Recent content by HunterMcC1

well its fast! last race of the season is end of August... the 1FZ that came out was another idea i had for the truck but once I cut down the wiring harness it never ran again :crybaby: I flipped the bezel (thanks) and the hood unfortunately was the sacrificial piece to get cut up... but the...

loaded on the trailer and off to work.

almost done... couple little things to wrap up and its to the races this weekend for the new cruiser

I have run a Richmond mini-spool in 40 with 40" boggers for 6 years and never had and issue... they come out pretty easily too... nice write-up!

tomorrow the tires go on, I steal the rear drum brakes off my red truck, build a rear driveline and put on an emergency brake drum from a 4sp.... I will put more pictures up, Thursday the motor is getting fired for the first time since being in the new 40... it will be getting wired for the few...

The 40 has been sitting for a few years and had a few parts to reflect that... went through the front end and packed the knuckles full of grease, put in a 4.10 third member from a 74 wagon (needed a 4sp pinion flange) and freed up 3 out of 4 siezed wheel bearings... which, are still in good...

a few more pictures... on a side note, I pulled 3 leaves out of front spring packs and used a 1/2" plate for the perch and I measured around 4 inches of lift with the spring flop... no cut and turn needed :cheers:

So this all got started when an old race truck motor that graced an early toyota pick up named Mudzilla came up for sale... the motor is a 13.5:1 compression small block chevy motor sporting built double hump fuelie heads and a hot cam... not bad... estimated between 550 and 600 horsepower on...

A little more progress, got the wires cleaned up into one small area, cut a bunch down and put everything pretty well in to looms. Still not sure if I cut too many out, but here in the next week I am going to put new plugs in, get the last few random wires hooked up and see if she will idle...

Cancelled my seat order from Summit because I found these on craigslist for $40... electrical still to come... then seats... Class I rules state lap belts only!

the grey box will house all of the important electronics for the truck

and the future electrical center

a few more

that 40 at the fair was none other than the famous Bill Coty.. I think... here are some pictures of todays work... exhaust

Yep, I have a 15" electric puller fan and I am going to try and use the stock shroud, but if I can't get away with it I will build a tin shroud. Seats and harnesses ordered today from Summit... plastic with blue and black covers. I will keep putting pictures up as more goes together... next up...