Mordis Build Thread - Supercharged 2011 Colorado

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FrEaK_aCcIdEnT said:

I knew the rear swaybar would bolt up to a zq8 without too much trouble! Now I want to switch. Lol

Really digging those end links!!!

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Yeah like I said it wasn't too bad getting it to work just gotta reuse the rubber bushings for the mounts and of course the Valve guide in the end link hole.

rshadd said:

This is coming along nicely. I'm anxious to hear how you like the sway bars. I know your gonna love the SSBC brakes.

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Thanks Rich. I am hoping I do get some better cornering out of it. The front bar is 5/16" bigger and the rear is 1/8" bigger plus I believe the Helwig bars are chromoly which should give a little more spring rate than the standard Carbon Steel bars.

TurboAl said:

What is the pt# on those adj front end sway bar links ?

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Here you go @TurboAl

Energy Suspension 9.8169 - Pivot Style Universal Endlinks. Energy Suspension ENE-9.8169G

I used the same ones on the front & the rear.

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Well that project is done, I didn't take any pics of last couple days it was mostly just working on some little stuff. I got the replacement hat from SSBC and put that one on the lathe and that one didn't have any wobble to it so we got the RF finished up and once that was done we did some small work on the brake cables so they were sitting where they should be. Also as others have said getting the brake cable arm on the rear calipers in the right position was kind of annoying but after working with it a little bit we were able to get them in the right position and the parking brake works with no issues.

Other than that it rides like a completely different truck I currently have the rebound & compression on the shocks set 8 clicks each I may mess around with it in the future to get better ride/handling.

Speaking of handling IMO the Helwig bars make a noticeable difference in cornering there is barely any roll of the body now and my fat ass ends up sliding across the leather seats cause I take corners too fast now

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Tires showed up today, Probably won't be able to get them installed until the 25th so for now they are in the bed.
Got a pretty good deal I think for them they are $143.20 a tire on Tire Rack I got them for $127 a tire from the dealer my Dad works at. I had to pay cash but no big deal.

Some Pics:

First the status of the current Goodyear RSA's and the main reason for getting new ones.


And the new BFGoodrich G-FORCE COMP-2 A/S tires.






Installed

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Had some parts showing up here over the past week or so.. here is a little insight into the next project.

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Well Time for more mods

Started on the exhaust today and got a bunch of pics so here we go..

Started by taking the right side cats out.


Which ended up being a pain in the ass cause as you can see one of the Manifold nuts striped out but finally got the damn thing out. Also the flange bolts busted off when we hit them with the impact but it does not matter since I won't be reusing them.


Next was the left side cats, the nuts on that manifold came off with no issues.


After that we chopped the Y-Pipe off of the muffler to make it easier to remove.


Then from there the muffler and tailpipe.


Then we took the plugs out so we didn't break them taking the manifolds off.


Then after busting the bolts loose on the manifolds we got them out.






Then it was on to installing the Headers, we did the left side first.




I didn't care for the bolts that Thorley provided in the kit so here are the bolts I used along the the Remflex Gaskets.




Then we put the right side in.




I also got some plug wire boots which you can see here.


And one more random pic.


After that we installed the secondary pipes from the headers but I forgot to grab some pics of them installed, I'll get some pics of those tomorrow before we get started on the full dual exhaust.