My heep build

[Sherman_thetank]

Ya carbonated, I went with the 4 barrel for future plans, like the 60trim turbo. And i would like to put it on propane which would cure the off camber problem. But were im from there isnt much off camber wheeling, its mostly mud lol.

 

[in4aride]

hahaha...i like boost....this is gonna be nuts...

 

[Sherman_thetank]

Update:
Ok, once i get home ill get some more pics ups, but here comes my little miny rant......So i ordered alot of my parts from KMJENT.com So when i went to put my bottom end together Friday i put the bearings all in, and then set my NEW STANDARD size crank in. i immediately notice something is up when the main caps don't fit, and its not much but enough i can see space between the journals. So after about an hour of dinkin with it, i look at on e of the bearings, and realize they are .020 under...To say the least i was hot. So i drive in town (i live approx 15miles from town) get a new set from the parts store head home put them all in, everything looks ok, except 2 of the bearings are really tight, like less the .002" after 20 more minuets, i find out that the rear most two (2) bearings, the larger ones.....are .010 under....all the rest are standard....im pretty racing pissed about now, so i go back swap those out. So now we come to put a couple rods on to make sure everything is going to clear....guess what came .030 under!!!! Soo im going to call them tomorrow and were going to have a chat...on a lighter note the bottom end is all together now and looks awesome!

 

[Sherman_thetank]

hahaha...i like boost....this is gonna be nuts...

Well this should give you an idea of what we talking with almost the exact cam i have, almost exact carb, and exact turbo.

O ya at only 8lbs!

 

[Sherman_thetank]

Friday night i took a break and we all went to the drag strip. I parked nxt to a....cool looking kid with the hood popped on his xj...he thought he was quite the man...until i started dieing laughing when i seen this

he did think it was so funny

 

[Sherman_thetank]

More pics

Got a new stick from a buddy that does construction at the a huge plant in town called cargil, they have lots of fun stickers!

Now the question is how many times am i going to get pulled over by the cops? :rof:

 

[Sherman_thetank]

Got ambisious yeserday, and pulled all the carpeting out, and flapwheeled the bad spots on the floor, finished welding up my motor mounts and even painted everything

This is were i had a bit of rust, and i still may end up replacing this area.

 

[Sherman_thetank]

Progess has been slow....Kinda sorta quit/got fired yesterday, soooo ya. But hopefully i get somthing quick, and i can buy my last few parts i need. Only bout $650 left :greensmok

 

[GoSlowGetStuck]

Progess has been slow....Kinda sorta quit/got fired yesterday, soooo ya. But hopefully i get somthing quick, and i can buy my last few parts i need. Only bout $650 left :greensmok

Left until you're done with the project or left in the bank?

Hope you find work soon. I've been silently following this build for a while now and want to see this son of a gun completed!

 

[Sherman_thetank]

Ya i actually just got one yesterday, but no, that is all i have left to buy and i will have all the parts i need. But, i am little low on cash as well :dunce: So new progress will/has been slow, got a shifter fabed up, and my relay box mounted and wires ran. Nothing real exciting, ill see if i have any pictures, everyone like pictures.

 

[Sherman_thetank]

New pictures, well actually i have just been lazy getting these of my camera..
beginning of my shifter

Motor mounts in and welded
Ignore the amazing bird shat welds inside, that was an after thought once i had it in that didnt go so well....since i had a buddie bring over a nice miller, and we fixed that right up

Not to bad for a stick

Even got the gf to help! (she got to remove the spring from the 4wd shifter )

Actually got the rest of my motor together, just slow with updates, and pictures.

 

[Sherman_thetank]

Its in!

Possible clearance issue. Probly would be over a large bump but it didn't hit during the "jump on the rad. support" test

Crossmember half done

 

[GoSlowGetStuck]

Its in!

Awesome! Been wondering when we'd see some updates on this thing. Looks like the motor sits in there pretty good, it's not as cramped as I expected. Though you still have a lot of accessories and whatnot to bolt onto that thing.

Are you considering putting a regular-sized oil pan on it?

 

[Sherman_thetank]

Ya iv been kinda busy lately, not much time to work on it. As of right now, no im gonna stick with the one i have, because before i do any wheeling in it, i want to get my lift done and the fullwidth axles under it. As for right now i can puts around with it and get it broke in. I wish i had put it more to the right, because the headers i bought wont fit at all on the pass side. Just got some block huggers today so we will see how those fit tonight, and ill get some more pics up.

 

[Sherman_thetank]

IT LIVES! lol
got it fired tonight! Ill get some videos up next few days....with only 9" of header as the exhaust...its kinda loud

 

[Sherman_thetank]

So when you catch the H1N1 flu crap it kinda slows things down...never the less.......here is the first run

 

[shortxjdoug]

looks good.... that sound coming from an xj is always good too

 

[Sherman_thetank]

thanks, hopfuly ill be able to get up there and work on it some this weekend, maybe get another one with a couple blips of the throttle....shoots some nice 8" blue flames

 

[GoSlowGetStuck]

Awesome to see/hear this thing running. Seems like a lot of projects like this have high aspirations and fall through.

Keep us posted

 

[Sherman_thetank]

a couple nice blurry pics of my switch box

And another video of it running, with a couple throttle blips




PS: on a side note, remeber when you are trying to back your heep out of the garage with your brand new 4-500hp engine running at about 1500 rpm........make sure your u-joint caps are tight :doh::gag: