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Anymore updates? This is an awesome build and one of the few that can actually be called a "build", unlike some with just floor mats and a tint. Lol

 

And even though I'm not into drag racing I can really appreciate the dedication and quality. The pics of the cleaned up 6.0 block are very inspirational!

 

Thanks. I really take a lot of pride in every project I take on. Just makes it turn out that much nicer in the end.

 

 

No kidding I had to laugh at a couple "builds" if it came down to competition on an actual "build" this guy would take the cake. Hands down. This thread is golden.

 

I'll second that bud, this fella can build me a motor any day.

 

Thanks for the kind words guys. Like I said, I am really meticulous about everything. Probably more so than it's worth.

 

I'll have a few updates on the truck soon. Re-Working a new cold air intake set up this weekend and just got tracking info on my new pinion shims caltracs that should be here this week.

 

I took the truck out to the track a couple weeks ago and had terrible traction issues. The pinion angle was far from ideal, so along with new shims and caltracs that should definitely help me out.

 

More pics to come.

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Another update. Cold air intake set up is finished up and working. IAT's are actually 30* lower than the modified factory air box set up I was running.

 

Still using the Spectre intake tube from a 9900 CAI kit along with two 45* bends and a Spectre HPR filter and velocity stack. I tig'd the two 45's up after getting everything mocked into place. Then made a bracket to hold the tube just about the filter and got it painted up.

 

Still may work on another heat shield to see if it helps any.

 

 

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Also got my Cal-Tracs and pinion shims in. Just trying to find time to get them installed.

 

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Heat sheilding the intake tube wouldn't hurt, hopefully you don't care about how it'll end up looking.

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Do you have more intake pics? How low to the ground is the filter? I thought a tube like this would be cool, but the factory intake pulls from higher up than any CAI I've ever seen. It's not like I ever ford anything deeper than a foot but still.

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Heat sheilding the intake tube wouldn't hurt, hopefully you don't care about how it'll end up looking.

 

I'm going to just leave the tube painted silver. After looking over my logs from Fontana yesterday my IAT's are pretty good. haven't got the other heat shields in yet.

 

Do you have more intake pics? How low to the ground is the filter? I thought a tube like this would be cool, but the factory intake pulls from higher up than any CAI I've ever seen. It's not like I ever ford anything deeper than a foot but still.

 

I'll get some more pics later on. The filter isn't too low. It's about 2 inches lower than the factory air box plate. If you ever had to deal with any deep water, even less than a foot, I don't think I would go this route. Just to be on the safe side. I went with this set up because this truck won't ever see any off road duty.

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Finally got some time to update this thread:

 

Got the caltracs installed and finally made it out to Fontana Drag strip back on April 5th.

 

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Great day out at the track. beautiful weather and not too many people. Very happy with the way the truck performed. It definitely has more in it. Just ran all motor this time. Nitrous passes will come next after the fuel pump install.

 

Found some issues with the tune and was able to fix most of them. I was also having issues with my innovate wideband. Going to be swapping the sensor and doing another free-air calibration to see if that fixes the problem.

 

Junior (Travieso) and Aaron (Bad AssSilvy) were also there.

 

Here's some pics of the track day:

 

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Best pass of the day, 12.7 to Juniors 12.9.

 

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Nice. If I had a second vehicle I could do more to my truck.

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Nice. If I had a second vehicle I could do more to my truck.

 

 

I know what you mean. Until I got my Sierra I couldn't do too much to my Silverado because it was the daily driver and wasn't very practical.

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I drive my truck from Bakersfield to Fresno and back every Thursday

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. I love this truck!!! 12.7 all fuel is FAST!!!! What you think with spray?

 

Intake is badass BTW, gonna paint it add some bling? Or wrap it? Wrapping it would look cool too!

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. I love this truck!!! 12.7 all fuel is FAST!!!! What you think with spray?

 

Intake is badass BTW, gonna paint it add some bling? Or wrap it? Wrapping it would look cool too!

 

Haha thanks man. The truck should run a 12.4-12.5 on the motor with the tune dialed. I'd be happy with a 11.50 pass on the bottle with a 100 shot.

 

The intake isn't bare aluminum. It's actually painted with silver engine enamel. I'm not really having an issue with heat soak so I'm going to leave it like this for a while.

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