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I just skimmed it all over myself and wow has a lot changed so I figured it was appropriate to give a quick update. I still have a desire to bag the truck but I am sticking with the simplicity of the static drop. The Caltracs have completely solved the wheel hop. Th 4.8 "LS" swap is awesome, it has so much more torque than the 305 that the drivability of the nv3500 manual trans is amazing, it no longer feel like driving a truck. it feels like driving a modern manual transmission car. It does not feel like a performance trans but I feel like I could put anyone in this truck and easily teach them to drive stick in it, its very forgiving. I have a stage 2 clutch in the truck so it does grab hard when you want it to. I am waiting for delivery of a set of 18x8 / 18x10 wheels and tires for the truck... delayed shipping ect... Im going to be running Mickey Thompson E/T Street tires on the rear. It should have an aggressive look. I am going to go in more of a performance direction with the truck and hopefully run it down the track a couple times. I will try to keep this page updated as I make changes.
Thanks! Im very happy that the truck never ended up leaving the family. My dad is great and im glad he got me into this hobby. My son is showing interest in working on cars and is a big part of bringing this project back to life. I have some big plans for this truck in the next couple years and I want to document it here. I have gotten so much help and information along the way and I want to provide as much help for the next guy in return. I know previously on this thread I had some info about my dads 29 Chevy truck, I will make sure to snap some pictures of the current projects and share them here as well.
The air intake tube and filter box are off of a 2007 Chevy motorhome chassis. I purchased a chassis that never had a body installed on it as a donor for the swap. I purchased the chassis from a gentleman who bought it for a project and never got around to it. It had 55 miles on it. I don't know if that will help you. I would like to replace the intake tube since it is faded but I cant find a suitable replacement so I feel your pain there, theres not much available that has that stock look that I like.
