This is the final result after I got her painted. The front end is sitting higher than the rear because I have my motor pulled at the moment. The 454 swap went about as smoothly as I could have asked. Everything seems to be working well. I've really learned a lot throughout this process. Mainly...
So I dropped a drive shaft on my phone so im currently without my camera or all the pictures I took to help me know how to put this mess back together... Also im delayed on getting the cab and bed set back on because im doing a 454 swap. Its an 82 mark iv 454 and I previously had the 305 with...
Yeah that’s true... it’s a little late now i finished it up this past weekend. I welded the outside of the piece you can see in the picture about then decided to get another plate for the inside. I used the bolts to sand which the frame then went ahead and put a weld around the inside plate...
I continued reading about it and see what your saying now. It’s wild how not bringing the welds together allows it to flex a tiny bit to prevent cracking.
Idk what I’m missing but I can’t identify my pistons on my 454. I have numbers but nothing matches. I looked pretty hard for threads on this situation but I couldn’t find one specific to my situation. One side of the inside of the piston has SE-6127 the other side has a PA3074A. I have couple...
One thing I didn’t do was measure my actual wheelbase distance before I cut. I Had the frame specs so I didn’t need to. But just cause it had to be perfect I searched and searched for exactly how much I needed to cut out every place I looked said 14” so I was pretty positive it was 14”. I landed...
These pics are right after I got it welded. I took the section of frame that was cut out and used it for extra support. Tomorrow I’m gonna weld the outsides of the scab In addition to the 4 bolts on side and 2 on bottom