Bigrick31's 04 Sliverado Project Log

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

and this is why im selling my stock hood. Went to chevy today and picked up a brand spankin new HD hood for my truck

the marks on the hood are really just cardboard that i havnt taken off yet

 

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

so i put in about 12 hours on the truck today and heres what we got!

Removed my stock booster

A shot of the hydro booster inside the cab. i need a break pedal from a hd chevy as you may notice the pin on my stock break pedal sits below the booster now.

Cut away the drivers side of the firewall. I left the circle piece intact so that i can use the stock grommet when the firewall is welded up.

The new intake

another shot. I am able to use all my stock sensors hopefully it will all work well.

another shot

 

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

And here is how you make an EDC out of a York compressor

a new old stock bmw york compressor i bought for $30

here is part of the v belt clutch that contains all the electrical for the edc

make sure the thing is grounded

and added the pulley to the edc.

removed the back cover plates so i can add the air fittings. When i removed them they let out a little pressure kinda startled me. then oil started leaking out.

Breather filter

make sure you add these little nipples inside the unit.

all fittings installed for now. then i had to mnake a home depot run

 

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

and here it is on the truck

installed a check valve so i wont blow this one up!

 

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

New B&M ****** cooler installed

added the new lines

escalade power steering pump installed. it has an extra line coming out of it that is to be used with my hydro booster.

the new location of my computer. got it da fawk outa my engine bay! and thats all for tonight cuz its hella cold out and my nuts are freezing to my legs!

 

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

cut up the fenders

both fenders fit now.

a little tucking

testing the new hood

Looks like i wanna be about 5" lower.

Thats as low as its going for now. its on the ****** crosmember if i went lower id drag the exhaust. Ill just have to wait untill i can redo that as well.

 

[dbornotdb 10+ year member]

Hell ya.

Glad you showed us the update pics.

How lon till you decide to make it lay body?

 

[jdc753 10+ year member]

Very nice there, love the york conversion, was planning on doing that with my old ford 4x4 definitely a better way of going instead of some electric compressors.

Dang you guys go through a lot of stuff to "lay frame" or body or what not lol, I think I would be happy with it just on the crossmember.

Keep up the good work and keep us posted.

 

[Rc 415 10+ year member]

never seen the york compressor thing before, whats it for?

 

[dbornotdb 10+ year member]

never seen the york compressor thing before, whats it for?

On Board Air Compressor.

It uses the motor to fill the tanks for the suspension. It can fill a 5 gallon tank to 150 PSI in about 20 secs compared to an electric compressor that would take 1.5 - 2 minutes.

 

I myself will be running a dual scuba tank with an electric back up compressor.

 

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

275 amp alternator

inner fenders

2/0 battery cable

fuse block to hook my pressure swirth and compressors and other accessories to

 

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

changing engine ground to 2/0

 

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

making a template

put it to sheet matal

 

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

relocating battery to the back

distro block

with this distro block by knukonceptz you put the wire through a compression fitting and bend the strands back around the fitting then compress it into the block

 

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

escalade engine cover on