Rocket Man's 2008 Bagged CC Silverado Build AKA "THE MACHINE"

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I'd get the Kooks, even if just to flip. If their collectors are above the frame, then you'd only need to be concerned about the Y-pipe. You could sell the Kooks Y and have one custom made, probably for less than what you could sell that Y for. Then you'd still have the headers for an even bigger steal.
 

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you get those 90's from Grainger yet?
 
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you get those 90's from Grainger yet?
Yes, now I’m waiting on the Swagelok fittings for the rest of the system. The only PTC fittings will be those 90’s at the manifold. I hate leaks and that left front one was the last straw. Man I wish I could change the ones at the manifold to Swageloks. Working on the Wilwoods now but our weather turned to sucky for the next week and I’m finding it hard to get excited about going outside even though I’m under cover. I just got back from having some new rear center brake lines made and decided to paint the bracket .
 
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I worked on the rear brakes about 4 hours today but had a bit of a challenge so I only got one side done. I had a feeling I might have trouble due to the nature of the conversion and the Moser axles. At first try the caliper on the DS wouldn’t even go over the rotor, it was too far to the inside. There’s shims to space it to the outside but I needed to go the other way so I had to cut the mounting ears off the inside of the aluminum mounting plate and even that wasn’t enough so I pulled the bolts that held it on and added washers behind it where it mounts to the axle flange. That did it, it went too far to the outside then and I was able to use the shims to center the caliper on the rotor by moving it back inside a bit. I also painted the center hose bracket and installed the new lines I had made earlier today. The rubber ones were stretched tight when the bags were fully aired up (which only happens when I’m jacking the truck up) and now they’re ok. I had them made 3” longer but could have gone a couple more but they’re much better. The suspension is almost never this aired up but I just wanted to be safe when it is. The red matches pretty good with the parts I painted.

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