Ol' Brute

[Thunder_Lloyd]

So originally my truck came with a open 3.08 8.5 rear end with the anti hop shock but a few years ago i ran a stop sign and got t boned. The axle took the brunt of the hit and it bent. I ended up replacing it with a g80 7.5 with lower gears (don't remember which but my speedo is about 10mph off), out of a blazer with disk brakes. I figured since I am gonna be throwing boost at this thing, I might should get a more beefy rear end for it. Ended up finding one not too far away and picked it up for $175. Took it apart and confirmed spline count and gear which is the same as my truck came with. I will be installing a spartan locker and a dual caliper kit on it when i get the funds.

 

[Goodgollyjosh]

That's bad ass. I would love to do a disk brake conversion on mine.

 

[Thunder_Lloyd]

I plan on using this kit, for a bit of a dramatic effect...

1992-2002 2WD S-10 Rear Dual Caliper Kit W/ Parking Brake | MC Industries, USA

Dual caliper kit for S-10s, you asked for it and we delivered.

mcindustriesusa.com

 

[Goodgollyjosh]

I watched the video, that's a pretty neat kit. The two calipers if painted or powder coated would really pop if the wheel choice was big enough to show them off.

 

[Thunder_Lloyd]

Yeah! There's a wheel company out of Australia that has a set of wheels I'd like, once I have the money for the shipping, that I'd love to have one day 17x10's would look so good

 

[Thunder_Lloyd]

I found a guy local(ish) to do my fuel rails! Just ordered some rail extrusion and some -8 bungs. He said he could have em done in about 45 minutes! Who knew my favorite people in my adult life would be the delivery guys, that i never get to thank.!? lol

 

[Thunder_Lloyd]

Got my fuel rail parts in! Hope to take them to the guy next week to have them made. Stoked!!

 

[Goodgollyjosh]

Have him make a couple sets...I bet you'd sell them quick.

 

[Thunder_Lloyd]

I didn't even think about that! Maybe I'll get some more rail material and have him do that!

 

[Thunder_Lloyd]

Fabbed up a little throttle cable bracket using the oe bracket and some flat bar I had laying around. Still needs a bit of refining and some paint. I'll probably redo it when it's up and running well but it'll do the job!

 

[graham1524]

Come check out what I'm working on when you go drop those fuel rails off!

 

[Thunder_Lloyd]

Come check out what I'm working on when you go drop those fuel rails off!

That'd be rad!

 

[Thunder_Lloyd]

 

[Thunder_Lloyd]

 

[Thunder_Lloyd]

So close now I can taste it! Fuel line, fittings gaskets, rail mount materiels and a few other odds and ends still needed. Stoked!!

 

[Goodgollyjosh]

Love the rails! It's really coming along. I recognize those injectors

 

[Thunder_Lloyd]

Love the rails! It's really coming along. I recognize those injectors

It's getting closer!!

 

[Thunder_Lloyd]

Finally tackling this wiring mess. I am relocating the ecm to the driver's side and it has been quite the undertaking to say the least.. all that's left is extending 6 wires, wire in the injectors and making a mount for the ecm on the fender well. I've never done anything like this before so I am hoping I didn't make any horrible mistakes. Once it's running and reliable, I will go back and loom it all up

 

[Goodgollyjosh]

Holy hell, that's a lot of work.

 

[Thunder_Lloyd]

Holy hell, that's a lot of work.

Yeah it has been.. lol I'm glad you're here following along because it seems nobody else is very interested hope to have some more updates soon