Mike P
08-24-2015, 02:50 AM
Hi everybody. I've had an 87 Ram 50 (2wd, 2.0/5speed) for about 10 years now. The majority of the time it's been sitting in the shed with a bad engine. The truck is rust free, straight and has a lot of family history so it got saved rather than being scrapped.
I'm a recently retired mechanic (been building hot rods since the 1960s). Now that I have a bit of time the Dodge is in the shop getting a small block Chevy/T5 swap with the occasional help of my 12 year old Grandson who's learning the ropes.
I've been lurking here off and on for a couple of years seeing how others have been doing their V8 swaps and now that mine is finally underway I figured I join and post a build thread on mine. Anyway here is what I started with as it sat in the shed just before being moved into the shop.
http://i450.photobucket.com/albums/qq228/fecustom/XD501_zps1dbd5621.jpg (http://s450.photobucket.com/user/fecustom/media/XD501_zps1dbd5621.jpg.html)
I'm a recently retired mechanic (been building hot rods since the 1960s). Now that I have a bit of time the Dodge is in the shop getting a small block Chevy/T5 swap with the occasional help of my 12 year old Grandson who's learning the ropes.
I've been lurking here off and on for a couple of years seeing how others have been doing their V8 swaps and now that mine is finally underway I figured I join and post a build thread on mine. Anyway here is what I started with as it sat in the shed just before being moved into the shop.
http://i450.photobucket.com/albums/qq228/fecustom/XD501_zps1dbd5621.jpg (http://s450.photobucket.com/user/fecustom/media/XD501_zps1dbd5621.jpg.html)