Just Plain Stupied

[doorgunner]

O.K. what happened to my 300 word answer for Wicked --short version: I know what I got in my OEM 2.9...
/free 350
/make adapter plates & drive shaft to fit Ranger
/ test out 350 & have a drive-able truck while fixin 2.9L/
/do top end on Ranger 2.9 /
/put 350 in engine-less ski boat/
/ put screamin 2.9 back in Ranger.

Hence:Just Plain Stupied!

 

[Wicked_Sludge]

gotcha. still seems like a lot more work than its worth but its all you man!

 

[doorgunner]

Yep, kinda like a face replacement
Besides, when you've spent 18 months(aarrgghh war story) dodging bullets, grenades, missles, V.D. (oops V.C.),etc.----

Experiences like that make this project fun. Anytime something doesn't go right....I think about the war story list!

 

[Loanranger]

I really like this build. And I have a feeling, after driving around with the SBC in there, the 2.9 will be the one going in the boat.

 

[doorgunner]

Nope, nada, nien, for 2 reasons:
#1 It (2.9) fits r-r-real good &
#B Running on 4 cylinders it has plenty of Go with that plastic cab
--think what it'll do with all six of those little monsters screaming at one time.
Plus, in a boat or on land, a 350sbc gets the same gas mileage

 

[feellnfroggy]

Yep, kinda like a face replacement Besides, when you've spent 18 months(aarrgghh war story) dodging bullets, grenades, missles, V.D. (oops V.C.),etc.---- this project is fun!

been there, done that. Whats the song? When you've been where I've been, anykinda life is paradise..... In keeping with the theme of things tho. You should make the boat a hydrofoil......

 

[doorgunner]

(song) WAR huu-- ain't good for--abosuletly nuthin--say it agin
(Hydrofoil) -- hmmm-- let me look up some hydro-foil pic's on the (spider's) web...

 

[doorgunner]

More engine pic's.......I just finished bolting the sbc engine to Redneck dyno

Gotta mount guages on test stand, add carb to intake, rad hoses, accessories......

 

[97BlackBetty]

My neighbor has a dyno just about as classy as yours. But hey it works. So when is this thing gonna be put back together, I really want to see it done.

 

[doorgunner]

I'm gonna try cranking the spare engine this week-end and run it a few times to check for leaks, etc. If alls O.K., I'll bolt on the auto-xmsn & leak-test it.

As far as the cab, Joe at Expert Collision still has it & has done some body work on it (the '68 Camaro ahead of my truck is just about finished, so I'm next in the primer booth)

The rest of the body is in my house un-assembled so it won't get scratched

I figured when I get the cab (driveable but not legal yet) back, all I have to remove is the radiator to do an engine swap. Then I'll bolt on the bed, fenders, running boards, & 4-piece hood.

It was looking like end of January, but now middle of Feb..


Treefrog is watching things for me.........

 

[pickuptrucker]

nice frog
oh nice truck too good workf!

 

[doorgunner]

thanks, the Frog appreciates it (truck too)


Update----the 350 cranked up & runs great......click on the video below......

Streetrod Engine Test

now, to bolt the A/T to the sbc and test it
(now where did I store that xmsn?)


Found the xmsn--cleaning the inside & hot-wiring the lock-out torque converter so it will engage in "over-drive" & will dis-engage when in passing gear:

:

Cleaned the case up:
.

EDIT: Forgot to throw in a pic of shifter:

 

[doorgunner]

Finally got 700R4 bolted on & taken for a 30 minute "spin around the block".
Temp. ran at a constant 185 degrees while taking xmsn thru the gears to work all the air out of the guts.

Connected high pressure rubber hoses from the xmsn to the Ranger radiator & cooled everything with stock belt-driven fan.
Gonna remove belt-fan & install electric fan from bone yard once everythings bolted into Ranger Chassis.
Still waiting on Cab/chassis to get back from painter.
Gonna try & find some info on sbc p/s pump pressure vs. Ranger pump pressure to see if they're interchangeable......they are(gotta mod fittings, though)

 

[Wicked_Sludge]

i think you should keep that exhaust

 

[doorgunner]

YeA, BUT NOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE CONVINCED (how did that cap-loc key turn on?) me of the goodness of cats, I gotta figure a way to get a pair of em in there witout ruinin the looks of the exhausts