Southeast Missouri Feakin PUNISHER Build! 20R/22R Hybrid Engine!!

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did you shave the head or block??

The machine shop surfaced the head when they cleaned it up.  I'm sure they cleaned up the block too.  I moved the gear forward a tooth to where it was.

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Now back to the Punisher Yota project!  Time to put the rebuilt and trussed front axle and my HySteer on!   

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I still don't have a shop and it is a little nippley outside.  I did get moved into the new house, closed on it last friday, finally!!!  So I hope to build a shop this spring!   

At least now I have concerte to roll a creeper on which is a big improvement from laying on the ground.

[79coyotefrg]

toss a roof over what ya got 

so  is the motor running better???


Gittinit said his shop is almost finished,   all 4 sides and the roof are  done,  electric is in, he's finishing the inside walls now

[79coyotefrg]

Okay, moved it back a tooth.  Now it definately seems to perform better above 3000 rpm, but now it seems quite sluggish below 2500.  Before it seemed like it wanted to run off the idle better but the performance above 3500 rpm was not as good...  Maybe I need to get an adjustable cam gear and set it in the middle of the two.  Any thoughts?

new smilie i found   
i would for sure get a adjustable

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toss a roof over what ya got 

Yeah I thought about that...  Think I'll add a shop onto the back of the house on that end in the spring.

so  is the motor running better???

It is running...  Still kinda sluggish feeling off idle up to around 3000 rpm or so...  And it has to be cranked over quite a bit to initially start it.  But once it is started it idles fine and restarts easily.

Gittinit said his shop is almost finished,   all 4 sides and the roof are  done,  electric is in, he's finishing the inside walls now

Sweet

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With the old power steering box out of the way, this afternoon I removed the front axle and cut the torsion bar mount off the frame.

[85yotabox]

Im diggin' the bed liner in the cab!  although you did it a while back.  howis it holding up? and how did you get the stick insulation crap off the floor boards?

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Im diggin' the bed liner in the cab!  although you did it a while back.  howis it holding up? and how did you get the stick insulation crap off the floor boards?

So far it is holding up very well...  I got a couple more cans to spary another coat on.  To insulate a little better or at least to give me that warm fuzzy feeling about it.  I just scraped off the tar like insulation stuff the best I could and then sprayed over it.

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Here is another pic of what I did today.  That front bumper is getting cut off and rebuilt too.   

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Ready to mount my steering box.   

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Got the sheet metal and body mount trimmed up and steering box mocked up today.  Waiting for a flip kit to get here so I can bolt the axle up.   

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Still waiting for Brown Santa to bring me my parts...  and trying to figure out exactly which year V6 calipers are bigger and best for the vented rotor swap...

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Iv'e broken 2 pullers trying to get the stock arm off my IFS box!!!  Guess I'll lube it up and try again tomorrow...

[79coyotefrg]

Still waiting for Brown Santa to bring me my parts...  and trying to figure out exactly which year V6 calipers are bigger and best for the vented rotor swap...

i compared the pads from my truck with the ones from the 95 4runner i bought, the runner (was a 3.0 v6) are MUCH bigger, they have 4 LARGE pistons, and the pads themselves are about a inch longer (more rotor contact)

i'll be putting them on my truck asap

[79coyotefrg]

Still waiting for Brown Santa to bring me my parts...  and trying to figure out exactly which year V6 calipers are bigger and best for the vented rotor swap...

as far as i can tell 90-95 trucks and runners with the 3.0

[79coyotefrg]

i couldn't get mine off so i used a cutoff wheel and sliced it parallel with the splines on the shaft, till i got real close, then splashed some cold water on it and it cracked (where it was only paper thin) and fell off

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i couldn't get mine off so i used a cutoff wheel and sliced it parallel with the splines on the shaft, till i got real close, then splashed some cold water on it and it cracked (where it was only paper thin) and fell off

Thats a good idea!  I'll try it.

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Okay, got the arm cut off the box and the new one put on.  After paying $25 for a 13/16 drill bit I succeeded in getting one frame hole drilled to mount the IFS box with the mounting kit...  I also picked up V6 calipers and wheel studs and almost have the axle together and ready to bolt up as soon as Brown Santa gets here with my u-bolt flip kit.  Now, back to work, hopefully I'll have it together before dark!   

[79coyotefrg]

if things work out, i might be coming thru your area sometime soon

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Holy shirt those frame holes were hard to drill!  

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if things work out, i might be coming thru your area sometime soon

If you do, let me know!

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[79coyotefrg]

Holy shirt those frame holes were hard to drill!  

i broke about 4 drill bits , them frames are HARDER THAN WOODPECKER LIPS

[THK Matt]

i broke about 4 drill bits , them frames are HARDER THAN WOODPECKER LIPS

whats a good drill bit to use?

[79coyotefrg]

whats a good drill bit to use?

i used Cobalt, after breaking 3 of them  i got a Dewalt bit,  got almost through the last hole and it broke,  then i took my welder turned it up to 200 amps and blew the hole out with it

[THK Matt]

so I'll just get a few Dewalt Bits. What size is that hole again?

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so I'll just get a few Dewalt Bits. What size is that hole again?

Depends on the kit I guess.  Bolts are 1/2", but the sleeves that go through the frame are 3/4", and if you weld the sleeves to the plate first like I did, it dosen't hurt to go a little bigger with the holes.  And this would also make it much easier to do because if your holes aren't 100% in line then you can still get the sleeves through the frame.  I would go 7/8"