I'm Cheating On You...

[Robbomaz]

I saw the start of this thread and got all excited....well still am, but I saw S10 and thought Syclone......

[ZEUS]

Just trade it in on this one!

HAHA! I just can't get away from that one aye! $28k is prolly a great deal tho! I'll think about it...

I can tell you right now that everyone hands down for power uses longtubes on the truck motors. However, space considerations obviously come into play here. I am running shorties, but am concerned with them coming very close to the frame. Block huggers are also an option. Just remember that you can use car parts too. Some of the older gen 3 vettes came with titanium exhaust IIRC. I can also check the clearance rack at summit for you if you decide on a particular type. I still think my idea of the motorcycle muffler zoomies is the best though

GO ZOOMIES!!! Some company has some mid-length headers for sale but I don't see there is room in my app. Not even for block huggers! Still 315hp works just fine for me! So it looks like I am going to have to settle for 98-99 F-body LS1 manifolds. I'm using junkyarddog.com in hopes of a quick find. EBay only has the drivers side listed right now. I don't think I would have to modify them but here is what some have had to do:
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I saw the start of this thread and got all excited....well still am, but I saw S10 and thought Syclone......

So did I... thought Sy/Ty I mean. I was looking at Typhoons and thought it would be awesome to have the world's only "Trailphoon" but starting with a Typhoon made no sense to me so I will make one my own way! Already bought the Typhoon style grill and have some functional design ideas that mimic the body cladding. 1st things 1st tho...

[ZEUS]

For Halloween this year I dressed up as a mechanic and partied in the yard and garage!

I pulled a steering box out of an '80 2wd Astro van for the flipped pitman arm location. Exact same box as the S-10 just different output shaft. I really like how the Cherokee 44 drag link and the stock Astro pitman arm line up. The drag link is bent though.






I also pulled a steering shaft from an XJ Cherokee because of its slim u-joints versus the S-10 rag joint and bulky CV joint looking thing. I had to hammer it apart and cut off the friction pads and then sand off the paint from the inner shaft before I could collapse it enough to fit.


I also pulled a Hydroboost unit out of a '94 AWD Astro van to add a bit more room to the bay as well as increase braking abilities. I'm going to have to study which proportioning valves will work best for an app like this. The Hydro bolts up to the same spot but I need to fab up an inner mounting plate.


While all that was being trial fit, my apprentice tore in to the dash and removed the column.


It was a great Halloween party!!!

[vt_maverick]

Looks like you need Buffy the Rust Slayer to stop by for a few days.

[ZEUS]

HAHA! Yeah I bought a Blazer with no rust so that I could swap in rusty parts! Everything will have to be swapped, modified, fabbed, fitted, and removed before I start the beautifying process.

[RamAirZ]

Ya get everything fitting right then make it pretty, would suck to cut up a pretty part because it doesn't fit

[Ascinder]

Dude that engine is fitting in there tight! Those exhaust manifolds are going to be cooking your other components. Nice to see the progress too. What are you putting in place of that column, or did you just remove it to get it out of the way? I'm still on the fence whether to keep my stock VX steering wheel or go with something different. I think by law you still have to have the airbags to drive on road IIRC. Did you get those dirty dingo mounts for the engine? I'd like to see how they turned out.

[ZEUS]

Dude that engine is fitting in there tight! Those exhaust manifolds are going to be cooking your other components. Nice to see the progress too. What are you putting in place of that column, or did you just remove it to get it out of the way? I'm still on the fence whether to keep my stock VX steering wheel or go with something different. I think by law you still have to have the airbags to drive on road IIRC. Did you get those dirty dingo mounts for the engine? I'd like to see how they turned out.

Dude, everything fits tight! You are going to be in the same boat! I'll prob'ly swap columns for a non-column-shift unit and floor shifter. The column shifter linkage, fuel lines, brake lines, exhaust pipe, driveshaft, radius arm... would all be in one spot otherwise. At least I can get the linkage out of the way and have a cool shifter to boot.

[Ascinder]

Dude, everything fits tight! You are going to be in the same boat!

That sounds about right. I was(am) in denial about it, but now you have to go throwing that reality in face. Ah well, time to go look for a bigger prybar and plunger.

[RamAirZ]

Dude, everything fits tight!

Thank god that's how my wife is

[Bob Barker]

ahh, it's good to dream larger than life isn't it?

[D-19]

That's A Cucv In The Garage! Why Get An S-10 When There Is A Cucv Near By!!!!! in the first picture anyway

[pbkid]

everything fits tight!

thats what she said........

[nfpgasmask]

Lookin good, J-roc. Got back from Japan 48 hours ago. Still in a daze. More soon.

Bart

[ZEUS]

I kinda figured that's where you were. I imagine you are going to have a nice blog entry on LJ soon...? Looking forward to some info and stories!