Good luck on your truck.

 

same here hope it going well for you. it will be worth it in the end

 

Thanks guys! Been busy with the Christmas push at work, then more sales at the beginning of the year

Also I just sold my 47rh trans meaning I am one step closer to more parts and the transmission.

 

Thanks to someone buying my transmission I was able to go out today and pick up a HT60 turbo for my twins. I got an ok deal on it at a local Semi truck parts yard, the good part is that there is very little shaft play and (of course) they say that once it has oil pressure it will be perfect. I was going to get the plumbing there but he wanted a lot more than we talked about on the phone so I passed for now. I am thinking of picking up another turbo for someone on here to show him I am gong to keep buying stuff and hopefully get a better price next time. I am planning to get the Allison MD3060 trans from them which can be from $2500 to $5K, sometimes it can be found for less but not at this place and not as good of condition.

I need to find a intake manifold off a Chevy Cobalt SS, Saturn Ion Redline or Cadillac sts-v. I am going to use that to make the intercooler for my intake, they have the Laminova cores which are the most efficient way to strip heat out anything.

My next steps (that I can see) are to get the intake and exhaust figured out. I need to get the engine on the truck frame, set the turbos, build the pipes, then build the intake. Once I have that all fabbed up, time to get back to cleaning and polishing everything, get the head decked, paint the engine and build it back up.

If you are looking for a HT60 (1.22ar if memory serves me right), HT68, Ht50 or 55 I can pick one up for you, clean it up a little and ship it out on my fed/ex account. They also have a pile of Detroit or Cat turbos but I would need to know what you are looking for, what they were off.

 

It's a shame you're so far away, I love doing stuff like this but I hate the cost and my wife hates the time it consumes . Keep bombin


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Well if you find yourself in the gray and rainy state of Oregon hit me up, everyone is welcome to come by take a look, wrench on it or just help me try to figure out the next step.

 

You're a brave man... There are some people that I wouldn't trust around my truck with a spork. Hell I have a hard time trusting my dads work even tho I started my learning from him. Your 4-link air ride suspension intrigues me, always wanted to do one. Everything looks good and very well done for this being your first project.


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Yeah, some people may just sip and beer and give me ideas, but I am sure there are plenty of people that know more than I do about something.

The 4-link system came from airbagit dot com, it was a custom deal because my truck needs to handle more weight than the stock dodge rams could handle. Talk with them and they can set you up with something. I bought the 2" DOM pipe locally because I did not want to pay to ship it from them. It also meant that I have to prep it and weld it instead of them, and their welds look good.

 

Not only would shipping cost kill you, but you're limited to length which also doesn't leave much for "bulk discount" I bought some 2" .250 wall DOM. The site was limited to 6ft lengths. Good stuff, love working with it. Made my trac bar out of it, everything else on the truck but the trac bar flexes now .


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Correction... 1.5"


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