Picked up this truck a year ago while on leave from the Army, its a 1972 D100 shortbed that had a running 400 big block with a 727 behind it. My plans for its since day one was to slam it down to the ground with a turbo'd powerplant to move it down the road.
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I started off the frame work by raising the front frame section so that the rest of the frame could lay out flat on the ground.
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Next on the list was getting the rear suspension in order. I purchased a triangulated bag on bar 4 link kit, air lift 2600lb bags, two Viar 444 compressors, a 5 gallon air tank, SMC 3/8ths valves, and a 20 gallon fuel cell. The truck is currently running 22x9.5 wheels but plan to get a wider 12 or 14" width wheel for the rear to handle the extra power. I got rid of the original 8 3/4 rear and installed a Corporate 9.25" with a 3.55 posi diff out of a 2002 Ram in order to take advantage of the factory large disk brakes.
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With the rear suspension tied up, I moved on to fitting the bed. I raised the floor up about 7" to clear the step notch in the frame. I like the stealth appearance of everything hidden under the bedfloor. The rear axle will have to be narrowed to fit the wheels, so Im having the axle narrowed a little extra so that when i get the wider wheels later on I wont have to redo it.
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So this is where the truck is at now, I dropped the truck off last weekend at Nfamus Air Suspension where they will be designing control arms to work with the 2002 Ram spindles that I will be running on this truck. Once again I was looking for a cheap big disk brake setup and there were no options available for these old trucks. Once the truck returns from Nfamus I will begin the fun of installing the Viper powertrain and getting this thing back on the road.
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I started off the frame work by raising the front frame section so that the rest of the frame could lay out flat on the ground.
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Next on the list was getting the rear suspension in order. I purchased a triangulated bag on bar 4 link kit, air lift 2600lb bags, two Viar 444 compressors, a 5 gallon air tank, SMC 3/8ths valves, and a 20 gallon fuel cell. The truck is currently running 22x9.5 wheels but plan to get a wider 12 or 14" width wheel for the rear to handle the extra power. I got rid of the original 8 3/4 rear and installed a Corporate 9.25" with a 3.55 posi diff out of a 2002 Ram in order to take advantage of the factory large disk brakes.
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With the rear suspension tied up, I moved on to fitting the bed. I raised the floor up about 7" to clear the step notch in the frame. I like the stealth appearance of everything hidden under the bedfloor. The rear axle will have to be narrowed to fit the wheels, so Im having the axle narrowed a little extra so that when i get the wider wheels later on I wont have to redo it.
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So this is where the truck is at now, I dropped the truck off last weekend at Nfamus Air Suspension where they will be designing control arms to work with the 2002 Ram spindles that I will be running on this truck. Once again I was looking for a cheap big disk brake setup and there were no options available for these old trucks. Once the truck returns from Nfamus I will begin the fun of installing the Viper powertrain and getting this thing back on the road.
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