If I'm being totally honest, I don't know the total on whole build. If I were to guess, probably $40k including the purchase of the truck. I was keeping count on the engine and driveline in the beginning. Engine, trans, all the Holley components, custom pieces....roughly $15k. I have no idea how many hours I have in it total.
I don't have many spare parts. I typically use all my original parts on my builds. If I don't, it's probably because that item is junk for some reason (damaged, rotten, etc).
Hey Dan. The wheels are GM 15x8 Styled wheels. The tires are 255 70 15 Cooper Cobras. And I agree, that is a nice wheel and tire size for these old trucks!
Great video, thanks for sharing this with us. I was wondering about a couple of things, though... 1 _ After each run, the results are shown. What do the numbers after the "=" sign represent? 2 _ Did the engine use the stock cam or something hotter? If it wasn't stock, what cam was used? Thanks in advance for any answers you can provide. You guys rawk.👍
@@SquaredAwayGarage Ah, ok. Now I see what its saying. Yeah, that makes sense. Thanks for answering my questions. That's a really nice truck. Thanks for sharing it with us. 👍
It sounds like it wants more rpms. I'd say get that intake heat soak figured out and let it sing alittle longer. I know you said exhaust is coated but have you considered wrapping it up also, I feel like it's a must with my long tubes. Those cast manifolds might let some less heat escape but when they get hot they will retain heat longer as well.
The intake and the exhaust are ceramic coated. And there is an aircraft grade insulation on the bottom of the intake manifold. The heat soak issue made a big impact on the dyno because there wasn't much air moving in the engine bay. On the street it hasn't been an issue. We say 175 degree intake air temps on the dyno. That came up little by little over the hour and half the truck was up there. On the street I see intake air temps about 10-15 above ambient so far. It hasn't been very hot here yet, but at 75 degrees ambient my intake air temp has been running around 85 to 90.
Stock crank and rods, except they are balanced and have ARP Hardware. New pistons. SBC Valves. Roller Cam and rockers. Beehive valve springs and modern valve seals. Lump ports. Custom intake and exhaust (modified Clifford pieces). EFI and coil on plug ignition. Everything is run by a Dominator ECU.
Aside from the Clifford headers which have been modified also, it is a custom exhaust system. The muffler in this video is a Flowmaster 50HD with dual 2.5" inlet and outlet.
Its a little difficult to put an exact number on. There was quite a bit of donated help from a good friend of mine that owns a machine shop. Many pieces have modifications that range from extensive to minimal. I can tell you that you can do a lot more for a lot less with a V8. Or simply could have bolted on a turbo. I'm probably into it 12-15K in hard money and would have been closer to 20K if I would have paid for the custom machine work. This was an exercise to see exactly how much new tech could overcome old design deficiencies and to just plain do something that was different than every other LS swapped car out there. In the end I learned that the modern components didn't improve the efficiency of the engine nearly as much as I expected. But I did end up with sharp looking good running little 292.
