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    Duramax Street Rod

    Thanks Dave! Glad you liked it, had a lot of fun BS'ing on Friday. Sorry I couldn't take you for a ride in it. Though I'm not sure how impressed you would have been after driving your truck. :rofl: Guess I should update some of the stuff I've done over the winter. I destroyed the R&P in the...
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    Duramax with a 4L80E

    If it were my ride I wouldn't worry Tom. I tend to post on the safer side than what I would actually run. I honestly don't see you having an issue with breakage beyond the norm. Edit: To further clarify my previous post, I meant launching it with a pile of power and lots of weight might cause...
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    Duramax with a 4L80E

    I'd be really surprised if he could kill that rearend with a stockish Dmax. Unless he was towing stupid heavy or somehow able to launch it with a bunch of power.
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    Duramax with a 4L80E

    Guessing is right. Hp isn't the issue. It's low RPM torque, move the RPM range up, get away from big peak Tq numbers and an 80 will live fine behind a big power anything.
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    cam key

    You could file fit a larger key down to size.
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    Factory Retarded Cam Timing

    I agree. Ran all last year this way. 3900ish RPM. Stock valve train. I imagine luck may have played a part in it living. My bad. I was talking cam degrees, 360/86= 4.18 degrees.
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    Factory Retarded Cam Timing

    Works out to roughly 4.2* retarded. Has to be worth some overall power. Not sure that I'll ever know how much since I'm changing so many things now. Agreed but regardless, cam pin was intact and not threatening to shear.
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    Factory Retarded Cam Timing

    Not the greatest picture but this is the engine out of my street rod. I've never had the cam out, I got the engine bone stock. Looks like the timing is one tooth retarded, probably from the factory. Anyone ever seen this? The 2 cam teeth dots should go on either side of the crank tooth dot right?
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    LLY engine build on a budget

    These are all questions that will be answered once the engine is torn down and checked. There is no guarantee that you will or won't need heads/cylinders bored etc. Buy another engine if you want to start the engine build without having to disable your truck while you build by using the engine...
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    Lbz Stock Turbo Heat Sheild Temps?

    You can call the number or hit the link in my signature. On Edit: Not sure signatures are visible on tapatalk, so here you go if it isn't. (208) 251-9141 and the link Thanks for the nice compliments everyone. Always a good day when you hear that everyone is happy with what you're doing. :hug:
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    LLY engine build on a budget

    Sticking with your original question, budget build. Why not just chuck a set of rods in it and call it good? Easy to get caught up in the you need everything if you swap rods conversation. Just fix the thing that is known to regularly fail at the power level you want now and roll with it. Even...
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    Frame size

    Boxing is typically enough to get the job done unless the chassis is unusually small/thin to start with.
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    adding Trac bar with drop shackles?

    I get that going bigger would help it last longer but we're still talking about a pretty light street rod not a full size truck. 1/2" seems to be pretty standard for heims in panhard setups for this setup from what I saw. Either way, thanks for the advice on the heim quality, I'll go to some...
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    adding Trac bar with drop shackles?

    1/2". Good to know. I was operating on the assumption that a QA1 heim was decent stuff.
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    adding Trac bar with drop shackles?

    My experience was a little different. 10K on my Dmax street rod last year and the double heim panhard was hammered out.QA1 heims. Going to a poly bushing this year to hopefully make it last.
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    adding Trac bar with drop shackles?

    If you build one, I wouldn't do a double heim panhard. It'll wear out crazy fast. Make one side a rubber/poly bushing and it'll live a lot longer.
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    Got The New Comp Trans From Limitless Installed

    Believe it or not, I saw the same thing in a guy's truck that was never more than 550hp. But he beat the ever livin phuck out of that thing. Broke lots of stuff it never should have.
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    Hot Fuel?

    Don't take what I said as even remotely negative, I didn't mean it that way. I love hearing everyone's recipe for pulling fuel. 2-stroke oil, ATF, Stanadyne, Nitro (not that legal), you name it, someone swears by it.
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    Hot Fuel?

    Sledpullers are definitely the resident experts on fuel concoctions. You guys would pour hot sauce in the cell if you thought it gave you the edge.:rofl:
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    Hot Fuel?

    Less smoke, some power in it, around 50hp on a ~1400hp single setup if IIRC. It has way more cetane than any of the pump stuff, better lubricity, etc. You can dial in the tune to the fuel and know that the fuel is going to be the same rather than getting good/bad fuel from the pump. This was...
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