408 stroker ram project
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How do you know the push rod are the right ones for the motor? By decking the block and/ or changing the thickness of the head gasket will effect the length of the push rod as well the eddy heads could too. I wouldn't get to crazy with the push rods yet, you might be taking them back lol
What pisses me off, is that i am 30 days behind now...
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That has nothing to do with a big truck beating a Mustang. A worked diesel or a sc'd or turboed high performance truck would have a chance. I doubt a run of the mill 408 would though. Its more cubes but the weight of a truck would kill it.
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Well here is a photo of when we were putting in the new gears with the trac-lock carrier. And while waiting for the timing chain I started to wire wheel the frame and remove any rust from the body seams. Then I scrubbed the entire underside with a scochbright pad and then cleaned rised everything off. I will use the preprime coating that is pictured several post above. Then some ruberised undercoating.
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well tonight I was able to pre-prime everything. From the firewall all the way to the back of the cab inbetween the frame rails. I did the inside and bottom of the frame. I wanted to get this area now so that when the motor and tranny go back in I wont be stuck. It will take a couple of days for this to dry enough to put the ruberised undercoating and paint on.