Project Impaler

[demo17]

I have forgot about you guys.  Here is an update over the last year and a half.

I tore the motor apart and found that 7 of the 8 pistons all broke in the same spot.  They broke off the ring land between #1 and #2 rings, top side, about a 30 degree section.  Very odd.  This caused me to bore it so now, i'm rocking a 406.
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I did make it to the mud run I mentioned in September, but I borrowed an engine.  It was a good running 355 Vortec, but just a street motor.  It didn't have the power The Impaler needs.
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I had a lot of rubber necking happening when I rolled through town to go to the mud run.
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She was definitely a dirty girl
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[demo17]

I did get the engine back together early spring of '13.  I only made it to 3 mud runs for 2013, but had a ton of fun.  The Impaler is an attention whore, everybody seems to like it and they want to ride in it.  To start the year off, I entered it in a Car Show.  I got 2nd place in the Off Road Class
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First Mud Run was a blast.  It was nice to have the power compared to last Sept.  No broken parts = success....
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Second Mud run was just for fun, no money on the line.  It was Mudfest at the Kansas Badlands.  They have a mud pit, hill-n-hole, atv riding, mud volleyball, several different activities going on.  Always a good time.  Again, it was an Attention Whore.



They also have a "horse shoe race"  You drive through the mud pit backwards, loop around a barrel and hit the hill-n-hole.  Here's my run.

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So, after 2 axle shafts, upper and lower ball joint, new brake line, we were good to go. 
No pics of the 3rd mud run, but I was in the pit twice and broke twice.  It has sat for the winter needing a new fly wheel, so it won't take much to get it going again.

[demo17]

Right now my project car is a Rat Rod.  i'm building a '26 Essex, 4dr, custom frame, 440 powered, air bags.  So the Impaler will not be getting to many upgrades unless something breaks.
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[Mudgrunt]

You have done a great job on this build, I take my hat off to you. Congrats on 2nd at the car show.

[J.C.]

Nice rides for sure!

[Uncle Steve]

Nice rides for sure!

x2

[marshall]

Let's see a derby car

[ProGrade]

Nice job!  I dig it!