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I mentioned the rears doing less work than the fronts more so in the context of the difference in braking power between the 3.5" rear shoes and 2.5" rear shoes. And my perspective is that if one is really wanting top of the line brake performance you'll see better results with the GMT800 front...

From my research if you want to retain the 3.5" shoes you'd have to swap over the backing plates as they are recessed for the wider shoes. All else should be equal between the full floater rear ends. And whatever you do don't scrap the 2.5" backing plates, they are discontinued for several...

@ak diesel driver bearing differences where, the axle tubes, pinion, hubs?

I really didn't like the 4.10 gears in my '95 and swapped everything out for 3.73. I was at close to 3k rpm doing 70 mph on the stock 265/75/16 tires I don't think there's any significant difference in the rear end between a 2500 and 3500; the one difference could be the brake shoe width. Some...

@dbrannon79 which wire on the pressure switch for the a/c compressor did you splice into? I have an aftermarket pigtail for the purple pressure sensor and both wires are white. On the plug itself one terminal is "A" and the other is "B" I have the Hayden controller but haven't installed it...

find your nearest billboard company and see if you can get some old/ waste billboard tarps. Weather and UV resistant

@spdgofast I see the FB listing is no longer available, still have the pump and injectors?

I know this is a somewhat old thread and the truck is no longer in your possession @n8in8or but I wanted to ask about the stub axle as I've learned some new information and am curious if it affected the truck at all. So for the stub axle that I purchased and the part number that you used, that...

Since this was an early 90s engine, the bellhousing to engine studs were SAE. I couldn't find the exact GM part number for the metric studs, but found something close that needed to be shortened only a little bit. GM Part # 11546890 Needed to remove only ~ 1/4" to match the old studs I...

As I'm sure many a 6.5 owner knows, a benefit of a smoky leaky engine means an oiled and preserved frame. At first I was just going to pressure wash the frame/ engine bay from the cab forward and undercoat with Fluid Film. Seeing how nice the frame was though and not being entirely too jazzed...

I've only seen one video where the GMT800 lower was used in this conversion, and there were no clearance issues with the shock/ no modifications needed to the 800 LCA shock mount. However on this truck the shock rubs against the edge of the bump stop mount on the frame. The front end has been...

2023 saw some progress, GMT800 front brake upgrade and a custom front crossover for the Banks sidewinder manifold. I had purchased the manifold in 2020 as something of a panic buy when covid hit, and was glad I did as it's no longer available and a better configuration than stock. I did a...

Not much happened in 2022 aside from the engine being shipped out. I was part of a wild project building two new silos into homes with an hour commute so that ate up most of my time. Additionally my mini excavator was broken down for almost half the year and that repair sucked up whatever...

I had been keeping my eye out for an engine as I knew any stock truck would be a time bomb and I need the truck to be reliable for work. For once I would have good luck as I found an optimizer takeout ~5 hours away in Cleveland. The original owner of the takeout had installed new optimizer heads...

Starting a build thread as this project is hopefully nearing completion, it's been a project since acquiring the truck in 2021. Have some specific questions including modifying/ upgrading the A/C system to R134 and adding a compressor with a pressure switch and adding a cluster with a tach...

I'm pretty sure all the main bolts are TTY, I wouldn't reuse the old hardware. Glad the valves are cooperating for ya!

I have at least one set, maybe two sets of lifters here if you want them. One set with only a few thousand miles on them, the other were stock in my p400 and were removed around 35k miles for the upgraded slow bleed lifters. I also have a timing cover with the CPS hole and a like new CPS if you need

@Twisted Steel Performance is there an average measurement/ length you're finding in fitting the custom pushrods vs stock? Curious as to how large the difference is. How did you discover that the pushrod length could be increased to begin with?

I hadn't thought about using the turbo oil feed port for supplying the gears, seems way easier than teeing off the oil cooler line. @Twisted Steel Performance looking forward to seeing what you come up with. Is the side of the timing cover thicker material? Or is welding the best option for...

This thread has got me curious about whether oil starvation is a contributing factor to the gearset failure and if there's a relatively simple way to mitigate it some. The front timing chain/ gears get oil that has passed through the camshaft bearings from the rear to the front of the engine...