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I'm Awesome
So for those of you who frequent the site, I'm sure you've seen a few pictures of my truck, but I figured I'd put everything in one place. And this way I can always add to this thread if I have any insignificant updates. Once I'm done school and working, things will move a lot quicker. I also have some other projects, but those are for different threads... Anyways, I picked this truck up back in April of 2012. It has a newish 305 with a 4L60e. I paid $800 for it. Some front brake pads, ebrake cables, and a wallet that was $200 lighter later, and it was inspected and on the road.
first day home, with my $400 winter beater Golf peaking into the picture
When I bought the truck, the guy had two 4 inch stacks coming out the box. He kept the actual stacks, but the exhaust still had the 90's pointing up. No cats, cherry bomb glasspacks, and exhaust pointing straight up past the cab = ridiculously loud...
Which lead to this little purchase:
True dual y-pipe with cats, stainless tubing, dual cherry bomb glasspacks, and polished tips that exit at the corners of the bed. Knowing what I know now, I probably would have fabbed up my own exhaust rather than buying this system. One tailpipe is angled down, while the other is pointing up. Annoys the hell out of me everytime I look at it, but the truck sounds good and the price was right ($200 for a complete exhaust system front to back).
During install:
Shortly after the exhaust install, the fuel pump went (of course) and I decided removing the box was the easiest way to go. It would have made the exhaust install much easier too, UGH
In the background you can make out a green ECSB. It's a 98, and as of 2 weeks ago it was GIVEN to me! I will make another thread about that one soon enough.
Since then, the truck has been trouble free. I installed shorty headers on it near the end of summer, which actually improved my gas mileage surprisingly. The truck had 31x10.5's on when I bought it, and it SUCKED. As of this month I finally broke down and bought some 235/75's, and it's like night and day... The TC was constantly going in and out of lockup on the tiniest of hills on the highway, but now she just cruises along. I went from getting 300km to a tank, to nearly 500km a tank. Definitely worth the $200 for the tires.
I'm sick of writing already haha so here's some more pictures.
with 31's
with 235's
my trailer all closed up for winter while I'm away at school
changing a balljoint over Christmas holiday's
And last but not least, here's a picture of some of my toys from last summer. I don't have a ton of money, but I make due with what I have, and have some fun along the way!!
Once I'm done school, my plans include:
-new cab corners and rockers
-new box, as this one is beyond repair
-repaint it orange, or more than likely red
-lower it 3/4
-louder exhaust
this truck will continue to be my daily. the Volkswagen Golf in the last picture is my weekend cruiser, it's where most of my money has gone over the years, until I bought my own place of course. The 98 ECSB will be a longer project, as it needs some serious love. Comments, criticism , ideas, hate mail, etc etc is all welcome! Thanks for looking
first day home, with my $400 winter beater Golf peaking into the picture
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When I bought the truck, the guy had two 4 inch stacks coming out the box. He kept the actual stacks, but the exhaust still had the 90's pointing up. No cats, cherry bomb glasspacks, and exhaust pointing straight up past the cab = ridiculously loud...
Which lead to this little purchase:
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True dual y-pipe with cats, stainless tubing, dual cherry bomb glasspacks, and polished tips that exit at the corners of the bed. Knowing what I know now, I probably would have fabbed up my own exhaust rather than buying this system. One tailpipe is angled down, while the other is pointing up. Annoys the hell out of me everytime I look at it, but the truck sounds good and the price was right ($200 for a complete exhaust system front to back).
During install:
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Shortly after the exhaust install, the fuel pump went (of course) and I decided removing the box was the easiest way to go. It would have made the exhaust install much easier too, UGH
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In the background you can make out a green ECSB. It's a 98, and as of 2 weeks ago it was GIVEN to me! I will make another thread about that one soon enough.
Since then, the truck has been trouble free. I installed shorty headers on it near the end of summer, which actually improved my gas mileage surprisingly. The truck had 31x10.5's on when I bought it, and it SUCKED. As of this month I finally broke down and bought some 235/75's, and it's like night and day... The TC was constantly going in and out of lockup on the tiniest of hills on the highway, but now she just cruises along. I went from getting 300km to a tank, to nearly 500km a tank. Definitely worth the $200 for the tires.
I'm sick of writing already haha so here's some more pictures.
with 31's
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with 235's
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my trailer all closed up for winter while I'm away at school
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changing a balljoint over Christmas holiday's
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And last but not least, here's a picture of some of my toys from last summer. I don't have a ton of money, but I make due with what I have, and have some fun along the way!!
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Once I'm done school, my plans include:
-new cab corners and rockers
-new box, as this one is beyond repair
-repaint it orange, or more than likely red
-lower it 3/4
-louder exhaust
this truck will continue to be my daily. the Volkswagen Golf in the last picture is my weekend cruiser, it's where most of my money has gone over the years, until I bought my own place of course. The 98 ECSB will be a longer project, as it needs some serious love. Comments, criticism , ideas, hate mail, etc etc is all welcome! Thanks for looking