Old black Betty build

[Trey Hardy]

Done a clay bar and good cut and polish she shines up good for a old girl minus that rear bumper and spoiler I’ll get those painted eventually

Done the big 3 upgrade
Replaced some broken pcv lines
Replaced my third oil pressure sensor screen
New o2 sensors
Finally got her running halfway decent again mph dropped from 14.5 to 14.1 I know that’s not a lot but hey every lil bit counts


She started a horrid lifter tap around this time too close to 300,000 on the dod lifters she sounded like she was about to blow up. I thought about a highschool buddy who bricked the gas pedal trying to blow up a 4.8 and when she ran out of gas he got it fired back up and no more lifter tap! So what did I do? Pull out of food lion in 1st year and red lined that biotch! When I got back to the boat it was gone the next day I changed the oil and added a quart of marvel mystery oil and that’s been my solution for the past 20-30,000 miles no more lifter tap!

My new door speakers and amp now I just need a highs amp and a good alternator to power it all!I can only turn the bass up 1/4 way before it drops the voltage this amp is a beast!

 

[Trey Hardy]

The panhard bar centered my rear end and the trailing arm drop brackets took away the high speed vibration I was getting on the highway later on I’m going to upgrade the shocks to resi shocks and put some nice trailing arms on it
Couple ideas I’ve been looking at

With a G2 or mag hytec differential cover

Polished the wheels up real good with my new zeyphrs kit and buffer

 

[Trey Hardy]

Got my new tires put on finally I like these better then the fury’s for sure and my god look how wide they are! I’ve literally tried to curb my wheels and forced it to climb up the curb and never once touched the wheel! Well worth the money imo and after 15-20,000 miles they still look new!

Things are monsters for only being 35s

 

[Trey Hardy]

Picked up some 1 7/8 Longtubes the other day for 150$ brand new the guy ordered the wrong set and couldn’t return them
I also have a set of 7x18” tips and a x pipe im planning on running no cats a x pipe with true duels and a set of borla ataks or kooks bullet mufflers with the tips axle dumped in place of the spare tire

 

[Trey Hardy]

about to leave in this pic to take my jet ski and 4 wheeler to trade for a obs gmt 400 it was around a 11-12 hr round trip non stop I drive over night so my transmission temp diddnt get too hot the highest it saw was 190* I need to make the time to put my tru cool 40 k transmission cooler on that made a huge difference on my Silverado

Got the truck back to the house! Another project I don’t have time or money for but just was too good a deal to pass up! If I can ever get my white truck sold this build will be started quickly after
(lsa 408 swap with a SAS)
Yea I know stupid but bad ass at the same time

 

[Trey Hardy]

And this is how she sits as of now!
Still got a lot to do but she’s come a long ways from the day I got her

On the to do list still
Aftermarket Rear trailing arms
Differential cover (g2 or mag hytec)
New fluids in differential transfer case and front axle
Install my transmission cooler
Kryptonite sway bar links
Hellwig sway bars
Smoked Cadillac third brake and tail lights
Repaint the rear bumper and add a chrome step cap like the Escalades
Escalade mirrors
Bigger alternator and or battery upgrade to yinlong cells
Get the exhaust put on
14 bolt rear end swap
Need matching red calipers for the rear lol
New power coat on everything
Resi shocks for the rear (icons probably)
Get and wire up a mids/highs amplifier
Wire up my backup camera to my Kenwood double din
And lots lots more! It’ll take some more time and money but one day maybe I’ll finish it

 

[pwtr02ss]

Great progress!

 

[Trey Hardy]

Great progress!

It’s going slow but steady we got her back in may of 2020 so I feel like I’ve done good with the time and money I’ve got into it I’ve put more money in front end parts and what little bit I’ve built the rear then I did the lift wheels and tires!
I got a wheel bearing and two tires and ABS pump to straighten out on the wife’s car before I do anything else and she’s still talking about going on our honey moon beings a year is coming up since our wedding so tax return might go towards a vacation this year instead of new wheels for her car or Tahoe parts

 

[pwtr02ss]

I vote a nice vacation. Speaking of vacations, I'm about ready for one myself.

 

[Trey Hardy]

I vote a nice vacation. Speaking of vacations, I'm about ready for one myself.

I want to go back to Tennessee gatlinburg area she wants to go on a cruise I spend 1/2-3/4 of my time in the water so I’m wanting to get away from the water and beach but maybe we can come to a agreement before to long