ls1 kenne bell project finally making progress

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bigmileage

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Re: ls1 kenne bell project finally making progress

Nice. Any pics of the oil pan/diff clearance? Maybe I missed it but what headers did you use?
 
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vettandtyphoon

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Sanderson 4x4 ls1 headers into s10
Diff and oil pan clearance was about 1/2"

Need to upgrade rear end and front diff. Anyone got any info??
 
alwayscode390

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Congrats ... looks like you picked up 90hp , but lost 122 tq vs your old v6 setup.

Immediate power with the blower though :) ---
 
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vettandtyphoon said:
Sanderson 4x4 ls1 headers into s10
Diff and oil pan clearance was about 1/2"

Need to upgrade rear end and front diff. Anyone got any info??
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You can run a cast iron front diff if you're looking for strength (rare and only used in 95 manual dimes and blazers; I've sold a few over the years). I also have a fullsize 8.25 front diff in my S10, one of two trucks in the world (mine and a guy that worked for GM). That said, I doubt it will fit your application with only 1/2" of clearance you currently have. The front diff project took me a lot of one off fab work to make it fit and the CVs took a lot of work (fullsize C/K truck).

Lots of options for a rear exist.
 
e95 Ty

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Looks awesome! If I could give you a piece of advice though. Get rid of that stock propshaft. They are ticking timebombs, or at least put a loop on it. When it breaks it will wipe out everything under there including the bellhousing.:2cents:
 
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vettandtyphoon said:
Sanderson 4x4 ls1 headers into s10
Diff and oil pan clearance was about 1/2"

Need to upgrade rear end and front diff. Anyone got any info??
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cool project,nice results..i wouldnt worry about your front diff too much,I have over 15k miles on my stock 100k unit with zero problems,the only maintenance I usually have to do is a drivers side CV axle once a year
 
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vettandtyphoon

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I am going to order a rpm Propshaft and a loop prolly today actually
Thanks for the advice guys. Do you beef up the transfer cases?
 
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Damn, I didn't realize you were on the stock propshaft LOL ---
 
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vettandtyphoon said:
I am going to order a rpm Propshaft and a loop prolly today actually
Thanks for the advice guys. Do you beef up the transfer cases?
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I beefed up my transfer case but I also went built 4L80e so I bought the 32 spline billet input shaft and billet planatary for the tcase from rpm. Just fyi, Sportmachines and Gilbert Driveline both make badass hd propshafts as well. I went with Gilbert cause Sportmachines wasn't available yet. I've beat the piss out of it at the track with drag radials and no probs so far. 720+hp/800+ftlbs.
 
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vettandtyphoon said:
I am going to order a rpm Propshaft and a loop prolly today actually
Thanks for the advice guys. Do you beef up the transfer cases?
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my t case is stock,which is funny cause I stumbled upon one of my original posts from my build and a lot of people said that it would never last:rotf:so much for that,after countless 800rwhp highway passes and at least 50 1/4 mile passes still going strong
 
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I will look into sports machines and Gilbert


We put truck on jack stands and gave it some power. I could stop the front tire with my hand. Which makes me assume t case is bad. I also had a noise coming from front diff rear only had one wheel peel lol
 
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Remember that it's an open front diff. There is a test you can do to test the vc in the tcase.
 
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vettandtyphoon

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e95 Ty said:
Remember that it's an open front diff. There is a test you can do to test the vc in the tcase.
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I am new to this axle gear transfer case stuff. A open diff means only one wheel spins until it slips correct? But I still shouldn't be able to stop it under power should I?
 
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updates for you guys

i did a auburn rear diff, moser axles
rebuilt the transfer case
rebuilt the front diff
new front axles

d and r front driveshaft (piece is awesome)

final numbers are 522hp and 511 ft lbs. at 2000rpm the truck was already over 480ft lbs of torque :)

i have broken 3 tensionors already. working on something a lil different for her

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alwayscode390

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WOW she was DIRTY!!!

Are those horns showing through the front grille? ---
 
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