Buildin my 88 Crew Cab long bed AKA STRETCH!

[WillieloRidez]

Its driving. I drove it down to wellington this morning to get exhaust on it should have it back in a few and ill take som pics

[WillieloRidez]

Ok here is some pics after i cleanded up the wiring a little, i still have to put inner fenders in it which is why the computer is wire tied out of the way. I Have been driving it since monday and it is doing awesome, i dont know if my mileage is any better as of right now as i cant seem to keep my foot out of it. I am going to be putting two electric fans on tonight and doing some other little stuff to it. As the exhaust goes it is 2 1/2in with an h-pipe and 40 series thrush mufflers, i had him dump the exhaust on each side of the tag and it sounds great.

[bharrison1]

Thats badass!!

[WillieloRidez]

Thanks! Its gettin there

[WillieloRidez]

Well the crew cab is down again. I was getting it ready to go on a trip the past week and Thursday it started running like crap. Misfiring, popping and banging out the exhaust. It will run fine in park reving it but as soon as you put a load on it it wont run to save its life. I am crossing my fingers that its not the opti-spark. Any ideas?

[bharrison1]

Any luck?

[baclay9]

How do the thrush mufflers sound? Are they comparable to flowmasters or what?
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[WillieloRidez]

Originally Posted by bharrison1

Any luck?

It ended up being a fuel pressure problem. It carrys 42psi at idle but when driving it it drops too 10psi. We still havent figured out what is causing it we thought it was the pressure regulator but that did not work so its still in limbo.

[WillieloRidez]

Originally Posted by baclay9

How do the thrush mufflers sound? Are they comparable to flowmasters or what?
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The thrush 40 series sound identical to 40 series flowmasters but are about half the price! I was impressed

[WillieloRidez]

Well i have an update. After a week and a half of investigating turns out all that was wrong with the truck was water in the gas tank. Go figure. Easy fix so im happy

[bharrison1]

[joe231]

I'm glad you got it figured out!!

[WillieloRidez]

Thanks now hopefully it will last a while.

[joe231]

Me too!
When are you planning on paint?
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[WillieloRidez]

I have a body guy coming over to look at it today to maybe do some trading on the paint work. Im hoping to have it painted pretty soon its hard giving it up though as much fun it is to drive. I have only got to drive it three days in a month.

[WillieloRidez]

Well more bad news. I was driving it today and the A/C compressor locked up on it. So its down again until i can afford a new one.

[bharrison1]

Damn that sucks

[joe231]

[WillieloRidez]

Ya it sucks big time. I put a new evaporator and dryer on it along with new lines when we did the motor swap guess i should of replaced the compressor while i was there. It is supposed to got to the body shop this coming up thursday to get jammed inside, the doors under the hood and firewall and we are going to put the outside in sealer just t get it through the winter then paint it in the spring.

[bharrison1]

you could get an ac delete pulley to get you by

[WillieloRidez]

Where do you get that at?

[joe231]

parts store carries them, but I dunno on the LT-1
where is the compressor mounted and what kind of compressor?
You might be able to just get a shorter belt to completely bypass the a/c

[bharrison1]

can get ac delete pulley at gm dealership around forty bucks or poormans probably the one on douglas has everything

[joe231]

Autozone has them for the trucks for $32

[WillieloRidez]

Thanks guys. The lt1 is mounted on the lower passenger side of the motor. We had to take about a 2x8 section of the frame out to get it too clear. As of the type of compressor i do not know. I called oriellys and they have a new one for 185. I just wish i new someone that had a recovery system to suck the freon out so i atleast wont have to spend that money again.