Project: 1995 s10 SAS

[DieselS10]

Looks good Baggey, but I think Chris is right, your drivers side front tire doesn't seem to have any up travel and if the driveshaft is hitting the exhaust it can't go up. Sawzall Time!

[sapperb]

Quote: Originally Posted by DieselS10

Looks good Baggey, but I think Chris is right, your drivers side front tire doesn't seem to have any up travel and if the driveshaft is hitting the exhaust it can't go up. Sawzall Time!

Why are the front shocks mounted upsidedown

[Tim99Zr2]

Quote: Originally Posted by sapperb

Why are the front shocks mounted upsidedown

yea, might wanna switch them around, mine leaked all the oil out in 2 days..

[Donahue]

Quote: Originally Posted by Baggey22

Here's where my drive shaft hits my exhaust

this is what prompted this:

From s10 buildup

[Baggey22]

Yea, the drive shaft hits the exhaust at ride height, like flat ground just sitting still. I barely rests on it. From what I'm told by locals there's a guy that is magical with exhaust work. So I'm gonna call him and see what he can do about moving it for me.

[DieselS10]

It shouldn't be any big deal for anyone that does exhaust work.

[Baggey22]

it's just finding someone with a pipe bender that's hard around here. There's a bunch of shops that CLAIM they do exhaust work, but don't have a bender. I mean really, who does that?

[DieselS10]

Well, I have one, but your probably not gonna want to drive it down here.

[Baggey22]

isn't there a way to make your own out of random stuff lying around? Cause I'd make one and fix it myself if I could.

[wrekd]

Lookin good!!!

[wrekd]

Quote: Originally Posted by Baggey22

isn't there a way to make your own out of random stuff lying around? Cause I'd make one and fix it myself if I could.

You should be able to find exhaust pieces at the local auto parts store. Maybe get some of that flexy pipe and some elbows. It shouldnt be that hard.

[DieselS10]

I make all my exhaust systems from mandrel bent U's and sections of straight pipe that I get from Summit. Just cut out how much bend you need and weld them together.

[Baggey22]

I need like a TIGHT 90* turn, and most stores don't have tight ones

[ChrisInVT]

Flex pipe

[sapperb]

Quote: Originally Posted by Baggey22

isn't there a way to make your own out of random stuff lying around? Cause I'd make one and fix it myself if I could.

I have heard of people filling the pipe with sand, heat it up and bend it, though i have never seen the end result. Don't they have a Harbor Freight anywhere near you? Semi good tools and equipment for a good price.

[Tim99Zr2]

grinder man, pie cuts!

[Baggey22]

I think I'm just gonna go with flex pipe. It's simple, inexpensive, and if it doesn't work then most of the work is done if I go to an exhaust shop. Plus I can do it in a day by myself and be on the trails by afternoon.

[Tim99Zr2]

meh, from my experience flex pipe doesnt bend that tight of radius'

[wrekd]

Quote: Originally Posted by Tim99Zr2

meh, from my experience flex pipe doesnt bend that tight of radius'

No it doesnt. But if he cuts it back far enough he should be able to route it up far enough.

[Baggey22]

when you say cut it back do you mean cutting it back under the motor or cutting it back closer to the header?

[wrekd]

Quote: Originally Posted by Baggey22

when you say cut it back do you mean cutting it back under the motor or cutting it back closer to the header?

Cut it back farther under the motor. Between the flexy tube and a 45 elbow you should be able to pull it off.

[Baggey22]

45 elbow? Where is that going?
I was planning on just getting flex pipe and making it work. Do you think you can get a picture and draw what you're talking about in paint?

[Tim99Zr2]

i tihnk im just going to do true duals. since i at least will have a standard.

v-6s and autos sound like poo poo

[ChrisInVT]

Quote: Originally Posted by Tim99Zr2

< V8s sound like poo poo

Fixed.

[Tim99Zr2]

true that. but sticks at least change tone

[wrekd]

Quote: Originally Posted by Baggey22

45 elbow? Where is that going?
I was planning on just getting flex pipe and making it work. Do you think you can get a picture and draw what you're talking about in paint?

I dont think flex pipe is gonna have enough flex in it to make the turn up to the collector(or whatever it is called). I'll get a pic of my exhaust and fix it up in paint tomorrow if I have the time.

