Bowtie Brody's Namesake 96 454

BNielsen · Jan 14, 2023

Snagged a set of factory style flares to replace the sh!tty Chinese ones that don't fit work a damn; they guy said he paid $300 for them in 2014; got em for $100. I was planning to paint them black and install them but I'm sick of the flares on there now, so I planned on painting them later.

Well these fit like crap, so I'll have to figure something else out. Maybe lay them out or something, I don't know. Between the wind blowing hard, it being cold as hell, and these flares not fitting I'm fed up with the truck today. Maybe tomorrow.

BNielsen · Jan 23, 2023

I think I blew another set of intake gaskets out of the truck. It's slowly losing coolant and it's not going in the oil, but now I wonder if that's why I have the misfire issue as well?
Guess I need to bust ass on the crew cab and get it on the road so I can get this truck in for some love.
Old pic. Haven't really taken any good pictures of this truck lately, I haven't washed it since my wedding day!

Reluctanse · Jan 24, 2023

Man having to deal with care and feeding of 2 GMT400s would wear me out... you are a legend!

have you done injectors yet on the 454?

BNielsen · Jan 24, 2023

Reluctanse said:
Man having to deal with care and feeding of 2 GMT400s would wear me out... you are a legend!

have you done injectors yet on the 454?

It's not too bad since I'm pretty good at maintaining them, it's just since moving into my own house I haven't been able to make major repairs, but once I get multiple trucks going I can have one down for major work.

I did injectors when I bought it in 2017, 5O Motorsports Blue Knights, and I've got a set of LS1 injectors to swap in once I get around to a cam swap.

Reluctanse · Jan 24, 2023

Having 2 trucks makes good sense from both ends, until they are both broken

Supercharged111 · Jan 24, 2023

Reluctanse said:
Having 2 trucks makes good sense from both ends, until they are both broken

You're supposed to max out at one broken at a time. I like having 2, that way if there's an easy and a hard way to fix the truck, I can go about my life fixing the truck the slow/hard way so it's done to my liking. I have had them both broken at the same time in the past. That sucks balls.

BNielsen · Jan 24, 2023

Reluctanse said:
Having 2 trucks makes good sense from both ends, until they are both broken

Yea I don't want to talk about that......
My red truck is painfully overdue for a front end rebuild, and the crew still has the fuel delivery issue I haven't ironed out yet.

HotWheelsBurban · Jan 24, 2023

Reluctanse said:
Having 2 trucks makes good sense from both ends, until they are both broken

Yup been there done that! And rental cars have ridiculous rates since the pandemic.....

BNielsen · Jan 27, 2023

Guess it's time to throw it away. Rolled over 200K this morning on my way to pick up my wife for lunch. Kind of happy and kind of sad. Can't wait for 300K now!

98chevy2500SS · Jan 28, 2023

Or, hear me out, get 4 of them... Now you can have backup for your backup for your backup.

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