Surfnrides 2005 Silverado 1500 5.3 Supercharged & Caged

[thearizonacowboy]

Looking great! Glad to see a build like this in here. Keep it up

[surfnride]

Well.... If i am going to be down in the middle of BFE baja for days on end I might as well add one of these. ARB offroad 50 quart fridge. No need to hunt for ice. No more soggy food.... and it holds 72 "cokes". 

[surfnride]

1 hour ago, thearizonacowboy said:

Looking great! Glad to see a build like this in here. Keep it up

Thanks Cowboy. I've been racing dez and baja but it was on dirtbikes. I've wanted a dialed out prerunner for 20+ years.  It was time to finally pull the trigger.  I have to get off the bikes. 

 

Soooo over surgeries, PT and always being hurt.

 

As they say..... with age comes cage.  And next we'll be getting our race truck to complete the package.

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Finally got this in the mail. My old Icom won't transmit anymore so I snagged this brand new off ebay for $92. Yaseu FT2900R. 

Super friggen stoked as this is 75W and it's super reliable. No fan etc... 

Chase coms and race communication should be good. Have the PCI antennae and coax at the shop already cut to the right length.

 

 

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Shot down to the shop to drop off the fridge, CB and some switches. Some progress had been made. Still held up waiting on the Culhane tranny. Really hoping we get it this week.

The oil cooler got mounted next to the dual trans coolers. The lettering is backwards because the only way the third would fit was to remove the hose attachment for both the dual trans cooler and single trans cooler and weld it shut. Cut a new hose attachment hole and then welded the fitting back on facing downwards. 

There is going to be a black metal mesh screen put over the coolers to prevent any damage from rocks or debris so the lettering wont matter since it wont be visible. These are pulling fans so they sucks the clean air from above the coolers and pull the air downward under the truck through the fins. The best place to get clean air.

 

 

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The TCS Billet 2,400-2,600 Torque Converter arrived. We downsized to 9" since we put the dual trans coolers on there. The 9" will generate a bit more heat but going down an inch will give me a bit more pop.

Damn it's pretty... Almost feel bad beating this thing up. 

Sort of. Maybe not... 

 

 

[surfnride]

Well I might as well upgrade the flex plate since I am beefing up everything else underneath this beast.   Picked up an ATI SFI Flex plate.  Shouldn't have any issues with this bad boy on there.

 

 

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The old flex plate was cracked and had other damage too. Blurry pic but you can kinda see it.

 

 

[tyler.frost92]

awesome build

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Got down to the shop to see how things are going and to drop off the last few things.

They got the fridge rack in. Very important!

 

 

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Dual battery rack got mounted

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Got the rear tubing reinforced several ways so I feel confident hauling a trailer or for putting my motorcycle rack on there to haul my XR650R.

 

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And now for the good stuff....

 

Insert drumroll....

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My Culhane dez prepped 4L80E transmisson with billet extension housing and bolt on yoke.

It's so pretty.... I can't wait put this to the test.

 

 

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And...... It's almost in! It looks so nice with the TCS torque converter and ATI flex plate