# Project: Duramax Conversion **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/project-duramax-conversion/260904 **Category:** Vendor Marketplace **Created:** [October 17, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/project-duramax-conversion/260904 "2011-10-17T16:57:47Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 34
### Author: ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid) #### Post date: [October 24, 2011, 6:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/project-duramax-conversion/260904/34 "2011-10-24T06:49:07Z")
> [@\*\*\*\*Official: Southgate Meet Thread\*\*\*\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-southgate-meet-thread/29171/1703): > > did you guys really just cut those leafs out with the plasma??? Thanks to GM’s never ending wisdom, who ever constructed this truck in 2007 failed to never seize the bolt through the steel collar in the bushings. They welded themselves in solid. Also thanks to what ever grade hardware they used, 2 Torch saws-all blades later trying to cut through I said MOVE and let the Hypertherm have a go at it! :rofl Which by the way is a beast. 50 amps (not even maxed) it cut like butter through 2 springs at the bushing points! over 1/2" thick!!! :ahh --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/project-duramax-conversion/260904)._