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Pics of the original engine before pulling it out

And an old 412sbc i had laying around shall take the 4 banger's place.
Engine specs:
412sbc Built by me back in 2004 that ran 6.50s in an S10
13.1 compression
Forged 5.7 H-beam Eagle rods
scat 9000 crank
fully balanced
Dart iron Eagle platinum 215cc heads
Lunati special purpose cam Solid flat tap. 550/570 lift 301 duration, 106 lobe sep.
Team G intake
830 Mighty Demon carb

Trans Specs: Sorry Cant find any of my trans pics.
aluminum stock case powerglide also build by me in 2010 for the luv
all BTE race clutches, Steels, and seals
BTE bracket trans brake
steel hub upgrade
Billet turbo spline input shaft
drilled all oil passages for more oil flow
stock front pump with oil passages drilled out as well and a turbo spline input shaft bushing upgrade
BTE deep aluminum oil pan
And a Brittain's custom built 5,000 stall converter to finish it off

S10 rear end with 3.73 gears
Every thing looked rusty so i sanded it down and repainted. also mounted my fuel cell and battery tray.

The powerbyace headers are a good fit. I had to take the motor damn near out to get the passenger side in, but I like them.

Yeah i thought about getting the powerbyace headers but the pipe sizing was too small for my liking. the trans mount worked like a champ tho! I Just custom made my own mounts to work.

Truck on the ground with S10 spindles and rear differential swap.
26x8.5 rear tires on 8in wide wheels with 4.5 bs
Front are 165/15 tires on 15x4 wheels

installed MSD And off to the track!

after some test an tune i broke the pinion yoke on the little s10 rear diff and the damage was Trashed drive shaft...... didnt have a drive shaft loop. broken trans tail housing and a cracked bell housing. The worst part after i repaired and replaced all the broken with upgraded parts was that the engine got hurt and spun a bearing

About the only thing ford got right was the ford 9inch.

I figured while the truck is down with a hurt engine it would be a good time to install my roll cage.

that is a hell of a build you have going! how long ago did you get started on it?

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Yeah its been a long build. i bought the truck early 2010 and had the first build of the truck done late July early August then i broke the rear and hurt the engine so i have been working on the second build of the truck for a little over 2 years now. i figured i would do everything i really wanted on the truck while is down that way when i finish it i dont have to upgrade or work on it much.

found more pics on the cage and rear disconnects

Inside welded up

Disconnect for the rear bars mocked up. This will make removing my bed a lot easier if i have to for some reason

disconnects welded. Cant really see the joint after painted

Ls Motor mount fabrication

While i was at it i figured a rack n pinion would be a nice upgrade too.

Steering shaft looks like a snake but i think it will work.

close up

Front frame painted

Redoing the engine mounts so it will work with Ls and old style sbc

And redoing the steering shaft as well

front end put back together and new feathercarbon hood came in

dropped off at the body shop

a couple of days later

more progress

A week or so later

Bed sides were too flimsy to do bodywork on so i went to the local hardware store and bought some steel strips glued them down the center and welded the ends problem fixed.