Blanco Taco Build. LS, 4.0 Kings, caged, backhalfed, Trophy Truck

TT has the shock mounts and shocks inside the upper arm which i really like so im not messing around with the master and other junk. just takes alot of extra work out of the engine cage i really wasn't looking forward to doing and i can get it done and enjoy it faster. and its only 4500 vs 4900. id like to support tommy too, getting to the point im looking for best bang for the buck and not just going balls out on big expensive parts, back half is getting burg links but im keeping the tundy axle and trussing it, get some nice shafts and disk brakes vs spending 4500 for a 9". just stuff like that. im only 22 i dont need to be dumping boat loads of money into it, JDs build is really inspiring me to calm down and make it clean, not to expensive, but extremely functional. i need to start saving for a house to so thats dumb lol.

 

Ah word. Good cause this is one of my favorite trucks.

 

update on the truck... front end plan is to get parted out and going to get a TT race kit or a camburg race kit, still deciding but it looks like TT motorsports for sure.

but today i picked up some 37x12.5-17 Baja T/As, just need to pick up a spare.

 

Ouch. Good luck fitting those with a race kit haha

 

TTs kit is made for the 37 so well see how it goes, if not it wont be too bad, they were only 150$

 

Nice!

 

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Just picked up some 2.5x10 pure race kings for the front kit, tomorrow im straight trading my 2.5x12 triples for some 2.5x16" pure race coilovers with the springs for the links i need tomorrow or saturday. moving along but as of right now im not trying to drop serious money except for links and bypasses, front kit will be paid for when i get my current kit sold.

 

Got some 16” coilovers with 350/450 springs and monster pure race resis the other week and just straight traded my rear bypasses.

Still need 18” bypasses, and camburg links and I’ll be able to start doing the rear end.

For the front I’m still being a bitch and not stripping it apart to get the race kit.

 

How are you linking it with the cab issue? Gonna mount the links back far? Just wonder.want to see the progress haha

 

gonna stretch it till the coilovers clear the back of the cab and mount them there, so like a medium bed rather than a long bed.

And ill have my cage land on top of the frame and maybe do a new body mount depending on how much i will have to cut out of the stock mount.

 

So your still linking the 1st gen? I must of misunderstood ya. You seen how much I cut off my mount. There isn’t much support there now so I’m planing on supporting it from the cage inside. What’s left of the mount just keeps the cab square on the frame.

 

thats the plan at least lol i wanna cage it, link it, and do a race kit lol yea yours is pretty gone. well see how it goes, im planning on plating the body to the whole C pillar and might just do away with that cab mount.

 

just a small update. got my rear bypasses today, put them up against the truck to see what im workin with. going to need rod ends, new uniballs, and of coarse powder coat and seals.

 

Awesome! Looking forward to getting mine....... sometime

 

Are you going to 37s?

 

Hey bud if you where to put the mounting points at 6" apart, how much space would you have between them? That's what I designed my links to and just want to double check to make sure there isn't going to be issues with them hitting each other with that 6" separation.

 

Yes sir

 

You should be good with that if your doing a 2.5/2.5 I’m planning on bumping up to a 2.5/3.5 or 4.0 when I come across a deal so I’m going to take in that extra space when I cycle everything. Hopefully in September or January I can find a deal at the swap meet

 

Nice! keep up the good work!