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  1. Idaho_z71

    Torsion Bar Play

    Sounds good. Ill get it put back together this week and report back. Probably with a picture to help anybody else out.
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    Torsion Bar Play

    I am in the process of rebuilding my entire front end and I've can into what seems like a problem. I have a 98 K1500 that came factory with the stamped/welded LCA. I put the forged ones on from a k3500 and when I slip the torsion bars into the keyed slot on the control arm there is a little bit...
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    L31 vortec upgrade

    @shurkey Is right about the HT383E. I put one in my 98 GMC and made a world of difference. If you want even more power you could do a mild cam.
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    My 383 Stepside Build

    This post will be detailing my 98 K1500 Z71 build. Hopefully this thread will help others in their build and answer some questions I might have. To start off I have a 1998 GMC Sierra SLE step side that my dad bought brand new off the lot. He took very good car of it and kept it in pristine...
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    JB6 to JB7 brake upgrade

    That is correct. Drums and rotors are still the same size. Rotors I will upgrade when I get in there for the calipers. I didn't mean for that to sound like they work fine and everybody should do that. I am aware of the low drag calipers not being the ideal set up for JB7 master cylinder. It's...
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    JB6 to JB7 brake upgrade

    Correct I do have vaccume brakes. I've tossed around the idea of switching to hydroboost but we'll see if it ever happens
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    383 not getting enough air

    Checks out. Mine would slam into gear going from park to drive
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    JB6 to JB7 brake upgrade

    Update: So I went ahead with the JB7 brake upgrade on my truck and its well worth the money. My 1500 came stock with the 14 bolt semi-float rear axle (6 lug) so I swapped in the bigger wheel cylinders, JB7 master cylinder and braided hose lines all around. I wouldn't mess with disc brake...
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    383 not getting enough air

    I feel pretty stupid for making this thread because my problem was a broken power wire to the MAF sensor. I had to extend the wires for my cold air intake and the wire had broken at the butt connector. A couple minutes with a soldering gun fixed it pretty quick.
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    I think my catalitic converter is done

  11. Idaho_z71

    383 not getting enough air

    I swapped an HT383 stoker in my 98 Sierra in October of last year. I just put in a new exhaust last weekend with fresh cats (my old ones were burnt out) and I'm still running the same cold air intake I've had for about 3 years. I've heard mixed things about having to retune the computer for the...
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    JB6 to JB7 brake upgrade

    So from my understanding JB6 and JB7 calipers bolt up the same. Is that correct? If so I'm doing the calipers myself because I've spent too long trying to get the brakes right and nobody can seem to do it. Guess if you want something done right you gotta do it yourself
  13. Idaho_z71

    JB6 to JB7 brake upgrade

    Just got my truck back from the shop and they installed all the JB7 parts except the calipers. They said that the JB7 calipers wouldn't bolt up to my truck so they put the JB6s on. From every thread that I've looked at the JB6 and JB7 calipers are interchangeable. Is there something I'm missing?
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    JB6 to JB7 brake upgrade

    So I have a 98 k1500 with a 6 lug 14 bolt rear end and JB6 brakes. I'm looking at switching to the JB7 calipers (pn: 18-4123) and the JB7 master cylinder. (pn: 131-66008) My original plan was to switch to rear disks but @Schurkey made some good points in a couple different threads about those...

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