88GMCtruck's 98 Silverado Towpig Build: "Black Fox"

[88gmctruck]

Check out the front end. My 93 shook at that speed when a tie rod went bad

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Can't be the front, it vibrates while "driving" with the rear on stands.

That's really a pretty long parking space

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Yeah it is to begin with, and the truck still doesn't fit in the lines!

 

[88gmctruck]

Finally got around to the tune up it's been needing.

Pulled the "Vortec" silencer box off, found this little gem unhooked. YAY vacuum leak!

Intake off

Injectors out.

At some point someone had been in here before. #7 injector clip was broken. Me being me, I dug around through the wiring toolbox and happened to have a proper connector that even had #7 on it. :lol: Quick unpin and swap the plug out.

Injectors out of the rail

Original Rochester injectors VS Bosch

New injectors in! Also did the fuel pressure regulator and fuel filter.

Ignition components... I think it was time for them to be replaced too.

It idles SO much smoother now and it seems to have a bit more get-up and go. BUT, it still has the hard warm start issue... I don't know what the deal is with that. The fuel pump is noisy, It's next on the list of replacement items. Maybe it's part of the issue?

And, a taste of what is to come....

 

[88gmctruck]

:rolleyes5:

 

[Ed HD]

Those plugs were BAD!! Wow, I'm surprised it ran hardly at all. I'd bet your mileage goes way up.

Excited to see the new face!

Interesting on your warm starting issues, could be fuel pump. Is there an easy way to test fuel pressure?

 

[88gmctruck]

Yeah fuel pump is suspect for sure. I need to borrow a gauge but there is a test port on the fuel rail.

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[btfarm]

Always very thorough on your projects Dave. Looks like the rotor's been toasty for some time.

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[Ed HD]

Ah, I see it now that I look, lol. Wonder if any sensors are wonky? Have you cleaned the MAF?

 

[88gmctruck]

I haven't cleaned the MAF yet, looked fairly clean though. Going to check a few other things out as well.

 

[Burning oil]

PMD bad?

Ive never seen the injector layout. Had a pic in my mind though. Is it the same on a 350 to? My interest is for propane conversions.

 

[88gmctruck]

PMD bad?

Ive never seen the injector layout. Had a pic in my mind though. Is it the same on a 350 to? My interest is for propane conversions.

:lol: there are no PMDs to speak of (thank god).

That is 96+ 454 injector MPFI. the 350s are entirely different, they use a pop-it spider injector although there are upgrades from GM that replaces the pop-its with regular MPFI.

 

[tanman_2006]

Leroy, the local propane shop says 96-99 Vortec 350s are a royal pain on prop. Would be interesting to see what YOU could come up with.

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[88gmctruck]

Just to show what I've been up to otherwise... New face for the truck...

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[tanman_2006]

Is it plastidip?

What harness mods are needed for this swap? My 93 needs new lights and grill, this would match the rugged look of the truck or a 89 double lense swap.

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[GM Guy]

I am loving the classed up work truck grille. I love the single beam headlights that come with the WT grille, mostly because glass doesnt yellow. secondly, if the factory intake is left alone, the sealed beam grille looks like it has a sort of built it ram air for the OEM snorkel behind the headlight too.

tanner, I think, but am not sure, that the core support takes both styles, so a new or modded wiring harness for the single, and the grille and headlight buckets are all that need changed IIRC.

 

[Chevypoor]

Nice job on the grille re paint. Should make a nice change to the front end.

 

[88gmctruck]

Is it plastidip?

What harness mods are needed for this swap? My 93 needs new lights and grill, this would match the rugged look of the truck or a 89 double lense swap.

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It is plastidip. Only modifications to the harness is abandoning the 194 corner marker light and converting the 9005/9006 sockets to an H4.

I am loving the classed up work truck grille. I love the single beam headlights that come with the WT grille, mostly because glass doesnt yellow. secondly, if the factory intake is left alone, the sealed beam grille looks like it has a sort of built it ram air for the OEM snorkel behind the headlight too.

tanner, I think, but am not sure, that the core support takes both styles, so a new or modded wiring harness for the single, and the grille and headlight buckets are all that need changed IIRC.

Core supports are the same thankfully.

Nice job on the grille re paint. Should make a nice change to the front end.

Thanks!

 

[tanman_2006]

Awesome, thanks for the info. Keep up the good work.

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[Ed HD]

Never been a huge W/T grille fan, but hey, it's not my truck. Easy enough to change if you want anyways.

 

[88gmctruck]

Yeah I've been undecided on which grille other than gmc. Luckily I could swap back easily enough with this truck.

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[88gmctruck]

Finally got a little time to make an adapter harness for the headlights and swap the grille over. It's different for sure. Not quite sure if i'll keep it or not...

I have a few other ideas too - I want to smoke the parking lights as well, add LEDs to the reflectors, and swap the headlights out for something better.

I still might go with the deluxe GMC grille though.