Mission Creep on a D-150
Here at Chez Halfafish we are back on the truck project. I hit the wall big time what with having to completely rebuild what was a brand new engine, and had to walk away for a while. However after a bit of that it was time to put on my Big Boy Pants and get to work. The short block is back together with a quick dingle-ball hone and all new bearings and rings. Everything else is cleaned up and ready to assemble. This weekend I plan to get the externals in place - timing chain and cover, water pump, fuel pump, and oil pump. The head should be back from the machine shop next week so I can bolt that on. I'm going to swap the intake and carb from a Clifford intake with an Edelbrock 500 AVS2, to an Offy intake with a Holley 390. The Clifford shorty headers will be reinstalled. I had a bung put in the exhaust and got an A/F gauge so I can actually see what's going on carb-tuning wise. I suck at tuning so I figured to give myself all the help I can. Lord knows I need it. :eek:
Here at Chez Halfafish we are back on the truck project. I hit the wall big time what with having to completely rebuild what was a brand new engine, and had to walk away for a while. However after a bit of that it was time to put on my Big Boy Pants and get to work. The short block is back together with a quick dingle-ball hone and all new bearings and rings. Everything else is cleaned up and ready to assemble. This weekend I plan to get the externals in place - timing chain and cover, water pump, fuel pump, and oil pump. The head should be back from the machine shop next week so I can bolt that on. I'm going to swap the intake and carb from a Clifford intake with an Edelbrock 500 AVS2, to an Offy intake with a Holley 390. The Clifford shorty headers will be reinstalled. I had a bung put in the exhaust and got an A/F gauge so I can actually see what's going on carb-tuning wise. I suck at tuning so I figured to give myself all the help I can. Lord knows I need it. :eek:
