Here we go again

[red85]

I'll put up a video soon. I still have to fix a leaky tranny and cooler lines. The bed has to come off and the new rear axle has to go in as does the BII fuel tank and new exhaust. I guess I have a ways to go before this project is done (for this year). Spring is coming I'd better get my ass in gear!

 

[red85]

got a little more done today...

ready to go back in...

and me just playing with the crane

I think I'm going to raise the crane mount up about 8" to help the motor and trans clear the top of the header panel.

 

[skippy]

lookin good!

 

[v-8power]

Looks Good Phil, Can't wait to hear it run. What gears you going to be running in the rear?

 

[Roadkill]

Stroker???

Stroker????


I don't even know her.

 

[Roadkill]

I'll put up a video soon. I still have to fix a leaky tranny and cooler lines. The bed has to come off and the new rear axle has to go in as does the BII fuel tank and new exhaust. I guess I have a ways to go before this project is done (for this year). Spring is coming I'd better get my ass in gear!

Hey Phil. Did you want that 8.8" of mine for her too?

 

[red85]

Hey Phil. Did you want that 8.8" of mine for her too?

Sure, if you're throwing it in! Any idea what the ratio is? I have the rear out of Ami's Explorer, but I'd have to pull it out from under the truck. Does that rear end have 10" drums too? At any rate, I'll likely pull whichever of those rears apart and put in 3.73's or maybe 4.10's. The 306 has pretty good torque down low, so anything deeper than a 4.10 is only going to tear up tires. The way the "new" motor is built, that 7.5" is not going to last.

I got a little more done last night. I put the pass side header on and bent up some 5/16" steel line for my tranny cooler lines. I figure if they're one piece, then they won't leak. I think I spent as much in ATF as I did in gas last year. This year, leaks are the enemy and they must die LOL.

 

[red85]

Stroker????


I don't even know her.

Ahhh. Some things never change, eh?

 

[Thumper113]

Stroker????


I don't even know her.

Ahhh. Some things never change, eh?

But that's a good thing

I'm gonna have to visit here more often just so I can hassle you two

 

[red85]

It's almost done!
check out my cool tranny cooler lines:

"open up 85...here comes the airplane..." here she is swallowing her new powerplant

It won't be long now. Just gotta wait for a warmer day when i have someone here to man the remote while I get things done underneath (bolting in the mounts and trans mount). After that it's re plumbing a few little items and the electrical filling her with fluids then it's vroom vroom vroom! I'll video that one.

 

[Dishtowel]

OK, WTF. You have a 3" ? stand-off for your mechanical fan on your water pump pulley, and I have about 2" between my waterpump pulley and my rad!! AND my rad is IN the core support!?!?!?!!!!! Not in the original location! I think I am missing something obvious....


PS: looking sweet

 

[red85]

The mounts I used push the engine far back and very low in the engine bay. They are TransDapt 9536`s. I also modified my core support to the point that the lower portion is completely built by Pigpen Racing (my little company). It`s all built of stainless so it won`t rust out like the original did.