In like a lamb out like a lion!

[rednine4]

So I've been wokring on prepping my BII for a 302 transplant. It's pretty close to putting the engine in.. here are a few pics of when I first got it and began dealing with rusted floor boards etc... I will post more pics as I get them uploaded to photobucket.

Had to weld a flat piece over this and re-drill a hole...

Ohio rust is a floor board killer

 

[5.0]

Wow, that's a lot of rust! I used to drive through Ohio every week to go to Maine, and from OH up through NY I even saw many newer cars and trucks rusted through. Keep us posted... we like pics!

 

[jhammel85]

Wow yeah that is a lot of rust. Looks like you have good plans for it. Good luck!

 

[dirttrackracer]

more pics! rust sucks i will have to sandblast my cab. i hate salt

 

[rednine4]

Those first pics were taken early Feb. During the rest of the month of FEB I got it to the following point:

 

[rednine4]

The engine im using is a spare from my 90 mustang gt... This engine was neglected/abused by the previous owner... lots of sludge and excessive wear.. I had it honed, hot tanked, freeze plugs, cam bearings etc... before installing new rings bearings..... it has a ford explorer cam shaft, E7 heads with only 40k (from another mustang) Decided not to go too crazy with it just wanted a fun toy to tool around town in.

 

[rednine4]

Has anyone else used these headers in a 4x4 swap? These are the Advanced adapters headers... the only reason I am going to use them is because I bought them for cheap off of a guy who had planned to do the same swap but backed out.

 

[dirttrackracer]

if they wont fit you can always bend the ends in some to squease them in there

 

[rednine4]

Cool.. I will find out how they fit later this week... hopefully. I am currently debating on which route to take for the carb. I have a 2 barrel motorcraft 2100 that needs to be rebuilt which could probably be done fairly easily and cheap.. or I was thinking about going all out and buying a truck avenger 470...

 

[traildevil67]

I have those headers on my 85' ranger they fit just fine.

 

[hddave1]

nice job on the floor pans..what is the black coating you used

 

[rednine4]

Thanks.. the floor boards were not something I really wanted to deal with at first, but it was actually kind of fun to do.


As for the black coating - I put POR15 on the seams and places subject to future rust, then I top coated it with a flat black 500 degree temp paint... I figured it may get hot in some places due to exhaust, so the temp resistant paint would probably be well suited.

Good to know on the Header fitment

I will be mating the trans, flexplate, TC, and engine today

 

[rednine4]

Refreshed the trans and installed the JW 157 tooth bellhousing.. the engine got the 157 tooth flexplate from summit racing with 50 oz imbalance

still a good ways from running but having it in the BII provides a burst of motivation

 

[2813josh]

Hell yeah lookin good!

 

[rednine4]

Update... got the fuel lines ran, and truck avenger 470 carb. just waiting for a few parts in the mail and the rest is down hill.

In the meantime I will have to find a power steering and associated brackets for the belt setup. I would like to do this on a budget. any suggestions for donor cars etc?