project 71

[drok123]

just got my rear gears in last night. now i gotta move to the front ones.

[79F150]

Nice got any pics??

[drok123]

well right now i dont have a camera to put them on here. i can put a pic of the truck on here.

i got the front end and gears and axles back on. just gotta put the rotors and calipers and the tires back on then i will have 4:88 gears front and rear.

[drok123]

here is the only one that i have. i stole it off of another forum that my buddy posted for me.

[79F150]

Cool I love that body style chebby. My buddy in high school had a couple 69 models.

[79F150]

So whats the specs on it??

engine?
trans?
Tcase?
axles?
Gears?

[drok123]

it is still a work in progress. i've had it bout 2 months now. still working out all the rigging. when i got it it had a 396 big block in it. im not a big fan of big blocks so i put a 0.30 over 350 in it . it has forged flat top pistons and a crane fireball cam in it the heads have been shave a little and they have 2.02 and 1.60 valves in them. the transmission is a 2wd th400 with a 2500 stall. it has a divorced 205 in it. it has all 1350 joint in it except a couple of 1410 between the transfer case and the transmission. it had 44 tsl's on it when i got it. so i took them off and got a set of 44 boggers. i like the boggers alot better for the mud. it has a 14 bolt rear with a locker. the front was a dana 44 with busted 4.56 gears in it. so i did some swapping around to get a corparate 10 bolt front. then bought some 4.88 gears from my buddy for the 14 bolt and the 10 bolt. it kept on ripping rag joints for the steering apart in just minutes so i cut it off and put a joint on it off of a pto shaft. i have done alot of other stuff to it. also like electric fan and other small odds and ends. it will be out at wesleys place this sat. me and my buddy daniel have been tinkering with my truck and his to get them ready. he will be in a 76 chevy with 28 inches of lift on rockwells and tractor tires. it used to be on 44 boggers also but he got him some 45" tall tractor tires now. he alos pulled the 650 hp aluminum headed 383 out of his 70 model nova and put it in there too. so if yall come out you will see one hell of a show if he gets his transfercase rebuilt in time.

[79F150]

Nice yeah rag joints are a weak link to protect the steering box. Also watch your frame as I am sure you know how they like to crack. Mine did. This is also what I did to help that from happening again. http://westtexasoffroad.homestead.com/

[drok123]

oh yeah, those frames are bad about that. i will be putting hydraulic steering on there soon enough. lol...

[drok123]

well i got rid of the 71. ive had quiet a few trucks since then. i guess i need to start a build page for my new project. (FREAK SHOW)

[79F150]

Sweet do tell more!!! er or start a new thread would be awesome...