[Baggey22]

That would be awesome if you could do that Wrekd. I'm hoping to do this Wednesday.

[ChrisInVT]

You're back early

[Baggey22]

Just got back. The group wanted to push more mileage yesterday to make today a shorter day because some of them had homework.
So that's what we did. I just got back like an hour ago.

[Baggey22]

Update: I went to the auto parts store today and got the pieces needed to fix my exhaust. I also won a sweet Trail Defence D30 cover for $80. As soon as that comes in the Detroit is gonna in.
So hopefully I can get the exhaust done on Wednesday and the diff cover won't be far behind it.

[Baggey22]

Update: Things didn't go as planned today. The exhaust needs to be done by a shop because of all the goofy bends and things in it. So instead of giving up I went for a short trail run and banged up the exhaust more and got some more flex shots.

[DieselS10]

Sweet man! Those belong in the Articulation thread.

[wrekd]

You can never have too many pics of your truck flexing. Especially when you first get done. I would flex my truck out and then just stand there staring at it for like 10 mins thinking this is fvcking awesome, Fvck IFS.

Im sure everyone thats done the swap does the same exact thing

[Baggey22]

Update: My s10 is going in tomorrow to a local guy to get my exhaust done. As soon as that's done the truck should be all set to go.

[Tim99Zr2]

cancel it baggey, i got a easy fix.
i used flex pipe to come down off the manifold, up over the frame, ran the exhaust pipe between the rocker and frame, and put the exhaust on under the bed.

total cost was like 80$ for true duals

[Baggey22]

I'd rather just get it done by him. Problem in Vermont is it gets cold out quickly and my time is starting to slip away from me. I don't have a garage to work in and I don't have time time to get it done. So I'll just let this guy do it and not have true duals.

[DieselS10]

Dual exhaust really isn't going to make a difference power wise anyway. Mine has single exhaust, it just happens to be VERY big.

[ChrisInVT]

You ever get your slip yoke problem figured out?

[Baggey22]

There was no problem. We fully compressed/extended the rear suspension and the amount of travel was a lot less than the slip yoke can move. So we just cut the drive shaft and extended it with a piece of exhaust pipe (like Wrekd did) It's been fine ever since.

You knew that too btw Chris, remember "LOL Shaft"?

[ChrisInVT]

Quote: Originally Posted by Baggey22

You knew that too btw Chris, remember "LOL Shaft"?

HAHAHAHA that's right!!! How could I possibly forget that thing!!


So LMK when it's wheelin' time. I went wheelin' two weeks ago, and with my tires aired down to 15PSI and my truck in 4WD I get a full 120 miles to my 20 gallon tank

[Baggey22]

I'll need to recalibrate my speedometer for my gears/tires to see what kinda mileage I'm getting
And so I can tell how fast I'm going on the road.

[ChrisInVT]

I still need to do that in my truck. I know it's 5% off so I just try to keep it at a reasonable speed.

[Baggey22]

I'm gonna follow someone to the mechanic place tomorrow so that I don't go fast. When that's over I'm gonna borrow my room mate's TomTom and figure out what speed I'm going

[Tim99Zr2]

Quote: Originally Posted by DieselS10

Dual exhaust really isn't going to make a difference power wise anyway. Mine has single exhaust, it just happens to be VERY big.

never said it did, just the easiest way to fix the DS hitting the exhaust problem

[Baggey22]

Eh, this is easier for me. For times sake mostly

[DieselS10]

I modified my VSSB with dip switches and you can set it to correct nearly any gear/tire combo.

Here is a link for instructions, http://www.tbichips.com/drac.

[Baggey22]

Look Chris! Computer geek stuff! ha ha
That's a cool article, I'll read the whole thing later and if it's not too involved I may try that.

[wrekd]

What was your gearing when you had IFS??

[Baggey22]

I don't know what it was. Is there a way I can find out?

[wrekd]

There should be a bunch of 3 letter/number codes in your glovebox. I'll get the gearing codes and post em up and you'll be able to tell what gearing you had. They were probably 3.42's though.

Edit: GU6 is 3.42's. Theres just too many other codes to look through for the other ratios. But copy down all the 3 digit codes in your glovebox and it will tell you all the options your truck has.

Once you get the codes you can use this to find out what which one means:

http://73-87.com/chevy_ids/rpomenu2.htm