff wouldnt work anyway, i figured, while i was at it, why not wire in boost ****, traction control, and some other features etc

denmah

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pulled the stock rear last night


welded new perches on the cut down 8.8 rear


slammed it home

Rich Halsey

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Is the narrowed 8.8 close to the stock Colorado rear width?

Photochop

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This may have been covered before, but are you gonna run a Caltracs style rear traction bar setup on those leafs? Lookin good man!

denmah

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yes and yes

The Alchemist

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Very cool progress... We'll have to talk tomorrow about what it takes to mod a Ford 8.8 to work in an f-body with the torque arm and keeping traction control.

See you tomorrow.

denmah

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pulled a throttle cable out of a 01 blazer and installed it, clipped right in to stock truck hardware



drilled a nice hole


pedal looks stock!


self tappers and a travel limiter made out of the latch support i removed for the intercooler


flipped the brakes around to the right sides today ( lower and too close to the leafs)



rear bolted in and im ready to measure for a driveshaft

dirtylark71

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best places to scrounge up a DBC throttle body, platforms to look for at the junk yard? Going to scavenge one this week

denmah

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99-03 trucks, tahoe, etc

tonypaul

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great work matt, your going to be doing major burnouts real soon.

Photochop

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There's tons of guys in the KS/OK/TX region running 8.8s fabbed up for fbodys. I have one for my car - came in another I bought a while back and I swapped it before selling to run in my build. It's a 8.8 center section with about 4" of original ford axle tubes, then a donor 10 bolt is used and the axle tubes/ends are used and welded to the ford tube ends. A torque arm mount bracket is welded to the housing. Mine has an eaton posi, I'm putting 3.27 factory ford gears back in it (3.73s in it currently) and it has 4 channel backing plates and stock 4 channel axles in it. I don't have a need for the 4 channel stuff because my car is a 3 channel, but I may try and tap the housing for the stock 3 channel sensor, and ditch the stock axles for some nicer moser pieces. I'm sure you can find a shop in your area that could help you out with the fab work, its pretty simple really.

denmah

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measured for a driveshaft and gave the spec's to my driveshaft guy! he built the one for the white fairmont.

got the shifter linkage tacked in, this thing might be moving under its own power by the weekend

dirtylark71

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That thing is going to haul the mail! Napa parts truck, express delivery

The Alchemist

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That's what I'm looking for. Something on the less expensive side, as spending ~$3000 for a rear is just not going to happen.

Blackbird-WS6

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look up "tnt fabrication" on FB. they build them for fbodys. they have a coupe diff levels to suit needs.