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  1. Alteca

    IRS in a gmt400

    I told myself a month ago to go ahead and order a spare and had gotten caught up in so much other stuff I completely forgot about it until I went to use it… I do at least keep a nice stockpile of cutoff wheels, grinding disk and so on.
  2. Alteca

    IRS in a gmt400

    Some of the prettiest welds on the truck and they will never be seen once this bracket is installed.
  3. Alteca

    IRS in a gmt400

    Just finished my last final for spring semester yesterday. Have a month off before summer classes start so that gives me plenty off time to work on the truck. I got an early start this morning. Not an hour in and I ran out of mig wire! I was finishing up the front crossmember. I’m not about to...
  4. Alteca

    Lets see some dropped C1500s

    The hell it is, I would drive that any day
  5. Alteca

    OBS to NBS MC upgrade questions

    If your old master hasn’t been drained then you won’t need to bench bleed but you will most likely still be adding some new fluid while bleeding even if you don’t completely flush the system. Flushing could wait until you do brakes. are you able to do everything at once? I would imagine if your...
  6. Alteca

    OBS to NBS MC upgrade questions

    You needed an “upgrade” from hydroboost? It does need bled after you put it back together. Take the chance to bench bleed the master and flush all the old fluid while bleeding.
  7. Alteca

    Tire recommendation please

    I’m curious to see how the 19s look I’ve been thinking about going down to 19s myself from 20s.
  8. Alteca

    IRS in a gmt400

    Sounds like you need an ibooster and a mustang rack.
  9. Alteca

    IRS in a gmt400

    Not much of an update on the truck. Been absolutely swamped with school so haven’t been able to do much. Maybe it will be worth it in the end when I get a piece of paper saying I’m a mechanical engineer. Did play with the brake booster and steering rack now that they are wired into switched...
  10. Alteca

    Drunkcanuks build...... finally!!!

    I’ve tried my hand at single stage, I’m most certainly far from a professional but was never happy with results. It looked okay but the longevity just wasn’t there. Started flaking up in places where it just didn’t seem to bond to the primer? Not sure what I did wrong there.
  11. Alteca

    Drunkcanuks build...... finally!!!

    BC/CC Base Coat/Clear Coat
  12. Alteca

    Front diff swap

    did any “light duty” 2500s have an 8.25 diff? Mine from a 400 burb has the mounting pad angled pretty severely maybe 45°? I’ve seen numerous 800 diffs and they were all either parallel to the ground or slightly angled.
  13. Alteca

    Front diff swap

    the axle tubes would need to be swapped out due to the mounting pad at a different angle. The rest is bolt on as far as I know.
  14. Alteca

    Improved handling

    I’m on 20s now with 28.7” tires, like @Drunkcanuk said they are a bit harsh sometimes so I would recommend 18s with a bit more sidewall but not enough sidewall for a bunch of deflection. Partially for looks and partly for weight I plan on stepping down to 19s one day and would do 18s if my front...
  15. Alteca

    IRS in a gmt400

    Much appreciated, I have only used a pedal so far. There’s also a switch on the torch but I haven’t tried it yet.
  16. Alteca

    IRS in a gmt400

    Haven’t worked on the truck just been playing with the tig. Still having a lot of trouble with getting the thin stuff way too hot. Also need to get some new gloves I cannot seem to feed filler with my current ones. Here’s a pic of my first try on tubing.(1.5” .188) Any tips are greatly appreciated.
  17. Alteca

    Improved handling

    That would be your caster angle making it camber closer to full lock. As long as caster is in an acceptable range I would not worry about it, it will actually help with your cornering goals unless it’s a super excessive amount. The increased scrub radius from those wheels might make it look a...
  18. Alteca

    Improved handling

    The angle on those cv axles look to be in an acceptable range IMO. I’m not sure what you are referring to for “rod angles” tie rod angles? Also not sure on what you mean by “tips the top of the tire more”
  19. Alteca

    Improved handling

    How are your front cv angles?
  20. Alteca

    Improved handling

    Sounds like a sweet project. All I gotta say is keep us posted up on what’s to come.
  21. Alteca

    Improved handling

    Maybe awd swap down the road? Seems fitting for your goals.
  22. Alteca

    Improved handling

    yeah I know how you feel, I was looking for a happy medium at one point and then down the rabbit hole I went… how is your steering? Have any play?
  23. Alteca

    Improved handling

    I believe the sway bar will help but not solve your issues. It will obviously help with the body roll(divey front end) and might help with dartiness by reducing oversteer. BUT I believe it will make your tire situation far worse by transferring more side to side load into your front tires...
  24. Alteca

    Improved handling

    Do u mean the front diving during hard braking or just one side leaning because of body roll?
  25. Alteca

    Improved handling

    Haha I feel that, I hate my rear tires but they only have like 5k on them so I don’t wanna buy new ones yet.

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