Rico's chopped II

[RICO9]

Cam and I got some work done today since I'm home for a few days.

Here's the distributor's machanical advance disabled with seal wire.

Here I am putting it back in.

We also got most of the wiring done. (and one valve cover cleaned)

 

[Twister]

Anymore progress on this?

 

[RICO9]

Unfortunately, no. I've been out of town for work all but 3 days in april and I won't be home much in May either. On the bright side, I've been working so much OT I should have some spare money to throw at my B2 for once. I also have a job interveiw comming up at the Tesoro refinery and if I get it, I'll be making about $9 more an hour than I do now. plus no more traveling.

 

[Twister]

Unfortunately, no. I've been out of town for work all but 3 days in April and I won't be home much in May either. On the bright side, I've been working so much OT I should have some spare money to throw at my B2 for once. I also have a job interview coming up at the Tesoro refinery and if I get it, I'll be making about $9 more an hour than I do now. plus no more traveling.

Sounds like a good deal

 

[RICO9]

Today was a good day. We got the B2 running today and it is running good! (even without having the O2 and Knock sensors hooked up yet) I'll get some pics and maybe a video up as soon as I button everything up. (It got too dark for pics)

 

[RICO9]

Here's a video of my B2 running with Chevy TBI.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOPZPH_X88c&feature=youtu.be

 

[RangerBoy94]

Your not gonna give up on that 2.8 are you

 

[country0001]

Nice job with the TBI.

I'd love to have an 84 to drop a V-8 in.

For now I'm happy with my 4.0 and fair mileage.

What type of mileage are you getting with this setup? Is it helping with acceleration? Or is it just more consistent.

 

[armadillon]

I THOUGHT that was a Chevy TBI! I thought I was looking at an S15 Jimmy engine bay for a second. Good god, I'm running on original TBI and injectors at 257,000 miles on my 89 Jimmy and it STILL runs strong.

 

[RICO9]

Nice job with the TBI.

I'd love to have an 84 to drop a V-8 in.

For now I'm happy with my 4.0 and fair mileage.

What type of mileage are you getting with this setup? Is it helping with acceleration? Or is it just more consistent.

I don't know what my mileage is like yet due to lack of drive shafts, brakes, and steering column! It does seem to run smoother and take throttle better though so far.

 

[chrwilkins30]

Seems like it runs pretty good with the tbi.

 

[RICO9]

I drove it around the neighborhood a little yesterday. It feels like I'm riding on 225's instead of 33's! I only have a few little things to do still before I can take it for a real test drive.

hook up the O2 and knock sensors, weld on rear shock mounts, bleed brakes, put on my manual hubs, and tidy up the wiring.

 

[RICO9]

Cam and I got my brakes bled finally today. And also bought a set of Dick Cepek offroad lights from his friend Ron.

Both of our b2's.

 

[dieseldane]

How's that TB treating ya? You've got me me thinking about doing this to mine.

 

[RICO9]

It runs awesome. I had a fuel issue for a while but I got it worked out now. The chevy distributor module got fried due to no heat sink. Picked up a new one from the parts store and she's good to go again. I'll try to get a write up done here pretty soon.