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moogvo
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Thanks guys. Hi Eddie.
The short term plan is to just make it run. I have always wanted a B2 and had a chance to get one on the cheap. At the moment, I am focused on making it roadworthy. At this point, all I wanted to do was to take an old derelict vehicle that was ready for recycling and make it work again. Nothing extreme.
My wife has a Prius, and she is always going on and on about the mileage her car gets next to my Silverado and dare I even mention my Chevy Express Hi-Top Conversion... Suffice it to say that I HATE the Prius. Can't stand it. Nothing would make me happier than to transplant a 350 into that thing. There is NOTHING about it that I like. Well... the LCD panel is pretty cool... But more and more she is pushing me to drive that... and I ain't gonna!
So then... Dude that used to own this B2 SWEARS that he was able to get 30MPG out of it. I am finding that hard to believe, but I can DEFINITELY believe that it gets better then the Silverado's 14 or the van's 10... nowhere NEAR the Prius' 50mpg, but good enough that I can drive it without hearing a lot of mouth.
So the plan here is to do all of the small mods to it that I can find that are geared towards improving performance and increasing fuel economy. I want to see if it is possible to actually get 30mpg out of it.
I have been hearing (well... reading...) 4.0! 4.0! 4.0! 4.0! 4.0!... And I admit, it would be a GREAT project... in the same way that it would be great to quit smoking. However, at the moment, I am not prepared to do either one.
Once this project is done, I will continue to comb the pages of Craigslist looking for the perfect donor vehicle to use for the parts for my next B2 project. I have been looking, but explorer owners have been really proud of their stuff. There hasn't been a deal to be had on one since I started this. I was SURE that there would be a plethora of storm damaged Exploders after the recent Tornadoes we had here.
I let this truck sit in my yard for MONTHS before deciding to do anything with it. The wife was starting to look at it with the stink eye... Kind of a "How long are you going to let that piece of Sh** sit there?"... "Ya know, you really need to Sh** or get off the pot before I call the salvage yard during your next business trip"...
So, fixing it the simplest way became the master plan. Once it is roadworthy again, I will start my research and parts collecting to move to the next level. I don't know at this point what exactly that level will be. there are several directions I could go with this. I will carefully weigh out the options and make an educated choice. The 4.0 or 302 both sound great, but if I am going to go that way, I would like to take the time to build my engine/tranny before putting it in. I will be able to drive the truck while I am building the engine... So it won't be sitting here making me weed-eat around it.
The short term plan is to just make it run. I have always wanted a B2 and had a chance to get one on the cheap. At the moment, I am focused on making it roadworthy. At this point, all I wanted to do was to take an old derelict vehicle that was ready for recycling and make it work again. Nothing extreme.
My wife has a Prius, and she is always going on and on about the mileage her car gets next to my Silverado and dare I even mention my Chevy Express Hi-Top Conversion... Suffice it to say that I HATE the Prius. Can't stand it. Nothing would make me happier than to transplant a 350 into that thing. There is NOTHING about it that I like. Well... the LCD panel is pretty cool... But more and more she is pushing me to drive that... and I ain't gonna!
So then... Dude that used to own this B2 SWEARS that he was able to get 30MPG out of it. I am finding that hard to believe, but I can DEFINITELY believe that it gets better then the Silverado's 14 or the van's 10... nowhere NEAR the Prius' 50mpg, but good enough that I can drive it without hearing a lot of mouth.
So the plan here is to do all of the small mods to it that I can find that are geared towards improving performance and increasing fuel economy. I want to see if it is possible to actually get 30mpg out of it.
I have been hearing (well... reading...) 4.0! 4.0! 4.0! 4.0! 4.0!... And I admit, it would be a GREAT project... in the same way that it would be great to quit smoking. However, at the moment, I am not prepared to do either one.
Once this project is done, I will continue to comb the pages of Craigslist looking for the perfect donor vehicle to use for the parts for my next B2 project. I have been looking, but explorer owners have been really proud of their stuff. There hasn't been a deal to be had on one since I started this. I was SURE that there would be a plethora of storm damaged Exploders after the recent Tornadoes we had here.
I let this truck sit in my yard for MONTHS before deciding to do anything with it. The wife was starting to look at it with the stink eye... Kind of a "How long are you going to let that piece of Sh** sit there?"... "Ya know, you really need to Sh** or get off the pot before I call the salvage yard during your next business trip"...
So, fixing it the simplest way became the master plan. Once it is roadworthy again, I will start my research and parts collecting to move to the next level. I don't know at this point what exactly that level will be. there are several directions I could go with this. I will carefully weigh out the options and make an educated choice. The 4.0 or 302 both sound great, but if I am going to go that way, I would like to take the time to build my engine/tranny before putting it in. I will be able to drive the truck while I am building the engine... So it won't be sitting here making me weed-eat around it.
