Huck’s 1985 C10
- Thread starter Huck
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Ok, finally got it unloaded at my buddy’s shop with his tractor. They’ve only got 104k miles on them. I paid $3k. Was hoping to get something a little cheaper, but this was the lowest mile, cleanest thing I could find and it’s from a guy I trust. It’s out of his personal stash, he says he saves all of the aluminum 5.3s for his own builds.
-06 LH6 all aluminum 5.3. Basically an L33 with a goofy oil pan for an AWD axle to go through.
-799 heads
-DOD/AFM so gotta get rid of that
-4L65E
-I’ll need to swap to the truck oil pan, got GM PN# for the whole kit with pickup/dipstick/etc already
-Looking at the Sloppy Stage 2, BTR Stage 4 or an equivalent TSP cam
-Circle D 3000 stall converter
-Gotta decide PSI swap harness+stock computer+tuning or Holley stand alone setup
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-06 LH6 all aluminum 5.3. Basically an L33 with a goofy oil pan for an AWD axle to go through.
-799 heads
-DOD/AFM so gotta get rid of that
-4L65E
-I’ll need to swap to the truck oil pan, got GM PN# for the whole kit with pickup/dipstick/etc already
-Looking at the Sloppy Stage 2, BTR Stage 4 or an equivalent TSP cam
-Circle D 3000 stall converter
-Gotta decide PSI swap harness+stock computer+tuning or Holley stand alone setup
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Yeah I plan on driving the shit out of it so hoping to see some decent fuel economy. Buddy has basically the same setup and gets 20+ on the hwy.
Not to mention small block parts are still outrageous. By the time I built an equivalent 350, I’d be 3/4 of the way to an LS swap and get worse fuel mileage. Plus I love the way LS’ sound. Gonna do LTs and 3” pipe with an X and some Borla or Magnaflow mufflers. Should scream pretty good
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depends on skills, i have a 600hp small block that has around 3k in it lol. but i also have parts and stuff laying around.
i have a good set of aluminum heads for sale :wink:
Yeah, I don’t have anything laying around and everybody I know has LS stuff.
You can keep those ancient paper weights
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paperweights? i have some expensive and super nasty sbc's lol i also have some nasty cheap ones lol
Haha oh I know. Small blocks can be made badass. But it’s definitely more expensive/harder to do than an LS. Would rock a rowdy small block fo free though :hinthint:
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You know you wanna:
https://www.texas-speed.com/p-9015-tsp-bfd-chop-monster-53l-cathedral-cam.aspx
(3600+ stall recommended)
https://www.texas-speed.com/p-9015-tsp-bfd-chop-monster-53l-cathedral-cam.aspx
(3600+ stall recommended)
Haha that would be awesome to listen to, probably not so great to drive on a dinky 5.3. Need some more cubes to bring the power band down a touch
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Im glad I found this to read and follow. Subbed for install vids of burnouts.
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Speed Engineering 1 1 3/4” long tube headers, MLS gaskets, bolts and plug wires have been ordered and shipped
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Heard a cammed single cab 99-02 at lunch. I’m so damn excited. I’ve gotta check and see what crank sensor I have so I can order the correct harness. About to pull the trigger on the cam/DOD delete too. Thinking I’m gonna go with the BTR stage 4 truck cam
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Wish I was making the money that I do, but south of the border. The premium we pay to build shit up here is unreal.
Yeah, we hear that all the time from our Canuck customers. Move on down to Jawja! You won’t need a beater or snow tarz!
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When researching some good, old school white letters to throw on the rallies, I found this truck, running the tire setup I was leaning toward. 245/60/15 and 295/50/15s. I’ll be cutting my springs some more for sure. This stance is 
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Welp, the little 305 is dying a slow death. After a new carb, plugs, distributor and some tuning, she’s been running great. I’ve literally been dailying it. 75mph on the way to work, no sweat.
Last Friday, out of the blue, it starts running like absolute shit. Spitting and acting like she’s got a vacuum leak. None to be found, thought maybe I got some bad gas. I put some premium in and some B12 Chemtool. It helped a little, went back to 87 and runs like dog shit again.
Checked for vacuum leaks again, nothing. Carb didn’t just fall out of adjustment. Timing is correct, cap and rotor look fine. Start pulling plugs, 5 looks a little sooty, 6 is covered in a light mist of oil. Ok, not a surprise at this age. Do a compression test and 5 is down to 110, 6 is about 95. All the others are 140-150.
Dad was helping me, we figure my lead foot burned a couple valves in the ole gal lol. Oh well, I’ll drive her to the c10 meet Saturday and then park it at my buddy’s shop until I’m ready to do the swap.
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Last Friday, out of the blue, it starts running like absolute shit. Spitting and acting like she’s got a vacuum leak. None to be found, thought maybe I got some bad gas. I put some premium in and some B12 Chemtool. It helped a little, went back to 87 and runs like dog shit again.
Checked for vacuum leaks again, nothing. Carb didn’t just fall out of adjustment. Timing is correct, cap and rotor look fine. Start pulling plugs, 5 looks a little sooty, 6 is covered in a light mist of oil. Ok, not a surprise at this age. Do a compression test and 5 is down to 110, 6 is about 95. All the others are 140-150.
Dad was helping me, we figure my lead foot burned a couple valves in the ole gal lol. Oh well, I’ll drive her to the c10 meet Saturday and then park it at my buddy’s shop until I’m ready to do the swap.
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