BUILDER Posted January 7, 2009 Report Posted January 7, 2009 My buddies decided that he wanted to build a pickup so we started with a 4 wheel drive extended cab S-10 with a 4.3 V6 in it. It now has a 454 that i built for him that is pushing around 550 horse with a turbo 400 and a 205 transfer case. We are putting a dana 60 in the front and a 14 bolt in the rear with 4.88 gears and he is going to run cut 39.5 boggers all the way around on it. It should run like a rapped ape when we are done. We got the motor, tranny and transfer mount last night now just working on headers. It is a fun project i will post some more pics as we go. Quote
BUILDER Posted January 7, 2009 Author Report Posted January 7, 2009 (edited) Edited January 7, 2009 by motor builder Quote
ny98banshee350 Posted January 7, 2009 Report Posted January 7, 2009 is there a reason y ur usin a 14 bolt in rear? also y 4.88 and not 5.10's 39's are big tires to b pushin around Quote
bbcmudtruck Posted January 7, 2009 Report Posted January 7, 2009 If you reach your 550hp goal, 4.88s will be just right. I ran 44 uncut boggers with 410s and 600hp, and that was in a full size truck. I ran a beefed up 44 in the front with a 205 in the middle and a 14 bolt factory posi out back. If all your going to do is mud race, research the beefed up 44. It saves you quite a bit of weight and not to mention ground clearance. Plus it will only be $600 fully built as opposed to $1k for a stock 60. Cool project man!! Quote
BUILDER Posted January 7, 2009 Author Report Posted January 7, 2009 is there a reason y ur usin a 14 bolt in rear? also y 4.88 and not 5.10's 39's are big tires to b pushin around The reson we are using a 14 bolt is becasue we took the running gear out of his other chevy. 488 are plenty of gear for what we are doing. I have 5.13 in my chevy with cut 44 boggers but with 39.5 we normally run 4.88. We run them on the dunes and in the mud we are not rock crawling. Quote
BUILDER Posted January 7, 2009 Author Report Posted January 7, 2009 If you reach your 550hp goal, 4.88s will be just right. I ran 44 uncut boggers with 410s and 600hp, and that was in a full size truck. I ran a beefed up 44 in the front with a 205 in the middle and a 14 bolt factory posi out back. If all your going to do is mud race, research the beefed up 44. It saves you quite a bit of weight and not to mention ground clearance. Plus it will only be $600 fully built as opposed to $1k for a stock 60. Cool project man!! Thanks i ran a built up 44 in the front of my chevy and with 44's i could not keep that damn thing together. You must have had better shit in your than i did in mine lol. The only reason we are running the 60 is because we already have it and i already but the 4.88 gears in it we he said what the hell lets run it. I am sure we will change it many times before we decide on the exact setup. Quote
travis6767 Posted January 8, 2009 Report Posted January 8, 2009 have fun with the headers, we did this with my buddies s10 and we used shorty headers and that was just a sbc, man it was a bitch, ended up cutting some of the floor board out. that was just a 2wd too Quote
BUILDER Posted January 8, 2009 Author Report Posted January 8, 2009 have fun with the headers, we did this with my buddies s10 and we used shorty headers and that was just a sbc, man it was a bitch, ended up cutting some of the floor board out. that was just a 2wd too LOL ya that has been the fun part. We have ordered 2 set so far and the last set fit but you couldnt bolt the front fenders back on. We have a set now that are going to work we are changing them just a little but they will work good they are fender well headers. Quote
THE358BANSH Posted January 12, 2009 Report Posted January 12, 2009 BBC S10s are soo much fun! The fenderwells are the way to go, make life so much easier. Below is a set that I built last year, 505 inch, th350, nine inch rear, backhalf truck that goes 9.6x all day long... Evan Quote
BUILDER Posted January 12, 2009 Author Report Posted January 12, 2009 BBC S10s are soo much fun! The fenderwells are the way to go, make life so much easier. Below is a set that I built last year, 505 inch, th350, nine inch rear, backhalf truck that goes 9.6x all day long... Evan That is a damn nice looking header. You dont happen to have a pic of the other side do you? LOL and i dont think this one will be doing and 9 second runs. Quote
THE358BANSH Posted January 13, 2009 Report Posted January 13, 2009 Ask and you shall receive... Quote
BUILDER Posted January 13, 2009 Author Report Posted January 13, 2009 Ask and you shall receive... You do some damn nice work. I dont believe i have the stuff to fab up a set of headers that nice. I wanted to see the drivers side to see who your steering was done. We will get our new headers today so i hope i dont need to change them to much i got the radiator mounted last night i will get some pics of it we put it in the bed since this will be a mudding and sand drag rig. Quote
THE358BANSH Posted January 14, 2009 Report Posted January 14, 2009 The steering isnt too bad, I just dropped the coloumn in the firewall about 1.5" or so. That picture was from when it had a manual box. Since then, I put a narrowed mustang II rack in it, and dropped the motor 4 inches down and 2.5 inches back. The coloumn exits the firewall in the same place as before, but the shaft goes in between 3 and 5 primaries just for distance reference. If the motor is in the right spot, you can almost always get away with a one piece steering shaft. Evan Quote
BUILDER Posted January 14, 2009 Author Report Posted January 14, 2009 The steering isnt too bad, I just dropped the coloumn in the firewall about 1.5" or so. That picture was from when it had a manual box. Since then, I put a narrowed mustang II rack in it, and dropped the motor 4 inches down and 2.5 inches back. The coloumn exits the firewall in the same place as before, but the shaft goes in between 3 and 5 primaries just for distance reference. If the motor is in the right spot, you can almost always get away with a one piece steering shaft. Evan Cool i figured that was were i was going to need to run the shaft but i have not got the headers on it yet to be sure. They should have got in last night and i am going tonight to get them mounted and hopefully my push rods showed up so i can get the motor finished up tonight also. Quote
278 Posted January 14, 2009 Report Posted January 14, 2009 Hey buddy speaking of the axle have you seen the 14 bolt conversions they do so you can run a 14 bolt in the front like you were talking about with the 44? If you build it right they're pretty cheap and stand up alot better than the Dana 60 Quote
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