I got this from rood awakening. lots of lil stuff to do. Still looking it over good. Now i gotta decide BB 460 forddd or pisss chevv i figure that debate will start something lol. jerryy ==kk Its set up for bb chevy though. we will see dont know if i can bring myself to put the drop in chevy in er.
no 383's or 440's?
i had a 440 so iwont knock it much.. but no nonoo
wound up sbc 400 ;D
run a chrysler stronger then a ford and not as strong as a chevy chevvv ==rocks
Be a ford without a boubt if it wasnt ready to drop a chevy bb into and be almost dun lol
540? 632? dont matter what brand then its just cool! lol
Quote from: betterbeaters on November 24, 2011, 02:09:35 AM
540? 632? dont matter what brand then its just cool! lol
lol yeah you right. All in all that things gonna be a beast! I'd like to watch this project as it goes.
i used to run chevys first trucks were fords . ford is my preference but if it puts out 600+ hp im good lol
going 466 bb ford. got the super cobra jet heads intake and carb on the way. Thinking cause of my young kids the name wet dream wont stick (twin 4 year olds and a 7 and 11 year old) gonna call it MONSTROSITY since it has rockwells, a dodge body, a chevy frame and a ford motor and the name frankenstein has been used too many times lol . gettin a lil done at a time get serious after Christmas will post pics hoping to be in romeo for tgw may 5th ++peace Got Mud?
Nice truck, im a chevv guy but can appreciate any nice truck
cool truck
Nice truck, glad your going with the forddd motor
:)any updates
lol Yeah ive spent a bunch of money on it! Got a shop full of new parts. My first block and heads i bought sight unseen from a relative, ==dontwannaseeit was already bored 30 over and was too pitted so was gonna go 80 over but the walls are too thin. would have to sleeve 4 cylinders and its not worth it to me. the heads didnt have the springs or valves in em i was told they did and they wernt factory cj heads. So my 521 build will wait. Ill use the 460 i was gonna drop in my bronco . I sourced a set of interceptor heads and had em checked out. will be getting heads back next week and should have the motor together. will be a stock 460 bottom just refreshed with factory 429 boss rods and je flat tops forged pistons, Otherwise ive just been going through it and cleaning up some things on the frame. Got my plasma cutter and a mig conversion for my wire welder so i can finish fabing the firewall and tunnel and motor mounts. I picked up a divorced 205 tcase, still looking for a c6 2 wheel trans or im gonna convert mine. If the daily driver vehicles finally hold together and quit taking all my weekends the motor and tcase should be done in the next 2 weeks. then i just gotta put the finishing touches on the firewall and tunnel as well as the body and we should be ready for trucks gone wild!
Sweet truck!
Nice truck
==kp
Dont buy the cheap foreign plasma cutters. Mine showed up yesterday doa. barely creates an arc on new peice of steel..... ==cuss this one was suppose to be a german model its not. its china junk
I have a miller and its pretty touchy sometimes. Might just not have a good enough ground or air pressure isn't right. Mine will do the same thing if either one happens.
well i played with air pressure from the recommended 70psi all the way up to 80 psi and down to 40 and everywhere in between. As far as the ground goes i was working on a peice of brand new 1/8 inch steel. Ieven took the grinder and went over the areas i was clamping to as well as where i was trying to cut. i put a new water seperator on my air compressor as well as the one on the unit itself. I double checked all my connections, tried it in both pilot arc and contact arc. Gonna try it more tonite. i have it wired for 110 might rewire for 220 and see what happens. If theres anything i may have missed please feel free ill take the 2 cents lol ive used plasma cutters before just never owned one. I even wire brushed the consumables to remove any film that may have been on them but with not much change at all
Ordered my uprites from dec couple days ago and the new cam arrived today so i should have all my parts to put motor together this weekend then i can test fit with uprites to be sure new motor mount location is good then ill finally sak up and weld those mounts lol. i did some work on the rollcage to raise it up it bit. it sat a lil low so i made some blocks and welded on the feet of the cage took it up bought 3in and made a big diffrence otherwise i been welding some brackets in and mocking stuff up for tunnel and such. had some time today so i decided to bust out the powder coat equipment i bought 2 years ago and used 1 time to do a set of valve covers. Stuff turned out nice. the intake i did in cast aluminum with a translucent blue over it. the dampener is painted cast aluminum. i have the pulleys baking now i did them powder coat mirror black, 1 is pictured. pic dont do mirror black justice at all. Timing cover should be here tomorrow so i can powder it translucent blue as well
Wish i woulda took before pics as the stuff looked pretty rough.
got the motor pretty much ready to go in. Got the wrong oil pickup from summit so gotta wait for the right one to get here. Still not sure if ill run the shotgun scoop or not, was gonna turn it backwards if i do and it will sit just inside the firewall and breathe clean air from the cab. Predator carb, edelbrock torker intake, comp cam, je flat top pistons, Boss 429 rods, Stock internal balance crank, Interceptor heads with roller rockers, msd dizzy and dce uprites. this was gonna be the motor for my bronco but since the 521 block and heads didnt turn out its goin in. GotMud? ++peace
well according to the camera it was ready 2 years ago. Damn wish i woulda known!!! loll
Sweet Predator carb!
