A little update on my truck...

jdgleason · Jul 13, 2014

Motostroker said:
That's a buddy of mine, out of Summerville,sc. Friends with nick

His truck looks great lol

buck russell · Jul 13, 2014

Motostroker said:
That's a buddy of mine, out of Summerville,sc. Friends with nick

Such a small world, my buddy just moved from Summerville (used to work for JK automotive on Main St) to Florida. He was Nick's "boss" in the Air Force.

jdgleason · Jul 16, 2014

Well, it's ***king crunch week for sure. I've been killing myself getting everything ready to finish the truck this weekend. The situation with my heads has been a crazy deal. I've had several sets fall through and I was getting ready to head to ford to buy some new heads, and Tadd came through on a set of heads for me. I bought a set of his heads with big valves that were in stock. (Super Excited) So I picked them up and dropped them off to be coated this afternoon. I'm super thankful that the coater was willing to work with me and rush my stuff - otherwise none of this would have worked out!

I was really hoping to have the motor back from the machine shop this afternoon, but that didn't happen. I'll pick up the motor tomorrow and start assembling it as soon as I possibly can.

Taylor D · Jul 16, 2014

jdgleason said:
Well, it's ***king crunch week for sure. I've been killing myself getting everything ready to finish the truck this weekend. The situation with my heads has been a crazy deal. I've had several sets fall through and I was getting ready to head to ford to buy some new heads, and Tadd came through on a set of heads for me. I bought a set of his heads with big valves that were in stock. (Super Excited) So I picked them up and dropped them off to be coated this afternoon. I'm super thankful that the coater was willing to work with me and rush my stuff - otherwise none of this would have worked out!

I was really hoping to have the motor back from the machine shop this afternoon, but that didn't happen. I'll pick up the motor tomorrow and start assembling it as soon as I possibly can.

Super excited for you brotha can't wait to see what it will do. Gonna figure that out on mine soon to and post some pics and videos. Dam work and vaca lol

Good luck awesome build and quick

drunk on diesel · Jul 16, 2014

jdgleason said:
Well, it's ***king crunch week for sure. I've been killing myself getting everything ready to finish the truck this weekend. The situation with my heads has been a crazy deal. I've had several sets fall through and I was getting ready to head to ford to buy some new heads, and Tadd came through on a set of heads for me. I bought a set of his heads with big valves that were in stock. (Super Excited) So I picked them up and dropped them off to be coated this afternoon. I'm super thankful that the coater was willing to work with me and rush my stuff - otherwise none of this would have worked out!

I was really hoping to have the motor back from the machine shop this afternoon, but that didn't happen. I'll pick up the motor tomorrow and start assembling it as soon as I possibly can.

Good luck JD, I probably would have chickened out and just overpaid for Ford heads

definitely jealous of the build...

ncollins64 · Jul 16, 2014

Good to hear buddy. I'll check on ya Friday and see how things are coming

jdgleason · Jul 16, 2014

Taylor D said:
Super excited for you brotha can't wait to see what it will do. Gonna figure that out on mine soon to and post some pics and videos. Dam work and vaca lol

Good luck awesome build and quick

Thanks buddy! I wish it was quicker lol the machine shop has been behind...

drunk on diesel said:
Good luck JD, I probably would have chickened out and just overpaid for Ford heads

definitely jealous of the build...

I thought about it, but I would have still had to have the machine shop check them and possibly resurface them, and still at that point not have hardened seats and the aftermarket valves - not to mention bigger ones. Plus.... My timeframe left me no choice lol. All in all, I'm happy with how it worked out, even though it took some years off my life. Lol