I am bummed out that there are only a few more posts in this threads future.

It's been a real pleasure seeing your progress, how your ADD effects a rebuild, and having a great laugh all at the same time.

Thanks for the well documented tech, great pics, all the amusement and the flat out gut laughs I've had during your ordeal. Gonna miss this thread.

Good luck on that new motor. I'm sure we'll get a couple reports on it in the future.

Phil

 

Thank you!

 

i am so burnt out from reading from page one to 32 and not even done yet. hella nice job bleeder although i'd paint all mine black and lime unix colorz. after i finally do the hg and tc (waiting on the shipment to get here on the 5th) it's all going black and lime. you saved me from lableing all the vac crap with the pics thanx bro

 

OMG OMG OMG!!!

it runs!

and damn good too!

I'm uploading pics now, and will have a short video soon too




oh today's been stho exthiting

 

You had better hurry your butt up!!!!!


PICS OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

ah, fine, here they are
















and the red skidplate

look at how bad the alignment is after the front end mods, lmao. I drove it down to the shop that did the initial alignment since it's still under warantee but I got there too late in the day, so I'll have to take it tomorrow to get it dialed in






One little issue I've found is the clearance for the header and the Rancho control arms. At full compression, the t-bar to control arm mounting flange actually comes in contact with the header! I might have to do a little hammering on the header to get things to move without hitting







Also, just as I got back from the first test drive down to the gas station, my 4Crawler sway bar drop showed up already, so I bolted that up too








So, who wants to hear her purr

Don't mind the water coming out of the exhaust; it's just trapped water from the muffler that made it's was in from pressure washing the engine bay I specifially remember shooting a jet of water directly into the open pipe on accident, lol. It's not doing that any more; at first my father got all concerned, thinking it might be a faulty head gasket or something, lol


[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvGaGOcDD4Y[/YOUTUBE]

 

Looking good!

You should have seen the time I lost a TB gasket(that seals coolant on one side) on a 5.0 Mustang I used to have. Once I got it fixed, I throttled it down the road really good and left two very wet 100ft stripes behind.

Lucky I didn't hydrolock the engine....

 

thats gotta be photoshoped... not way it runs especially after such a long build up!

 

Little brother getting that thing fired up and looking that good is like finding out the drop-dead-blonde-bombshell you asked to prom turned out to be a girl-next-door-porn-star.

Enjoy it!!!!!!!

 

lol ITS ALIVE!!! that is freakin awsome how is the power increase?

 

omg, freek'n amazing!

and it's no even dialed in yet!

just have the timing set at 12 degree, and slighty adjusted the AFM. I'm going to run it as is, take it to work monday, and monday afternoon readjust the valves, and dial in the settings with everything like the timing and such

but as it stands with now, I can DEFINATELY feel the torque; it accelerates VERY smooth, through every gear, even 5th no problem!



thanks for all the positive responces guys it feels really good to get this long awaited job done, and for it to be appreciated too

 

I'm looking at doing a rebuild on mine, what did it run you? dollar wise...

 

Congradulations Bleeder , Today was a great day for you and me also I put power to my lexus cluster in my 4runner today and all went well .

Again Great job and thanks for all the pics !!!

 

good job!

 

nice! hopefully my runner will be purring like that in the soon to near future.

 

DUDE THAT IS AWESOME

I should be getting a engine lift Sunday and getting to pulling the block out and dropping the new one in so this is a GREAT INSPERATION FOR ME

I AM STOKED FOR YOU AND TO GET MINE DONE SOON

 

Man looks great dude!!!! Great job!!! Sounds awesome!!!









Whats up with that rusty ars brake booster??!

 

good show young chap

 

Nice work Bleeder.
LOL....I didn't want to be the 1st to say it, but yeah, wtf?

 

congrats man looks awesome.

I will be looking for your truck monday at your work when I am going up to my house.