Beginning of the end?

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MAXLLY said:
looked for flaws/cracks, cleaned , polished, prep for install and fresh bearings. The standard hot rod stuff. Do you have first hand knowledge of an issue or pre-install treatment to avoid an issues later? Please advise.

I asked the machine shop to pull all or as many of the dimensions off of it he could in case i break it, unlikely with what is currently a mid size charger. But still if it breaks, a stocker will not be going back in, so i want the critical stuff now in an effort to save brain damage/time later. I have heard of a few breaking but they had twins and alot more HP than me.
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nope, no real knowledge. Just curious what you were doing to the crank.

Since cranks and the such is now being discussed, I'm going to take the opportunity to dig a little deeper but I hate to throw your "build thread" off course so I'll start a new thread....
 
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LarryJewell said:
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I know Larry! I need to get the parts from Guy. I have about 300 pictures of this whole deal, but some of them are meaningless. Just dirty parts sittin' on a bench ya know?

When the some more "shiny stuff" arrives in front of my camera I'll post 'em up!:)
 
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New Shiny Stuff!!

Ok, long day... Very rewarding.

Got up at 4:30 drove up to the shop, looked at the different ways to oil the pistons, well wondered if a better way exists. Cleaned some parts worked on the hood bla bla.

Left the shop and rambled/drove another 1.5 hours north to see Guy, what do you know! i walk in and Mike L is there as well.

I picked up some parts, Larry here is the shiny stuff.

Gotta say Guy bent over backwards to meet his delivery date, stayed late Friday, called me at 7:30 pm (Friday) saying come on up. Was puttin' the heads together as we all talked about hot rods and diesel trucks, Guy is fast and efficient.

I have more pict's but they are hi res, like 3-4 meg, to much PINA to zip etc.

One is rod/piston (duh?) the other is my drive pressure guage.
 
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MAXLLY said:
Ok, long day... Very rewarding.

Got up at 4:30 drove up to the shop, looked at the different ways to oil the pistons, well wondered if a better way exists. Cleaned some parts worked on the hood bla bla.

Left the shop and rambled/drove another 1.5 hours north to see Guy, what do you know! i walk in and Mike L is there as well.

I picked up some parts, Larry here is the shiny stuff.

Gotta say Guy bent over backwards to meet his delivery date, stayed late Friday, called me at 7:30 pm (Friday) saying come on up. Was puttin' the heads together as we all talked about hot rods and diesel trucks, Guy is fast and efficient.

I have more pict's but they are hi res, like 3-4 meg, to much PINA to zip etc.

One is rod/piston (duh?) the other is my drive pressure guage.
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Pretty cool, when is it going together?
 
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well....honestly i don't know yet. I wanted to take a week off and do it but i just started a project in Barstow... Very odd to start a project this late in the year.

I'll let you know... but soon very soon.
 
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LarryJewell said:
where did you find the DP gauge?
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I didn't find it really. In an effort to find all face matching 2 5/8" guages, I got pissed. What do they think everybody has 20-15 eyes, run 30-60 lbs of boost and EGT's under 1600?

Sorry, I am cryin' again...

http://www.speedhut.com/

They can make anything, all the guages i purchased have presets and alrm lights. They can do anything you want, for a price. If you order 4-5 guages they get cheaper and the guages get more custom.
 
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Ben46a said:
Did you Have the crank and cam keyway'd? Where did you get the S400? Looking for one myself.
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Yep, it's Guys cam they come keyed. Yep and HTT. If i had to buy a charger again i would look elsewhere versus the Diesel community. Alot of the chargers have been used on other cars/trucks/boats/racers/over the road truckers etc etc. Look outside diesel to get the best deals, hunt the jap ranks, musclecar sites, used commercial diesel repair sites for wierd stuff etc etc. I saw a 42 go for $900 bucks on a drifter/jap car site awhile back.:eek:

Based on my research, if you wanna call it that, it's the biggest charger I was willing to try in a daily driver.

Obviously i didn't "test the water" to much, it may be to big. IIRC your a sled puller yes?:)
 
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