I really wasn't sure if it was going to work when I started. On the driver side panel I started with 80 grit and then 220 grit...just the driver side alone was 3 hours of sanding and even then it wasn't exactly where I would normally like it but when I redo them I'll use a sander and finish with a finer grit sandpaper. It won't take near as long now that all the rot is gone

So I found two awesome deals, a lift kit with all the components I want. 3" spindles, 1.5-2" Moog springs, and adjustable lift shackles. I'd just need new ball joints. Spindles are worth ~$330, coils $50, shackles $95.

Or Holley 390 and an Edelbrock 2 piece intake which is exactly the setup I want. I'd need the gaskets and a new TV cable. Carb is ~$350 new and the intake $300.

Both are $350 plus shipping

I'll be the guy who gives bad advice tonight.

Put on the credit card and worry about it later.

Dave Ramsey says neither!

Lol

In reality I actually do use Dave Ramsey's free budgeting tools and track all my expenses. I pay my credit card off at the end of each month, just to build my credit. I'm completely debt free!

I've saved up a lot more money than I would have by just throwing caution to the wind.

Why are you lifting this thing?

Excuse me, I forgot on Texags we brag about how stock our **** is instead of doing incredibly awesome things with them.

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1) Young
2) Single
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4) Male

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My shizzle's more stock than yours is, mother****er!

Got it, so you want to make the gutless 2wd shoebox DD even more gutless and a taller box.

Thought you were in the go-fast crew?

Who said I was going to keep it gutless? With 31's I'll just grab a rear end out of 1st gen with 4.10 gears which would be similar to me going from the current 3.08s to 3.42 gears with 26" tars. Throw the intake manifold/carb at the 2.8 to pick up some power and gas mileage which can easily be swapped over a 3.4 later on down the road.

I have another truck to build to go fast, this one won't be fast but it'll be a decent amount quicker than stock.

This truck is the anti-thesis of RaceTruck.

Not low, not fast.

Because FU!

Upgrading to 15's

You are putting way more into that truck than I ever would have

Galveston bay stuntaz

I was less than half a mile from being in Sunnyside when I picked up those wheels

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Actually the local car club is Islands Illest

I approve of this thread.

Reminds me of my first vehicle - a 1978 Chevy Luv. I got it with 200k on the clock from my grandfather and drove it through high school. I thought about putting a new motor in it, fixing it up and bringing it to A&M, but me and my dad decided it wasnt worth it and passed it down to my brother.

Wish we would have fixed it. There's something awesome about taking a vehicle that's not really cool, or fast, and making it better just because you want to.

^I probably would have done a lot of what silvy is doing if I had a real garage. I wanted to keep that truck so bad, but I didn't have anywhere to put it.

I hear you man, practicality is no fun sometimes. But at least we get to see silvy do the work!

And he's doing a helluva job

Mafacka was bogging under load like crazy leaving school last night, by the time I got home it wasn't bad.

This morning it fired up and drove normal. DA FUQ U
DOIN PUBLICAN!?

I'm about to change the fuel filter, it was bogging like it wasn't getting enough fuel although it has ran rich the entire time I've had it.

Turbo would lean it out nicely

EFI in a DD...cherish that ****.


It never drives the same twice in a row, it has a good lumpy idle...but isn't supposed to lolohwellDAPUBLICANgunnaPUBLICAN

Ditch that Rochester carb ASAP. Get your Edelbrock/Holley/whatever intake before buying a lift, and move it to the 3.4 later. A weak 2.8 that runs well is way better that one that bogs down and can't turn your bigger tires.

Or get a junkyard 2.8 TBI setup on the cheap. At least it will run reliably.

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Silvy! I didn't know you were a truck driver!

That is every truck driver's cure-all... FILTERS! I got a call one time..

"boss, I need to stop and get fuel filters"
"Really, we just changed them recently, how do you know?"
"I got outrun by a J.B. Hunt truck.. something's wrong."

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I might buy both the lift and carb/intake because I can get them both cheap now but hold off on the lift till I can get the tires...I have 275/60/15s I can throw on in the meantime if they clear lol

I'd do EFI if I planned on it being my DD for much longer

Do it.

Phone battery is too low to take pics but I'm plastidipping my wheels gunmetal gray this very moment.

I'm thinking about dipping my truck clear with glossifier to protect the paint after this repaint.

Thoughts silvy? Will it yellow over time in the sun you think?

From what I read a few months ago the gloss fades, I'd just do clear.

Ok, well the choices are either plasti dip the whole truck, or put clear film over the most venerable places.

Kinda torn...

Clear plasti dip won't keep your truck looking the same

This car is white with clear PD



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