Heath never doubted you, just giving yah crap for not catching the action.
The Buick sounds mean
I figured that, I was just chucking crap back!
CK5
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'83 K10 SB "L1TSBFIBBC" build
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I figured that, I was just chucking crap back!
I went there once a while back, its fun to watch, but those guys are crazy. They destroy their cars trying to win $5k or something.
I'm actually more impressed with the guys that can wheelie straight for a while peddling the throttle and set it back down unharmed than the guys who just lose control and crash back down or flip over backwards.
I need to tune my chassis to eliminate the bounce, but I'm not too worried about it until I get some real power in that car.
Bad a$$ dude, one of the cleanest t types I've seen!
Awesome vid! 
Just finished the whole thread. Love your truck Heath. Lots of good info. I thought that was Byron. Where in Wisconsin do you live? I'm southwest of Madison. It doesn't seem like there's too many of us on here from Wisconsin.
Awesome vid!
Thanks guys. It was fun. The bottle transforms the car.
Thank you. There are a few cheeseheads on here, but not that many really.
Just did the same thing. It was a good read. Looks like you've changed out most of that truck multiple times.
Much more down in the South half. I can think of at least 5 CK5 members, with 2 more moving down there soon. I live in the NE corner (along the Upper Michigan border), and I'm thinking there's nobody else nearby.
Where are ya at, Heath? Would be neat to meet up sometime. We traverse the state diagonally every couple of months or so.
Just did the same thing. It was a good read. Looks like you've changed out most of that truck multiple times.
Much more down in the South half. I can think of at least 5 CK5 members, with 2 more moving down there soon. I live in the NE corner (along the Upper Michigan border), and I'm thinking there's nobody else nearby.
Where are ya at, Heath? Would be neat to meet up sometime. We traverse the state diagonally every couple of months or so.
Thank you, and PM sent.
Update, well, I have some updates but the truck is still the same, been enjoying it with just minor maintanence for 6-7 years now.
The wife and I left the kids with the grandparents for a weekend right before we had our third child and went to the lake superior and also Marinette county WI to ride the RZR on the ATV trails this summer..
The following weekend we loaded up and met the family and CK5 at the dunes for the dunefest. I borrowed my Dads new trailer(32 ft enclosed) and used my truck to pull it. (2016 Sierra 1500 SLT w/L86 and NHT). Great family truck with crazy good fuel mileage and fun to drive. My daughter tried to guard the rig when we stopped for dinner, ha ha.
On top of test hill, my sisters families, rzr, our rzr, and the truck....I beat on the truck all weekend without one issue. And I tend to beat on it harder when I don't have to drive it home...
My daughters liked playing in the sand, especially when they found an abandoned sand castle.
A little RZR jumping since it has a cage and the the truck doesn't...
After a long day in the sand the kiddos are tired, time for a nap while we hang out in the parking lot of the hotel...
Then its time for go karts, my 3yr old daughter loved it!
The wife and I left the kids with the grandparents for a weekend right before we had our third child and went to the lake superior and also Marinette county WI to ride the RZR on the ATV trails this summer..
The following weekend we loaded up and met the family and CK5 at the dunes for the dunefest. I borrowed my Dads new trailer(32 ft enclosed) and used my truck to pull it. (2016 Sierra 1500 SLT w/L86 and NHT). Great family truck with crazy good fuel mileage and fun to drive. My daughter tried to guard the rig when we stopped for dinner, ha ha.
On top of test hill, my sisters families, rzr, our rzr, and the truck....I beat on the truck all weekend without one issue. And I tend to beat on it harder when I don't have to drive it home...
My daughters liked playing in the sand, especially when they found an abandoned sand castle.
A little RZR jumping since it has a cage and the the truck doesn't...
After a long day in the sand the kiddos are tired, time for a nap while we hang out in the parking lot of the hotel...
Then its time for go karts, my 3yr old daughter loved it!
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Then we had our third child and our first son, here he is with my oldest daughter, she loves him...
