96 C1500 5.7L - Reborn beast

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Jesse82nc

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Ok, so a little intro. I bought the truck in Feb 2013. The truck had one owner, he was an old man that bought it brand new and drove it about 68,000 miles total. Well he passed away a couple years ago and his son inherited the truck. It sat in his father's garage for almost 2 years before he could sell it. The truck was garaged for it's entire life and had a cap on it from the original dealer. It was never used to tow or haul anything big, there was not even a scratch in the beg and the hitch still had the factory harness up under the bumper.

Well I got a deal on it, just needed a little TLC. Had a stuck caliper and needed a tune up. But overall it was well taken care of.

The night I took her home:
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Some of the first things I did was lose the cap, spray in a Line-X liner, replaced the front brakes and serviced the rear, new fuel pump, oil change, plugs and wires.

Dyno when purchased:
207.79 hp
272.55 ft lbs
Dyno Sheet - https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B59b...it?usp=sharing
Assuming 20% loss, that's 260 hp and 340 ft lbs at the engine. Chock that 5 hp/10 ft lb gain over stock to the cheap dual exhaust the previous owner put on.

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Performance related (or semi-related) mods:
tune
Summit shorty headers
2.5" Custom mandrel bent full dual exhaust
- Custom X-Pipe
- Dual High Flow Catco Cats
- Dual Flowmaster Super 44 Mufflers
K&N full intake (stock airbox removed)
Perma-cool electric fans (mechanical fan and clutch removed)
Heavy Duty radiator
High Flow water pump
Tuneup (plugs, wires, mobil-1 oil and flter)

Current dyno:
223.27 hp
286.79 ft lbs
Dyno Sheet - https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B59b...it?usp=sharing
Assuming 20% loss, that's 280 hp and 360 ft lbs at the engine. A gain of 25 hp and 30 ft lbs over stock.

Most current photos:
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Currently the truck is in the shop where they are installing the following. I should pick it up Thursday afternoon.
RC 4" spindles
1" aluminum coil spacer
RC Add-a-leaf
RC 1.5" blocks
SSBC Big Bite 6-lug front rotors
14-bolt 4WD 4.56 G80 rear with all new brake hardware
32x11.5 Goodyear Wrangler MTR w/ Kevlar tires and new Pro Comp wheels
All new Moog steering components
RC steering stabilizer
Moog ball joints
Bilstein shocks (front and rear)
Mag-Hytec deep diff cover
Mag-Hytec deep transmission pan

A small shot of the tires here:
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Recently purchased, to be installed in August:
Whipple 1.6L Supercharger
0411 PCM
Rebuilt 4L60E

More photos to come at the end of week when I get it back.
 
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