I've been wanting to build something enjoyable to drive back and forth to work for quite some time now. I knew I wanted a "smaller" truck and I knew I wanted to build something that got semi-decent mileage. So, today I picked up a 98 1500 single cab short bed with a 24 valve VP motor and a NV4500.
The body is in pretty good shape, other than being the wrong color. No rust, which around here is tough to come by. The interior is junk and will need some pretty serious attention. The motor supposedly has 180,000 on it, but there's no way to really be sure. The swap was done about a year ago, and the previous owner has been putting some miles on it since then, but it still needs some time put into it. Nothing major, just some TLC, some cleaning up, and finishing some of the stuff that never got done. All in all, it's a pretty good start for what I'm looking for.
As of now, it's got a dual disc clutch, 150hp injectors, some type of Fass pump, a 366, and a Edge Juice. It runs pretty good for what it is, but I'm going to turn it up a bit more. I'm thinking a sxe369 and bigger injectors, and a bit of nitrous, but I'll get to that a little later. It's also going to get a manual VB automatic at some point, but that may not happen until next winter. Not sure on that yet.
First, all of the mundane stuff has to be done. Wheels and tires are a must and need to be done fairly quickly. It's going to get a cheap paint job, most likely white. Then I need to go through everything. Clean up the swap, figure out what to do with the interior, the front end needs some attention, HID lights, guages, etc.
I'm going to try and keep a somewhat current build thread going on just to document my progress. At this point the goal is to push the VP as far as it will let me while still trying to maintain some decent mileage. I'd like to be somewhere around 600-650hp on fuel, but we'll see how it all plays out.
The body is in pretty good shape, other than being the wrong color. No rust, which around here is tough to come by. The interior is junk and will need some pretty serious attention. The motor supposedly has 180,000 on it, but there's no way to really be sure. The swap was done about a year ago, and the previous owner has been putting some miles on it since then, but it still needs some time put into it. Nothing major, just some TLC, some cleaning up, and finishing some of the stuff that never got done. All in all, it's a pretty good start for what I'm looking for.
As of now, it's got a dual disc clutch, 150hp injectors, some type of Fass pump, a 366, and a Edge Juice. It runs pretty good for what it is, but I'm going to turn it up a bit more. I'm thinking a sxe369 and bigger injectors, and a bit of nitrous, but I'll get to that a little later. It's also going to get a manual VB automatic at some point, but that may not happen until next winter. Not sure on that yet.
First, all of the mundane stuff has to be done. Wheels and tires are a must and need to be done fairly quickly. It's going to get a cheap paint job, most likely white. Then I need to go through everything. Clean up the swap, figure out what to do with the interior, the front end needs some attention, HID lights, guages, etc.
I'm going to try and keep a somewhat current build thread going on just to document my progress. At this point the goal is to push the VP as far as it will let me while still trying to maintain some decent mileage. I'd like to be somewhere around 600-650hp on fuel, but we'll see how it all plays out.
