project HELL of a TIME finished for now

[HellYeah4x4]

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

[HellYeah4x4]

Wish i woulda took before pics as the stuff looked pretty rough.

[HellYeah4x4]

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.   

[HellYeah4x4]

well according to the camera it was ready 2 years ago. Damn wish i woulda known!!! 

[Disturbed Sledneck]

Sweet Predator carb!

[Boggen Joe]

Sweet rig

[HOSS]

Sweet rig.  Should b one helluva toy  sure!

[355REDNECK]

whens the first bog

[HellYeah4x4]

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. 

[HellYeah4x4]

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 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.

[HockeyGuy]

sounds like this is gonna be a mean machine!!

[HellYeah4x4]

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 

[HellYeah4x4]

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    

[HellYeah4x4]

its alive! going out to break in cam in a few.

[OHEARN.2012]

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!

[HellYeah4x4]

yeah i know....im only a couple months behind though lol couple weeks and should be good to go

[HellYeah4x4]

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

[390JOE]

so did you break out the marshmallows to roast off he uprights?

[HellYeah4x4]

lil teaser lol

[HellYeah4x4]

no but i lit a smoke lol