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Old Feb 19, 2008
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A bunch! This one will be much lighter when I am done. I will be lowering the front end, yes I know its a tbar, but I found out how to do it right, and still back halving it. ANyone know what it weighs as it stands? The tires are MT drag slicks for the track, 31x 16.5 x 15
 
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Old Feb 19, 2008
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A bunch! This one will be much lighter when I am done. I will be lowering the front end, yes I know its a tbar, but I found out how to do it right, and still back halving it. ANyone know what it weighs as it stands? The tires are MT drag slicks for the track, 31x 16.5 x 15
Whew! that would kill me, I had a hard enough time making a kustom throttle body spacer much less that. U mean the stock weight right? about 3,185 +/-. It really depnds on what it has added from the factory. How much weight are u shaving off of it? Those are killer tires, U love those.
 
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Old Feb 19, 2008
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Well I am not 100% sure. It will be back halved, the AC system, ducting, Radio, factory seats, and anything else that is not needed will be removed. The radiator is swapped out to aluminum, part of the bed floor will be removed, fuel tank, rear bumper etc...... Now I will be adding a 900+ LBS diesel to the front end, and the tranny is about 250 LBS as well, so I will be a little heavier than it was stock, I am sure. 3100 sounds a little low, are you pretty sure of that number?
 
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Old Feb 19, 2008
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what are you doing with the rest of the yellow truck? intrested in selling just that portion of the frame? er whats left anyway. lol
 
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for what? lol
 
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Old Feb 19, 2008
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its perfect for what i need. cab mounts and tranny mounts. the rest i will tube up
 
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word.. soon i shall be doing more work with tube. i need to get a damn car.fawk
 
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Old Feb 19, 2008
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Road trip to Texas Im in!
 
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Old Feb 19, 2008
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Its in California, and you can have whatever is left over. Just pay for the shipping.
 
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Old Feb 19, 2008
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Cali is even better...
 
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Its in California, and you can have whatever is left over. Just pay for the shipping.
sounds good. i doubt shipping will be cheap though. who knows. let me know what you have left.
 
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Old Feb 21, 2008
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Well I am not 100% sure. It will be back halved, the AC system, ducting, Radio, factory seats, and anything else that is not needed will be removed. The radiator is swapped out to aluminum, part of the bed floor will be removed, fuel tank, rear bumper etc...... Now I will be adding a 900+ LBS diesel to the front end, and the tranny is about 250 LBS as well, so I will be a little heavier than it was stock, I am sure. 3100 sounds a little low, are you pretty sure of that number?
I'm not exact but that is what mine weighs and the pic U posted is Identical to mine except the bed rail caps which are Factory. But I am pretty close though. Check inside the fuel door. There's a sticker in there on the lid and it has the weight from the factory along with tire size. Sounds like ur shaving and stripping it down to the bare frame. Are U?
 
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Old Feb 21, 2008
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Not quite, and I went with an 05 STX:




Picked it up today.
 
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Old Feb 21, 2008
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aweful nice ride to be tearing apart! perfect!
 
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Old Feb 21, 2008
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Are you selling any of the interior? I might be interested in the seats and center counsel.
 
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Old Feb 22, 2008
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Not quite, and I went with an 05 STX:




Picked it up today.
Kool. It looks pretty good and is close to mine. My ride has the fender flares and is standard cab, urs has the extended cab and a longer wheel base too. I wouldn't mind having what u pick today at all. What's under the hood if u don't mind me asking?
 
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Old Feb 22, 2008
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Are you selling any of the interior? I might be interested in the seats and center counsel.
Seats and the center console will both be sold.
 
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Old Feb 22, 2008
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Now that I have seen what it looks like b4, and I am sure the others will agree with this, I would like to see the after if ya know what I mean.
 
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Old Feb 22, 2008
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Low fat and fast. LOL
 
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Seats and the center console will both be sold.
Let me know.
 
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Old Feb 26, 2008
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They are both out. Make me an offer. They are in Oxnard California.
 
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Old Feb 27, 2008
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Just swung a deal today with Turbonetics. I will be running a super 72 turbo on the truck. That is a great big honkin turbo, and I will probably need a little NOS to spool it, but once it lights........hang on. LOL
 
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Old Feb 29, 2008
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Changed my mind and went bigger.
Ordered this today Turbonetics Super 76:



Should move some freakin air, heres the stats

HP-76 / 68 .96 A/R
Good for well over 60 pounds of boost.
it will make a nice big turbo if we decide we need twins next year....or later this year. LOL
 
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Old Mar 1, 2008
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Progress:

been busy:

Tear it out:


Put it back together with a DJM lowering kit:


And now it looks like a stink Bug: LOL

 
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Old Mar 1, 2008
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nicee!
 
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