s10 build ( hotness )

[thinkskater]

Thought i would be trendy. :gay:

S10 that i am soop-n up. Updates will be not be daily but will be fresh yo.

Purchased the truck on the third of January of 2010

It is a daily as of today but who knows later.

Here is a picture of when i first got it...
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/Firstpicture.jpg

It had a few problems that would show them selves up front at the time of purchase. Ended up having a ton of starting issues. And i also had to get it legal to pass the Missouri vehicle inspection. Put a new wind shield in it, got all the lights working, and fixed a leaking brake line.

When i got the truck to pass inspection I immediently tracked down a solid front end. And just installed it this past Saturday this is the first real build deal I have made for this thread I guess.... but I did learn something with this ... that its friggin hard to stop what your doing and take pictures. Once you get into a groove its tough to stop.

8:00 am- early and cold- parts EVERYWHERE
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/parts.jpg

Did not think that this little sander would do any good. I was wrong.
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/sander2-1.jpg

Started with the cowl - before sand or paint
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/cowlbefore.jpg

Cowl before Paint
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/cowlbeforepaint.jpg

Hood before paint
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/hoodbeforepaint.jpg

Hood after paint

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/hoodafter.jpg

Grille before paint
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/grillebefore.jpg

Grille after paint
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/grilleafter.jpg

Fenders went through the same deal. As you can tell I am not a pro, actually this is my first attempt at paint and body. But I forgot to snap pictures most of the time.

Disassembly

Last before picture
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/before3.jpg

Bumper and grille off - check out the drive side bumper bracket-GNAR.
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/bumperandgrilloff-1.jpg

Driver fender on and New bumper bracket on(sorry blurry)
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/fendertrouble.jpg

The passenger fender was FREAK nasty to get off... few pics of the process
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/fendertrouble2.jpg
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/cutahole.jpg

OFF
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/fenderoff.jpg

New fender on
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/fenderon.jpg

Cowl on and wipers back on
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/cowlon.jpg

Hood on
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/close.jpg

Bumper on
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/closer.jpg

Sanded painted installed front end-:D
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/COMPLETE.jpg

[thinkskater]

Cavi seats going in today and new passenger door and door panels.... updates this evening ENJOY

[stevo_EF91]

looks 100x better already. good work man

[quickdodge®]

Lolol. We're on the same page in a way it seems. The first thing I was going to comment on was to get rid of that hideous grille. Looks like that was already in the mix, lolol.

Something else, is this an S-10 or a Sonoma? You say S-10 so I'm wondering why you stick a Sonoma grille in there. Later, QD.

[JDMJAYDC2]

love the garage space!!!

[bigdom]

qd, he prolly said s-10 because it is the same chassis? looks great man, keep it up.

[bigdom]

scratch that... i just saw the old grill, and now i am a bit confused....

[thinkskater]

its s10 but the gmc grille looks a TON better. going to get a badgeless grille eventually. but for the mean while. it will do.

[Nerdsrock22]

I completely agree about the GMC grill. Reps for saving an S10 man. They are great trucks.

[thinkskater]

s10's are okay. honestly the truck is so much more of a challenge to work on then anything i have ever worked on. guess i am too deep no to stop really. i like it. lol.

i assumed QD would be one of the first few to post on this. cool that we are on the same page lol.

[thinkskater]

put new door panels in and a new door ......


old door ..... RUSTY
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/olddoor.jpg

door spring removed
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/doorspringremoved.jpg

two door pins removed
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/2doorpins.jpg

And then a doorless s10
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/doorless.jpg

New door installed
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/newdoor.jpg

Driver side door panel installed
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/Driverdoorpanel.jpg

Passenger side door panel installed
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/Passengerdoorpanel.jpg

MONEY SHOT !!!
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/MONEYSHOT.jpg

I have always wanted to say this. " fedex man hooked me up "

HID's , waiting on some new headlights. should be here thursday.
ill put them all in over the weekend for the next update.

