Recent content by wrench-head

Just been sitting torn apart for the last few years since I moved into a house and have been/continue to be slammed with work and domestic projects. I've had to move parts for it around more times than I can think and getting tired of it all in the way. Been tough to get motivated to move out...

It isnt' dead but on the verge of a part out....

The front springs are custom packs from Alcan. I ordered them with a soft rate so Alcan used many thin leaves to get the soft rate and capacity. The rears are just stock packs with an add a leaf. Most think that many leaves means a stiff rate, but to get a soft progressive rate the custom...

The sway bar is a 39" from speedway engineering. The arms are their bent steel arms you cut to length. The bar is 1 1/4 solid. You can find most of the mounting parts and such from them. As far as handling around corners the thing has next to no lean. The big solid bar does it's job...

Yes the two bottom pictures are full drop on a two post lift. The angle at droop is definately ok. I unfortunately don't have room for a further dropped arm, in fact when I put in the Dana 60 this arm will have to go making the issue worse. I already have the Dodge arm and there is no way I...

Yes I have crossover steering with the steering arm on the knuckle, not inverted Y or T. The draglink is flat as it can get, but it will always exist in a leaf sprung truck with crossover. The draglink swings in an arc and the springs move straigh up and down. It isn't bad on the road, but on...

As some of you may know I have a 95 Tahoe with an ORU SAS and Alcan Leaves up front. The thing flexes great and I'll drop a few pics for reference. The only issue I have with the leaf springs is the bump steer. Everything else is excellent. I have looked into adding a panhard with the leaf...

Leaf Spring flex Here is my 95 Tahoe with an SAS on it. 48" Alcans up front and stock tahoe 54" out back.

A company called TYC makes decent stuff if they do an OEM line for these trucks. The others will most likely function the same as OEM but may degrade (yellow) faster and most likely have fitment issues. I have installed some, not sure of the brand and we had to slot all the holes on the black...

Going back to the stock headlights will be your best bet. All of the projectors like you have are horrible for light output. In an OEM setup they are great, but the cheap aftermarket "fast and furious" setups don't put out anything. A set of stock ones from a local yard and some time with a...

Well just crossed the mountains with the new motor this past weekend and she did great on all the passes. It averaged about 14 MPG which isn't great, but impressive for what it is. I calculated that with GPS since the Speedo is close but not dead on. -Alex

1K on new engine Well I have put just over a thousand miles on the new drivetrain and it is very nice. The power from the 489 is great, cruising is a breeze and grades are no problem. The rebuilt NV4500 is silent and very smooth. The doubler is hooked up and the full low range is kind of...

It was the best swap I have done in a long time. It was 2 days total minus exhaust and new driveshaft. The exhaust has been a pain though. I went with a donut style connection at the shorty headers and they do nothing but leak and fall into my cats. I am about to just order some more long...

Drivetrain Revision 2 Well it has been a while since i posted updates but a lot of progress happened recently. The truck got a new engine, transmission, and dual transfer cases. The engine is the 489" big block still fed by TBI and a custom tune. The transmission is a freshly rebuilt NV4500...

That is their normal price anyways, sale is 549 or less.