Author Topic: My 88 pickup is back in buisness (Read 159831 times)

Yota4life · « **Reply #420 on:** Nov 14, 2007, 05:55:32 PM »

Quote from: GrenadedToy on Nov 14, 2007, 12:24:25 AM

man i love your truck. you do really clean work. that steering box frame brace is one of the cleanest ive seen. real nice brake set up too. props man.

hot girlfriend btw.

haha thanks man! I let her know she got a comment on the MC board HE

Big Pap Dog · « **Reply #421 on:** Nov 14, 2007, 06:41:16 PM »

Definately good work!! It looks like your body lift helped out a bit when moving that box forward (less trimming). I can't wait to see this thing back together!

Yota4life · « **Reply #422 on:** Nov 25, 2007, 10:17:28 PM »

Thanks, it will be back and running soon.

New StreetRV head with the 268 camshaft all together and ready. I had problems with header studs working there way out well i went to toyota and they have exhaust studs with a torx head on them like the knuckle studs so you can get them nice and tight. Little expensive 2.50$ each but nice and they come with sealer on the threads.

Spent a while cleaning up the top of the block real good. New gasket on

Head fully torqued down to 58 ft/lbs and valves adjusted. Engnbldr calls out .007" intake and .009" exhaust valve lash

Some bling for the new 20hp look

Starting early tomarrow and going to get it running. I forget what its like to drive it!! Cant wait.

Hyena · « **Reply #423 on:** Nov 25, 2007, 10:40:57 PM »

Sweet. If you still need that timing light call me tomarrow. i will be at the shop for some of the day making some brackets and stuff.

Yota4life · « **Reply #424 on:** Nov 25, 2007, 11:00:20 PM »

Sweet i might need it, my dad says we have one but i gotta find it. Ill give you a call.

THK Matt · « **Reply #425 on:** Nov 26, 2007, 10:29:21 AM »

damn... how much doe did ya spend on the head? and what not.
is it ported and polished?

Yota4life · « **Reply #426 on:** Nov 26, 2007, 09:39:02 PM »

Quote from: ImaPostHoToy85 on Nov 26, 2007, 10:29:21 AM

damn... how much doe did ya spend on the head? and what not.
is it ported and polished?

Head and cam shipped was 588$ . They got it to me a week earlier than expected, pretty fast.
All Head gaskets (toyota) 85$
Exhaust studs 20$

Its a brand new casting, strengthened in certain areas, and has larger intake and exhaust ports + over sized intake and exhaust valves. I compared the old to the new one and you could really see the ports were quite larger. Good head

I spent all day and got the entire motor together. Its ready to fire up but it got dark so i have to wait another day to do that when its light out. Sucks working out in the driveway.

lilbuddy · « **Reply #427 on:** Nov 26, 2007, 09:59:10 PM »

Haha nathan got good head

THK Matt · « **Reply #428 on:** Nov 26, 2007, 10:20:50 PM »

Quote from: LILBUDDY on Nov 26, 2007, 09:59:10 PM

Haha nathan got good head

i was justing laughing about that.

and sounds like youll have a nice setup.

Hyena · « **Reply #429 on:** Nov 27, 2007, 05:44:19 PM »

did you get it running yet?

DanS · « **Reply #430 on:** Nov 27, 2007, 05:57:32 PM »

Very clean work

DanS

Yota4life · « **Reply #431 on:** Nov 27, 2007, 06:19:42 PM »

No not running. Im not gonna fire it up till saturday. But in the mean while i got good head

Hyena · « **Reply #432 on:** Nov 27, 2007, 06:38:16 PM »

your freaking lazyx8000

lilbuddy · « **Reply #433 on:** Nov 27, 2007, 06:49:07 PM »

Quote from: Hyena on Nov 27, 2007, 06:38:16 PM

your freaking lazyx8000

Yeah you are

Even I worked on my junk today

Yota4life · « **Reply #434 on:** Nov 27, 2007, 07:55:38 PM »

Acutally i worked on it from 10am till 8PM on monday ! ehhhh! ya and thats with no breaks! Its 100% together. I just dont want to start it up till its light outside so i can adjust crap, set timming and re torque the head bolts and readjust the valves after it warms up so ya im not as lazy as you think!

lilbuddy · « **Reply #435 on:** Nov 27, 2007, 08:07:53 PM »

Quote from: Yota4life on Nov 27, 2007, 07:55:38 PM

Acutally i worked on it from 10am till 8PM on monday ! ehhhh! ya and thats with no breaks! Its 100% together. I just dont want to start it up till its light outside so i can adjust crap, set timming and re torque the head bolts and readjust the valves after it warms up so ya im not as lazy as you think!

Oh good deal..

Yeah I think I take the cake for the laziness. Ive had kinda bad brakes and a wobbly front end for the last week so I finally pulled it in the garage today and

Jacked up the front end moved the pass tire side to side and it was tight, went to the driver side and it moved side to side over an inch

Came to the conclusion (obviously) the wheel bearing was loose and yeah it was really lose and also the looseness made the rotor move side to side and pushed fluid from my brakes back into the master cyl and thats why i always had to pump em to get em to work.. Yeah its all good now

Yota4life · « **Reply #436 on:** Nov 27, 2007, 08:21:31 PM »

Quote from: LILBUDDY on Nov 27, 2007, 08:07:53 PM

Oh good deal..

