Still have big block on the brain, but a 6.2 might convince me otherwise
CK5
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Back In the Saddle Again
- Thread starter K5Devil
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Went and got the truck washed. Took it out on the highway and really opened it up. finally got to get it in 5th. The sound, the feel, the power, the smoothness. It’s like a brand new truck. I am just so freaking happy with how this truck is turning out. Just need to button up this interior and get that front axle swapped in.
Let’s do it man. I want to build another one just for fun.
Its front axle time finally. Built a jack adapter just now which will make the swap way easier. Gotta love having scrap metal laying around. 
So now with the trans swap my Speedo is slightly off. It’s 5mph fast in town and 10mph fast on the highway. Any suggestions on what color I need to correct that?
Well we need the color you have to figure that out
Blue
Ok I will do some digging, and I am sure a few others will.
5 in town at what 30-35mph.
10 on highway at 65-70mph.
Just get a percentage, that's about 15% higher.
In another way, is your driven gear 30 splines or how many is it?
Weird I do the calculation and it states I need the blue drive gear which I already have. I’ll have to crack it open and see what color drive gear I have. Yeah should be the 30 tooth driven gear. I can’t remember off hand what color the drive gear is.
You need 15% more teeth on the gear
Or you need 15% less on the drive gear
Well you need 35 teeth on the driven gear, which I am not sure it exists.
Or you need 15% less on the drive gear
I want to say the drive gear is white.
I know it's hard to count those gears, can you confirm how many teeth
I won’t be able to tonight. Illl take a gander in the AM
If it is 13, then you need 11 which I show as orange
First oil change after ring break in. Fresh catch pan.
I am really surprised how clean it is. Some metallic swirling but very little which should be the ring residue. But I see a lot more swirling after break in from most guys on the web. Going to let it settle a bit and see what happens. The photos I see online show a lot more metallic swirling than what I have here. Has me worried the rings didn’t break in. Definitely do not have a blow by issue because my oil pressure is rock solid 50lbs at idle and 60 on the throttle according to the square body guage.
Nothing in the oil filter.
I am really surprised how clean it is. Some metallic swirling but very little which should be the ring residue. But I see a lot more swirling after break in from most guys on the web. Going to let it settle a bit and see what happens. The photos I see online show a lot more metallic swirling than what I have here. Has me worried the rings didn’t break in. Definitely do not have a blow by issue because my oil pressure is rock solid 50lbs at idle and 60 on the throttle according to the square body guage.
Nothing in the oil filter.
Ok Let it sit and cool down and you can definitely see the swirling I was looking for. Thank goodness I was worried when it was coming out the pan it looked brand new. 
They are both blue just cracked it open tonight.
Can you confirm tooth count on both gears?
