I get by with a little help...

...from my friends. Within minutes of posting my unfortunate find of a cracked block on Facebook my friend Bryan posted up "I've got one you can have, come get it!" So a replacement block is on the way...thanks Bryan!


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The downward spiral

Went to start assembling the short block yesterday...cleaned it up scraped some gaskets...started to run the hone through the cylinders...uncovered this:


...a cracked block!

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It's here

The rest on my stuff arrived...maybe I'll start putting it together this weekend it the weather isn't crap.


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E85...corn, it does a turbo good.

Making the switch to e85....had a friend came through with an Aeromotive A1000 pump! So, I'll be an alternate fuel car soon.



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Going forged!

Bought some Speed Pro forged pistons, Eagle rods with ARP hardware. Also ordered everything else I need to put the long block back together...won't be too long...It'll be back running.



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Snap crackle and pop

Got the short block apart...carnage. Found 2 broken pistons and several rod bearings wiped. Detonation. Only the top halves of the bearings were hurt so it was certainly preignition.







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Winterfresh gum

Well the truck is being freshened over the winter...weather was nice enough today for me to snatch the engine out of it.




I pulled the pan...so far I like what I see...it's a 4 bolt and appears to have the heavy duty rods. (they have the large pads where the bolts go through).




So far everything looks good...no damage.
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Shiny

I sandblasted and wire brushed the new turbo...got rid of that awful red. It's back to it's natural color...


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Something wicked this way comes...

TV7512 T6 76mm...coming to a track near you in the spring


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Videos

A couple videos from Rockingham
This is the 12 second pass:


And this is the 7.97 1/8th mile pass:

GOALS MET!!!!

If you look back in this blog in my very first post i stated the goal was to build a 12 second truck...I wanted to go 8.30's in the 1/8th only because it was roughly a 12.99...

Well yesterday at The Rock, it happened...twice.

First the truck went 7.97@83...shattering my 8.30 goal...

Then it went 12.64@105.96...laying waste to the 12.99 goal.

Needless to say...the new converter WORKS! It's previous best 60' was a 2.09...it went 1.71 with the new converter almost .4 improvement.

On the 7.97 pass the ground wire vibrated loose at about 900' and shut the motor down (hence the whacky mph)...more posts and some crappy video to come.

It's in...

I'm sore and tired...spent a large portion of the day installing the new converter and welding up some exhaust leaks...I can get it to about 2700 rpms on the footbrake (on the street)...about zero on the boost gauge...it flashes to about 3500...and goes right to boost...and tire spin. Should hit hard at the track...now I hope the rest of the driveline holds up. We'll find out next weekend...1/4 mile passes at Rockingham!




Here is the old B&M with the new 10"


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Waiting on the weather...

Well, the converter arrived...but between our plans and the weather I haven't had a chance to put it in. May have to take a day off this week to make it happen.



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New Converter...

Well, my track outing with the new gear resulted in some better times...60' to 330' was better, mph was better and the back half was better...but the 60' unchanged. Ran the exact same 2.09 that it did earlier. So, my gear change did not get me the 8.30 I'm looking for.....so...I have a new converter ordered a 3200 stall. So, maybe I will be able to build some boost on the footbrake and get some reasonable 60' times...we'll see.


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New best...

Drove it to Benson Thursday...it ran a new best...8.53@84.60 and a new best mph 8.61@84.83mph...but still not where I want it. Anyway, here is the on board. (Shot with my phone strapped to the seat with a coat hanger :-) )




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Wastegate pipe

I added a pipe to the wastegate to get any exhaust gas out from under the hood (to prevent it from being sucked back into the turbo). I also opened a hole in the radiator support to allow cool air into the turbo.



This pic makes it look close to the tire...it's not it's angle up do it is just even with the fender opening.

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Rockin' and Rollin'

Roller tip rockers...that is all.



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I'm all geared up.

Well after two outings to the track with miserable 2.09 60' times I decided it was time for a change...a gear change. I took out the 3.73 and installed a 4.10. It's hard to say what this will do at the track because on the street it goes right to tire spin in first gear...even from a roll. So I think I should be able to pick up a few tenths...if I can get it to launch without spinning...stay tuned!





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Still slow...but consistently slow

I took the truck out to the track again to see if it would pick up some with the boost controller. It was on 11psi with the meth on. It ran dead nuts on what it did the first time. It went 8.62@83.10mph then went 8.64@83.23mph. It is fun as crap and the truck surprises a lot of people. They don't expect a turbo whistle out of a truck that looks like this! I had lots of people asking about it and commenting on it.



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Cruise-in

Rust stains, green algae growing on the tailgate, grass stuck to the wheels from weed whacking, Sid's writing in the chalk-like paint...I fit right in with the show-n-shine crowd at the local cruise-in! ;-) ...but lots surprised smiles when people look under the hood.



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