So... Allan... I want to see a monster CC! Any updates?
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Dual builds- Camo K5 and Big Crew Cab
- Thread starter mountainexplorer
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86-1ton
1/2 ton status
any more updates...?
jimmyfloyd
Registered Member
wow. Those trucks are pretty bada$$. Makes me wish I lived near you so I could just go over and help you out to learn.
mountainexplorer
1/2 ton status
Nada on progress on the bIg Crew Cab. Heck, I havent even really finished the Camo Blazer, it survived it's one weekend out and has been parked since.
Going up to the place in Ione used to be my seeming "vacation" time... now the time I come back into Spokane seems to be my time away from work.
Stuff going on....
Stepside front Dana 60 gears got toasted.
The rear end went back together at 2am last saturday morning so I could make it to a mud race.
I got a free camper that I can use to go on trips with towing the trailer. It's decent for free, except it's pink inside.
I traded off my '79 Toyota for a '79 Chevy shortbed that I in turn sold, and then bought this, of which I'm tearing apart and putting back together with the one ton stuff and lift/motor/drivetrain from the Truck Blazer.
The 2.8 out of the Toyota came out and my friend is swapping in a SB400 out of a race car into it.
Memorial Day Weekend I built the front porch on the house, changing it some but re-using the original face so at least it has a part of the smaller original porch still there. My uncle on my mom's side of the family was there to help and did alot of the higher up stuff, since I don't like being very high off the ground unless it's in a lifted truck.
I need to get going on swapping the new motor and parts from my brothers old truck to the new white '85 Chevy he's getting from me. His old one is pretty beat.
Every time I turn around theres another car or truck needing parts removed before having the car crusher come up.
Going up to the place in Ione used to be my seeming "vacation" time... now the time I come back into Spokane seems to be my time away from work.
Stuff going on....
Stepside front Dana 60 gears got toasted.
The rear end went back together at 2am last saturday morning so I could make it to a mud race.
I got a free camper that I can use to go on trips with towing the trailer. It's decent for free, except it's pink inside.
I traded off my '79 Toyota for a '79 Chevy shortbed that I in turn sold, and then bought this, of which I'm tearing apart and putting back together with the one ton stuff and lift/motor/drivetrain from the Truck Blazer.
The 2.8 out of the Toyota came out and my friend is swapping in a SB400 out of a race car into it.
Memorial Day Weekend I built the front porch on the house, changing it some but re-using the original face so at least it has a part of the smaller original porch still there. My uncle on my mom's side of the family was there to help and did alot of the higher up stuff, since I don't like being very high off the ground unless it's in a lifted truck.
I need to get going on swapping the new motor and parts from my brothers old truck to the new white '85 Chevy he's getting from me. His old one is pretty beat.
Every time I turn around theres another car or truck needing parts removed before having the car crusher come up.
mountainexplorer
1/2 ton status
Two of the motorhomes gave way the last two winters and are becoming scrap.
The front one has an Eaton rear axle with 4.56 gears, the 2nd one has a GM 14-bolt with 4.56 gears, and the one at the very back that's still intact has an eaton rear end with 5.13 gears. It was a factory single wheel motorhome with a 292 inline 6 and 3spd manual.
It's a lowrider now.
And both of these had driven up from Spokane in the past 5 years.
This '67 Chevy parts frame has an Eaton rear end that I got because it has a factory Detroit and 4.56 gears in it. I'm going to swap the 4.56 gear set w/locker into the leaf spring Eaton housing that came out of the motorhome with 5.13 gears, and that housing will bolt directly under my '64 International pickup.
Then the 5.13 gear set will get it's spider gears welded and swpped into the coil spring eaton housing from the '67 and get perches welded on to fit under my '62 Chevy mud race truck project that will sit on a '76 frame. The Dually Eaton 4.56 rear end from the longer motorhome will get spider gears welded and used under another project. I now have all the motorhome axles and truck axles removed.
I got another Toyota too.
More work on the house.
I need to get moving on my '81 Crew Cab tow vehicle and get the Cummins in it, but for now I need to strip off the bed and nose clip and doors, and get the axles under it.
We found alot of random stuff that could be sold at a yard sale. So we're going to have a yard sale soon as a fundraiser to get entry fee's for the next mud races.
And of course there's the "Perv Van" I got for free. Got it running and named it "Herbert the Van". Starting to use it around the place to haul stuff.
Last Saturday after staying up all Friday and all night we made it to the Spokane Humane Society's "Bogs for Dogs". I towed the Toyota down with my Stepside. It was an all nighter in Ione trying to throw some gears back into my Stepside rear axle at 2:00 am Saturday morning and finishing some homemade redneck anti-wrap bars for the Toyota. 6:35 am the Toyota with it's race car 400SB drove onto the trailer and we headed to Spokane.