Also my younger 1.5 year old daughter started "helping" in the shop occassionally...
and she started drinking and driving, ....some wild 3 wheeled offroading on her own (before she stepped up to the 12V ride like her big sister this summer, ha ha) She will be 2 at the end of the month.
Also my younger 1.5 year old daughter started "helping" in the shop occassionally...
and she started drinking and driving, ....some wild 3 wheeled offroading on her own (before she stepped up to the 12V ride like her big sister this summer, ha ha) She will be 2 at the end of the month.
Then I tore my regal apart for over a year and a half (first time ever that it was out an entire summer since I was 16).
Built a new BBC for it with EFI and DIS, also full NHRA chassis cert cage, completely new interior, coilover suspension, steering (R&P), 9" rear etc. I braced the hell out of the rear chassis and control arm mounts. Basically everything is custom made by me at this point.
Going to get some groceries....
Better interior with real carbon fiber custom dash panels, seats, carpet, custom console, 5 pt harnesses, Holley digital dash where the HVAC used to be, etc...
I built this engine from scratch, first time I built an engine I didn't even have a block for. Had to make or modify most everything. I made the stainless headers and exhaust, modified the intake and valve covers for EFI. Modified the air cleaner base to angle it to clear the small cowl hood. Custom accessory brackets and front and mid motor plates, custom fan shroud, etc. Then I hauled everything to get either anodized or powder coated black if it wasn't cast aluminum.
Its a pump gas motor with a lot of race parts that runs real good. Took it to the track a few times before winter hit, its a fun ride.
Built a new BBC for it with EFI and DIS, also full NHRA chassis cert cage, completely new interior, coilover suspension, steering (R&P), 9" rear etc. I braced the hell out of the rear chassis and control arm mounts. Basically everything is custom made by me at this point.
Going to get some groceries....
Better interior with real carbon fiber custom dash panels, seats, carpet, custom console, 5 pt harnesses, Holley digital dash where the HVAC used to be, etc...
I built this engine from scratch, first time I built an engine I didn't even have a block for. Had to make or modify most everything. I made the stainless headers and exhaust, modified the intake and valve covers for EFI. Modified the air cleaner base to angle it to clear the small cowl hood. Custom accessory brackets and front and mid motor plates, custom fan shroud, etc. Then I hauled everything to get either anodized or powder coated black if it wasn't cast aluminum.
Its a pump gas motor with a lot of race parts that runs real good. Took it to the track a few times before winter hit, its a fun ride.
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Very nice.
Any more specs? heads, cam, trans, rear posi/locker?
Any more specs? heads, cam, trans, rear posi/locker?
Dude, she looks just like you...
Thanks, I've never had it apart for more than a month or so at a time. This time it was about 20 months. The chromemoly cage and chassis bracing took the longest.
We'll I'll take that as a compliment but she might be offended, ha ha.
Most people agree she looks like me and oldest looks more like Camile.
Every other engine I've ever built I consider mild, this one I do not, I speced and ordered every single part one at a time after I planned the whole engine build for months. It's a pump gas motor with mostly racing parts, but definitely not an all out spread port racing motor, and no titanium or belt drives were used in the making of this engine.
Dart Big M sportsman block
Callies magnum crank (4.75" stroke)
Callies Ultra I rods (6.700")
JE pistons (4.600 bore, 11:1 compression)
Bullet cam (.810"/.778" lift, 280/[email protected], 315/328 adv, 114 LSA)
Crower .937" solid roller lifters
ProGear dual roller timing chain with stamped steel timing cover.
RFD/Brodix conventional rectangular port heads (~380cc ports, 2.375"/1.84" valves)
7/16" dual taper pushrods
T&D shaft rockers
Edelbrock Super Victor II intake (I modified it for EFI and welded in bungs and rail mounts)
Accufab 2200 cfm 4500 style throttle body
Moroso vacuum pump
IGN1A coils
custom 36-1 crank trigger wheel
Holley Dominator ECU
The trans is still the same 4L80E OD trans I built 6 years ago or so. Although I think I need a different converter, this one is strong triple disc 10.5", but I want higher stall
The rearend is a fabricated 9" with a 9.5" 3.60 ring gear and spool with 40 spline strange axles. I am selling the 12 bolt I had in there before with the 35 spline spool.
