What did you do to your FSC today?

[stockchevy1983]

What did I do with my fullsize....I used it today to haul a 3/4 ton of top soil.


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[1988 GMC 355]

Better you shoveling that then me

[stockchevy1983]

Yea. Next year im looking into installing a bolt on hydraulic dump for my stock bed. Will be easier emptying the bed.

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[1988 GMC 355]

FOr sure, then you could make some money on the side too.

[ieetgluu]

Feels good to drive mine again, almost got pulled over. A motorcycle cop, I saw him on the highway before I pulled on. He slowly made his way up to me and stayed in my left rear corner. He matched my speed and I saw him intently staring at the bedless/fenderless rear of my truck (I'm sure the loud dumped flowmasters weren't helping my case either).... he was thinking about it for quite a while, I ended up faking a right turn at a roundabout to see what he would do and he decided to keep going... but he circled the roundabout three times still thinking about going after me and eventually exited the roundabout the opposite direction we entered and heading back the way we came from.... never have I come across an indecisive police officer. Usually when I do get pulled over I am able to talk or reduce the ticket, depending on what was done. But they don't think twice about pulling me over.

Dont you just love it when people/cops match your speed and hover in your blind spot area? Cops should atleast have a clue, but they still do it too

[04SilveradoMykk]

Dont you just love it when people/cops match your speed and hover in your blind spot area? Cops should atleast have a clue, but they still do it too

I was getting the impression he was staying there in order quickly get behind my truck and throw on the lights. But yes, blind spot drivers are bad.... rolling road block in front of you (where drivers in both lanes match each others slow speed) is worse.

[stockchevy1983]

FOr sure, then you could make some money on the side too.

I def wouldnt mind doing more work if I had that setup. Be alot easier. Amazon has them for about 1400 shipped to my door.

[1988 GMC 355]

Not to terrible, brace it up and take a weekend to install and on your way.

[stockchevy1983]

Not to terrible, brace it up and take a weekend to install and on your way.

Exactly.

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[slopez2500]

havent been on in a long time. last night i threw some factory steelies on after i painted them black and mounted some tires. she was a little too low for the pot holes around here tho so i took them off. think ill call them my "show rims"

[stockchevy1983]

That sits nice.

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[GMCTruck21]

ill put it on a *dyno* soon. Its gonna be pulling some huge numbers so be ready!

*edit*my new phone decides that synopsis is what should bs entered when I type dyno

[04SilveradoMykk]

Not the cleanest job, but I blacked out the 'dead' gauges in the cluster. Replaced the stepper motor in the Speedo and mounted the mechanical gauges. I know it doesn't look like much, but it's much cleaner than how it was before.



Thats just water on the steering wheel. Weird weather in northern Az, sideways rain on a sunny day.

A couple more little projects to do before I take off on the road trip. I'm even thinking of installing a home made PCV/oil catch can. I am debating installing turn downs after my FM's or just leaving them open.

My trailer fenders didn't make it in time for me to mount them up before I go, so it looks like I'll be running mudflaps to Cali from Az. Hopefully that's good enough. Later I'll make a fuel pump mount with the aluminum angle stock.

[BigBoyZ71]

Drove it for 2 hours from training to home. TGIF!

[stockchevy1983]

I spent about 7.5 hours of doing a damn tune up on mine. I have a thread in maintenance area. Was a nightmare. Everything was breaking and just not going my way. But now she runs great.

[smaurno]

Got rid of some mods and returned things back to stock. About a year ago I got a radiator out of a junk yard. It was 28 inches wide instead of the stock 20'' which I thought was no big deal until I put it in. First, the fan shroud didn't fit and the ends of the radiator stuck out from the sides. I fabricated radiator mounts, but later discovered that instead of pulling air through the radiator and A/C condensor, the fan was pulling air through gaps between the fan shroud and the oversized radiator. Then I discovered that the drive belt was interfering with the lower radiator hose which now was in a different position because of the wider radiator so I removed the air pump and installed a shorter belt which solved that problem however resulted in lots of noise when I turned the A/C on. I could have installed an idler pully, but the air pump is essentially that once you remove all the pollution junk connected to it, so I stuck it back in, got a correct sized radiator and reinstalled the original belt. It all works much better now.

[plskthompson]

Hitched a 28' bumper pull camper to her. Going for a short camping trip this weekend.

[sfsc]

went to the 1/8th today to see what kind of gains I got over stock with my meager collection of go parts. I expected to be the slowest there but it turns out I actually had a few cars I could pick on. Bunch of V6 Mustangs there, ... probably my best competition. Bit faster than a stock automatic and a bit slower than a 5 speed with a decent driver. Not much bragging rights there, but a V6 full size keeping up with a V6 sports car is good enough for me until my V8 swap

[14GDHPs4ME]

Bro.....are you ever gonna get a bed for that thing?

[rmodel65]

went to the 1/8th today to see what kind of gains I got over stock with my meager collection of go parts. I expected to be the slowest there but it turns out I actually had a few cars I could pick on. Bunch of V6 Mustangs there, ... probably my best competition. Bit faster than a stock automatic and a bit slower than a 5 speed with a decent driver. Not much bragging rights there, but a V6 full size keeping up with a V6 sports car is good enough for me until my V8 swap

LOL at the mustang being called a sports car...im a mustang fanatic but its no sports car. also the new 2012+ v6 mustangs are 305hp from the factory so youre still gonna have so stiff competition....and earlier cars with the 4.2 out of an f150 will surprise you esp if they are boosted