The Trailantula

[Pile of parts]

Scored this little thing today, and on this note, I have officially decided that I’m going to be rebuilding the motor and throwing some goodies in it as well 😈 I’ll be digging into it after I get my axles out of the shop 🤘

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Is that the Trailblazer intake?

 

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Is that the Trailblazer intake?

Yeah, this one is off a 2011 Silverado. All 4thgen truck motors have this style but it’s commonly referred to as the TBSS intake. Got it all prettied up and all the unnecessary stuff plugged and fixed up for how I’m gonna need it then of course I had to make sure the heathens of the shop knew it was mine

 

[Pile of parts]

That's good information. Thanks!

 

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That's good information. Thanks!

No problem, that’s what these places are for 🤘

 

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Little more done on the front plate of the rear truss. Took a few tries before I finally settled for one I liked, roughly 7. Will look tough once it’s all done 🤘

First a rough cut with constructive criticism memos




Adding card board to fill gaps




Fine tuning




And a stack from the first rough cut to final test fit.





Aaaannnd final product. Put a split in it to save on plate material/space and then welded it back together. Cory plans to possibly fine tune it some more and use this for a future truss design he might market so if y’all need a ribbed 14b truss in the future hit him up 👍 I also plan to fix the webs. Need to throw them back on the screen and figure out where I goofed them.





And of course with every build you want to keep your cut files organized so I did that tonight as well

 

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Oh yeah, update, got the rear axle truss burned in nice and deep, with fire and wire she’s on forever.












Then got the ram mount boxed in and braced

 

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then burned in the ram mount. Redesigned the top plate, Cory had a better idea for it 🤘










Then here’s the battering ram made out of some solid bar we had kickin around. Made the cross bar useless afterwards but it’s whatever, mucho strongo

 

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Then other randoms

Got my steering cooler burned together finally




Pile of parts off to powder




And the new gold color I’m going with

 

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Oh and I’m switching from the 5.3 to a 6.0 I have sitting on the shelf. She’ll make more power once I’m said and done with it than the 5.3 would

 

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More axle shots. She’s gonna be a solid unit, ram is tucked up nice and tight and with plenty of protection

 

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Soon to be steering reservoir, old giggle juice bottle.

 

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What's with the threaded ends on the solid bash bar? Part of a lockout for the steering?

 

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What's with the threaded ends on the solid bash bar? Part of a lockout for the steering?

going to make some brackets off the axle to support it, kinda how @YROC FAB. did on Jaydens buggy, page 4, half way down.. its a bumper bar for the ram but its also a support for the clamp ends as well 👌

 

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Tank update, cleaned it up and drilled some holes. 10an return fitting welded in at the 3/4 height mark, site glass fittings burned in and a 1/4npt hole tapped for a temp probe. Site glasses are 1”npt, put one below to show if I’m ever below the return. Ideally my fluid will stay right around that line giving me roughly 1.8 gallons of fluid.









Oh and I threw the 60 on the table too

 

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Parts are coming back and all I gotta say is DAMN

 

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More goodness

 

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this makes me super anxious to get my little army vacation done and over with. Gonna be a solid & quality build

 

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Our powder guy at Premier Powder has been absolutely killing it on my pieces