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TAWL_BOY · 03-24-2008, 10:54 PM

I'm new to this forum, so I thought I catch ya'll up on my rig:

Well my truck started as a bone stock 94 GMC Z71 that I got in 2000 with 120K on the odometer. It then got a 3" body lift and a set of used 35" BFG MTs. They rubbed bad, so I got a 6" Superlift. I destroyed the motor and tranny. So I got a new crate 350 and rebuilt tranny and got the axle gear with 4.56s and posi. So I got a used set of 38.5" SXs. They rubbed, so I did an ORD shackle flip for 4 more inches and I put higher rated torsion bars, Ford Keys, and tightened the hell out of 'em. I knew this would ride like garbage, but for the end of my Senior year I wanted the tallest truck in town.

I went off to college and got a used 94 Buick LeSabre that got 30MPGs, so Build 1 began.
ORU SAS hangers, Custom Carrier Spring 14" springs, 78 Ford HP Dana 60/14 Bolt with 5.13s and 46" Baja Claws with hydro assist.

I added a heavy duty off road bumper and 12K winch. This caused my front suspension to compress enough to make my front driveshaft essentially too long. So I hit a hard bump and it split my 241 clean apart.
This would probably cause the average person to have their driveshafts shortened. Well I took it as an opportunity to ditch the ORU hangers and build my own for a total of 7" of lift from the hangers.

This worked all good and well, until I hear that Interco was comin' out with the 54" bogger. I found a set of Dueces for $800 and I sold everything off of my tuck I could.
I went back to Carrier and had some 20" lift springs that are 6" longer than stock behind the center pin and I modified my shackle hangers accordingly.
I went with 20x14 Stazworkz double beadlocks, I did a JB conversion Super Short SYE on the 241 had a custom intermediate shaft 8" long made to go to a divorced 205.

This was all completed in Aug. I got a several runs out of that setup and enjoyed it, but I wasn't completely satisfied. I knew what I was wantin' to do, I just needed an excuse.
So when my 205 fell out of its cradle and broke my 4L60E, I figured that a good enough reason to tear the whole truck apart.

03-24-2008, 10:54 PM	#1
TAWL_BOY Registered User Status: Offline Join Date: Mar 2008 Member ID: 86159 Pics: My Gallery Location: Orange, TX Age: 24 Posts: 163	TALL_BOY's Swamp Truck Build I'm new to this forum, so I thought I catch ya'll up on my rig: Well my truck started as a bone stock 94 GMC Z71 that I got in 2000 with 120K on the odometer. It then got a 3" body lift and a set of used 35" BFG MTs. They rubbed bad, so I got a 6" Superlift. I destroyed the motor and tranny. So I got a new crate 350 and rebuilt tranny and got the axle gear with 4.56s and posi. So I got a used set of 38.5" SXs. They rubbed, so I did an ORD shackle flip for 4 more inches and I put higher rated torsion bars, Ford Keys, and tightened the hell out of 'em. I knew this would ride like garbage, but for the end of my Senior year I wanted the tallest truck in town. I went off to college and got a used 94 Buick LeSabre that got 30MPGs, so Build 1 began. ORU SAS hangers, Custom Carrier Spring 14" springs, 78 Ford HP Dana 60/14 Bolt with 5.13s and 46" Baja Claws with hydro assist. I added a heavy duty off road bumper and 12K winch. This caused my front suspension to compress enough to make my front driveshaft essentially too long. So I hit a hard bump and it split my 241 clean apart. This would probably cause the average person to have their driveshafts shortened. Well I took it as an opportunity to ditch the ORU hangers and build my own for a total of 7" of lift from the hangers. This worked all good and well, until I hear that Interco was comin' out with the 54" bogger. I found a set of Dueces for $800 and I sold everything off of my tuck I could. I went back to Carrier and had some 20" lift springs that are 6" longer than stock behind the center pin and I modified my shackle hangers accordingly. I went with 20x14 Stazworkz double beadlocks, I did a JB conversion Super Short SYE on the 241 had a custom intermediate shaft 8" long made to go to a divorced 205. This was all completed in Aug. I got a several runs out of that setup and enjoyed it, but I wasn't completely satisfied. I knew what I was wantin' to do, I just needed an excuse. So when my 205 fell out of its cradle and broke my 4L60E, I figured that a good enough reason to tear the whole truck apart.