Project Cocaine

[George C]

Some of you have followed my truck over the yrs. From its first turbo setup in 08 to its twins in 2010 and now for 2014 the truck is going back to an auto. I had enough of the issues that are related to the manual and power setup for me the change and go back to an auto. The last issue was my firewall split from the clutch master, with all the pressure always applied from the pedal.

so for this revision of the truck i got rid of alot of un needed weight. Weight form the skirts, weight from the front bumper, system and etc



i then wanted a change in interior, so went with SEM landau black interior dye and had my panels dyed black. Also went ahead and had my headliner redone in black suede



at this point i felt it was time to stiffen up the chassis some by doing a roll bar. I went ahead and did a 8 point chromo
with with 3/16 polycarbonate for the rear glass
wanted removable door bars as this is a street truck and not a full race truck. the wife wanted the door bars to be removable for when she drives the truck

[George C]

been working on filling the stake pockets in the bed, the 3rd brake light and doing a little mini tubing








doing the tubs now since the bed is getting a spray-in liner and dont want to mess with cutting apart bed later for when i consider doing some suspension work

[George C]

finished up the factory style mini tubs, once the truck goes to body shop it will be getting a white spray in liner

[George C]

started getting firewall ready for paint work... shaved off everything i wasnt using anymore, relocating the wiring harness and filled up a bunch of holes

[George C]

since im about looks little more then i am all out race. I wanted things to look as good as i could this one last time on this truck. So i decided to have my built 4l80 painted to match my motor. I dropped it off at body shop to have it painted basecoat/clearcoat with PPG products. paint color is arrival blue




since 2006 my truck has had white leather door inserts to go with the two tone leather seats, for 2014 i wanted a all new look. i chose to have my interior dyed with SEM landau black and my door inserts done with black suede

[George C]

Finished up the underbed fuel cell filler door tonight, tried to keep it as stock looking as I could

[George C]

tonight worked on getting the carpet in place. Started off with applying a nice layer of Dynaliner thru out cab floor and firewall


next up is how the carpet fits and a pic of how little of the bar sticks up thru floor before the clevis



heres a close up of my carbonfiber door bar protector

[George C]

Spent tonight modifying the stock seat brackets to work with the corbeaus. Nice thing about this is can still use the side trim pieces to cover up seat frame.

You can also see how well the bar is tucked up against the door

[George C]

decided to take a different path as for power plant in this truck...went ahead and bought a LSX block then dropped it off at machineshop

[George C]

[George C]

with the 3rd brake light gone, it was time to have roof repainted and the bed liner was done

[George C]

little block action

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[George C]

had the wheel side of my front fenders bedlined




also had my widened wheel tubs done in bedliner

[George C]

well truck was finished up and assembled











all loaded up and ready to head home




the hitch hole in the roll pan is for the chute mount that will be added in near future

[George C]

Contacted a Tint guy and had him come to the garage and tint out the truck.

Front windshield is 35%
sides are 5%
rear is 5%
also had a 2" black vinyl border on the rear to help hide the screws

[George C]

chute is all finished up, straight race truck stuff

[George C]

heres a pic of my Mast heads being drilled for 1/2 studs

[George C]

well My heads showed up and I went a different direction, instead of the Mast 275s I now have the Mast 295s

the mast 295s have a 2.25 intake valve

ive measured the ports and my exhaust port measures 1 13/16 x 1 3/4
my intake port measures 1.260 x 3.250

if you look at the pics my holley Hi ram is much smaller and will need to be ported
I measured that as well and it comes out to .95 x 3.1

[George C]

Paid the machine shop a visit and brought home the heart for Cocaine

[George C]

a run down of motor

Mast 295cc 12* cathedral heads
Diamond ls7 pistons
Callies dragon slayer
Oliver billet I beams
ARP 1/2" head studs torqued to 120ftlbs
ATI super damper with aluminum hub
cam 235/243 646/664 114+4
compression is around 9.68:1 i wanted 10.0 but head swap dropped it
Ported Holley Hi-ram 102
LSX block
Lunati Tie bar lifters
ARP mains hardware