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/HID.jpg

[thinkskater]

BTW i intend to replace the cab corners and rockers here soon. just before someone states the obvious , the rust is EVERYWHERE up here.

[GoodOlHerps]

owned a couple of s10 blazers and loved them. any motor swap in the plans. i love the 4.3s, but a v-8 always works too. good luck.

[thinkskater]

building a 383 to go into it. carb'd goodness. buying the rotating assembly next month after the muncie 4 speed.

[georgieboi]

nice work man

[ATL86]

Subscribed. Can't wait to see the finished product :goodjob:

[bobbyg313]

Great work, looks 100X better. Those door springs are a PITA to get back in with out that tool.

[thinkskater]

reps given, had enough trouble with the door pins. didnt want the springs to act up as well.

[thinkskater]

oops forgot to post the Cavalier seats....

for those who are interested , the seats did bolt up. i had to turn around a bracket and bend them on both sides and a total of six holes to get the seats in there ....

so where ever u see " cavalier seats bolt up" on the net. They lie. Hard.

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/Caviseats.jpg

over all - well worth the 20 bucks i paid for em. were a pain to get in. but glad they are in now.

[AV8ter]

Dig the seats man. I bet they are nicer than the stock s10 seat you had in there. I wish they made a set of leather cavi seats at some point because the stock tweed they used annoys me.


Kevin

[thecrazyone]

cool progress!

[Drummerboy]

I have a 94 sonoma with the 4.3 vortec, its a fun little truck. 383 should be a monster.

[PreludeVTEC01]

That front end looks pretty good. Those seats looks really good in there. I have always liked S10s... All years

[thinkskater]

thanks guys. the seats do bother me a little because the sit a lil high i did some research and i was suppose to use the s10 bucket seat brackets. but the only problem is the steering wheel is a bit too close to the seat. and i plan on getting a after market steering wheel any ways. so. oops but not really.


REPS FOR COMMENTS

[DSM~420A]

i respect your work good job:goodjob:

[Okie_doke.]

Keep us posted shit looks a ton better, miss my old s10 blazer

[94accordkid]

looks really good man.
i helped my brother do a similar fender repair on his 90 ford ranger

[thinkskater]

more reps thanks for the comments.

[thinkskater]

Headlight assembly's came in too late today to put in but still took em outta the box and played with them...:D

i went with the most oem looking projector i could find. i always ran oem headlights in the civic that i had hid's in so. thought i would try this. hopefully. it is a good investment if not, head lights a freakin cheap yo.

should have them in tomorrow or sat..... teaser!

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/img1267752027630.jpg

[thinkskater]

Head light and HID install

grille-less yet again and missing head lights ?

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/headlightinstall2.jpg

headlight installed

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/headlightinstall.jpg

headlights and grille back installed
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/Newheadlights.jpg

HID's :D

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/HIDburnin.jpg




thats my last update for awhile i think. lol. at least a month. anyways again thanks for all the positive comments !!

[bbuba]

Idk if you posted or not but wuts the suspension setup

[thinkskater]

trust me man. i want this thing lowered so badly. but its not as easy as a 30 dollar coilover kit. well kinda. if i werent looking for it to hold up against alotta power i could get a kit that includes drop spindles lowering springs and drop leafs for like 300 but i am going to hurling power at the back so it has to hold up. so the only real part of my build thats not budget is the suspension. i am going to put tubular upper and lower control arms with qa1 shocks (Damping Adj) also i am going to convert the rear to 4 link and use the qa1 adjustables as well. which will not be cheap , but will get my truck about a 5 inch drop in the front and a 6 in the back and will do it while having alotttta power thrown at it and hold up

wow. that was alotta explaining. o well.

[bbuba]

Sounds good

[GoodOlHerps]

those headlights are bitchin. they look stock but with a cool upgrade. good work.

[scrxils]

god damn i wish i had a car lol

[ATL86]

Coming along real well. Keep up the good work :goodjob:

[thinkskater]

god damn i wish i had a car lol

i know. i pmed ya.