Yeah I think I take the cake for the laziness. Ive had kinda bad brakes and a wobbly front end for the last week so I finally pulled it in the garage today and

Jacked up the front end moved the pass tire side to side and it was tight, went to the driver side and it moved side to side over an inch Came to the conclusion (obviously) the wheel bearing was loose and yeah it was really lose and also the looseness made the rotor move side to side and pushed fluid from my brakes back into the master cyl and thats why i always had to pump em to get em to work.. Yeah its all good now

wow that sounds scary. Good thing i dont have to dd mine or i could die. I used to have problems with the stupid wheel bearings because the lock nuts would work them selfs loose till i bought new nuts from marlin and now they stay nice and tight. i really hope it runs good and i get some power increase. I still have to put the LC motor mounts in and i got my in-cab winch panel in the mail so i gotta wire that up.

lilbuddy · « **Reply #437 on:** Nov 27, 2007, 08:23:18 PM »

Quote from: Yota4life on Nov 27, 2007, 08:21:31 PM

wow that sounds scary. Good thing i dont have to dd mine or i could die. I used to have problems with the stupid wheel bearings because the lock nuts would work them selfs loose till i bought new nuts from marlin and now they stay nice and tight. i really hope it runs good and i get some power increase. I still have to put the LC motor mounts in and i got my in-cab winch panel in the mail so i gotta wire that up.

Yeah its pretty sketch. Now that I have it good my runner sure is nice to drive around.

Yeah dood. Dont forget pics when you get that panel in.

Yota4life · « **Reply #438 on:** Nov 27, 2007, 08:28:42 PM »

Quote from: LILBUDDY on Nov 27, 2007, 08:23:18 PM

Yeah its pretty sketch. Now that I have it good my runner sure is nice to drive around.

Yeah dood. Dont forget pics when you get that panel in.

I will of course. 12voltguy does have nice panels but everything is way over priced i thought. So i found this place that had winch panels for a very reasonable price.

http://www.offroadcontrols.com/index.htm

lilbuddy · « **Reply #439 on:** Nov 27, 2007, 08:46:17 PM »

Quote from: Yota4life on Nov 27, 2007, 08:28:42 PM

I will of course. 12voltguy does have nice panels but everything is way over priced i thought. So i found this place that had winch panels for a very reasonable price.

http://www.offroadcontrols.com/index.htm

Yeah he does have cool panels for sure. Tat place you found had good prices for sure too.

lilbuddy · « **Reply #440 on:** Nov 30, 2007, 10:16:40 PM »

So there better be updates tomorrow...

Yota4life · « **Reply #441 on:** Dec 01, 2007, 07:00:04 PM »

O for sure!!! good night

Update:

Fired right up! Set the timming and broke in the new cam. Let it high idle for 30 minutes then i adjusted the valves again. Finally finally it runs good! Its like 3 times as quite as it was with the old head. Sounds nice and smooth and runs GREAT. Exhaust sounds a little deeper and the throttle response is better and smooth all the way up the rpms. Revs quick now. I really want to see how it will do going up highway 80 or 50. Has good low end power i noticed it just goes where before it would lug from a stop, and strong idle. Overall im very happy with it 8)

I still need to bleed the crap outa the brakes now because i didnt bench bleed the MC when i put it on.

86bobbedtoy · « **Reply #442 on:** Dec 01, 2007, 08:36:37 PM »

Sounds like your happy with it.
Sounds like its a good motor to me.

twistedtoy92 · « **Reply #443 on:** Dec 01, 2007, 08:40:47 PM »

Its always the damn heads that go to

!!!!! i'm debating on putting a stroker crank in my 22re and making it propane..... those damn short blocks last forever!!!!

Yota4life · « **Reply #444 on:** Dec 02, 2007, 01:17:41 PM »

Quote from: twistedtoy92 on Dec 01, 2007, 08:40:47 PM

Its always the damn heads that go to !!!!! i'm debating on putting a stroker crank in my 22re and making it propane..... those damn short blocks last forever!!!!

X2 on that! Now i expect this motor to last a long time. The bottom end is fully reman. and now the top is all new. When i first got the motor put in i could tell they go cheap on the whole top end! The top end is the heart of the damn motor. I know they just pull a old head off another motor and throw it on or reuse the head from the previous motor and thats how they do it cheap.

lilbuddy · « **Reply #445 on:** Dec 02, 2007, 01:19:37 PM »

Good stuff dood. Your truck is all top notch right now, Nice.

Yota4life · « **Reply #446 on:** Dec 02, 2007, 01:22:48 PM »

Quote from: LILBUDDY on Dec 02, 2007, 01:19:37 PM

Good stuff dood. Your truck is all top notch right now, Nice.

O im ready to go plow some snow! If we only had some!!!

lilbuddy · « **Reply #447 on:** Dec 02, 2007, 01:27:36 PM »

Quote from: Yota4life on Dec 02, 2007, 01:22:48 PM

O im ready to go plow some snow! If we only had some!!!

yea too bad there is none. where we were last year its raining 33 degrees but no snow

Yota4life · « **Reply #448 on:** Dec 02, 2007, 01:38:45 PM »

Quote from: LILBUDDY on Dec 02, 2007, 01:27:36 PM

yea too bad there is none. where we were last year its raining 33 degrees but no snow

This is lameeeeeeeeeeee! How about a road trip???

unclejpl4x4 · « **Reply #449 on:** Dec 02, 2007, 03:57:05 PM »

hay that looks like my valve cover

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