next time you plan on going to the rubicon hit me up. ive lived in georgetown all my life and still havent ever been on it.
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next time you plan on going to the rubicon hit me up. ive lived in georgetown all my life and still havent ever been on it.
the rubicon is an amazing trail. it was where i first saw an axle detonate and scatter for a hundred feet in every direction. it will be at least a year before everything will be ready to go but i will shoot you a message when i set a date to go.
took a break from the motor and truck yesterday. my friend and my sister and i built this nice waterfall to run into my pond. i hope to put some fingerlings of trout in the pond. sure was fun to build and surprisingly easy to build too. now i just have to decorate it with rocks.
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Trout will live for a while, but if the water temp gets above ~70 degrees they'll just die, and they require a high level of dissolved oxygen, not sure the waterfall would cut it. Could get some small bluegill or pumpkinseed?
Cool looking falls, though. Be really nice when the landscaping is finished!
my pond is around 2,500 gallons and is almost six feet deep. as far as oxygenating the water, my pump moves 1,200 gallons per hour through a 4 inch line. my neighbor has a much smaller pond with no waterfall and has had trout living in it for years. a few of them are almost a foot long. anyway, the trout are only an idea, something for my daughter to fish for when she gets done with school.
i decided today that a stock camshaft wasn't going to be good enough, so, i got a hold of Oregon Cam Grinders. they have a nice camshaft with a 272/260 profile with .430"/.448" lift and a 1.4:1 rocker ratio. it can be used with hydraulic lifters as well. oh, and it's $99 to grind your core.
here is the intake secured to the head
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i got rid of the useless vacuum plugs attached to the thermostat housing and plugged them. only the temp gauge is left. since no one makes a block off plate for the machanical fuel pump, i had one made.
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i have a block off plate being made for this port too.
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here is my waterfall all done.
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Congrats, that waterfall looks badass
here is the timing chains and gears on and oil pump primed. notice the balance shaft delete
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the timing cover and oil pan on
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i painted the oil pan bolts orange. kinda looks cool on the black oil pan
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here's the arp head studs
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i had to cut the valve cover to have enough room for the head studs. i didn't realize they would be just a smudge too tall
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just needs the water pump now
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Ya the instructions do mention that the valve cover needs trimmed for clearance; the benefits far outweigh the problems of trimming the cover
here it is all assembled
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here my lightened and balanced flywheel
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i didn't realize that the weber carb i wanted to use is not a weber at all. i found out that the EPC 32/36 is not a weber but a knock-off of the weber
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so i had to rummage through my parts shelf and i came up with this actual weber DGAV 32/36
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now i have to rebuild this one so i can put it on the motor
rebuild kit for the carb will be here tomorrow. can't wait for that:bang:
i pick up the engine hoist from the equipment rental place tomorrow:thumbup:. i'm gonna pull the motor that's in the truck, drop the transmission, pressure wash the engine bay, install the new motor, then install the transmission. i got the carb rebuilt and it is ready to go. my edis4 stuff will be here on wednesday as well as my new fuel pump. the megajolt lite jr module should be here by the end of the week. i hope to start the motor next weekend:grin:
here's the motor out of the blue dodge. i'm not quite sure why the person that owned this truck before me put a dipstick in the oil pan.
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here's the motor mounts on the new engine
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here's the transmission and clutch
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here's the engine bay all dirty. i'll pressure wash it in the morning then the new motor will go in. i still have to eliminate the distributor and coil.
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here's the driver door caved in. thankfully i have a spare.
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How would you wash the engine bay, just soap and water or do you use some kind of cleaning agent?
pressure washer hooked up to hot water.
purple power and a good garden hose nossle also work good if you dont have a pressure washer. truck looks nice though, keep up the good work.
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Originally Posted by PowerRam348
That oil pan looks to be from a starquest 2.6 motor; thats how the dipstick is on them.
cleaner engine bay
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getting ready to go in
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motor and transmission in
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the motor is in and the only thing i am waiting for is the fuel pump and the edis 4 stuff.
the old motor
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the rebuilt carb
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my edis stuff with the wires mapped out on the harness and the coil
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the carb torqued down, linkage hooked up and set
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since the truck has a 3 inch lift i had to go custom with the heater core hoses
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made a new ground wire out of 10 gauge wire to go to the exhaust post. realized afterwards that i may get some smoke from that yellow plastic cover touching the header plate
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getting some measurements for the bracket for the VR sensor
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i'll attach the coils to the fender and the module to the firewall
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i get my crank pulley with the trigger wheel welded to it in the morning. i sent them off to the machine shop today. almost done!
Great thread, enjoying the really good photos. Can't wait to hear how it runs!
the machine shop did not get done with the crank pulley today, so i am in limbo until it gets done.