Recent content by alignman88
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Say hello to Pearl
Dear diary, It’s been 6 days and still no sight of land. Yet the Captain insists we continue cleaning his precious Pearl…just in case. Trip 4 Thursday night to car wash but this time I took a long angled pry bar and scraped the 3-4 inch thick delta gumbo clay out of the wheel wells and...- alignman88
- Post #5
- Forum: Member Trucks
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How much paint?
Definitely should be concerned about the off the shelf primer. It doesn’t sand well wet or dry that I’ve found and tends to curl up and lift more than sand flat. If you don’t have easy access to a air compressor with enough cfm for a a spray gun go to your local automotive paint store and ask...- alignman88
- Post #12
- Forum: Paint / Body / Detailing
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Say hello to Pearl
Pearl’s even the girl with that Kung -fu G80 grip!- alignman88
- Post #4
- Forum: Member Trucks
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Say hello to Pearl
It’s ok for a 98 overall, EVERY piece of interior trim is intact, dash is cracked but (treasure yard exactly .6 miles away full of em) has a very nice steel cowl hood that fits like OE but it needs a proper base/clear refresh easy under $100 in materials Saturday job. My buddy is the regional...- alignman88
- Post #3
- Forum: Member Trucks
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Say hello to Pearl
Well I did a couple things. Got a wild hair to sell my killer 2013 GMC crew cab and get a ‘07-2010 regular cab 2wd to slam and use for a daily. Crew cab sold super fast, and as luck would have it the 3 trucks I really wanted sold dang it! I’m in St. Louis so everything here is a rusty turd for...- alignman88
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- Forum: Member Trucks
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Build of my ‘88 RCSB C1500 owned for 20 years
Got the core support/cooling system mounted, fans plugged into relays, just need to connect the fan trigger wires to the Sniper system before getting the rest of the wires tidy and hidden as possible. Headers (Hedman 69840) fit nicely without a hammer and don’t hang below the frame rails, now...- alignman88
- Post #62
- Forum: Street Build Threads
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95-99 Holley terminator X max integration
Im building an 88 with traditional small block with 700R4 trans and using the Sniper Stealth and full Hyperspark CDI/Dist/coil instead of the TermX. Using a Chiltons manual for wiring diagrams I labeled every wire at each connector, then one by one de-pinned ones I don’t need from the ECM...- alignman88
- Post #17
- Forum: 96+ Vortec Performance + Computer Swaps
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What seat/vehicle to look for?
I put buckets/console in my ‘88 out of a ‘13, the drivers is power passenger is manual. You only need a power and ground wire ran to the seats, and their is already the seatbelt buzzer wires ran to drivers side. You will need to cut the “legs” or risers off the tracks then either make brackets...- alignman88
- Post #6
- Forum: OEM and Custom Interiors
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Post your pic now!!!!
Still in construction purgatory.- alignman88
- Post #107
- Forum: Offroad Chat / Trail Ride Reports / Carnage
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Build of my ‘88 RCSB C1500 owned for 20 years
I couldn’t find an upper radiator mount/cover that looked the way I wanted since I changed the radiator to an AlloyWorks dual fan 4 row unit and centered the radiator in the core support. Now the entire cooling area is matching the core support opening and isn’t triggering my ‘tism when I look...- alignman88
- Post #57
- Forum: Street Build Threads
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Keep your OBS
After almost 2 decades in automotive shop equipment manufacturing what I’ve seen starting in mid 2020 was all the small components are causing the issues with overall quality on everything. First choice component suppliers faced price increases and massive shortages so second and third tier...- alignman88
- Post #45
- Forum: Paint / Body / Detailing
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Best budget scanner that will do all systems?
Check out Topdon diagnostics. User friendly and many different levels of capabilities and packages available. https://www.topdon.us/- alignman88
- Post #4
- Forum: Transmissions
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1999 tahoe 4 door lowering question
Another company makes control arms that are narrower to counter the Belltech dropped spindle pushing wheels out a bit. Elevated Concepts out of Idaho, and I believe it’s just him doing it all so quality is real nice. Even has a rack and pinion steering conversion kit that’s fairly priced IMO. Go...- alignman88
- Post #10
- Forum: Lowered and Bagged Suspension
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Dropped Bucket Seat Brackets
Stark Fabworks makes what you’re looking for. https://starkfabworks.com/products/c-k-1500-seat-brackets I made some for mine with 2” angle, it can be seen on my build thread.- alignman88
- Post #5
- Forum: OEM and Custom Interiors
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Build of my ‘88 RCSB C1500 owned for 20 years
It is a traditional SBC 383 but is bored .060 over equating to 388”. The parts contained in the Holley mid mount are easily sourced should there be a failure on the road. I believe the power steering pump, 150 amp alternator and AC compressor are all C7 Corvette type and the water pump that...- alignman88
- Post #53
- Forum: Street Build Threads
