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  1. vkh

    Long bed to short bed conversion

    So I'm in a handful of welding engineering classes. Now I'm not gonna pretend to be an expert by any means. But I asked my professor what he thought would be a better cut for shortening a frame. He thought a straight cut would be best, minimise the heat affected zone. And he's not just a desk...
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    New trucks are no longer trucks

    Well no, that's what running boards are for. And it doesn't have to be a matter of need but convenience. My grandfather has a bad back, now he still does errands and work around his house. He can get in the back of his truck but it would cause quite a deal of pain that he'd have to deal with for...
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    New trucks are no longer trucks

    Now I agree it's gimicy as hell but I think there are people who would benefit. I use to work for a grocery store, and there are plenty of elderly men who have trouble moving around now. Something like that would help them retain use of their truck. Now when I worked for the grocery store it was...
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    BBC fuel mileage .... Carb, TBI, MPI, or swap for an LS?

    I found my biggest improvement with timing. Set your initial timing around 10-12°, factory spec is way lazy for smog (think factory spec for mine was 4°). When's the last time you did a general tune up? A new cap and rotor, air filter, sparkplugs, sparkplug wires, and checking that everything is...
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    School me on 3 speed manuals

    Thanks all for the replies. Got some really good info. Sadly it looks like the guy sold it without replying to me.
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    School me on 3 speed manuals

    Lol I'm sure passengers get a real kick out of it Lol, sounds like they should hold up to my dumb shit then.
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    School me on 3 speed manuals

    I've got a thing for i6 engines, though I kinda hate v6s. I'm hopeful but we'll see how things play out. Last guy had a 292 c30 with a 4 speed. He was way out of touch though, turns out the thing hadn't started for 12 years and the floor was rusted through.
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    School me on 3 speed manuals

    Good to know, and I always have a set of tools with me. Though I think I could just about take my truck apart with a 9/16 and 1/2 inch wrench.
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    School me on 3 speed manuals

    About what I figured. This would be a mild driven cruiser for me. I always have my big block for fun!
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    School me on 3 speed manuals

    So I'm eyeing a c10 with a 250 and a column shifted three speed manual. I think it could be an excellent little daily driver. I can't find anything about them. How did these transmissions hold up? Can one have fun with the column shifted manual? Also I seem to recall the i6 3 speed trucks also...
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    intergrated heads, options and modification

    Did the 292 ever have an integral head? I've been scrounging the internet and can't find a definite answer. Seems like the 292 is on its own in a lot of ways.
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    diesel truck trans

    I've heard of guys using the block as the base for a gas stroker, supposed to be quite durable for gas motors. https://www.google.com/amp/www.hotrod.com/articles/wise-performance-engineering-465ci-oldsmobile-engine/amp/
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    diesel truck trans

    Believe it's bop, a 455 would be an easy swap.
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    Any good hacks/upgrades you've come up with for our trucks

    I think it's intentional too, just not something I can get a laugh out of
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    Any good hacks/upgrades you've come up with for our trucks

    The writing is nauseating for me, makes it kinda hard to get a laugh out of it.
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    New here

    Ahh, my bad. I'm use to people using round instead of around in casual conversation so they're kinda interchangeable to me in a context like that.
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    New here

    Lol, Butte is like a 3 hour drive from Ronan.
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    New here

    Hey, always glad to have more Montana blood. I'm from Plains and in Butte for school atm.
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    The Wife's Ride! A Ford, groan, but a Kool One!

    Nice, my dad has a 68 he got in high school. He and his dad started a resto on it, then my dad went to college and it sat there for 20 years. Plans are for us to build it with a 383 to piss off all the ford people in town.
  20. vkh

    Good Highway Tires

    Even if you were working for them currently I'd still listen and consider. Less you're job was entirely promoting on social media and such I don't see any benefit coming to you by recommending internet strangers tires when they aren't even in the same state. Glad for the verification. Sounds...
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    Good Highway Tires

    Thanks everyone for the responses. Definitely helped a lot. Sounds like Transforce H/Ts or LTXs are the way to go.
  22. vkh

    Good Highway Tires

    Thanks, I think you've talked me into them. My truck has the trailering special and I've replaced all the bushings with polyurethane so a soft ride is long out the door. Now it was you who worked for Firestone for awhile wasn't it? Always glad to get the opinion of someone who has the inside...
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    Gear and tire height spreadsheet calc.

    My spreadsheet would. All your numbers would need to be accurate though. Also it wouldn't account for torque converter slipping.
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    Good Highway Tires

    So I'm going to be buying tires at some point for my truck. I have never had a new set of tires so I figured I'd try and get opinions from you guys. I tried searching threads but it all seemed to be all terrain oriented or offroad stuff. I want to run 235 85 r16s, seems to be somewhat fewer...
  25. vkh

    thoughts on an old 2 ton truck

    Alight, lotta Montana things I take for granted. Everything is so much simpler here, no emissions, permanent plates, no inspections, 80 mph freeways, no sales tax, and I'm sure there is more that I have no idea about yet. I guess it's no wonder we get so many Californians trying to move in.

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