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    454 headers question

    Ignore the flex tube. We were being lazy. That is also the stock crossmember.
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    454 headers question

    1968-1972 Nova headers. Fit like champs. They sit higher up than the crossmember. No scrubbin' your collectors if you are lowered. My truck. Manual transmission. No issues.
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    Old school hub caps

    For a 3/4 ton truck, you should be looking for the 6 spoke variant hub caps. This is the set I sourced for my 2wd truck, but you get the idea....
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    Hey everybody I am new to this group and I just bought an 1984 K-10 for my teenage son

    Welcome to the site!
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    Too much tire?

    Looks like tons of fun as it sits. The 37's would just bolster that fun even more. But I have no idea about the axle question.
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    Aftermarket windshield wipers

    x1000 for the Ford wiper arm conversion and 18 inch blades.
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    Subwoofers

    They have that "fuller more robust" sound to them....
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    Subwoofers

    Want to try building stuff on your own to see if you even want to add a sub. These Pyle subs are about the least expensive sub you can source on the interwebs. They have plastic baskets and low RMS power rating, but that is fine for an experiment I can dial the power in on the amp with the gain...
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    Subwoofers

    On the budget side of things, I found this truck box at an estate sale. It is way old school and low power. 150 watts RMS per pair, so 75w per box. Got it. Two little ports and a tweeter. I bought the pair of them for $25 and one of them had no sub woofer in it. Max put the loaded one into...
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    Multiple shock kits for k2500 suburban

    Dual shocks in the front for that 80's look and apeal. Otherwise run some air bags on the rear springs when you need to haul the extra weights...
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    Subwoofers

    I found Savard watching some YouTube videos about car audio stuff. I used the Rap series as the example as they are not as power hungry. The Hi-Q series is what I wanted originally, but look at those power needs in the green bar... Those are per each sub. Also the mounting depth is another...
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    Subwoofers

    You should also be real with yourself as to how much power you really need. With the above set up, I could rattle my eyes with speed metal double bass drum. It was 150 to each channel. Now a days power is cheap, but good power is not. My sons VW as an example, he had a 600w sub amp from Kenwood...
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    Subwoofers

    With premade boxes, make sure you have the mounting depth you need for the subwoofer you are thinking of using. Here is a Savard 10 inch RAP series subwoofer and they have listed the necessary mounting depth along with many other pieces of information needed. You may find that you have to use...
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    Subwoofers

    You also have to figure out if you want a sealed box or a ported box. How much power you want. For a quick idea if any of the cheap amps will live up to their "claimed" power ratings, you can do a bit of math for a spot check. An alternator should put out a max power of 14.4v. The amp fuse or...
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    Subwoofers

    These are just some images I have found on the internets.
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    Subwoofers

    For sub wiring diagrams, you cannot beat the Crutchfield site. https://www.crutchfield.com/learn/how-to-match-subwoofers-and-amplifiers.html#part-a I have highlighted the links that you will choose to see the actual wiring and how to run it all for the power you are looking to run. I am...
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    SM465 to 4l80e or 700r4 Swap

    You can purchase a stand alone transmission controller to operate the 4L80. Or if you are savvy, you can repurpose one of the GM computers to do the same work for much less. For real cheap, you can run the transmission full pressure with some simple switches.
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    HEI Modules

    Someone was kind enough to donate their mud truck to the junkyard a few years ago. Max saw it and pulled the ignition module out of it, score! He came home and told me it had an Edelbrock RPM intake on it. I informed him he was a goob for leaving it in the yard and that we would be going back...
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    First Square body, now the fix it while I'm in there issues.

    I would think this is far more achievable for basically any big block. If it were mine, I would look for a Gen6 454 out of a 1999 to 2003 truck or suburban. As I have already done. My kid was in the junkyard one day and found one, I tasked him with relieving that truck of its 454 and 4L80. DO...
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    Show your daily driver

    Dad to the rescue....again. Still looks good sitting still.... No carbon button in the current distributor cap. Witness marks say the button has been missing for a while... Fresh cap, notice the button...
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    Show your daily driver

    The insides of the "little" VW engines are crazy when you know how other engines are built. This is the induction system for my little 2332 engine. The carbs flow over 1,200cfm together. Intake manifolds are match ported half way up on the head side. The heads cost near $1,000 for 4 cylinders...
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    Show your daily driver

    September 2011 Before the afternoon baseball game, I had the boy remove the transmission for me. 2012 helping me with the wiring to the choke. 2013 cleaning it before a show. Spray the tire snot on and then wipe it down.
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    Let’s see your memorabilia?!

    My wifes parents owned a Sambos in Midland Texas when she was born. I found this mug at a garage sale recently and bought it. Love the print on it. I picked this up at the swapmeet. A nifty little coin changer.
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    Thinking about streamlining my tools.

    We a few years ago went all in on Milwaukee when they had a sale. Watching our axle guy spin the head off of a left hand thread carrier bolt with ease is what sold us right there. Since then we shop the pawn shops for the tools and have quite the collection of different tools and batteries. I...
  25. Catbox

    Taking a Vote or opinions.

    Stock is my vote.

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