Recent content by mikeee805

Depends on how much you trust desktop dyno… based on the models, peak is 590ish HP and 540ish torque. The peak numbers weren’t really what I was looking for though. Almost all the bigger cams make more peak at the sacrifice for power down low, and their peak power was in a rpm range that I won’t...

Got it running, heat cycled, and drove it around a bit. Pretty incredible change compared to the old engine setup. Did a little power brake action and it broke the tires loose… something the truck has never done in any rendition, including 4.88s and 35” tires. And then I went on family...

Finally got it back together. You guys will never believe this, but the engine rebuild snowballed! I know… I was as surprised as you. After tearing the block down, it went to the machine shop. They said cylinders were out of round and would need to be bored, which meant new pistons. Pistons...

The Tacoma is out in Utah in the SLC area. The guy that bought it ran into some issues almost immediately after he got it, breaking the upper wishbone and shredding a couple tires / bedsides. Last I saw he was switching it to a 4 link, but I haven’t checked in with him in a while. I think it’s...

Nope, not at Poly Performance. I respectfully resigned back in 2016 and have been working at a fab shop called NV Fab ever since. There’s still some good guys working at Poly, though. I have a couple items that I know are floating around these forums: -Dana 44 hub covers -Toyota hub covers -9...

At this point, the power was out at the shop due to a downed power line… so I was working in the dark relying on flash lights and M18 batteries for everything. Got the front coils pulled and exchanged them for some different rates thanks to Poly Performance’s easy spring exchange, replaced the...

Trying to be cool like my squirting mentor Mr Matt Helton (minus the CL) with the squirts… some are good, some are OK, but I try to be better every day. Pretty stoked on my bench welding abilities lately. Finished up some other frame welding before paint, including bumps and limit straps...

Pulled the ol’ shitbox into the shop on the evening of February 2nd and left it there overnight. The next morning, the transformation to “identity crisis” began. I started by fitting up my prototype radius arm brackets and transmission crossmember / transmission mount. It fit up almost...

So… plans started to come together quick. Bought myself a Dana 60 on eBay (from LKQ) out of a 2008 F250 in Tennessee. Axle showed up not even strapped to the pallet, just sitting there. Lol! Most of the stock parts and bracketry went in the trash. Loaded the axle in the bed of the Chevy along...

Yo, my name is Mike and this is my 2003 Chevy Silverado 1500HD 4x4 “build thread”. This first post is all backstory shenanigans that don’t show much… scroll to post #2 if you dgaf my life story. I got this truck back in 2017 as a “tow rig” and replacement for my daily driver. I can’t remember...

Yo. My name is Mike. I never really post anywhere, but I’m a former member of TTORA and DR under the username centralcoasttaco99. You can probably figure out I’m from the central coast and used to have a 1999 Tacoma. IG is mikeee805, hence the username here on BLGT. The tacoma went through...