well ive been working on this for a while, i was inspired while talking to uncle beaner one day, and decided to refresh my truck a little. i rebuilt a 350 to 355, comp cams rv cam, kb flat top 9.5:1 pistons, eagle crank and rods, and rebuilt the heads. ceramic 1-5/8 headers with a 3"flowmaster system and a 70 series muffler with custom welded mandrel bent y-pipe.ive replaced all u-joints and all front end parts. stripped and painted the frame and all of the brake/tranny lines. it is a tbi setup with an edelbrock tbi maniflod. since im hoping to aproaching 300hp ive bought an aftermarket fuel pump and a fuel regulator to get to 18psi fuel pressure. im sure there are lots im leaving out but here are some pics.
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you should clean up that firewall paint her black. That will really make all of that purrrdy motor pop out! :thumbs:
looks good man, you'll really notice a difference once you drop that bad boy back in!
Put your valve cover the other way, all in all that looks awesome...WOW :thumbs: :thumbs:
lol, ya i put them on the wrong way when i took the pic, but ohwell. thanks for your remarks i appreciate it, now i just need to get a bit more motivated and get it all wrapped up :grin_nod:
will a kick in the junk get you motivated? or drive down here and get your interior :lol:
i didnt want beaner anywhere my junk, so this ones for u beaner :lol:
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very nice :thumbs: :thumbs:
thanks, that wire loom takes a long time and is a pain in the ass, but so worth it :grin_nod:
some more progress
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Quote from: kamakazi on January 08, 2009, 02:27:19 PM
i was inspired while talking to uncle beaner one day
Oh my GERD.
:lol:
~Brian
are you going to do the t-body mod? if you can scoop up a 88-90 454 t-body. trust who are you using to tune it. ive had good luck with pcmsforless.com cheap too
i decided to go with 5.7 tbi injectors. @18 psi i should have enough fuel to feed the beast. i didnt want to go with a tune at first unless i need it, but if/when i do ill get a 56mm tb bore and run a programmer. i have enough guages going into the truck to rival a nasa space shuttle, i should see quickly if i have fuel troubles of not. thanks for the link though, ill check them out. :thumbs:
update
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She's comin together well! You gettin excited yet?! :clap: :clap:
well im taking care of the fuelling tonight, and hopefully i get to start her this weekend, so hek ya im excited :clap: then i can work on the rappy, ive put off cleanning the rappy all winter so i could use the truck to haul it to the car wash. :rolleyes:
NEED UPDATE! SWEET RIDE! I cant wait to see a video of you doing donuts! :nana:
well everything was going as planned till i was cutting my old exhaust off and one of the pipes fell and cut my hand, 4 stitches later and a 6cm cut, ill have to give it a rest for a few days but this is where i got to on the build. i can say for the first time in my life, i have seen my muscles :'( hope this gets u by raptorRyan. please note, my good valve covers wont be going on until i have pre oiled the engine and its ready to fire up
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That thing is SOOooooo cool! Nice work! :thumbs:
Looking good.
Nice work under the hood. The braided hoses and conduit clean it up nicely.
~Brian
thanks, my fingers feel like pin cushions after the braided ss. i was discouraged by the amt of work this truck has taken, but i feel like it has paid off. thanks for all ur comments
pics of 3 gear burn out please kthanksbye
pulled a boner, didnt weld the pickup tube to the oil pump :'( spendin time pullin off the oil pan. damn newbie mistakes :( i knew better :slap:
welp only one soultiom dry sump :grin_nod: ive done that many of time my friend :lol:
lol, it took me 2 nights to get the pump off, dropped the pan enough to slide the pump out. But it only took me 1 1/2 hours to bolt it all together. i got all my electrical done, my fuel leaks fixed and my fuel pressure dialed in. this baby is ready to start, just have to preoil and install valve covers and hook up distributor :clap:
Looks good and getting close!
well i started the bad boy up on saturday, runs awesome, throttle response was unbelievable, just have to bolt the front end on, get a wheel alignment, build a y-pipe, and take pics of 4gears of smoke for beaner :clap:
BOO YA!!! SMoke shows for the win! :clap: :nana: :nana: :nana:
very nice!!!!
OHhhh BABY! Cant wait to see it! :thumbs:
Quote from: Krandall on March 31, 2009, 10:33:26 AM
BOO YA!!! SMoke shows for the win! :clap: :nana: :nana: :nana:
In 4WD of course.
:thumbs:
~Brian
that may be a little too hard on the transfercase brian :confused: but we shall see how the rear end holds up first
Quote from: kamakazi on April 01, 2009, 03:09:40 PM
that may be a little too hard on the transfercase brian :confused: but we shall see how the rear end holds up first
Just kidding.
~Brian
huge burn out or its junk
my rear main seal is leaking :'(
ahh young grass hopper did you rplace wear ring on crank?
Quote from: kamakazi on April 08, 2009, 10:06:31 AM
my rear main seal is leaking :'(
No way!...not on a GM vehicle. I am shocked. :lol: :rolleyes: My old blazer ate rear main seals for breakfast. 3 dollar part, 5 hours labor :lol:
I don't miss that piece of KA-KA.
brand new crank beaner, im actually thinkin its the oil pan, either way, im leaving it for the time being. gettin a wheel alignment tomorrow morning and gonna get 1000km on it as soon as possible :thumbs:
andddddddddd???????????????????????????????
pulled the engine, sent it to the machine shop, had 1 broken valve spring, 1 blown head gasket and the other head gasket was well on its way, replaced all of the above and currently reinstalling the accesories on the engine. :'( not a nice experience, wasnt even done breaking in the cam :(
wtf? you should hired a professional :poke:
:lol:
No Geek Squad for motor building.
:lol:
~Brian
well after 2 sets of head gaskets in 700 km i decided after alot of thought that i has to be my efi f'ing up, so u pulled the efi and changed the: intake and cam and am currently installing a carb, i am nearly finished the project and hope to have it running for the weekend. my pride is hurt, but i have run out of $$$ and patience to solve the efi problem, hopefully i have this solved, on a side note it sould be arround the 350+hp mark. the comp cams cam box had the wording "extreme" on it :nod:
its running :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
for how long?
Quote from: UncleBeaner on December 12, 2009, 03:11:42 PM
for how long?
for ever of course, i found the problem ;) at least im 90% sure i did
running lean :(
tisk tisk jr. if needed i have a wideband around here somewhere i can let you borrow. who did the tune?
mail order tune :(
ahh pcmsforless?
tbichips.com
junk
^-- Jealous
:beans:
is he dead?
he's on a train to no where.
this shit run yet or what?
i am happy to report that it does in fact run quite well, except for another broken valve spring :(
I still stand by my original statement of "junk"
still runs awesome, but i dont get to drive it all that often :(
Where did the pics go? :(
been thinking about getting a single cab too
still junk 8)
:rofl: