Huck's new daily - Victory Red '05 CCSSB

[Huck]

So then I decided to work on the 40k install




I found a post from years ago on another forum talking about these NAPA fittings, they screw right into the 40k and let your stock lines clip in just like factory. They worked like a charm



Took the factory cross bar, turned it upside down and cut a window for the driver's side line to go through



Got it mounted up. I didn't wanna go through the hassle of spacing it out or moving the lower mount for the PS cooler so I mounted it offset. You won't see it once it's painted black



I carefully re-bent the factory lines to get them where I liked them, wrapped some hose around them where they'd rub and then dusted everything with some black paint

 

[Huck]

Next I moved on to torqueing the balancer bolt down. Picked up this nifty tool that bolts in the starter location and holds the flywheel



Had to give a blood sacrifice to get it done but it's torqued to spec lol



Then I swapped out the stock 24lb/hr injectors for some FIC 50lb/hrs

 

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Gotta run adapter harnesses for these



I hate the way it looks but I didn't wanna cut their loom and risk nicking a wire cuz I was semi-rushing at this point. I'll probably go back and do that later on so I can get them to lay down better

 

[Huck]

I borrowed my dad's old slider plates and a coworker's old school caster/camber gauge so I could get the alignment good enough. That way I can drive it enough to get the suspension to settle and see how I like the ride and make any adjustments before paying for a real alignment.



Almost too big for the plates



Had to adjust the camber a bit, didn't worry about caster for now.



Toe actually landed right at 1/8" so I left that alone



My body bolts also showed up so I replaced those and got them torqued to spec

 

[Huck]

Buttoned up a bunch of small things on my final checklist last Wednesday and now we wait for the tuner! All that's left at this point is raising the rear bumper and putting the spare tire back in. I didn't go ahead and put the spare in cuz I'm at 498mi on the rear axle, so once I do the initial 50mi break in on the motor, I'll change both the engine oil and the rear axle gear oil.

Gonna do an oil change at 50mi, put more VR1 in it, drive it 200mi, change it again with regular conventional oil. Run it 500mi, change again with conventional, then run it 750 before changing it again. That'll be 1500mi and I'll put synthetic in it at that point.

I FK'n love the way this thing came out. Exactly what I'd envisioned

 

[Huck]

I also bum around junkyards pretty often for work and happened across a loaded up '05 Z71 suburban that had a nice set of DL3s on it. Got them for $100. You can see the driver's side has failed and turned that gold color. Already ordered new mirror glasses for both and some primer/paint/clear for the caps.





I even already have the window switch for it. Mine's been acting up since I bought the truck so I went ahead and ordered a DL3 capable switch panel months ago