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So back in June, I decided that I was going to take my 2 door Tahoe and do a frame off restoration.
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We didn’t have the best area to work in, so a make shift bowl was set up to sand blast in. A 110 gal compressor was used with the a 100lb blaster. It took a far more that one would have liked, but I was pleased with the amount of rust that had been purged.
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This is as many pictures as it will let me post, but I will continue when I have a bit more time
After it was blasted, I decided to spray the frame with Eastwood Extreme Chassis Black satin.
Frame modification were necessary though. In the rear, an inch and a half was added between the leaf spring mounts and the frame. This was necessary bc the frame narrows on the 2 doors in the rear, so the perches are angled on the 10 bolt that was in it, but not on the 14 bolt we put in.
The front was a different animal altogether and required us to fab all now mounting locations, I can go deeper into that for whomever is interested. Other parts that are different from stock are as follows,
The shocks in the rear, lower control arms, CV axles, knuckles, hubs, and whole brake assembly off of a 05 2500 HD. Rear diff is out of a 03 2500 LD. Front diff is a 9.25 out of an 87 k2500.
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For the power train, ended up picking up a Gen VI 454 and got it bored .030 over for a total of 460. Put AFR 325cc enforcer heads with a lunati EFI cam. For the EFI, we went with the Proflow 4 direct injection system from edlebrock. The transmission is a 4l80, with an Edelbrock TC. Transfer case is an AMG 242 HD out of a HMMWV because I wanted to have AWD and that was the cheapest option available at the time with the highest torque rating.
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Interesting side note, I don’t know who All has put high flow pumps into these trucks but I ended up modifying an OE carriage to accept a daeschwerks pump.
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While the body was off the frame, I had my painter come and paint the firewall before we lowered it back on. The paint color is Red Velvet from the 2021 Chevy pallet
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More to come when a get a bit more time