Rockdawg84s Pic and Build Thread but mostly Pics

well it took less than 24 hours for my wife and I to change our minds. No longer up for sale. To many memories tied to this truck. like the fact that we got engaged while wheeling it and many more that are great as well. So the thought of loosing it may be just what we needed to motivate us to really get it back on the road (or off the road as it were). I am very happy not to see it go.:clap2::clap2:
 
so it is going to take to long for me to get the 5.0 in and I really want to go wheeling with this truck in November (local Run with Wheeling Arizona) so I have decided to find a 22r to throw in until I get everything for the 5.0 done. And Craigslist is our friend. I found a guy that is doing a v8 swap (ironic I know) who has sold me a complete 22r and radiator minus the intake and carb for $100. Yes that is right a running 87 22r with all accessories for $100. sounds to good to be true so we will see when I get there tomorrow. LOL

Anybody got a intake manifold laying around that they want to get rid of:D
 
Well I got it. picked up a running 22r on Saturday for $100 with all accessories as well as an extra ignitor and coil, the only thing missing is the intake manifold and the carb. I have a line on an intake manifold here in town for about $30 and will invest in a new weber for $250. It's going on the stand and will get new bearings and maybe new rings with a quick hone. All new gaskets and for less than $500 I will be back up and running. I already own a Schneider camshaft that will go in though I am resisting putting oversized valves in. This motor is only a stop gap till I have the 5.0 ready to go in. I will post pics of the motor on the stand as soon as I can.
 
So the 22r is torn down and there are so many problems that it is going to be fully rebuilt including a new head (engbldr with O/S Valves) and the cylinders were scored beyond what a hone would take to clean up so 40 over pistons are coming. the Crank is good so it will get a polish and go back in with new bearings. I already had a steel backed timing set on the shelf so that will go in as well. I found my 32/36 weber so that will go back on for now and already have a LC header that will bolt up as well. I will have the block decked .0010 and have a LC adjustable top cam gear coming to get the cam timing back to where it should be. As for the cam I have a schneider 260-70F from a previous build. All said and done I expect to be about 140 horse and close to 200 feet pound of torque. This will be a good little motor till I get the 5.0 in and then I will sell it and someone else will enjoy a nice torquey 22r. parts are coming in from all over and as soon as a couple of pieces come in the block will go to the machine shop and it won't be long till the Rockdawg will be back on the trail. Woot Woot.

I still am happy about getting this for a 100 as it has all the needed accessories and brackets on it that I no longer had.

Propane could be in the future as well but I have blown my stash on getting the motor back into good shape so it will be a while.
 
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Rockdawg84 said:
yea so I have failed epically :wow2:
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lol, yes you have. You never should have looked inside. You should have thrown it in and run it and cranked up the stereo when it started making funny noises and saved your cash for the 5.0 swap. Now you're going to have a fresh 22r and you're not going to want to do it. :moping:
 
KidVermicious said:
lol, yes you have. You never should have looked inside. You should have thrown it in and run it and cranked up the stereo when it started making funny noises and saved your cash for the 5.0 swap. Now you're going to have a fresh 22r and you're not going to want to do it. :moping:
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That is possible but the 5.0 on the engine stand in the carport taunts me so it will happen. And someone will get a killer little 22r. Or maybe I wlll build my boys a little buggy to put it in. At ages 4 and 2 it might be ready for them when they are ready to drive. LOL.
 
Thanks Connor [MENTION=3064]4Running_Daily[/MENTION], Those pics are great.

here are a couple of Vids that my buddy Chad Got.

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Finally, somebody I would like to wheel with. Half the guys around me are either to stock or don't want to put a scratch on their rig. You're going to make it out to Moab for the TW meet, ya?
 
TheArkMaster said:
Finally, somebody I would like to wheel with. Half the guys around me are either to stock or don't want to put a scratch on their rig. You're going to make it out to Moab for the TW meet, ya?
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I love Moab. I honestly don't spend a lot of time on TW but I will look at when the meet is. We definitely want to do a Moab run in 2015. I just hope that Rockdawg will be up and running but it would be great to have Smokey there as well. I don't want body damage but I sure don't worry about scraping a skid plate. LOL I would love to go out and wheel with you though:biggrin1:
 
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