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Public Forums => Fabricators Forum => Topic started by: ford381stroker on 08/ 7/07 - 11:08PM
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Picked these up on Sunday. The plan is to lengthen the wheelbase to approximately 110" and run at least 44's. Here is the first piece of the puzzle.
(http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h46/ford381stroker/Picture092-1.jpg)
The axles will be going under this sammi. It has a 4.3 Vortec with a 6 speed auto tranmission used in the Cadillacs with the northstar motor.
(http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h46/ford381stroker/Picture005.jpg)
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Can't wait to see how it turns out, I was waiting on the build to start!
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Took today off cause I was going to go to the Zuki meet over at Disney this weekend. Since I sold my EFI Sammi last weekend I decided to stay home and work on this one.
Here is the progress as of today:
-I pulled the body off completely
-I started cutting off all the uneccesary factory brackets on the frame
-I pulled the transfer case-gonna fab up all new brackets and skid plate
-I removed the radiator (gonna get a larger one)
-I pulled off the Chevy Gear box and Z-link (FOR SALE)
-I removed the exhaust from the manifold back (new exhaust coming)
Things that I will do this weekend:
I will probably pull the motor and transmission so I can fab up my own motor mounts. I want to drop the motor a little lower to give it a lower center of gravity. I don't know if I will be able to do that due to the exhaust manifolds and spark plugs but I will see. While I am at it I will make a new transmission mount cross member and transfer case mounts.
I will need to cut off the front of the frame where the previous owner did a complete hack job when installing the Chevy gear box.
Here are some pics as of 10 minutes ago.
(http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h46/ford381stroker/Picture114.jpg)
(http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h46/ford381stroker/Picture115.jpg)
(http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h46/ford381stroker/Picture116.jpg)