tranny is in!
crank pulley, ground wires & spark plugs are in...
and again...thanks to Jerry!
had to go to work this afternoon...so, back on it in the morning...

 

we should get a lot done today. All the hard stuff is done. Dunno what the p1sc will make on the lower compression but i'd like to see it do all it can. With the forged motor we can lean on the tune...shift points, etc.

 

Dam i bet you do feel a lot better about the tuning. 218K + boost = sounds like a scary mess haha.

 

everything buttoned up on the motor today...
fired up on first try! good oil pressure!
bolt up driveshaft, add tranny fluid and initial tuning tomorrow...
then should be driving to the exhaust shop!
thanks Jerry!

 

What did the old motor end up looking like?

Dustin

 

Thats gonna be a loud ride over to Busters with open headers Al.

 

I'll see if I can get Jerry to post up the pics...

I know...it wasn't as loud as we thought it would be in the garage today though...
what happened to you today?

 

So when I grab those headers from ya, Im gonna wanna see this beast lol

 

on the road again!
got it idling on its own tonight...
problem with too long of a belt for the smaller ProCharger pulley...it was making the alternator scream...
put the 4.0" pulley back on to drive it to the exhaust shop...
long, slow & very loud trip...
Jerry got video of the truck idling w/ open headers...I'm sure he'll post it up soon...

 

exhaust should be finished today...
custom 3" y-pipe w/ v-band clamp connections, o2 bung on driver's side of y for wideband and a manual cut-out before muffler...
pretty sure I'm gonna have to lengthen the front o2 harnesses to reach the bungs in the collectors...