Well, i figured since i am going to be around a while, and i like to document , i would create a build thread for this.
I have decided in the last 5 hours, lol, that i am going to put my turbo kit to use and try to break some records with my GTO before i go force inducted.
Anyways the ole truck is going to be the tow vehicle for the gto, but as some of you will find out i get BIG TIME carried away with stuff. Building is my passion, and i am SERIOUSLY addicted to it.
I will start this out with some photos along with the plans for the swap and whats in store.. Possibly i may not even end up doing the turbo kit, but we will see. all of my friends are horrible influences and telling me to do it, and im a sucker for peer pressure. I also have some major attachment to this truck and want to make it seriously nice.
Anyhow. onto the project....
This rip started out about 2 months ago when i picked it up from the farm and tried to drive it home. Shaking, pulling to the right and diving to the right on the brakes made it evident i cant even drive it home, the brake hoses were shot. So onto the tow truck.
i dont have any pictures (edit, yes i found just one!)before this unfortunately but this is after i buffed most of it and took these SUPER COOTER running boards and bug deflector it had on it off. It also had some agriculture tires that were blowing chunks of rubber off as i limped it down the road before finding out the brakes were done.
I really didnt like the 84 grill, and it was cracked from this farm hand dude that used it blasting it into something, so i swapped the front grille and core support with a 91 gmc unit i found on ebay. Well needless to say, the dude on ebay was a jerkoff and ripped me off and the grille ended up being an aftermarket pile of garbage that was already on its last leg. broken tabs, chrome peeling, the headlight bezel does not even match..
as you can see i also swapped to the 33x10.5 bfg all terrain ta's and the duramax wheels, but ive just bought another set of new tires since the ones that came with the duramax wheels were dryrotted and cashed(just wanted to use them to see if i could fit them on here without lifting it or any of that nonsense)
The new wheels i got are the rebel racing sahara 16x8's (instead of the 6.5 duramax wheels) in satin black. Same tires going on, 285 75 16 33x10.5 bfg all terrain ta, just plan on putting the white letters on the inside now.
As for the interior, the interior is immaculate. It has the burgandy with black and brushed aluminum looking interior in it. The bench seat has zero imperfections aside from a spring broken under my side so i kinda have a detroit lean like this old turd fox body mustake i used to have. The wire steering wheel thats like 18 inches in diameter got on my last nerve so i added a momo competion steering wheel and a momo hub.
The gauges are weak as hell stock IMO, and the speedo makes this absurd squeeling sound the entire time you are driving, and the stock radio is not functional, so i said to hell with it and got one of these on the way.
i dont like the sport comp series so i ordered mine with the phantom 2 backlit stepping drive full sweep electric gauges.
i will add more pictures as i upload them. Off to the garage to gather some stuff to write up in here. MORE TO COME!
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poop city engine bay as is..
probably going to use these style mani's. They are the LS4 front manifolds off of one of the fwd lumina ss's i believe? Or the grand prix gtxrpRtype S or whatever clown letters it is, i cant keep up with that..
better shot of the front. Clears the water pump just fine, comes out right under it. If you run the same manifold on the drivers side, it comes out on top and faces perfectly forwards as well. 
Prolly a BIT large for this, but whatever, ill just run lower boost levels. LOL..
cluster of stuff going on.
look how clean this 5.3 i found is.. should be perfect when the ringlands on the stock cast pistons crumble even with a perfect toon eventually and its smoking like a freight train. LOL (i tend to be a pessimist sometimes, haha)..
new chevy grille with intercooler laying behind as a mockup. May do BOV on the end tank just to clean things up a bit under the hood. 
that little guy just looks so nice together with his new friend 
another shot for reference.
These are not for the truck, however they are the same setup the truck will have. White with black letters, then at night reverse lit bright white led numbers with a bright red led needle.. Should look similar to my GTO gauges do at night..
day..
night..
the new momo competition installed with hub. I peeled that silver sticker overlay off the bezel for the time being till my new cluster arrives.. Pretty stoked to get it in there, i have a feeling its going to make the truck a million times better to ride in.. Prolly just going to throw the radio away, and eventually fill in the speaker grill things in the dash and re-dye the dash back to stock color.. My door panels are seriously faded, but i may see what i can get some new ones from lmc truck for.. Possibly swap the interior to all black? Who knows.. I need some kind of cup holder or some to put drinks in though, its just a base model with no options, not even a cup holder! haha
started out with this...
just need to notch the center support, or design a different style center support, then put 90s on the end tanks and hog some holes in the back side. around each radiator end tank.. Ac is getting the boot im sure.
oem 06 gto m6 cam, oem 06 gto beehive springs.. Hopefully alright for this.. gotta be better than the 5.3 cam id assume, or do i get larger?!
new kickers
16x8 +0 ET 
Probably just do the bov on the other end tank, and have a clean pipe coming out of the radiator support directly beside the radiator up and into the tb. 
The ls4 front manifold on the drivers side...
The ls4 front manifold on the passenger side