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    Rear driveshaft for SM 465

    Like @bucket said, it will depend on where the engine sits once installed. What transmission was in the truck before? Also you should push the engine as close to the firewall as reasonably possible, approximately where the rear of classic SBC or 6 Cyl would be. That will put the transmission...
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    retrosound.. is it enough

    25W RMS is decent enough for standard 2 way or 3 way speakers… Shop for speakers that are designed for a lower RMS power range that matches your head unit output. If you buy speakers that are rated for 100W RMS they will work but struggle to produce good sound at high volume due to being...
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    Sup

    Welcome from California
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    Full 1980 square headlight set up.

    Yeah, I’m happy… I went to a guy in Reno, NV named Luis Feliz. There was a little pitting and a few minor cracks in them where the screw bosses got tweaked. He shipped them off to wherever he has chrome done. Neat guy, he worked at the Harrahs Auto Museum for like 30 years before opening his...
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    Full 1980 square headlight set up.

    LOL, I’m all for the Krylon restoration but these had to be “show chrome” status
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    Full 1980 square headlight set up.

    AMD has a repop chrome grille, @TotalyHucked said they bought GM’s molds IIRC.
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    Full 1980 square headlight set up.

    Idk…. I paid close to $800 just to get my 1980 bezels chrome plated since all that is available in the aftermarket is chromed plastic bezels
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    I think I figured out my brake problem

    Is the groove in the rotor supposed to be there?
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    6 x 9 speaker mounting in door

    The pre made 6x9 enclosures are decent, there are several different shapes too. I was able to tuck mine into the cab corner with the speaker grill aimed between the seat and door frame and they sounded okay. You might not be able to with your seatbelts as already mentioned. I think I had...
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    K5 Blazer Shift Indicator

    Are you asking about the GSs-3000? (see below) I cut up a factory bracket from the 4L60 I wasn't going to use on my application since I didn't like the generic brackets included with the sender. Or the linkage between the end of the column and the transmission? (no good picture) I had to cut...
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    Spare tire mounted under the front bumper?

    This^^^ Buy or build a bumper with a swinging arm https://www.4xinnovations.com/swing-out-tire-carrier-kit_p_112.html
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    Find the short in brake light?

    I just snip the wires at the switch before I remove the busted one and use them to pull the new wires through the column... ETA: @Grit dog did you ever figure this out?
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    77 big10 roller 5.3 LS swap

    Prepare a plan for the fuel system which can be a costly addition to the EFI swap. You’ll need a tank (or tanks) for an ‘87 with the fuel pump baffling. ‘87 fuel sending units, EFI rated pumps, fuel lines, add a return line, a tank switch rated for EFI pressure, fuel filter Etc. You could do...
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    Bare Standard Cab Actual Weight

    There’s not really an inner structure to the latch pin so I don’t think I’d use it, the hinges do have some heavy sheet metal and an inner structure supporting them and would probably hold up to simple lifting of the cab.
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    Bare Standard Cab Actual Weight

    Could probably be done with 4 strong dudes... I'd guess it only weighs a few hundred pounds You can add an easy handle to the rear by bolting a 2x4 down with the seat or seatbelt holes and it can extend a few feet past the sides of the cab. IIRC for the front I used ratchet straps through the...
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    Stock Cold air intake performance upgrades

    Maybe with a higher HP SBC some additional cool air would benefit, but I’d gamble if there was HP left on the table due to the intake snorkel GM would have made it bigger from the factory.
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    Bell housing / transfer case bolts

    I guess it’s possible the LS trucks used a different method to support the bottom of the bell housing. I’m not familiar enough with the LS stuff to know. Maybe go to the junkyard and crawl under a few LS powered trucks and look at how they did it.
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    Bell housing / transfer case bolts

    Best I can do is a screenshot from a video from under my chassis. Looks like your bell housing is a little different than this one but you can see how the rods fit
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    Bell housing / transfer case bolts

    On SBC I believe these two holes had rods that went forward and bolted to the motor mounts. Not sure what the LS trucks had. I couldn’t find any good pictures of how mine mount, mine are from a GMT-400 body truck and have the 3 bolt clamshell motor mount pattern at one end and a stud that goes...
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    Front driveshaft - longer on a NP203 vs NP205 ? Same mount ?

    Not sure the exact length but 700R4/208 front shaft would be longer too 208 uses round flange mount
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    84 K10 full exhaust replacement

    lol, it will be a job pulling that big iron 4 Speed no matter what exhaust is on it
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    84 K10 full exhaust replacement

    I have nothing against 2.5" tubes but 2.25" will support about any streetable SBC you could put in that truck, might save you a few bucks. Other than that I'm not a big fan of headers even though I like how they sound, a used set of stock manifolds or some of the Hooker units already mentioned...
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    Roll Tide from the Gulf of America (AL)

    Howdy from California
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    Kick panel Speaker Mounts

    It’s a little tricky, I originally cut the holes when I was in high school with the plasma cutter in welding shop. The hole is for 6.5” speakers. There are two compartments back there, the A pillar structure and the cowl vent. I had to cut the inner sheet metal to clear the magnet. In the...
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    Kick panel Speaker Mounts

    A lot of good info already, one thing that hasn't been mentioned yet, If the backside of the speaker is directly facing any hard surface the sound waves from the rear of the driver can bounce back towards the driver which can cause them to sound poor. A thin layer of open cell foam glued to...

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