 86 Conversion Van - Tow Rig, 1986 Chevy G20 |
 Apr 9 2010, 10:06 AM
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 DSMCentral Freak  Group: Admin Posts: 490 Joined: 15-September 08 From: East Peoria, IL Member No.: 8,716  |
eh, what the hell. It's an upcoming project so figure I'll start a thread.
Parted out a 92 GMC Yukon 4x4. Engine is on the stand in the garage. It'll be getting refreshed, torque cam, new timing chain, possibly roller rockers (if money allows), rings, bearings, and basic head porting. Have a set of large port steel heads from my boat that i sold, that may go on if they have bigger runners/valve than the ones on this engine. Just going for a torque monster for hauling whatever, and getting decent mileage when not hauling. The "project" part of this, is that I'm converting the van to throttle body injection from carb. Have all of the wiring and tbi stuff from the 92. After I get the engine pulled down and see what it needs, then will start on stripping down the wiring harness to make an engine only harness. I plan to do as I did with the stang and end up with only 6 wires that need connected back to the 86 harness: Battery, Ignition, Tach, Oil Pres, Water temp, and fuel pump power. I also have an engine break in stand available, so once rebuilt, I can test and verify the harness is working properly. In comparison to the Mustang project, I really hate GM. Ford has a disconnect for the engine harness, so all engine related wiring is self contained. GM includes everything in one mondo harness, including washer motor, wipers, etc etc. But haven't had a good electrical project to work on in a while, so figured what the hell. Also the van will get long tube headers (pulled from the yukon), possibly a stronger axle (6 lug from the yukon), and electric fuel pump upgrade. Will post some pics as I get going. Thanks to Patterson for use of his engine crane! -------------------- 1978 Mustang II King Cobra
89 5.0HO, Stock Short Block, Ford F303 cam, 1.7:1 Crane Roller Rockers, Holley 650 Doubler Pumper, MSD 6AL, Pocket Ported stock heads, Hedman Long Tube Headers 5 spd Manual Full roll cage, 9" full floater w/Currie trac lock/373 gears, RCI Fuel Cell Project Page: http://www.brandttuning.com/projects.htm |
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Jul 12 2010, 10:04 AM
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DSMCentral Freak Group: Admin Posts: 490 Joined: 15-September 08 From: East Peoria, IL Member No.: 8,716 |
well, the project continues slowly. Engine wiring harness is almost ready. Block is prepped for build. Block is getting a main stud kit, windage tray, and good used top end timing set from one of our race engines. Slowly but steadily moving forward, just gotta keep selling parts so I can get the engine build started
-------------------- 1978 Mustang II King Cobra
89 5.0HO, Stock Short Block, Ford F303 cam, 1.7:1 Crane Roller Rockers, Holley 650 Doubler Pumper, MSD 6AL, Pocket Ported stock heads, Hedman Long Tube Headers 5 spd Manual Full roll cage, 9" full floater w/Currie trac lock/373 gears, RCI Fuel Cell Project Page: http://www.brandttuning.com/projects.htm |
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dualdj1 86 Conversion Van - Tow Rig Apr 9 2010, 10:06 AM
dualdj1 bleh, first update.
Got the donor motor pulled do... Apr 28 2010, 08:37 AM dualdj1 Had a crank given to me, engine is almost ready to... May 28 2010, 08:15 AM dualdj1 bottom end assembled, waiting on the heads. Gotta... Oct 4 2010, 12:13 PM dualdj1 Need to get some pictures here at some point.
T... Dec 16 2010, 12:01 PM dualdj1 I had the van started again a month or 2 back when... Feb 14 2011, 09:01 AM dualdj1 Got the exhaust done a bit back. Took the thing f... Apr 6 2011, 07:35 AM
dualdj1 Note to self: When purchasing a fuel pump, make s... Aug 18 2011, 02:51 PM |
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