Multi purpose C-10

[joesbruiser]

We are playing with a little c-10 that will be my sons first ride unless he decides he wants something different by the time he turns 16. He gets his learners permit in the morning so he will for sure be learning how to drive in it.
We found this truck in the corner of a local hot rod shop and was a really good deal on a roller so we gathered it up.
Here is what we started with.


After going back and forth on if we wanted to bag the truck or run coilovers with a 20/22 inch wheel combo we went with the coilovers. So a call to Porterbuilt fab, ridetech, and wilwood we had parts on the way.



For the engine I run up on a good deal on a takeout 2008 6.2 then swapped the cam and switched to a carb. Maybe not the smartest thing to do but thats what I did.


I had a feeling the truck would change directions several times until we were happy with it so I stuck it in black epoxy for now.


The fuel system is simple with a quickfuel fuel pump and a fuel safe cell.



Here it is on the 20's and 22's it did not take but a couple goodguys auto cross events to realize that the tires avalible for the 22 inch rear wheels suck.


So with my decision on the tires I bought a cheap set of 20x10 whells for all 4 corners and put a set of 265/35/20's up front and a set of 285/35/20's out back.


SO far the truck has worked pretty well,it drives good down the road,does well at autocross events and with a set of 275/60/15 drag radials it runs decent at the dragway. Its not fast but you can drive there run 7.50's @90mph in the 1/8 and drive home.


Now one day we will finish it.