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  1. J

    Bent frame after cnotch!!!

    Good job, Moe! Glad you got it straightened out.
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    How to spruce up these old rims

    The clear coat is shot, but I'd say there's a fair bit of oxidation on the aluminum where it's exposed, too. A coat of paint would sure help, but all that unevenness would come right through the paint without taking the time for a good sanding. They'd look good with the faces polished and the...
  3. J

    Improved handling

    If the truck feels a little too tail happy as you've described, it should feel more neutral with a stronger front bar. I think you're on the right track to put the solid front bar on.
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    Slow Roller

    Great project, and welcome from the Tidewater region!
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    New Member, Joined Yesterday. Cedar Rapids IA

    Welcome, @BlueManLou . I'm in Tidewater Virginia now, but I spent a lot of my life living in Des Moines and grew up south of Council Bluffs.
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    Decided to build a garage. Now the fun begins.

    Looks good, and I agree with your desire to not let excess light scatter into the sky. At our family farm back in Iowa, there are no lights which are on when they aren't needed. I love looking up into the night sky there. It's quite remarkable to be in such darkness.
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    Little Shop Disc Break Conversion

    Will any upgraded disk brake system stop your vehicle "faster?" Technically no, as long as it can provide adequate clamping force to lock the wheels. Tires are the limiting factor. What better brakes can give you is better pedal feel, which in turn gives you better ability to modulate at the...
  8. J

    Can mount replacement issue

    You've described a door that doesn't fit the frame properly when it's latched. Sure sounds like you've changed the shape of the door frames. I don't know how to fix that except to figure out where to cut it back apart, shift things around until the door fits properly, and weld it back up again...
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    Quieter upgrade?

    Even if you have to cut it up and splice in an extra bend or something, that looks to me like a fantastic plan. The cats are so close to the exhaust ports, you should easily be able to pass a sniffer test if you should have need of it one day.
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    Quieter upgrade?

    Honestly, I don't think the legalities are all that hard. Unlike the coal rollers, no one is going to bust you and confiscate your 35 year old vehicle if you made an effort to keep a catalyst on it. Or two. You'll use one slightly larger one or two slightly smaller ones, so the mass won't make...
  11. J

    Teach me BASIC ecm....

    You'll want to follow the instructions carefully on the TV cable adjustment. Not that it's difficult, but it's critical to proper transmission functioning...and lifespan.
  12. J

    Cat or no Cat?

    Good find! https://www.summitracing.com/parts/wlk-66044
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    Cat or no Cat?

    Another vote to keep a cat in the system. Aftermarket, high flow cats aren't ridiculously expensive, they flow plenty for the application, and they'll keep you legal. Coal rolling diesels are endangering the ability of everyone to modify their vehicles responsibly. No sense in asking for legal...
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    Driveshaft angle .......

    Those were remarkable boats. The age of Allison-engined hydroplanes was when I was just growing up. The transmission tailshaft and diff should have equal and opposite angles. Or rear end of the front driveshaft and diff in the case of a two piece driveshaft with carrier bearing. If they don't...
  15. J

    stuff that catches my eye

    Painted to match the truck it followed?
  16. J

    Slowing down rust

    That's what you call scope creep, but you won't regret it when you get back behind the wheel.
  17. J

    ‘97 SWB 5.7 4L60E 0411 swapped…build dyno sheet…

    I think it's pretty clear the shop specializes in LS engines, everyone else they extract a little cash from their wallets and send them down the road. I guess if they got it running well enough to drive it to and from the shop that's something, but if they can't show you an AFR they don't even...
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    ‘97 SWB 5.7 4L60E 0411 swapped…build dyno sheet…

    Something is definitely wrong. You're not even getting stock hp, not even if you factor in the normal difference between flywheel hp and rear wheel hp. The curve looks wrong. You've got the start of a really nice chart up to 3,600rpm, then all goes blah. Did the dyno give you any air/fuel...
  19. J

    442 style hood I made

    Nice, I like it.
  20. J

    Steering wheels idea

    Wrapping your existing wheel as a DIY is also not an unreasonable thing. Here are a couple of YouTube videos on the topic. Please excuse the pony in the first video. ;)
  21. J

    1995 gmc 1500 rear axle swap

    If I'm understanding you correctly, you're talking about the brackets which connect the springs to the axle tubes? Those are called leaf spring perches, and they're available pretty inexpensively. No more than they cost, I would buy new rather than trying to cut them off close and clean enough...
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    Decided to build a garage. Now the fun begins.

    I don't have a garage currently, due to a move for employment, but I had a 28' x 30', 3 bay garage with floors of 4,000psi fiber mesh concrete. It held up very well, could barely chip it with a hammer. I put concrete sealer on it, but I really should have gone with an epoxy coating. The lighter...
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    Power Ports

    Thanks. I've got my eye on a 1997 GMC Sierra 2wd, long bed, extended cab with 5.7. I'd really like to get along with everyone here and learn about a vehicle I don't know that much about at the moment.
  24. J

    Power Ports

    Thank you Captain Obvious, I already knew that. I was just trying to contribute something which might be helpful to someone. Can we please drop this now?
  25. J

    Power Ports

    Pretty sure that's why I mentioned it goes in the lighter plug instead of in place of it, (edited out the rest)

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