Hey guys. Ever have these things that happen or are happining that you work on and think about that you would just like to talk about and get some insight on?

I have a few and I cant take it anymore. I have to talk about these things and I need your thoughts on any. Read ahead.

I had an 87 S10 ext cab that I converted about 8 years ago over to a power house with money poored into a small block,tranny and all that could go along. Lets just say that this S10 could run a mid 11 with 29 inch offroad tires on it. I was growing tired of the truck and about 6 months ago I had a real good reason to junk it. I was pulling an empty trailer that weighs about 5000lbs and pulled out of a parking lot into the highway and and hit second gear way to hard. Needless to say I exploded the tranny and everything close to it. Driveshaft,tranny,flexplate,starter,tranny and oil coolers (they were under truck) were all gone. not to mention the huge hole in the floor. This was the coolest thing ever. Anyways I got the truck back home and took all the good stuff out and went looking for my next project. I ended up buying an 84 K10. Sweet truck that was 100% stock. I mean everything. I have in the last 5 months redone everything. Truck is sitting high and look awesome. Here comes my problems. Brakes work great except I cant lock them up. They dont pull, have no air and pads are amazing. But stopping this thing with any kind of weight behind it is not happening. The E-brake works great. What should I look for? Best I got so far was to replace front rubber brake lines because they could be weak and pinching closed. They look fine even though they are a little strecthed from the lift. Another is cooling. Give me a break. I kept the S10 under control. I cant get a grip on this thing. I replaced worn out 305 with my 420hp 350 from my S10 and replaced factory A/C with aftermarket unit since I run March serp set-up. A/C working great. Here is the deal. Up front. Considering this truck has the room this is what I got going on. Starting with grill. Oil cooler with fan, Tranny cooler with fan. A/C con, Rad. Did I go wrong there? The Rad is a Griffin race 2 core 1 1/4 core. I have a 4600cfm fan set-up. Lord this fan set-up could cool a dragster. I can give part numbers for anything. So really there is four fans up front all moving in the same direction. With-out A/C on I can keep my cool and run around 180 but with the A/C on I get up to 210 and thats when I am freaking out. Should I take that tranny and Oil heat out of mix and move it past the rad and locate on frame rail in the back? Timing is not an issue. Yes under hood heat is there considering headers and all. Also not to mention the 3500 stall converter. But Oil and tranny temps never exceed water. So my thinking is how can the oil and tranny coolers be hurting the water temp if there cooler than the water. Or could it be there stopping the Rad from cooling down as much since the air is at tranny and oil temp. Jere is the last thing bugging me. I had my tranny guy build me this tranny. (need a good guy let me know. He will build you a beast and sell on ebay if you want. He builds monsters for less than you would ever think) and I went with a 3500 stall converter and I set things up so the converter will lock when I want it to. The floor shifter I put in includes a switch that I flip when I want the converter to lock-up. The tranny is a 700r4 so having O/D is huge. I geared the truck with 4.56 gears so the 3500 stall would work out great. Here is the question. If you were in Thrid gear floored and sitting at 5500 rpms and locked your converter and the motor bogged would you think you have a jetting issue? Or what would you think? Keep in mind with a 3500 stall converter and 4.56 gears running at 5500 rpms your really only at about 30-35 mph.

Give me your thoughts guys. I'll take them. And of course I can answer any questions. I do all my work myself and know everything I did and bought.

Mike