Engine Time
Well, it’s been busy around here. I spent the last few months finishing out our metal building as my new workshop. That involved a lot of spray insulation, paint, construction, electrical work, and creative waterproofing. I now have 10 new outlets on a new 50amp circuit and new breaker box, an insulated workplace and some good organization. I did all this so that I could move all of my tools from our downstairs garage up to the new workshop to create space for the truck. When the truck gets back from paint (which will hopefully be very soon) I will park it in the downstairs garage where I can pull the engine, install the new AC components and strip and paint the engine compartment. The engine is pretty much done! As soon as the engine compartment stuff is finished, I should be in the home stretch.
It’s been a journey! Originally, I just wanted to paint the block. Instead, I ended up starting with a different block, going 60 over (total cap should be around 361), roller rockers, high performance cam and a bunch of performance hard bits. New intake, covers, heads, yada yada. I of course have no idea how to do any of this, so I hired a friend’s recommendation to help me out. He has been awesome, and pretty much made every decision on the engine. He also talked me into a (purpose built) 700r4 conversion that he swears will not give me any trouble. It looks AMAZING. Can’t wait to get started – really praying that the truck gets out of paint very soon.