Meet the Owner of EM
My name is Kevin Peck. I am the founder of ESTEN Motorsports. This site is to tell you a little about myself. I've been in the automotive industry since 1993, since I graduated from Wyoming Technical Instutite (top Tech school in the nation) with a Associates degree in Collision/Refinishing Technology & Street Rod Building/Auto Customizing ( the only courses like them in the world at the time). I graduated in the top 3% of my class. I got bit by the minitruck bug in 1988, when I traded my 1979 Chevy Malibu Classic for a 1983 standard/short V6/auto S10. I was timid at first about tearing it apart, but I soon overcame that and it went lower with a set of 15x10 Ultra tris with 195/50r15 (remember that?). I have bought, sold, or currently own ten S10s, Sonomas, Blazers, and Jimmys. S10s have become somewhat of a passion over the years, don't get me wrong, I like other minis, but S10s are my favorite. You will not find a more versitle, inexpensive, and available truck. I have been an avid fabricator since 1994, I enjoy it to its fullest, and love to see a project take shape. Well, enough about me how about some current project information and personal ride. Below is a photo of it after I added the step shaver kit and rollpan, as well as various other items.
My "daily driver" is a 1997 S10 SS. It came factory all black with red accents and the ZQ8 suspension package. I bought it as a bank reposession about seven months ago. It was keyed, hit in the rear bumper and hit a little down the passenger side. First thing to do was to replace the bumper with a step shaver kit from Godfather Customs, repair the body and replace the passenger side mirror. But the first thing I did was install a set of 16x8 AR Atlas wheels with 225/50ZR16 Firestone ATXs. Below are the most recent photos of my project. Look down the page for Mods performed.
List of modifications
FBI 2000 front end update
APC clear turnlamps
billet grill and bowtie
Kept 97 bumper, shaved markers and holes
Lund airdam with Hyperwhite driving lights
Harwood Cowl induction hood
Autobahn Wholesale shaved wiper cowl
Shaved antenna
Godfather Customs StepShaver rollpan
APC Euro taillights
APC smoke 3rd brakelight lens
American Racing 16x8 Atlas wheels and Firestone tires
Autobahn Wholesale (Chassis Tech) Drop spindles
ESTEN Motorsports 4.3L cold air intake
8mm plug wires and AC Delco platnium plugs
4:56 Richmond ring and pinion
B & M shift improver kit
Custom red painted interior and engine accents
Custom 3 inch exhaust, with Flowmaster 40 series muffler
5% window tint all around
Tekstyle aluminum frame tonneau
Front and rear ESTEN Motorsports windshiels banners
Pioneer DEH6000 with Poineer mids and tweets
2 Rockford 15 inch Power DVCs with Punch 225 amp-for use after I perform a crawl through to the bed that houses a sealed enclosure.
I also have a side project I work on in my free time. It's an 85 Ext. cab S-10. I will post all current mods performed to it soon. The list is just as long as the 97's.
