New guy from ON Canada

[dave_erald]

Picked this up in august. 36 inch bias R/T II's, crank and a recently failed 6.5. Yay. This is my third GMT 400. Was wondering, anyone done a 6.2/6.5 build on this forum.

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[West Mi Mudder]

What do you mean by 6.2/6.5L build? Theres a few of us on here with 6.5's.

Take a look at the user Great Whites' build thread. His truck is very nice, and he has a lot of time in it. I believe he told me he swapped in an Optimizer 6.5L engine into it.

 

[ChrisAU]

Welcome! 36's on just a crank?

 

[chevyman0191]

Welcome!

 

[dave_erald]

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Yeah, sorry its almost just a crank, its a 3/4ton with the balljoints on the underside of the control arms from factory, and the 8600gvw factory torsion bars. All i did was add a homemade spacer for the ball joint and a 1 inch longer travel shock. Crank without bottoming out the bolts and it clears. I was hesitant about doing this but it actually rides really nice. Rancho makes a decent shock.

 

[95C1500]

Awesome truck!!!

 

[sewlow]

Welcome!
8600gvw? That's a TRUCK!!!

 

[dave_erald]

Yup, up till 2000 which it is, anything past 7400-7600 gvw didn't need an airbag either. I rather liked that part.
Just gotta build another engine for it now.

 

[JJZ71]

where are you from?

 

[Darkrider]

Welcome from another canuck and diesel owner. I have seen a few 6.2/6.5 builds over on truckstop forums and i will be working on one of my own very soon. But my hybrid motor is going into a squarebody Silverado