"The Distraction" Why I haven't updated the stereo in my car...

[littlemissGTO]

I wasn't really planning on a turbo. I plan to run the motor as is for a while, then do a rebuild. Shooting for 400-450ish hp. Should be PLENTY in a small truck. But I'll take you up on the tuning. lol

You can get 400-450ish with a stroker build. If you're going to do a blowthrough build, you should do a turbo set up to help move the truck around.

[JayinMI]

You can get 400-450ish with a stroker build. If you're going to do a blowthrough build, you should do a turbo set up to help move the truck around.

I had a great time at finals. Came home and when I went to work on the truck, I just kept thinking "Should I just do a system in it, and sell the 6.0?"

It's tough. But I think I still want to do both.

Jay

[chithead]

6.0 and a system gets my vote!!!

[JayinMI]

6.0 and a system gets my vote!!!

Sitting in Ben Vollmer's (formerly Harry Kimura's) Acura gave me some ideas for the dash.

Jay

[BigAl205]

He stole that idea from Ally

[Kornnut]

Why didn't you just do a cab swap?

[crux131]

Cab swap definitely would have been easier. I am sure you had your reasons though.

My first truck was an 87 standard cab. Black( purple pin stripes ) with gray interior. I had it all 80's mini truck with all of the removable dash pieces done in fleck stone paint. 14" Cragar SS wheels, a pair of Savard Rap 12's behind the seat, and a lowly 2.5 liter "Iron Duke" for power. Haha

I miss that truck sometimes...well all the time.

[JayinMI]

Why didn't you just do a cab swap?

Cab swap definitely would have been easier. I am sure you had your reasons though.

Because the donor cab needed cab corners, driver's floor pan, and all the body mounts were rusted and crushed as well as some other minor damage sustained while they moved it around before I bought it. Trust me, this will be a faster way to a solid cab...the green cab with the roof cut out is solid everywhere and only has 55k miles on it.

I'm building this because my last project car never got to get finished and I really miss my old S-10 I had from 94-97.

[Kornnut]

I want an old square body like that to drop an LS in. Nice little drag truck.

[JayinMI]

So, a couple weeks ago I was scouring Craigslist to see if I could find a solid cab to replace the topless green one. If I found a good deal, I'd pick it up and save myself the frustration of trying to weld the roof back on and get it all right. Not expecting to find anything, I was surprised when I found an '89 (listed as a '91) red S-10, no engine/trans/bed for sale about 20 minutes from work. I went and looked at it after work, and decided I wanted it. He was asking $500, I talked him down to $400....but I couldn't borrow a truck last weekend. I was amazed to find he still had it and went and picked it up today.

It has it's good and bad points, but I really only needed the cab, if nothing else.
It's pretty solid (floors are rusty, but I'll cut the near perfect floors out of the green truck for it. So, I'm going to swap the green bed over on to the '89 frame, and the left front fender as well. I have the bumper as well.













Dash is in pretty good shape, only a couple minor cracks, no bowing. Not planning on using it, so it might go up for sale.



Those were the good points, here's the bad.



Pretty happy with it. If I can get a few bucks out of the remainder of the green truck (it has a running Iron Duke in it...well, until I let it sit for 8 months. I think the fuel filter needs changed and new gas....but I have video of it running before, and it will kick over on starting fluid.)

Jay