Well I haven't updated this thread for awhile as there was really no need to but changes are coming, just waiting on the industry to release the parts needed.
The truck has almost 20,000 miles on the new motor/trans setup, and about 8,000 of that is with the Gen 2 High Powers and Fuel System on there making 800+ whp. Absolutely flawless setup.
The Only changes that have been made were very minor, I added an aluminum coolant tank from No Limit Fab and I added an Edge 12V kit and EAS sensor kit to my CTS 2 to be able to run it independently and away from the OBD 2. Other than that the truck is the same as shown a page or two back.
After speaking with people in the industry and now being able to put this truck away as a toy for the winter, I have decided the next stage will be to push the HP into the 4 digit range and try to push torque into the 2k + range (on fuel only) which actually we already did on Nitrous so that shouldn't be hard. I am already in the process of waiting for some of these products to release and am currently gathering parts as they are needed and become available. I hope to have the motor apart this winter to start this phase. The next phase (Phase 3?) will be as follows
- A set of fully built heads to include full machining, oversized valves with hardened seats, full CNC port job, bronze valve guides, ceramic coating on the chambers and valves, all fresh new stage 2 valvetrain components and o-rings. They obviously will get a fresh set of studs and gaskets. Unsure yet who I will have build me these.
- A custom spec'd cam built specifically for the heads once a flow test is done on them and we know how the cam will need to be ground. It will be a billet cam.
- Line Bore the bottom main's and install a set of ARP main studs.
- A set of Custom Forged Piston's with steel ringland inserts and a set of very high quality billet cut rods with Forced Pin Oiling, custom wrist pins, and some other odds and ends. They will be mated and made to match directly to the piston's. I currently am not divulging who is providing these however the piston's and rods both come from the same manf. These are not yet available
- a full billet custom intake manifold identical to the one Nate Bailor from UDP has on his 6.4. It is made by D&J Precision I believe.
- Gen 2 8185 Precision Atmospheric Low Pressure Charger - This has not been released yet
- 100% Injectors done by either RCD or S&S
- Custom Valved and Spec'd King 2.5 Piggyback Reservoir Shocks
- Dynatrac Free Spin kit for Front Dana 60 Axle with custom chromoly axles
- All new front steering components from OUO and red head steering gear box.
The suspension lift and large 35x13.5 Tires will disappear....The truck will most likely go down on stock 6000 lb front springs and a 1" rear block or it may go slightly lower to 5400 lb front springs and no rear block.
The tires will be a 305 /55 size roughly, they will be a street tire or drag radial possibly for the track and I'll have a set of driving tires for spring and summer when I need it to haul or just drive around and do what trucks are supposed to do.
The goal will be 1000+ HP and 2000+ ft / lb of torque on fuel and there will be a nitrous setup put on the truck as well. I will strip what weight I can off the truck but I still want the truck to be usable in the spring and summer to do what trucks were meant to do so it will not be getting gutted or a complete strip or anything of that nature. If I could get the truck down to 7500-7600 weight for a track run I'd be happy. The goal will be High-mid 10's on fuel and see what it will do after that on spray. I'm looking forward to see how this all turns out and to get it started in the next few months on this!
