Long overdue update on this piece of shit. In the past year and a half, not too much has changed. Found a set of OG clear corner lenses and slapped them in
Then, a couple weeks before Scrapin the Coast in June, I ordered a new set of wheels for the truck. Truck ran and drove perfectly the 5 hour drive down to Biloxi, and many good times with friends were had
Unfortunately, the drive home I had to make a 2 hour detour to take a friend back to an airport to catch his flight back to California, and as I pulled up to the airport gate to drop him off, the engine lost all oil pressure, began knocking, and died on me. I pushed it to a nearby parking lot, oil was still up to the top, but the engine was toast. I let it cool off for about an hour, it started fine, and I limped it the hour and a half home, with oil pressure slowly dropping the entire drive. It was too late to cancel the order for the new wheels, and a few weeks later, my new 22x8.5/22x10 US Mag Flares came in
After having absolute hell trying to roll and chop up the inner rear fenders to clear the x10s, I finally got them mounted up, and I couldn’t be happier
I’d love to be able to drive it more, but I can only drive it for about 30-45 minutes at a time before the engine starts to drastically lose oil pressure. I knew from the beginning this engine wouldn’t last, but now I know it’s a total loss. Currently doing research on LS swaps, and I’m looking for a 5.3 to refresh and build up to put in in the next few months. I know virtually nothing about this swap so it’ll be a learning experience, but I’d really like to be able to keep all of my original gauges and have them all function properly. If anyone has any information or input, it would be greatly appreciated
Hate the engine did that to you, dawg. But loveeee how it looks on those wheels!
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