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Tires feel like balloons

I haven't had the truck for too long, a couple months but 99% of that time was spent working on it in the driveway. Rear is bell tech shackles and front is china special spindle. Rear shocks are bell tech nitro drop 2 and front is OE style shocks. Have 2500 springs in the rear as well. Alignment...
- paveldzh
- Post #6
- Apr 8, 2024
- Forum: Lowered and Bagged Suspension
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Tires feel like balloons

Hello everyone, I have a 97' c1500 with a 2/4 drop using Amazon china special spindles. I have 15"-9" wheels with mystery offset, running 275/60 bf Goodrich radial tires. They feel like hot garbage, it's legitimately like riding with blown shocks and ultra soft springs with how much these...
- paveldzh
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- Apr 7, 2024
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Lowered and Bagged Suspension
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Oil cooler after engine swap leaking

Update: I fixed it. Turns out I double gasketed it, the other gasket in there was semi permanently bonded to the engine and using a scraper I could not tell that there was another gasket until I started furiously stabbing it. Ended up using a die grinder and a green 3m bristle brush to get...
- paveldzh
- Post #4
- Apr 7, 2024
- Forum: Engine Performance + Maintenance
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Oil cooler after engine swap leaking

Hello, After doing an engine swap on my 97' c1500 5.7 I'm leaking lots and lots of oil from the oil cooler. It seems that the old 5.7 was from a k1500 and the oil coolers were different. I noticed that the (flanges?) were different on both coolers and I'm not sure if it's interchangeable...
- paveldzh
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- Mar 29, 2024
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Engine Performance + Maintenance