Project "Wifey's Truck", Help me fill in the blanks.

[Rmartin-97]

So is it done yet?






LOL

Nates a dreamer hes been acting-like he's tryin to run a business or something lol. Hasn't even picked up a wrench for it yet! He needs get his a$$ in go mode. So I know my next round of mods.

Chop chop Nate!!

 

[UNLIMITED_DIESEL]

Looking for advise/opinions from guys that have personal experience with gapless piston rings.

Is this a good idea on a street application? Any downsides? I was planning on running the rings that came with the International Pistons, just trying to see if there is really a benefit in a street application. I don't want to have to pull this engine down once a year or anything just to put rings in it. If the factory International rings will work fine and give me more longevity, thats probably what I'm going to stick with. I'd rather lose out on a few HP to gain reliability.

Thoughts?

 

[White_monster]

As far as what I've researched and been told by Total Seal they are perfectly fine on a daily driver.

 

[Tree Trimmer]

when i did mine, we put a gapless upper in, and a stock bottom.

something about compression getting stuck between the rings on a daily driver, it was recommended to not run both rings gapless, to just run 1.

 

[White_monster]

It says right on total seals website to only run upper or lower gapless rings not both in any application.

 

[NathannialD]

all of our motors get gapless, much less blowby. well worth the money imo.

 

[Breaking Habits]

Yo dude, did your crank adaptor bolt kit show up yet?

 

[UNLIMITED_DIESEL]

Thanks Guys, after doing a little research, I think I'm going to go with a gapless second ring.

Haven't seen the bolt kit yet Jared.

 

[UNLIMITED_DIESEL]

Well, it's finally starting to go together! Short block is going together nicely. Should have ported cylinder heads soon.

 

[UNLIMITED_DIESEL]

The short block consists of:

New block - Ford
New Crankshaft - Ford
ARP Crankshaft Adapter Bolts - River City Diesel
R&R connecting rods - River City Diesel
HD Pistons - Flynn's Shop
Gapless 2nd ring - Total Seal
Stage 1X cam - Elite Diesel Engineering
New Lifters - Ford
Rod and Main Bearings - Clevite
Bearing and Piston Coatings - Swain Tech Coatings
Super Damper - ATI
Billet Flexplate - Elite Diesel Engineering

 

[Crack85]

Very nice short block

 

[webb06]

What brand is that engine stand? Would it support the fully built engine?

 

[UNLIMITED_DIESEL]

I don't remember the brand name. I bought it from carquest a few years ago. I will look on Monday and see if it has a manufacturer label somewhere.

It's rated for 1200 lbs IIRC

 

[Rmartin-97]

So......how's this build going? I'm betting pretty good you should share the final product with the rest of is!! Lol

 

[Crack85]

I saw pics on fb. Thing is legit!!!

 

[powerstroked08]

WTF Leave all of PSA out of the loop!:nopics:

 

[UNLIMITED_DIESEL]

Sorry guys. Been pretty busy and wanted to update this with a good informative post rather than just throwing some pictures up. I have a bunch of photos on my DSLR that we'll be using in Diesel World, but my cell phone pictures will have to do for now. Didn't mean to leave you out of the loop.

Since this hasn't been updated for a while, I'll start with some of the details.

Engine build consisted of
Rotating assembly externally balanced with Elite Billet Flexplate, balance is within 1/10 of a gram
New Ford Block
New Ford Crankshaft, with chamfered oil holes for more oil flow to the bearings
HD Pistons, ceramic coated by Swain Tech
Total Seal gapless second ring
Piston Rings were DLC coated
Clevite Main and Rod Bearings, coated by Swain Tech
R&R connecting Rods
Elite Stage 1X cam
New Ford lifters
New Ford Heads, Ported and DLC coated valves
Smith Brothers Pushrods
RCD valve springs
Elite H11 head studs
Elite H11 main studs
ATI Damper
RCD flex plate bolts, balancer bolts, and crank adapter bolts
RCD oil pan, RCD SS 6.0 exhaust manifolds and up-pipes
Street Diesel Performance wastegate kit with Downpipe
Bulletproof Diesel waterpump and billet oil filter cap
MPD Crankcase vent
No Limit cold side, hot side, and cold air intake
Mishimoto Radiator
Mishimoto Intercooler
Dieselsite Boots and Clamps

AND an intake manifold that we will be releasing very soon after some more testing. It's an all Billet aluminum intake, no more cutting up or plunging stands out of the factory intake. This starts life over 100 pounds of aluminum and is less than 8 pounds when finished. Lots of time and development has gone into this. We have a few things to tweak before production but the prototype is on my wife's truck currently. Sorry, no pricing will be out until we get finished with the design. I will post better pictures once I get them off of my other camera.

Turbo Setup
Elite High Power Jr 76/59

Fuel system consists of
Aeromotive A1000 pump with Napa Filters
5/8 Pickup tube
Midwest unregulated return with bowl and fuel cooler delete, there is a cooler on the truck just not in the factory location. I will post these pictures later also.
Midwest Dual K16's, both pumps are remans from Ford
RCD balanced 60% injectors, after talking with Jared and Josh, balancing is a must. Don't settle for anything less...

The transmission
Elite Stage 4
RCD Torque Converter
Mag-Hytec Deep Pan

Suspension
OUO ALA's
Icon 1" TEI Spacer
Icon 2.5" Coils
Icon Adjustable Track Bar
OUO Front Axle truss with dual steering stabilizer
Icon 2.5 Piggybacks Front and Rear
OUO rear Axle Truss
OUO 5" traction blocks
OUO adaptable length long gusset traction bars

Wheels and Tires
35x12.50R20 Toyo MT's
20x10 American Force Rebel SS

The truck Dyno'd 595Hp and 1238 ft lbs at Toops Performance before we tore it down. This was with a 5" Flo Pro exhaust and H&S Mini Maxx with Gearhead tunes. Everything else remained factory, including the air intake which I had never changed the filter since we bought it. Sorry no sheet yet, I haven't been able to get it emailed to me yet...

https://vimeo.com/106666021

Here are some pictures of the tear down and rebuild process.

These are all the pictures I have for now. If you have any questions, fire away and I'll try to respond to them as quickly as I can. We are planning to put a few hundred more miles on it and dyno it for some new numbers. I'll keep you up to date as we get new info. There is probably a lot that I'm forgetting, this build was huge and we did it in 10 days. Sorry if I left anyone out, it was certainly not intentional.

Thanks guys!!!

 

[Crack85]

Sickest grocery getter ever

 

[bluedge8]

10 days? wow!!! Looks killer!

 

[4.0l sahara]

I want one of those manifolds...........