79bonanza
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Thank ya sir
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JR's 91 K5 Modern meets Classic (NV4500 help needed)
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79bonanza
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I know right, round eyes are the best in my opinion. I traded off a very desirable 91 grille and headlights for this 79. I think they look way more aggressive than any other front end
79bonanza
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Finally got the K5 back in my "garage" pfft. Got kinda sketchy. Yeah I pulled it in with rachet straps
79bonanza
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But I got my fancy vice grips of safety to keep my straps from snacking me in the back lol
That had to take a while.
Martin
Martin
79bonanza
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Well I wasn't gonna be winning any races this way lol but I only had about 5 feet and I couldn't push it any further by myself.
79bonanza
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Okay well I've decided to go ahead and buy an NV4500 to put in my blazer. It's going behind an LQ4. That being said I have a few questions.
1. I know there is two different styles of the NV4500, I'm under the impression I should run the later style with the internal slave to increase exhaust clearance and keep it simple.
2. Will the internal slave/throw out bearing work with the square body master cylinder. I should just need a custom line made for it,right?
3. I have an np241c from behind a 700R4, should be 27 spline input. I'll need to swap that for a 32 spline input shaft? Are those input shafts relatively alvalible?
4. I already have a Sachs 1050 flywheel that I was going to use to run the 4 speed with, is that the same flywheel I'll need for the nv4500?
1. I know there is two different styles of the NV4500, I'm under the impression I should run the later style with the internal slave to increase exhaust clearance and keep it simple.
2. Will the internal slave/throw out bearing work with the square body master cylinder. I should just need a custom line made for it,right?
3. I have an np241c from behind a 700R4, should be 27 spline input. I'll need to swap that for a 32 spline input shaft? Are those input shafts relatively alvalible?
4. I already have a Sachs 1050 flywheel that I was going to use to run the 4 speed with, is that the same flywheel I'll need for the nv4500?
I can answer #3 yes, they are readily available.
Re the hose clamps, they're pretty neat. When I worked on CH-46's they were some of those made from phenolic. Tuff stuff.
I can't wait to see your rig finished, I'm real interested in those Alcan springs in action.
Re the hose clamps, they're pretty neat. When I worked on CH-46's they were some of those made from phenolic. Tuff stuff.
I can't wait to see your rig finished, I'm real interested in those Alcan springs in action.
79bonanza
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Haha thank ya sir, yeah I'm pretty excited to being getting alittle closer. You know this all started as a 4" lift install and here we are with a new frame and few thousand in parts later lol
I'm with big ray on #3 as I'm pretty sure (not 100%) that the 88-98 body style NP241 input can be swapped in, all the 2500 and 2500 trucks will have a 32 spline input. And #4 is yes ypur flywheel will work
79bonanza
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Okay cool thanks guys.
These dang K5's are like a sickness lol "of course I can eat ramen for a couple weeks lol the k5 needs some go anywhere parts" lol
These dang K5's are like a sickness lol "of course I can eat ramen for a couple weeks lol the k5 needs some go anywhere parts" lol
79bonanza
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Does anyone know if the front bearing retainer on the early style nv4500 is the same as the later style. I'm wanting to run the internal slave/throw out bearing assembly found in the later model trucks while keeping the lower first gear ratio the early 93-94 nv4500 have.
79bonanza
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Anywho, I've been cleaning parts up and saving money up for a house and all that crap.
Here's my np241c, I believe it must have been cold seeing as it was blanketed in greasy dusty crap
Here's my np241c, I believe it must have been cold seeing as it was blanketed in greasy dusty crap
79bonanza
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And here is alittle progress on cleaning
Subbed for a nicely done modern upgrades
The early GM (93-94) have a bearing retainer diameter of 5.125". The later (95+) have a diameter of 5.60".
As far as I know, there is no easy way (with factory parts) to run an internal slave cylinder with the early style transmission.
This site has some good Nv4500 information on it.
http://www.high-impact.net/nv4500_complete_conversion_packages.htm
Taken from the above site:
NOTE: The 6.34 ratio transmissions are available ONLY with the GM input shaft, and the early GM NV4500 bolt pattern. They are not interchangeable with the later GM or Dodge NV4500s. This is important to know as our bellhousing adapter plates must use the Dodge input shaft (it is longer). Therefore they MUST use either an early GM factory bellhousing, or several aftermarket full bellhousings we offer to use this transmission with AMC and GM engines. Conversions must be specifically designed for this transmission. We CAN supply them with GM or Dodge output housings/shaft.
Edit: I want to say I've seen it done before though. I think it was somewhere on pirate4x4. If I have time tonight I'll see if I can dig it up.
79bonanza
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Hey thanks, I'm going to try to use as many OE parts as possible to give it that OE reliability of a modern car or truck.
Hopefully after all this house stuff gets settled I'll be able to do some real updates.
Chevy305, you have a pretty slick truck yourself, I read your build and seen you went with the manual clutch with your nv4500. Do you know any trick for running a hydraulic style
Hopefully after all this house stuff gets settled I'll be able to do some real updates.
Chevy305, you have a pretty slick truck yourself, I read your build and seen you went with the manual clutch with your nv4500. Do you know any trick for running a hydraulic style