[Brian*]

Looks way better bro!

[MINI]

Cool build :D

[thinkskater]

repps sent !!

update
finally had a time to take a peek at the 350 i was hoping was in good shape to build. got it for free so there were slim to none chances.

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/motorbeginnings.jpg

spun a rod bearing but me and my dad measured it out and the factory size is 2.100 and the size of the good rod journal was 2.099 and the spun journal was 2.097 :)

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/rodjournal.jpg


and the only crazy looking damage is the rod bearing. OUCH.

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/spunrod.jpg
:eek:


anyways should be dropping by the machine shop to see what they say for sure on the crank still being good.

[e30pwr]

what does the pattern look like out of those housings? and keep up the build, for once i can say i am impressed with something on IA.

[EL42]

dang dude..you're putting a good bit of proggress. what a difference already.

[Double_0_Rusty]

looking good man.

[thinkskater]

what does the pattern look like out of those housings? and keep up the build, for once i can say i am impressed with something on IA.

which housings ?

and thanks for the comments reps spread like pee-nut butta

[D3UC3S]

Man this is looking really good dude! My G-dad had a maroon s-10 5spd v6 just like that. Always been a fan of this body style.

Keep up the good work!

[thinkskater]

thanks man. repped.

[bbuba]

Edit: never mind

[G.C]

what does the pattern look like out of those housings? and keep up the build, for once i can say i am impressed with something on IA.

Dono where you been hiding at.

Nice build btw.

[e30pwr]

which housings ?

and thanks for the comments reps spread like pee-nut butta

the headlights.


Dono where you been hiding at.

just found this, sorry

[thinkskater]

reps GC, the head lights just have to tabs on the inner side and on top and on the lower outer side there is a spring that keeps it still but the size of the head lights is 7x6.

[thinkskater]

update's

not to much of a update just a new steering wheel , cleaned the interior and tore down the motor for machine work ....

steering wheel install

terdy stocker
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/stocksteeringwheel.jpg
puller on taking the terd off
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/pulleronwheel.jpg
terdless with mounting kit partially installed
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/halfway.jpg
cleaning off the paint so the horn will work(budget builds suck right?)
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/makingagoodconnection.jpg
Installed BBBaller- straight up go kartin old school hotness!
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/newsteeringwheel.jpg
the fitment of me is alot better , seats made it tough for entry .....
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/muchbetter.jpg

this was the interior before i touched a thing
http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs293.ash1/22061_1314065208670_1141884630_950900_8196519_n.jp g


cleaned .... for like a hour.
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/cleanedinterior2.jpg



Also the Slave cylinder went out and the clutch line snapped so i had to use a brake line instead...

could have left me stranded good luck though it went out at work....
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/slavecylinder.jpg
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/Clutchline.jpg

Engine disassembly

since money is tight. i decided to toss the 383 , just a oem 350 with aftermarket cam and valve springs. might be doing some minor boring to make sure that it doesnt smoke. dont know yet though....

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/cuttinintothegoods.jpg
pulling the harmonic balancer
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/pulleroncrank.jpg
timing cover and pulley off
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/timingcoverandpulleyoff-1.jpg
camshaft removal
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/camshaftremoval.jpg
all the pistons ( but one, wear on the cylinder was too bad to push out the piston) and caps removed
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/disassemblydone.jpg
Disassembly finished-freeze plugs out, random bolts off block, bearings removed READY for some cleaning :)
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/disassemblydone2.jpg
THE GUTS
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/GUTS.jpg

this i know - taking the crank and heads to the machine shop Tuesday for freshing up. dont know about the block yet.....
HEADs
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/Heads.jpg
Valve springs
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/newvalvesprings.jpg
Valves
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/newvalves.jpg

other random pictures

CRAQ is inside it. or at least nicotine is...
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/Crack.jpg

The junk is collecting.... (sides the center console.... havent decided if im going to use it...)
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/SCRAP.jpg


THANKS FOR BEING MY FRIEND.