I plan on keeping the heat and ac the heater box fits back in with the firewall welded up.
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Bodydropping my ex cab
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I might as well start a thread here everybody likes pictures of trucks getting cut up.
Here is the truck after I got it bagged I drove it around like this for the summer until the motor started giving me problems. Then I figured its time to body drop it and throw a 350 in there.
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The cabs dropped I slid it back 3/4" to center the wheels and angled the fillers. The seat pans are also dropped to get back some head room. I will be using integra buckets the mounting for the seat rails are flat so this will make mounting them much easier.
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I had to swap out the upper control arms to a set of SD arms I got in a trade. The stock pie cut upper were hitting the exhaust manifold and steering shaft layed out.
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The motor is about ready to come out.
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Here is how it sits.
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Here is the truck after I got it bagged I drove it around like this for the summer until the motor started giving me problems. Then I figured its time to body drop it and throw a 350 in there.
The cabs dropped I slid it back 3/4" to center the wheels and angled the fillers. The seat pans are also dropped to get back some head room. I will be using integra buckets the mounting for the seat rails are flat so this will make mounting them much easier.
I had to swap out the upper control arms to a set of SD arms I got in a trade. The stock pie cut upper were hitting the exhaust manifold and steering shaft layed out.
The motor is about ready to come out.
Here is how it sits.
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Frame horns dropped and plated.
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Firewall seam sealed and painted.
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jm5 booster looks like it will clear the tire
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Firewall seam sealed and painted.
jm5 booster looks like it will clear the tire
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Test fitting the motor.
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Motor mounts are made and I got the motor mounted. It looks like the stock hood will clear.
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I started working on my truck again I have the motor in for the last time and bolted down. I started on my exhaust manifolds. My welder was acting up so the welds aren't the best but I think they will be fine.
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I got the other manifold made I still need to weld on the down tubes and flanges.
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I had my dad laser cut my flanges and drilled and tapped them for the studs.
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I have gotten a decent amount of work done on this the past week. All the accessories are on the motor ,I have gotten a belt for them but took the picture before I put it on. I got the drivers side exhaust done I still need to finish up the passenger side. I'm hoping by next weekend to at least hear the motor run.
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I sectioned the cross member. I'm running a nv3500 tranny I think I might need to trim like .5" off the bottom of the bell housing its gonna be close ill have to see when I get it back on the ground.
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