Looks great! My favorite color combo.
But I may be biased
But I may be biased
CK5
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I want to see some Suburbans/show us your burbs (merged)
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There's an 89-91 suburban in my neighborhood that's that color combo. Sharp lookin truck man!
This is my newest addition to the fam. Before and yesterday. Still a lot to do but when does it ever end.
1991 v2500 TBI 5.7 with 4L80 transmission.
Looks awesome. Love that color combo. Wheels are a bit large for my taste, but still like the style of them.
Would love to throw a lift and wheels/tires on mine, if it didn't pound so many highway miles out every year. Its a second, non commute vehicle for me, and i've put over 15k on it in the last year
Even with a lack of snow trips, and driving a subaru up the mountain most of the winter.
Plus, even with 4.10's and only 33's, its an absolute turd when towing.
Good work! Go 91's!
Looks awesome. Love that color combo. Wheels are a bit large for my taste, but still like the style of them.
Plus, even with 4.10's and only 33's, its an absolute turd when towing.
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I worry you say towing with the 4.10's, it feels like a turd. i swapped out to 4.10's as well. I had easy access to them.
For anyone wondering; it has 6" ez-ride front springs. 4.10 10 bolt with 44 outers and full highsteer. Rear 3.73 sf was swapped for 4.10 ff 14 bolt with Gov-lock. swapped out for disk brakes. Lift is stock shackle flip with 3" blocks. It sits a little high in the rear but I think if I change out the rear blocks. It might look like it would be saggy. Thoughts? I think it's better this was so when I tow it will level out anyways.
Plus, even with 4.10's and only 33's, its an absolute turd when towing.
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I worry you say towing with the 4.10's, it feels like a turd. i swapped out to 4.10's as well. I had easy access to them.
For anyone wondering; it has 6" ez-ride front springs. 4.10 10 bolt with 44 outers and full highsteer. Rear 3.73 sf was swapped for 4.10 ff 14 bolt with Gov-lock. swapped out for disk brakes. Lift is stock shackle flip with 3" blocks. It sits a little high in the rear but I think if I change out the rear blocks. It might look like it would be saggy. Thoughts? I think it's better this was so when I tow it will level out anyways.
y5mgisi
1 ton status
Maybe your next item should be a 6.0 swap! Does look good! I say leave the rear a little tall. The saggy butt look sucks! How does it ride?
Rear height looks fone
itscheesey
Registered Member
So here's my 1989 v2500 350/t400/241 American Truck and Van edition. I bought her to be a tow rig for my K5 but now I want to lift her.
So here's my 1989 v2500 350/t400/241 American Truck and Van edition. I bought her to be a tow rig for my K5 but now I want to lift her.
Nice rig, what size are those tires?
itscheesey
Registered Member
Their 35s it's how she came. There is some very minor trimming someone did on the front so they don't rub while driving. I'm scared to find out what would happen offroad.
It's been a long time since I posted anything outside of the classified section, but I've never stopped working on the truck. This thread seemed like a good place to start again.
Here's where my blue suburban sits today:
Recent updates include:
A few photos that I grabbed off the iPhone:
David
Here's where my blue suburban sits today:
Recent updates include:
- 38" MTRs
- ORD spring packs
- Larger bore injection pump on the 6.2L and more power
- 4" exhaust
- Ron Davis radiator
- 4L80E with PCS controller
- ORD Magnum 205 Doubler, triple stick
- PSC hydraulic assist
- ORD bumpers
- Relocated twin Odyssey batteries to the rear
- Tube roof rack
A few photos that I grabbed off the iPhone:
David
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y5mgisi
1 ton status
Crazy bad ass.
Awesome Burb. To say the least!
Burbdood 74
Giver of not a single damn...
That is an awesome Burb, but...
Isn't it a bad idea to have batteries in the passenger compartment like that? I seem to remember reading something about batteries emitting gases and the possibility of them becoming missiles in case of a rollover.
Anyway, again, very nice Suburban
but...Isn't it a bad idea to have batteries in the passenger compartment like that? I seem to remember reading something about batteries emitting gases and the possibility of them becoming missiles in case of a rollover.
Anyway, again, very nice Suburban
y5mgisi
1 ton status
Pretty sure those Odysseys don't give off gas. Send they look to be quite secure. My only concern would be something shorting out on the exposed posts.
mine
Odyssey's are a non-emitting battery. I had the same concern, and called their tech line to discuss.
Something falling into the battery tray and shorting out on the terminals or buss bar is the main risk, so I built a non-conductive enclosure. That's what those wood mounting rails are for.
Moving the batteries was mostly about clearing up space under the hood, and that spare tire well has lacked purpose for a long time.
Something falling into the battery tray and shorting out on the terminals or buss bar is the main risk, so I built a non-conductive enclosure. That's what those wood mounting rails are for.
Moving the batteries was mostly about clearing up space under the hood, and that spare tire well has lacked purpose for a long time.
AgDieseler, lets see some more pics of that skid/crossmember setup. looks like youve got a lot of work into it!
Burbdood 74
Giver of not a single damn...
Lots of hours for sure - that healthy mix of laying under the truck and thinking, sketching several designs, mock up, tack, fit, adjust, tack, and finally settle on what makes sense.
What I arrived at was a modular crossmember and skid plate assembly - three independent crossmembers that hard mount to the frame, and the skid plate ties them together to act as a unit. To ease service at home and in the field, each component is sized so it can be removed/installed by hand without the use of a floor jack. I was going for simple.
Tube is 2" square 3/16 wall, because that's what I had leftover from another project, and the plate is 1/4". Frame mounting hardware is 7/16".
The front crossmember handles the mounting of the 4L80E, and has a gate cut out for the front driveshaft. This design is fairly common.
The middle crossmember is flat and handles most of the drivetrain load. It's mounted from the ORD Magnum-205 adapter plate via a compact clevis assembly and 2" poly bushings frenched into the square tubing at a spacing halfway between that of the motor mounts and the transmission mount just ahead. Since this would be the primary load bearing unit, it is sleeved internally with another square tube.
The rear crossmember serves as a tertiary mounting for the skid plate so any load applied from an obstacle is fully transferred to the frame and will not impact the 205.
David
