Crew cab hot rod

[NYCEGUY01]

Another weekend done after long days in the garage...
Got the exhaust all finished up. I had most of it done, screwed together and mounted yesterday but now its all welded together. I Built 3 sets of tailpipes and wasnt happy with any of them, just not enough room to get 3" pipe over the axle, around the shocks, past the hoses and wires, and out the back.
Fine, Axle dumps again...lol

The old radiator setup sucked so I got the new dual pass crossflow mounted, I recessed it into the core support so I had a little more room this time around between the rad and motor. I went with 1 big SPAL extreme duty 16" fan instead of trying to make those 2 10" ones work.
Of course the shroud put the fan motor right in the water pump to that had to get cut up to move the fan lower and of center to clear..lol

Climbed underneath and drained the axle fluid, put on the new alum cover / girdler support, and filled it back up.
At some point weatherstrip adhesive on the gasket seemed like a great idea..lol 20 min of scraping and finally a wire wheel for that mess.. Ugh..

 

[NYCEGUY01]

Its together, the hoods back on and I spent a bunch of time today playing with the tuning...
Started the morning with getting the oil changed and the shifter cable has needed adjusting since I put it together.
After all that it took abut an hour to get the IAC and Idle / start enrichment and Idle fueling all perfect so it starts up and idles nicely.
Even before this needed work there but last year I was in a hurry...
This cam has a little chop so it took a little bit to get it all right.

Runs good , stays cool, and is Noticeably faster with this setup. Still doesnt want to stall as hi as I would prefer at a stop but does flash pretty good if youre rolling. Wont know till September exactly how much faster it is though.
For now its just an odd weekend drive or cars and coffee duty...