Issue

February 2019

Owner

James Portale

Ride

Vulcan6.6
(2017 Chevrolet Silverado 2500)

Meaning Behind the Name

Vulcan is the Roman God of fire and the color fit the name

Ride Details

Original Cost

67,000

Build Cost

94,000

How long did it take you to build?

Total build time from the moment we pulled the truck into the shop and pulled it out was 5 weeks

How long have you been building?

This was my second year doing an actual truck build

Club Affiliations

Diamond Society

Your future plans?

Would like to get the rear leaf springs powder coated and paint the rear axle and do some audio work to the truck before the end of the show season.

Vehicle history

The truck was Bullet Liners inside booth truck at the 2017 SEMA Show

Thanks to

Michael Haring at TCD Performance for all the time spent building my truck. Jeff Cleer for the help marketing the build. And all my friends and helpers involved in this build it wouldn’t have happened without you

Previous Rides

2015 Silverado 2500HD

Engine Details

Make

L5P Duramax 2017

Engine Add Ons

Wherli fab intake, coolant, hotside IC piping. MBRP 5” Exhaust

Chassis Details

Drop or lift inches

7-9 inch Cognito lift kit

Front Shocks

fox 2.0 with remote resis

Rear Shocks

Fox 2.0 with remote resis

Springs

Seaver leaf springs

Chrome, Paint, or Polish

Illusion cherry powder coat by George Parsons at Screaming Turtle Specialty Coatings

Wheels Details

Front Wheel Type

Hostile Stryker

Rear Wheel Type

Hostile Stryker

Front Wheel Size

24x14

Rear Wheel Size

24x14

Front Tire Size

37x13.5 toyo open country

Rear Tire Size

37x13.5 Toyo open country

Paint Details

Color

Butte red metallic

Graphics By

Body Details

Bumpers

Fusion

Addon Accessories

Firewire LED lighting, hornblasters 540 Katrina kit. GenY Hitch. Trigger accessory control system. R1 concept brakes. Amp research electric steps. Edge insight monitor.

Body Mods

All the chrome was either paint matched or blacked out

Body Mods by

Brad Ronyak