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Sat, 25 October 2014 19:35

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Richard
I'm on email and don't know where you live?
Mike in NS

On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 7:35 PM, Richard Rath wrote:

> Hal StClair wrote on Fri, 24 October 2014 13:14
>> I'm afraid things are going to slow a bit. We are heading to Las Vegas
> for SEMA and then on to San Diego to drop off a prop I built for our grand
>> daughters dance studio. We have Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays
> which fill the calender pretty well too. Then off to Indio for the FMCA
> rally
>> and over to Quartzsite for probably a month. We may only have a couple
> of weeks to work on the project left this year.
>> Have ordered the cv half shafts for the 2012 front end and need to ship
> the outer cv's out to get axles made now that I have fixed dimensions.
>> It looks like it'll need a 2 9/16" spacer on the right side to keep both
> half shafts equal length.
>> I may start on the wiring harness and try to source a couple of electric
> connectors over the holidays. The plan is to keep it all electronic, hope
>> I don't regret that direction. I like the potential fuel gains as well
> as the self diagnostics capabilities of the electronic engines. Time will
>> tell.
>> Thanks for the interest everyone.
>> Hal
>
>
> When you were first doing the original layout of this project, did you
> give any thought to using the whole front frame clip from a 1 ton Chev/GMC
> 4X4,
> using the 454 big block, 4L80 transmission/transfer case and only the
> front driveshaft etc.? I know they used to build the so-called "wedge
> trucks",
> that were so popular with auto dealers, by cutting 1 ton 4X4 pickup apart
> right behind the cab, and using just the "front drive system" for
> motivation. They then stretched out the "rear frame" to what-ever length
> they wanted (depending on how many cars they wanted to haul) and used a Olds
> Toronado rear axle under the back of the frame. This gave them the HD
> front suspension, the OD transmission and the wiring package for the 454
> that
> most used (with EFI). Just wondering! Your package however is looking
> good!!
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		6.5 swap progress By: Hal StClair on Thu, 09 October 2014 13:00
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		Re: 6.5 swap progress By: Hal StClair on Thu, 09 October 2014 16:36
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		Re: 6.5 swap progress By: kerry pinkerton on Mon, 13 October 2014 20:02
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		Re: 6.5 swap progress updated pictures By: Hal StClair on Thu, 16 October 2014 21:20
		Re: 6.5 swap progress updated pictures By: tmsnyder on Fri, 17 October 2014 08:24
		Re: 6.5 swap progress updated pictures By: Hal StClair on Fri, 17 October 2014 11:06
		Re: 6.5 swap progress updated pictures By: tmsnyder on Fri, 17 October 2014 11:21
		Re: 6.5 swap progress updated pictures By: Hal StClair on Fri, 17 October 2014 12:53
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		Re: [GMCnet] 6.5 swap progress updated pictures By: Hal StClair on Fri, 24 October 2014 12:14
		Re: [GMCnet] 6.5 swap progress updated pictures By: lonestranger on Sat, 25 October 2014 17:34
		Re: [GMCnet] 6.5 swap progress updated pictures By: Kingsley Coach on Sat, 25 October 2014 19:35
		Re: [GMCnet] 6.5 swap progress updated pictures By: Hal StClair on Sun, 26 October 2014 20:23
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