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I grew up there, I'm in lakeland now. my parents are still there though, I love the place (although some people I know think it's too 'slow').

Thanks for the compliments! It's good to finally have the thing on the ground again. This weekend I replaced the timing chain cover gasket that was leaking coolant for a while. I was going to drive the car to work this week, but my clutch reservoir cracked when I was trying to stop a leak from...

71dusterdan, I personally like the satin look. The only bad thing I can think of is that grease/greasy fingerprints don't just wipe away. My duster was flat/satin black for two years in the Florida sun with no wax and held up fine, the demon was 6 months before I moved into a house with a...

Thanks, The ride is good, especially from what I was previously used to. if you look in some past posts you can see the coilovers uncompressed. For some reason these springs that came with the conversion kit have the bottom half of the coils closer together/tighter wound at rest. Heres the...

Well it's finally on the ground! I drove it a couple miles and everything went great. I took some video of the suspension too, I'll be uploading it later. The next step is to find a good tuner to get my efi where it needs to be, and before or after that I need to rebuild my transmission.

Thanks guys, I'll post some files of my templates when the cars held its own weight for more than a week! I was able to set the pinion angle (moved it 15+ degrees up from pics above) and got the axle position set front to back in the car, I still need to check side to side alignment, make new...

Well I made good progress this week, it's almost all bolted up, I just need to set the pinion angle and center the axle under the car. I also need to run a couple new brake lines and put in new bearing and seals on the axle.

Absolutely no question, I've regretted that the last year or so. But when I bought the body almost 5 years ago I liked the shortbed regular cab look and didn't like the proportions of long beds or extended cabs. Being a bit more practical now I know I need a rear seat for passengers or just dry...

Doesn't look like much of an update, but I'm 95% done wit gusseting, if all goes well everything will be in black and on the car over the weekend.

Got everything welded in and my dad helped me paint the underbody. I'm hoping that I can get the differential mounts gusseted and the links welded together this week, maybe get it on the ground in a week or so if there are no hang ups (still need to press in/out new axle bearings and seals too)

We'll take two: tonight I got the new coulover crossmember welded in for good and the coilovers located (at least according to my measurements). Tomorrows goals are to gusset and finish weld everything and clean the underbody of any unnecessary tabs.

Sorry to hear about your accident, glad youre ok, but hopefully you can or were made whole from that accident. Don't worry about the Ram, the frame I used for the kaiser was leftover from my friends ex cab short bed conversion on his 97. My friend also had a spare 80k mile 6bt/nv4500, so the...

I don't mean to directly bad mouth Hotchkis, just express my displeasure with them and hopefully help someone whose looking for a rear suspension make an educated decision. These springs are the same set I've had since the demon ran (6-7000mi of street only use). I never received a warranty...

I told myself I wasn't going to post anything else on this, but when I saw this I couldn't stop myself. after 6000 miles, maybe a year old and the bolt that holds the spring pack together is sheared off! I'm sure this was my fault too somehow. I guess you need to put another finger up for...

Another evenings worth of progress.

The diff mounts are tacked in place, and I've moved onto the lower links, starting with removing the leaf spring and cutting the frame rail. Hopefully tomorrow I can cut the new frame rail section, tack it into place and move onto the other side. Hoping that by the weekend I might have...

It's hard to get decent pictures underneath but I have the upper links tacked to the crossmember. And should be symmetrical to within 1/4" and at the same angle. I originally tried to 'freehand' the templates for the links-that didn't work well. These I drew the radius out in CAD and assured the...

Not too much visual progress, the inner fenders are done and ready for paint. I finally got the upper link's crossmember cut and tacked in, I cut the mounting tabs but realized I need to stop relying on MadDarts pictures and start to do some of my own thinking. If I have a 3.5" tall mount (5"...

After 10hrs this weekend I got the wheel wells tacked in, except for a couple patches on the passenger side. I cut the outer fender wells out too, there was a decent lip (~1") that I thought I'd kick myself if I didn't clear out of the way for the future. It's not the most seamless patch-up...

Thanks! It's funny you say that, a few weeks ago I made the decision to sell my truck when I'm finished revamping the demon. I'll be looking for a 4x4 cummins ram 4dr short bed 6spd manual to replace it. I don't want to, but I feel like my work and personal life needs a 4dr truck and I just...

Thanks! The truck has been great to me, lots of fun, 20+mpg on the highway. All 96 ram 1 ton chassis, drivetrain (Dana 80 rear, Dana 60 front, 6spd manual, cummins 6bt)

Wheel wells are all cut out, I need to get some sheet metal before I make anymore progress; I thought it'd take me longer to get here. I also got the heim joints in the mail.

The Demons finally off the road with the efi running great and the leaf springs scaring me that they'll snap (because of this it became my backup ride). I finally got around to redoing the rear suspension. I have all the heim joints ordered, I'll be modeling my suspension off of Mad Dart's write...

Hey guys, as I said in my last post, my attention has turned to my car now ( I purchased a house since the last post and have been moving since then). I'm trying to take the demon to work and around town more. It cruises really well, but I need to map out the top half of my VE tables, and the...

Pending sale to sleepyhead416

Up for sale are the Mighty Demon 825 cfm carburetor and the Edelbrock Air Gap Dual Plane Intake that i had on my demon. I installed fuel injection on my car, and it has been running for a couple months now so hopefully I won't be needing either of these. Demon 825cfm carb Float bowl sight...

Well, its been a while since I posted here, but I got my truck done, so Ive been turning my attention to the Demon again. I finally got the fuel injection on the engine and running, words cannot describe the feeling of hearing it idle on its own and start up in a fraction of a second without...

Thanks, I appreciate it, I will contact you tomorrow. Im all for helping you guys out as well. If FL had a lotto ticket with 1000:1 odds id love to buy one of those as well.

15 months, a new job, a second vehicle, and more free time has allowed me to be more flexible with how long I can let the demon sit-priorities change. I never said i wasn't going to call Dan, in fact on the other forum I said I will be calling him tomorrow. Ive been in contact with Dan since...

Dan, I replied on protouring as well, but the car is parked until my fuel injection swap is done, then im driving it to my dads shop to rebuild the trans and trash these springs. Im not sure what this car weighs, but its pretty stripped down (except for the 5pt cage and battery in the...