5 Years Later - It's Not a "new" Project, And Not a New Member Anymore!!!

[syborg tt]

The joint speaks for itself.



Here you can see how close we kept it to the Seat.





Remounted the Vintage Air and Gas Pedal.
We also located the brake pedal but I forgot to take a picture.



Okay Last picture -- located the BS3 to under the Dash. It will still be on the same removable mount.



That's it for now - Next weeks should be interesting.

[black2002ls]

that joint is AMAZING. definately first class work!

[syborg tt]

Okay it's been a very long week. My little one got sick and my wife and i spent the entire week taking care of her. Seems that a stomach bug can turn into phenomena. Crazy huh.

Well back to our regular build updates. My oldest Daughter and i went to the chassis shop to install the engine and headers to make sure everything was centered up again. We have some minor adjusting to do on the heades to square everything up.

Last week Dave finished up the Remote Wiper Install.and mounted the Big Stuff.

This is the tube that the cable runs in







Dave also created a steel mock up of the factory Dash.
We are going to remove 1" out of the bottom to make it just a little smaller then factory.

[syborg tt]

It's Amazing how much room is under the dash is you remove all the plastic junk behind the pad.





Finally the motor is Centered in the Engine Bay

[stonebreaker]

Marty,

I'm very interested in how you do the dash. That's one of the areas I'd like to upgrade on my build, and frankly, I really don't have much of a clue how to do it. It won't look the same, as I already know what I want, I just need to know HOW to do it.

On a totally unrelated note, if you haven't finalized the fuel system for the added horsepower, I have a suggestion. Instead of one huge pump that runs all the time and heats up your gas, might I suggest two pumps? One for daily driving and one for WOT operation. You can use either a Hobbs switch that turns it on when your boost gets above a certain level, or use a WOT switch on the throttle, like a nitrous system. That way, you don't heat your fuel and you don't have to hear the giant pump when you're just cruising. I also like to use a fuel cooler on the return line, although with an aluminum fuel tank radiating heat shouldn't be a problem.

[syborg tt]

Happy Friday man has this been a tough week. Long Story !!

Dave made the dash panel it's amazing how close to factory it looks.
We made a couple Cluster Housing Surrounds I should have some more pics on Saturday.



The dash is actually 1" Shorter then the factory dash.
Hard to tell from the pics but the P-Side is one inch lower the D-Side from the Factory.
We decided to make the dash the same height from left to right.



Hard to tell from the pics but the all of the radius bends in the truck match.
I plan to have my Buddy Opie come out and help plan the Radio/Navagation in the dash.



My goal is to make sure the Dash looks like something the factory could have built.
When you look in the truck I want people to think it's the stock Dash modified.



The motor is finally mounted (tacked) back in place. Dave also evened up everything again.

[Sales@Dutchboys]

MAN!!! that looks like its going to be sweet! Keep us updated!

[syborg tt]

Yep the string is back.



You can see the new Motor mounts. I think this is the third Set.



Once we are certain that this is the final location of the motor Dave is going to box the mounts.



That's it for tonight more to come on Saturday