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Tech => Projects => Topic started by: Dodgestrike on July 25, 2012, 12:38:48 PM

Title: '89 truck proyect
Post by: Dodgestrike on July 25, 2012, 12:38:48 PM
I've had this one for a year or so , did a slant6 to 360LA swap - 4spd to 727 swap and other things to it , posting pics later
Title: Re: '89 truck proyect
Post by: Dodgestrike on August 05, 2012, 01:06:35 AM
 I found this one about a year ago , it had been sitting for the last 16years , and I tought I should fix it up... not the brightest idea but I had some free time.

being a mexican truck d-150 means 6cyl , base truck d-250 are v8 or more upscale models. it had a slant and a clarck t-190 4speed on it , the plan was to get it into drivable state but then I found a BIG hole on the side of the block and things snowballed from there.

How I found it

(http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt208/valenzia_92/lafoto999.jpg)

(http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt208/valenzia_92/lafoto99999.jpg)

(http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt208/valenzia_92/lafoto9999.jpg)

(http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt208/valenzia_92/dodgeHole.jpg)
Title: Re: '89 truck proyect
Post by: Dodgestrike on August 05, 2012, 01:06:59 AM
it looked fine everything was there

(http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt208/valenzia_92/dodge225.jpg)

except a piece of the block and 1 rod

(http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt208/valenzia_92/lafoto.jpg)

(http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt208/valenzia_92/hoyo.jpg)

so it had to go out
(http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt208/valenzia_92/headers1.jpg)
Title: Re: '89 truck proyect
Post by: Dodgestrike on August 05, 2012, 01:07:35 AM
long story short , I took the 360 out of the PW and bought a jy 727 for it.

yeah its dirty but I was in a real hurry , plus it will get cleaned down the road.

(http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt208/valenzia_92/diab1.jpg)

Engine in , wire mess , oil mess the usual stuff when you don't take your time to do things lol

(http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt208/valenzia_92/motor-puesto.jpg)
Title: Re: '89 truck proyect
Post by: Dodgestrike on August 05, 2012, 01:08:46 AM
I keeped the original radiator so I had to add a trans cooler it has a small fan too

(http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt208/valenzia_92/enfriador.jpg)

interior before

(http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt208/valenzia_92/lafoto5.jpg)

and when I started messing with it

(http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt208/valenzia_92/interior.jpg)

got it lowered moving the axle over the leafsprings and cut the front coils until I can find some van lca

(http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt208/valenzia_92/low4.jpg)

(http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt208/valenzia_92/low1.jpg)
(http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt208/valenzia_92/low.jpg)
Title: Re: '89 truck proyect
Post by: Dodgestrike on August 05, 2012, 01:09:19 AM
ignition upgrade

(http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt208/valenzia_92/20-08-2011-4.jpg)

and ofcourse a shifter.


(http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt208/valenzia_92/palanca1.jpg)


(http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt208/valenzia_92/palanca0.jpg)

got the engine running !... not pretty or powerfull but it runs :drinking:

(http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt208/valenzia_92/motor1.jpg)

and the first time it went into a gas station after 16years

(http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt208/valenzia_92/1era2.jpg)

it was really low on the front , unconfortable actually but it looked cool

(http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt208/valenzia_92/autozone1.jpg)

(http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt208/valenzia_92/autozone2.jpg)
Title: Re: '89 truck proyect
Post by: Dodgestrike on August 05, 2012, 01:09:43 AM
and this is how it sits now , got the front fixed up first time my friend cutted the coils with a torch and on top of that they where for the 6cyl truck so it was really low and saggy. I found some d250 coilsprings and cutted it with a saw and that fixed the height and the ride aswell

(http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt208/valenzia_92/DSCN1003.jpg)

(http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt208/valenzia_92/DSCN1005.jpg)

(http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt208/valenzia_92/DSCN1008.jpg)

(http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt208/valenzia_92/DSCN1024.jpg)

interior done for now

(http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt208/valenzia_92/DSCN1016.jpg)

(http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt208/valenzia_92/DSCN1019.jpg)
(http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt208/valenzia_92/DSCN1021.jpg)
Title: Re: '89 truck proyect
Post by: Dodgestrike on August 05, 2012, 01:28:38 AM
the list right now is

rebuild/replace the 727
fit in taller tires

and then start to add some HP to it  ;D
Title: Re: '89 truck proyect
Post by: SixGun on August 06, 2012, 12:18:26 AM
Where do you live man, those are some cool trucks!
Title: Re: '89 truck proyect
Post by: Dodgestrike on August 06, 2012, 02:17:51 PM
thanks , I'm in Mexico