so i go to start my truck yesterday and it wouldn't start so when i got off work pulled the alternator off and had it tested and all 3 things failed on it so i bought a new one another 100 bucks and now it seems to be running and starting better damn truck is just expensive lol but i love it

 

so not much done to the truck yet but i did install one of those pilot wireless things on my air ride it is pretty cool and i went over to a buddies today and he showed me some air horns and i told him i was looking for a set and he told me that when i get ready to put them on he will give me a set and they are f***ing loud they are peterbilt horns time to scare some people

 

so i got my seat covers on and i ordered a beer tap handle and put it on my shifter it looks pretty cool check it out

 

shifter looks good now you just need some carpet. lol

 

Haha. Sweet!

 

so it looks as i am going to be putting a 302 in my truck my buddy is going to trade me his motor and tranny for mine and he is going to help install it

 

well today i finally checked the front suspension on the truck and noticed the lower ball joints were really lose i mean only like 3 threads was holding them on so i tightened the pass side and it worked fine went to tighten the drivers and the nut was stripped and flew off and broke my shock mount off . so i went to buy a new ball joint and no one has them in stock and not to mention 70 bucks a piece so i ordered 2 on ebay for 35 bucks hopefully this will fix the problem of why my truck shakes if i don't hold the steering wheel in the middle

 

dang.... least you fix it now then later

 

well got off work i today and my ball joints came so i put them on and now all it does is pull to the right maybe alignment or tires i don't know oh and i also got my new steering wheel i ordered and it is actually pretty cool i love the feel of it and its not that hard to drive heres some pix of the steering wheel

 

got some cheap carpet to put down for now it looks better just doing it for temporary

 

well my truck will be going to a buddies next weekend to start the motor swap and the bodydrop how many inches is the best without going through too much work?

 

i'd say fold the pinch minimum and lay rocker.

if you want it body dropped, that 3/4" will bug the hell out of you if you leave it.

or...... you could go to the door!

 

so yesterday went to my buddies and started tearing the truck apark again and got pretty far as you can see in the pics oh also putting a tilt bed on the truck and a full tilt front end its gonna look bad ass

 

so we cut the front today to z it but i need to know how much is the best to z it by the cab and the front any help would help alot also pulled the motor and tranny today

 

There is a tech article on here that can help you...http://www.twistedminis.com

 

the z will need to be somewhere between 1-1.5". the front will need to be the same amount as the z, plus the amount of the bodydrop.

 

There it is...

Update on the Black Widow that took over my garage. The Professor hacked off the extra bed mounts, shock mounts, and spring mounts. I propped the front frame stands up on 2x4's, put a spreader bar between the frame under the cab, and there it is. Old man Lincoln and his weapon of choice (6013 stick) stuck her back together like new. Gimme a day or two and we'll add in support and clean her up a bit.

 

Allignment.

Any tips on alligning the black widow. WAAAAAAAAAAAAY down the road she's going to need it. I adjusted the fore and aft of the arms with the stabilizers so they appear perpendicular to the frame, and symmetrical side to side down the the 16th. I'm going to assume we establish a ride height and set the toe to 1/16th or so, but what kind of caster and camber should we aim for. I was going to set it to 2deg caster and 1deg camber. is this a good base or is there tricks to a bagged allignment.

 

tail lights

so i was at my buddies today and picked up some tail lights from him for the black widow not sure what there from he found them in his uncles junk heap so im going to stick them in the widow

 

they look like they might be a third brake light