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X2,,,Your frame mod looks excellent Ryan.

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Thanks guys. I have made some good progress on it lately. I am having issues getting my pics loaded though. The engine is setting back in the frame all painted up and I'm getting parts off the floor finally! :lol: The only hick up I'm going to have is my lower water inlet. After the frame rail reinforcement, now the radiator hose will rub on the frame. So I'm going to have to come up with a fix for that.

Here are the oil feed lines for the turbos.
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Here is the KDP installed.
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I got a lot more done than this. When I get the pics up, I'll post them.

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ooh very nice progress Ryan, Is the 5.9 a ppumped 24valve? whenever I follow your posts I feel like my project is soo very far from the light at the end of the long tunnel lol. good job man.

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Yes, it's a 98 or 99 24v with an industrial 190hp p pump. I'm going to time it to 25*, it will have 7x.012 injectors, and some afc tuning with a ground plate. The injection pump also has 4k gsk's in it and I might put some bigger delivery valves in it. We'll see how it fuels at first.

Don't feel bad about your project............... This one is a long time in the making. :lol:

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cant wait for more pics. i am jealous of your progress. i cant wait to see a video of it making bad air.

i looked at a really strait replacement bed for mine tonight. i have to fly out towards you tomorrow and drive back to CO, so hopefully in the next few weekends i can get that home and sat on the frame.

Ryan

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I am having problems loading pictures too. they seem to load then evaporate.

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If you get close and have time, let me know. Maybe we can meet up.

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Mine just don't want to load. I'm pretty sure the issue is photobucket, but can't get through to any customer service peeps.

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Ok, getting some pics to upload finally! Here is another oil feed line shot. I also got the oil returns ran for the turbos too.

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Here is the wear sleeve installed for the front seal. If you ever have to replace your front seal and your crank has any scores or bad wear on it, this is the seal you need to install to ensure it won't leak again. I also installed my new valve springs, but didn't take pics of that.

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Painted the engine gloss black.

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Got my billet tappet cover installed along with my billet freeze plugs.

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Got the engine sat back in the truck, and got one hydraboost line on. Last night I got all new lines for the power steering system. Today I'll see if they fit. :lol:

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I should have more progress to report tonight. I'm going to get the clutch in, install the trans, and get the trans cross member finished. I'd like to plumb it and try to start it tomorrow. We'll see.

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You are doing some great work man, that is going to be a beast!

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Thanks!

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looking good Ryan :metal:

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Ok, got a lot more done. The engine is getting really close. The turbos are on, ac comp is on, front accessories are on, injection pump is ready to go on, injectors are built and installed, valve train is installed, exhaust is hooked up, starter is installed, dipstick is installed, and I installed a new thermostat. Quite a bit of work done. It's getting closer.

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Don't forget the transmission and clutch are in along with part of the coolant bypass.

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Yep, that was on the previous page. Now I have to figure out where I hid the front wiring harness. :lol:

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Man that thing is looking good. I am impressed.

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Thanks man!

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time to clean the shed i recon

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Man everything looks awesome!

Any plans on getting that piping ceramic coated?

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Thanks. For now I'm just going to paint the piping with poof can. I want to get the truck mobile and hen maybe spend extra money on pretty'ing up certain parts. I know there will be some things hiding that I'll need to get it going. There always is it seems. :lol:

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Wow, Nice progress Ryan! The truck should be burning rubber in no time! IMO i would put a set of 191 dv's in the pump while its out and you have the time to work on it. That pump is gonna be bad arse tho. I have a 175hp ppump that i still need to collect parts for before it sees the conversion. what size injector lines are you going with?

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It has 0.084" lines on it and for now I put in 0.022" DV's before I take the ones out of my truck for it.

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More progress. Got the turbo piping done and painted. I found my weldments and welded a bung in the cold pipe for a boost gauge, and 2 in the hot pipe at the engine. One for a boost reference to the AFC housing, and the other for a boost gauge. Nick got the injection pump put on, he timed it to 26* I believe, vac/ps pump is on, and I got the oil feed line for the ip and vac pump on. I got the intake plate put on with a new gasket, and cleaned and painted the grid heater. I ended up swapping my ps pump for one we had laying around that is for hydraboost so I didn't have to monkey with a T in the return line for both of them. Next thing to do is paint my heater housing, and get a throttle bracket set up.

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Way to go Ryan! You are knocking that pipe out. Bout ready to fire it up yet?
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Thanks. Hopefully soon. I have to get the wiring sorted out now that I found a front harness. :lol:

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I've made more progress. I got the clutch hydros installed. Hopefully the clutch engages and disengages like it's supposed to. I won't know until I have it ready to start. I have the fuel shut off solenoid wired, starter wired, coolant temp sensor wired, finished the mount for the hydra boost, got the drive shaft at the drive line shop, Nick got the injection lines on for the last time, and I painted the hydra boost unit. It's getting closer. I also picked up this spare cluster from a friend.

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I can not wait to see this thing in person. It's going to be bad ass!
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Bring cash. I'm going to have to charge admission to ride in it. :lol:

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Your just trying to get more money out of me! :lol:
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No, you take for ever cause you can't ride a quad to save your life. :lol: By the way, you need more gaskets sparky.:ito:

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Yeah I can, it was just that one incedent haha. Oh great... What now?
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More progress but I swear 3 steps forward, 2 back! My brother started installing the DIY4X shackle flip, not a bolt on unit. :lol: Here it is with no lift blocks, just the shackle flip kit.

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I ended up removing 2 1/4" from the shackle bars and got it to this.

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It still sits higher in the rear than I want, I might have to bring the front up so it doesn't look like a drag car. :lol: I got my spring perches installed and installed some U-bolt retaining plates off of a freightliner truck since I didn't have any for this thing.

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Here is the hydra boost mount finished, and the clutch hydros mounted.

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I also got my drive shaft back and will check to see how it fits in the morning.

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airpressure on that dash , it must come out of a heavier commercial truck with airbrakes

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Yep, a C60 of some configuration.

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Scoot the shackle flip forward to make the shackle.full lenght at 45 degrees.
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iether that or buy leafsprings with more of an arch in them
you might even be able to combine 2 sets by taking one set apart and use parts to put a couple of extra leaves in the 2nd set it will bounce like hell though

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L@@ks great Ryan! I hav en't cheacked out your build for a while and I am missing out:metal:

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Nice progress Ryan. I love watching all these builds get closer while mine just sits...:(
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progress looks great. your engine compartment is looking really clean and spiffy. the picture looks like it is miserably humid though!

Ryan

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How do people get lucky enough to stumble across something like this?