The shop truck

[bottledbird68]

First post in the new section!! Figured I'd dip my feet in.
Here's what I've been working on. It's the truck in my sig reborn.
It's a 99 (same body style from 1999-2006 so I put it here lol) GMC Sierra 1500 z71. It started life as a 5.3 grandpa truck. went through everything last year to make it much more enjoyable.
So, swapped in an lq4 6.0. Went with a comp cams xr275hr cam, ls6 valve springs, 36lb flex fuel truck injectors, ebay shorty headers to the factory y pipe into a factory 3.5" duramax exhaust with a magnaflow race muffler. Also converted to 05 up larger radiator and dual electric fans. Upgraded to a walboro 255 fuel pump hotwired with a relay.
The 4l60e was rebuilt with a tci rebuild kit, street strip shift kit, billet servo, beast sun shell, 5 pinion planetaries, and a 2500 stall converter.
Swapped in 4.10 geared axles with a factory rear posi. Upgraded the brakes with 05 up front brakes, suv dual piston rear brakes, all hoses replaced with braided stainless lines, abs delete, adjustable rear proportioning valve, line lock on the fronts, and a hydroboost conversion. It stops pretty damn good for a 5200 lb truck lol.
For suspension I lowered it some since it will never see the woods. It's a street queen but we live in mass so 4wd is a must. Removed the factory rear blocks and did rear drop shackles. Added rear air bags for when I load the bed up or pull a trailer. It's my shop truck and it gets worked as such. In the fronts I pulled the bolts out of the torsion bars.
For exterior mods I ditched the old bed for a quadrasteer flared bed. Added a cowl hood, and repainted the truck with a 45th anniversary camaro inspired paint scheme. Whole truck is carbon flash metallic like the 5th gen complete with the silver/red stripes. I color matched all the front end trim, wired in some hid lights, and topped it off with a set of factory 20" silverado ss wheels.
Had it together since June and been driving the wheels off it. Toured most of the east coast this summer and ended up finishing off at the woodward dream cruise with it. All said and done though it's been a New England truck it's whole life and it has some issues creeping up that I need to attend to so stay tuned for shop truck 2.0!

On to the pics!



Vacation pics!
Anyone guess where this shot was taken? Hint, if you're a walking dead fan you may be able to recognize it easier


Summit racing in Ohio!


C7 in traffic at the woodward dream cruise


And that's about it for now. Anything else ask away or I'll update when I do more to it