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Update

Well the trucks almost there...

Got the blinkers on, fenders on, hood on, bumper on... a new bumper is coming soon so the blinker placement is temporary until I get the new front bumper built/winch on.

After the winch/bumper is on I'll put the blinkers further back. I decided to go with the $5 lollypop's since then I won't be mad if I break them. The 70 ones I have are nice and look good but I'd swear a lot every time I broke them I'm sure.
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See you tomorrow. Hopefully we can wrap this up and I can watch you go for he maiden voyage!

(get beer)
 
IT DROVE!!!!

we went for a rip down the road with cam desperately holding onto the roll bar... no doors, soft top half on, no passenger seat belt... oh and the passenger seat wasn't bolted in...

Runs great! the 5speed shift pattern will take a little getting used to. Seems to be a tighter pattern then the 4speed...

still lots of odds and ends to tidy up but I'm thrilled!

Huge thanks to ryan, cam and justin for dropping by in the last few days and helping me get it all done!
 
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Toshi38 said:
Does anyone have a filler neck/hoses for the underseat gas tank that I can buy/borrow/trade/steal?

I can't seem to find mine... anywhere...
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what is this, groundhog day?




congrats on the test drive... how did you find the raging power of the mighty 3b?

and yeah, the 5 speeds don't shift as nice as the 4 speeds.... that 3rd to 4th shift sucks balls with 35's. turbo helps a bit, but it's still s***ty.

the first gear is nice tho.

with that being a 70 series tranny, you might already have the 2.x tcase gears instead of the 1.x ( or whatever the ratios are.. 2.3 and 1.9 maybe?.)

which is nice, you may not have to scrounge a 4 speed split case for the gears.

or maybe you will....seems to be conflicting reports about whether 70's got the lower tcase gears. I rebuilt my 87 tcase, but didn't count teeth. should've I guess.
 
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well I threw together a filler neck with some parts from the marine store... used a 2" deck fill plug worked great... one day I'll have a filler neck that isn't in the cab... but not today.

I drove the truck home ran great all the way! I really need to finish my power steering as the smoke of power steering fluid dripping onto the manifold makes me a little high in the cab.

On a annoying side I found out I got a razer blade through one of my 35's... hopefully its patchable...
 
That's great news that you got it up and running!! Is it weird that I can still taste the fiberglass when I drink a Lucky.
 
So now that you've driven across the country, what do you think of 3Bs?

How was the pre turbo compared to your 2F? Post turbo? Overall impressions?
 
bikersmurf said:
So now that you've driven across the country, what do you think of 3Bs?

How was the pre turbo compared to your 2F? Post turbo? Overall impressions?
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Power wise:

Pre turbo the 3b was fine on the flat and such but once you got on a big hill you had to downshift before the point you had to downshift in the 2F.

Post turbo:

No comparison ... the 3B pulls way harder and is alot happier.

Wallet wise:
Post turbo (I don't really have any pre turbo #'s) due to some issues with a rag in fuel tank ect... :
there is really no comparison... I got 21mpg(US) pulling a trailer through big hills on the way up to vernon (truck + trailer) weighed about 6000 lbs if I recall... I think graham wrote down the actual number so maybe he can pitch in?

This wasn't milking it ... it was driving with traffic except on some of the big hills where we where down into 3rd or ocasionaly even 2nd gear (not by lack of power but because we wanted to keep the pyro temperatures down)



I haven't had a chance to get an idea of mileage with turbo but no trailer yet.

Overall I am extreamly happy with the turbo 3B setup and would do it again in a second. The manifold and advice I got from cam made the turbo job quite easy... and I posted a list of parts that I used that would make it even easier for the next guy. Obviously this is not a kit and you'll have to make some of your own desisions and make some changes.

I'll also say right now that routing the oil through the vacuum return DOES NOT WORK. :meh: I tried a few tricks to help it out and I suppose I could add an oil pressure regulator but for the trouble I think I'll just plumb it to the oil pan.

The next mods I'll be doing are Oil line to oil pan followed by an intercooler. Comparing the difference on the hills between cam and I, its clear an intercooler is a must have option if you wish to drive up big hills like the coquahala.

I also have a new boost controller to install and I'll be fixing my pyro or buying a new one. It stoped working intermittently after about saskatchewan... some sort of power issue. I'm still investigating...

I also love the way that it uses almost no fuel while idling ... when the starter died we left it idling for a few hours while I tried to track down a new starter and the thing runs cold as can be and burnt so close to no fuel. (This has tricked me several times when I either had vice grips on fuel lines or rags or other things) as it'll idle on the fuel in the lines for a good 30 min at least! :hillbilly:
 
Thanks for all of the feedback.:D

How does the interior volume... How does it compare?
 
It's funny about that oil drain, I don't know how AXT gets away with it....maybe they restrict the flow of oil to their turbos or something?(which doesn't seem like a great idea)

I'll probably drop my pan and weld in a bung next oil change. s***ty job, but unavoidable I guess...

So 21mpg, what do you reckon the 2f wouldve got in those conditions....5mpg? :lol:


And bikersmurf, damn dude you really need to borrow a 3b truck and take it for a burn....
 
seapotato said:
It's funny about that oil drain, I don't know how AXT gets away with it....maybe they restrict the flow of oil to their turbos or something?(which doesn't seem like a great idea)

I'll probably drop my pan and weld in a bung next oil change. s***ty job, but unavoidable I guess...

So 21mpg, what do you reckon the 2f wouldve got in those conditions....5mpg? :lol:


And bikersmurf, damn dude you really need to borrow a 3b truck and take it for a burn....
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My 1.5F seemed to get 13mpg (about 11 US gal) regardless of what I was doing.

I'd love to... Are you volunteering your truck?

If I had time and energy, I'd be all over the swap... (Guess you diesel heads are wearing me down)

Dam I wish I was healthier.
 
bikersmurf said:
I'd love to... Are you volunteering your truck?

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I would if I was in vic more often,( even tho you're a v8 driver, who likely wears gold chains and a speedo, who'll probably try to do a burnout in the parking lot :flipoff2:)

Mine's kindof a worst case example, lotsa unplugged holes in the firewall, the occasional rattle, disconcerting howls from under the truck....that sorta thing.

So it's like driving a 3b cruiser only more so. :lol:


But , the mustard pickle has actually yet to be over the malahump, so your test drive may be a while off....
 
"I would if I was in vic more often,( even tho you're a v8 driver, who likely wears gold chains and a speedo, who'll probably try to do a burnout in the parking lot :flipoff2:)"

How'd you know... And yes I do wear a gold chain:confused:

" Mine's kindof a worst case example, lotsa unplugged holes in the firewall, the occasional rattle, disconcerting howls from under the truck....that sorta thing."

Sort of like a 3B in an old Fj40.

"So it's like driving a 3b cruiser only more so. :lol:"


"But , the mustard pickle has actually yet to be over the malahump, so your test drive may be a while off...."

Hey, if it has trouble... I can always tow you up the hat:flipoff2:
 
Toshi38 said:
noise wise ... it has a turbo sound now that is pretty obvious... if I didn't have a 2ft x 1 ft hole in my floor it wouldn't be so bad for noise I think... I've painted some sound deadening paint in and such haha but its really no worse than the 2f I don't think...
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what's this "sound deadening paint" ?

One of these days I'm going to plug the holes in the firewall, ( mainly to keep the stink tube aromas outside) and maybe throw a little soundproofing around, if I can find one that won't hold water and doesn't cost a fortune..:rolleyes:
 
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