I've had a spool in it since before I built the 4L80E for it, I had a tight eaton posi in it for years, but sometimes when I drove it to the track if the tires came out of the water box uneven one side would spin and not heat up right, so I sold the posi.
The Holley ECU controls the engine and trans and half the car at this point(both fuel pumps, water pump, both fans, etc) I have sensors all over to datalog stuff during the runs. I can even monitor transmission pressure and temp, oil temp, differential temp, etc. Temp sensors are only $10 to add one once you have the ECU, so I have them all over. With the trans having stock turbine and output speed I can even monitor converter slippage and any wet clutch slippage.
The funny thing is the paint and wheels are exactly the same my father and I did back in 2005 after 10 years of it looking bone stock, so the car looks the same on the outside, but is almost entirely new on the interior and chassis/suspension/steering. I tried to hide the chromemoly cage as best I could, tucked it up real nice.
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Nice car! I love g bodies. Ive always wanted a silver T-top monte carlo SS. My youngest will be two the end of this month also. He loves the battery powered mini atv he has.
beags86
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Every other engine I've ever built I consider mild, this one I do not, I speced and ordered every single part one at a time after I planned the whole engine build for months. It's a pump gas motor with mostly racing parts, but definitely not an all out spread port racing motor, and no titanium or belt drives were used in the making of this engine.
Dart Big M sportsman block
Callies magnum crank (4.75" stroke)
Callies Ultra I rods (6.700")
JE pistons (4.600 bore, 11:1 compression)
Bullet cam (.810"/.778" lift, 280/[email protected], 315/328 adv, 114 LSA)
Crower .937" solid roller lifters
ProGear dual roller timing chain with stamped steel timing cover.
RFD/Brodix conventional rectangular port heads (~380cc ports, 2.375"/1.84" valves)
7/16" dual taper pushrods
T&D shaft rockers
Edelbrock Super Victor II intake (I modified it for EFI and welded in bungs and rail mounts)
Accufab 2200 cfm 4500 style throttle body
Moroso vacuum pump
IGN1A coils
custom 36-1 crank trigger wheel
Holley Dominator ECU
The trans is still the same 4L80E OD trans I built 6 years ago or so. Although I think I need a different converter, this one is strong triple disc 10.5", but I want higher stall
The rearend is a fabricated 9" with a 9.5" 3.60 ring gear and spool with 40 spline strange axles. I am selling the 12 bolt I had in there before with the 35 spline spool.
I've had a spool in it since before I built the 4L80E for it, I had a tight eaton posi in it for years, but sometimes when I drove it to the track if the tires came out of the water box uneven one side would spin and not heat up right, so I sold the posi.
The Holley ECU controls the engine and trans and half the car at this point(both fuel pumps, water pump, both fans, etc) I have sensors all over to datalog stuff during the runs. I can even monitor transmission pressure and temp, oil temp, differential temp, etc. Temp sensors are only $10 to add one once you have the ECU, so I have them all over. With the trans having stock turbine and output speed I can even monitor converter slippage and any wet clutch slippage.
The funny thing is the paint and wheels are exactly the same my father and I did back in 2005 after 10 years of it looking bone stock, so the car looks the same on the outside, but is almost entirely new on the interior and chassis/suspension/steering. I tried to hide the chromemoly cage as best I could, tucked it up real nice.
Nice little 500hp BBC build.
Looks really good man.
Thanks, was my first car, my Dad bought it for $300 with a blown up V6 in it, gave it to me before I turned 16. I always modify something it seems but this time I modified everything and many things I remodified, ha ha.
Nice little 500hp BBC build.
Looks really good man.
Thanks beags, yes, very little, ha ha. I couldn't get any headers bigger than 2", so I made my own that are 2 1/4"-2 3/8" stepped primaries out of 304, took me 50 hours just to make the headers.
I think I speak for all of us when I say: we need pictures of these headers.