Sweet rig
Sweet rig. Should b one helluva toy sure!
whens the first bog
Thanks. TGW was the goal, not so sure about that tho. Hopefully ill have it done in time for a test and tune before tgw. If not ill skip TGW and stay local and run it at a buddys for a test and tune then hopefully an open invite on gotmud for its first real run at my buddys pit. ++peace
picked up some nice 50 inch v treads, got the fuel cell, its all here now. i got 1 problem tho, a design flaw by the original owner. theres 2 big plates welded to the front axel for the lower link bars and they sit lower than the pumpkins, totally kills clearance. great for trenching a field tho lol im gonna post pics later if none of my stuff or no friends p00 breaks. been a vicious cycle lately i haven't had time to touch the truck. I havent come up with an idea to move the lower link bars that i really like yet. First time messing with four links, if i move em like im thinkin ill have to shorten the link bars as well.
sounds like this is gonna be a mean machine!!
Well i finally got a lili time today to get the motor mounts made. I took a couple stock chevy mounts and drilled some holes so they would bolt to the ford motor, set it in on the stock chevy mounts and it was about 3/4 of an inch off from the stock chevy motors location so i had to cut em off and reweld em to the frame. The chevy mounts worked out pretty good they allowed me to mount the ford motor back a few inches further. Thanks Mick (budman) for the mounts! I also mocked a couple things so i can fab brackets for the orbital valve and steering shaft. Long ways to go yet but should make good progress this week. I added some pics of the front axle front and rear view. I need to relocate the lower link bars they hang way to low GotMud?
post more pics later. Made a new cross member for under motor to clear the oil pan. Motor and trans bolted together and in truck. made new power steering and alternator brackets. trans cross member will be in tonite. also hoping to have the radiator brackets welded in. hoping to get it all plumbed this weekend. Anyone wanna come out and weld in some centers for the v treads there ready to go i got wire/arc welders and the plasma cutter. just need to cut old centers out of rims and weld the new ones that are all prepped into the rims ++peace GotMud?
its alive! going out to break in cam in a few.
Quote from: HellYeah4x4 on August 01, 2012, 02:42:02 PM
its alive! going out to break in cam in a few. slap transfer case and driveshafts in next week and its time to bog
bout time!
yeah i know....im only a couple months behind though lol couple weeks and should be good to go
my predator carb was leaking so i had to wait for the rebuild kit to arrive. i borrowed a buddys 750 edelbrock and set the timing bout 7 min in to the cam break in the uprites were glowing. Temp and oil pressure were good. Checked everything with an ifared thermometer and all was good. uprites were around 500 degrees 550 they were glowing. Got my predator carb done threw it on and had to readjust the timing a bit. Got carb adj. About 7 min in glowing uprites again. Gonna pull the plugs and have a look tomorrow see if its real lean. water temp was around 175
so did you break out the marshmallows to roast off he uprights?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuDhe_9ijPE#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuDhe_9ijPE#ws) lil teaser lol
no but i lit a smoke lol
==kv sounds good
got the timing set all was good with carb then the diaphram started leaking again. Tried to get away with not having to machine the accelarator pump cover like predator wants ya to with there rebuild kit so now i gotta find someone to machine it i guess
Where are you located I work at a machine shop in southern mi if ur close I can do it for you
I'm in mid Michigan couple hours from ya......thanks tho
Got the carb taken care of...i believe. got brake lines on, orbital valve mounted and steering shafts figured out. few lil things to button up yet like get a couple hydraulic lines made and get the transfer case brackets fabbed and welded in. Gonna really try like hell to have it all done by the end of the weekend before boggin season is over
Gonna post a bunch of pics and a vid soon. Just got done fabricating and welding in the tcase mounts. Looks like i finally got the carb squared away. Damn thing gave me fits and cost me a bunch of time over the last few weeks or id be in Hale tomorrow. Oh well, maybe ill make Al's birthday bog. Gonna pull her outside tomorrow and bleed the steering lines and finally throw it in gear and take er for a lil ride. Test and tune sunday at my friends place. Keeping fingers crossed all goes well and all the internals in the axels are good. There my only unknown at this point
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGbHVJGy1Aw# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGbHVJGy1Aw#) heres a vid my son took with his ipod. i gotta dial it in some yet. My carb started leaking at the end of the day again after i ran it outta gas, it dont take long lol, gonna send it to predator and be done with it, need to get the centers in the v treads and make my limiting straps
Well i couldnt bring myself to shio the carb out but i finally got it right. Gotta dial it in a lil more and get a new shift cable mines got a lil play in it and causes some issues its getting closer tho. ++peace http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4p-lL312vc# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4p-lL312vc#)
SOUNDS GOOD
Posted some old pics from early in the build i never posted and 1 of the nite i brought it home...poor heavy half lol Done for now was a HELL of a TIME, now its time to play
Made the shroud and modified grill for my ford grill insert, fabbed up firewall and new switch panel, modified the chevy mounts to bolt on ford motor
The finished product.....FOR NOW! ==rocks loll
few more
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh3fWS6tsQs# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh3fWS6tsQs#) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaJDEi_LRBY#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaJDEi_LRBY#ws)
Nice truck!
oh ya put them tractors on it then take a pic
Soon. Depends on if I play in the sand or mud this weekend
i vote mud lol =]
Lol Cuzz project came full circle now. Ford Power. Nice truck now all in all. Shall be a fun ride once bugs are worked out Dawg. Like ne other project, always sum time n $$$! To spend lol. ++peace