I was the 1st loser in my class. My 1st run was the 1st race of the day. And I got lined up against a truck I was pretty sure would beat me. And he did. I knew if Chris Williams was there I'd probably lose. I almost was ahead of him after the starting line, then he was ahead of me, then I almost caught back up but at the finish line I lost by inches I guess.
Here's a shot of me when Chris pulled ahead.
Then I had to race our Toyota... so it was the tow rig verses the towed one. I had to show everyone what a tow vehicle can do and I beat my old Toyota. But it still has the bald 33" boggers, no lockers yet, and a motor not dialed in yet.
Then I raced Matty in the Blazabbit and it was close, I only won by like half a truck length. At least he remembered how to keep in in low range the rest of the day as his first run he accidentally was in high range with 4.56 gears and 44" Boggers.
Then I had to race Chris again and of course lost this time by a truck length. Now with the pits blown out he was shifting from 1st to 2nd gear and accelerating. Makes me want to just throw an automatic in the stepside for a race just to see what it would do with two gears.
Anyways, Chris got 1st place in Modified. I got 2nd, and Matty got 3rd. My only bragging rights is I was again the only truck that drove there under its won power legally in pavement and also towing a trailer with another truck on it 90 miles down and 90 miles back after the races.
A quick stop at the Spokane house before heading to Ione again after the races. Had to get a poser shot with the trophy. And top off my leaky PS reservoir.
I got a trophy and $60
Now to go finish the Toyota the right way instead of the half cobbled mess it was just to get it going for this race.
Theres 5x more stuff going on but that's all the pics I have and time I have to write for now.
The front one has an Eaton rear axle with 4.56 gears, the 2nd one has a GM 14-bolt with 4.56 gears, and the one at the very back that's still intact has an eaton rear end with 5.13 gears. It was a factory single wheel motorhome with a 292 inline 6 and 3spd manual.
It's a lowrider now.
And both of these had driven up from Spokane in the past 5 years.
This '67 Chevy parts frame has an Eaton rear end that I got because it has a factory Detroit and 4.56 gears in it. I'm going to swap the 4.56 gear set w/locker into the leaf spring Eaton housing that came out of the motorhome with 5.13 gears, and that housing will bolt directly under my '64 International pickup.
Then the 5.13 gear set will get it's spider gears welded and swpped into the coil spring eaton housing from the '67 and get perches welded on to fit under my '62 Chevy mud race truck project that will sit on a '76 frame. The Dually Eaton 4.56 rear end from the longer motorhome will get spider gears welded and used under another project. I now have all the motorhome axles and truck axles removed.
I got another Toyota too.
More work on the house.
I need to get moving on my '81 Crew Cab tow vehicle and get the Cummins in it, but for now I need to strip off the bed and nose clip and doors, and get the axles under it.
We found alot of random stuff that could be sold at a yard sale. So we're going to have a yard sale soon as a fundraiser to get entry fee's for the next mud races.
And of course there's the "Perv Van" I got for free. Got it running and named it "Herbert the Van". Starting to use it around the place to haul stuff.
Last Saturday after staying up all Friday and all night we made it to the Spokane Humane Society's "Bogs for Dogs". I towed the Toyota down with my Stepside. It was an all nighter in Ione trying to throw some gears back into my Stepside rear axle at 2:00 am Saturday morning and finishing some homemade redneck anti-wrap bars for the Toyota. 6:35 am the Toyota with it's race car 400SB drove onto the trailer and we headed to Spokane.
I was the 1st loser in my class. My 1st run was the 1st race of the day. And I got lined up against a truck I was pretty sure would beat me. And he did. I knew if Chris Williams was there I'd probably lose. I almost was ahead of him after the starting line, then he was ahead of me, then I almost caught back up but at the finish line I lost by inches I guess.
Here's a shot of me when Chris pulled ahead.
Then I had to race our Toyota... so it was the tow rig verses the towed one. I had to show everyone what a tow vehicle can do and I beat my old Toyota. But it still has the bald 33" boggers, no lockers yet, and a motor not dialed in yet.
Then I raced Matty in the Blazabbit and it was close, I only won by like half a truck length. At least he remembered how to keep in in low range the rest of the day as his first run he accidentally was in high range with 4.56 gears and 44" Boggers.
Then I had to race Chris again and of course lost this time by a truck length. Now with the pits blown out he was shifting from 1st to 2nd gear and accelerating. Makes me want to just throw an automatic in the stepside for a race just to see what it would do with two gears.
Anyways, Chris got 1st place in Modified. I got 2nd, and Matty got 3rd. My only bragging rights is I was again the only truck that drove there under its won power legally in pavement and also towing a trailer with another truck on it 90 miles down and 90 miles back after the races.
A quick stop at the Spokane house before heading to Ione again after the races. Had to get a poser shot with the trophy. And top off my leaky PS reservoir.
I got a trophy and $60
Now to go finish the Toyota the right way instead of the half cobbled mess it was just to get it going for this race.
Theres 5x more stuff going on but that's all the pics I have and time I have to write for now.
YZEATER
1/2 ton status
another awesome story to follow.
mudboggink5
1/2 ton status
Every page is a diffrent project. very interesting.
mountainexplorer
1/2 ton status
Havent been on in a long time. I guess I'll update this. And try to keep a 6 paragraph story to just a few pictures.
Damn that thing is huge.
Nice to see ya back Allen we thought you might be
fodder but I guess not!
Nice to see ya back Allen we thought you might be
fodder but I guess not!big pappa b
3/4 ton status
On your CC, what size lift and tires you have there? It's HUGE!!
y5mgisi
1 ton status
I think I speak for all of us when i say, glad to see you back!
mountainexplorer
1/2 ton status
Yeah I havent been around much seems like theres less and less time to be on all the forums and stuff.
The Crew Cab actual lift over stock we calculated to be an approximate 23" lift? It's cobbled together right now and I need to redo a bunch of it... long story. Anyways it has 52" long 8" lift rear springs front and back. Front has dropped down front hangers and longer shackles, rear is a shackle flip with spring hangers dropped lower, and the 3" body lift that the thing had when I got it. This was the truck to have a ridiculous lift on. Not very useful for other than mud bogs and being big. Tires are 54" Boggers.
The Crew Cab actual lift over stock we calculated to be an approximate 23" lift? It's cobbled together right now and I need to redo a bunch of it... long story. Anyways it has 52" long 8" lift rear springs front and back. Front has dropped down front hangers and longer shackles, rear is a shackle flip with spring hangers dropped lower, and the 3" body lift that the thing had when I got it. This was the truck to have a ridiculous lift on. Not very useful for other than mud bogs and being big. Tires are 54" Boggers.
Way cool!! Wish I could see all the old pics... must have deleted ur account.
Dang! how do you work on that sucker?? That's you by the front of the truck, right?
Anyway, glad to see you post up. There was a thread recently where we were wondering about you.
I dig your Blazer. Also, I'm glad I don't have to listen to that exhaust on your crew cab while driving down the road...
mountainexplorer
1/2 ton status
Don't know what happened to all the old pictures in the previous posts. But they dont show up. And yeah, that's me next to the crew cab. Someone caught me off guard, usually I avoid myself in pictures.
Working on the truck wasn't too bad. It's easy to simply almost walk under and get to things. The motor went in without the nose clip on and it was still a long ways up for the forklift. Usually use a tire now to climb up on to get to the front bumper, or squeeze between the tire and frame (left the inner fenderwells out). Or climb inside and climb over the door into the engine compartment.
I was unpleasantly surprised at how quiet the HO502 sounds with those updraft headers. I was expecting something louder. But it's not even a 9:1 compression motor so at an idle I almost feel like the thing sounds quieter than it did in the other truck with full exhaust. It does put out a decent roar at higher rpms. But at an idle or when I'd fire it off at one of the mud bogs where there are alot of other motors, it was so quiet it sounded like someones tow rig started and was idling.
Here's a video of it, rigs on 44's had to use 4wd so I decided to keep it in 2wd. By the end of the day I had to use 4wheel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv_da8GJAj4
And another short clip of it here between 1:02 and 1:09 in this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnrOqsflRhs
Working on the truck wasn't too bad. It's easy to simply almost walk under and get to things. The motor went in without the nose clip on and it was still a long ways up for the forklift. Usually use a tire now to climb up on to get to the front bumper, or squeeze between the tire and frame (left the inner fenderwells out). Or climb inside and climb over the door into the engine compartment.
I was unpleasantly surprised at how quiet the HO502 sounds with those updraft headers. I was expecting something louder. But it's not even a 9:1 compression motor so at an idle I almost feel like the thing sounds quieter than it did in the other truck with full exhaust. It does put out a decent roar at higher rpms. But at an idle or when I'd fire it off at one of the mud bogs where there are alot of other motors, it was so quiet it sounded like someones tow rig started and was idling.
Here's a video of it, rigs on 44's had to use 4wd so I decided to keep it in 2wd. By the end of the day I had to use 4wheel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv_da8GJAj4
And another short clip of it here between 1:02 and 1:09 in this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnrOqsflRhs
