Fairly new here on psa, long time lurker. Spend most of my net time on NC4x4, hardline crawlers, and pirate 4x4. Thought I would share a build I'm working on here as I am on NC4x4.
Recently vowed I wouldn't go in debt on another new truck. Decided to build my next work truck. Current truck (bought new, now with 220xxx and second motor) is an 08 cclb dmax dually 4x4, with deletes and a H&S mini maxx. Still with a couple payments to go....
So I bought a steal in an 08 f450 c&c 4x4 basic package with a bare frame, 201k on the ticker and a motor with lifter issues. With my goal being under $20k when completed.... and paid for! Keep in mind this is intended as a work truck, not to race with.
I make my living as a core buyer so I sourced a motor from a customer with 80k miles and fuel issues. This is where the fun began....
New Parts; arp studs, factory head gaskets, oil cooler, hpfp, hfcm, h&s mini maxx, lifters, push rods, rockers, rear main, complete upper gasket kit, fuel lines, rudy's cac tube, boots, water pump, all pulleys, belts, egr deletes with intake tube, delete pipe, rad hoses, glow plugs, rudys hd up pipes, s&b intake, batteries.
Parts rebuilt or reconditioned; injectors, both turbos, heads surfaced and fluxed, valves and springs checked, fuel tank relined, intake manifold steam cleaned, fuel rails cleaned, radiator/core flushed.
I will also be fabricating my own flatbed exclusively designed for my core business. You can check out my rock crawling buggy build on nc4x4 for my fab experience.
http://www.nc4x4.com/forum/index.php?threads/copper-crawler-buggy-build.83829/
On to pics. .. That's what we all want to see anyway
Truck when I brought it home. It would crank and idle but had a terrible lifter chirp.
Current work truckwhich is now completely blacked out on all chrome
Recently vowed I wouldn't go in debt on another new truck. Decided to build my next work truck. Current truck (bought new, now with 220xxx and second motor) is an 08 cclb dmax dually 4x4, with deletes and a H&S mini maxx. Still with a couple payments to go....
So I bought a steal in an 08 f450 c&c 4x4 basic package with a bare frame, 201k on the ticker and a motor with lifter issues. With my goal being under $20k when completed.... and paid for! Keep in mind this is intended as a work truck, not to race with.
I make my living as a core buyer so I sourced a motor from a customer with 80k miles and fuel issues. This is where the fun began....
New Parts; arp studs, factory head gaskets, oil cooler, hpfp, hfcm, h&s mini maxx, lifters, push rods, rockers, rear main, complete upper gasket kit, fuel lines, rudy's cac tube, boots, water pump, all pulleys, belts, egr deletes with intake tube, delete pipe, rad hoses, glow plugs, rudys hd up pipes, s&b intake, batteries.
Parts rebuilt or reconditioned; injectors, both turbos, heads surfaced and fluxed, valves and springs checked, fuel tank relined, intake manifold steam cleaned, fuel rails cleaned, radiator/core flushed.
I will also be fabricating my own flatbed exclusively designed for my core business. You can check out my rock crawling buggy build on nc4x4 for my fab experience.
http://www.nc4x4.com/forum/index.php?threads/copper-crawler-buggy-build.83829/
On to pics. .. That's what we all want to see anyway
Truck when I brought it home. It would crank and idle but had a terrible lifter chirp.
Current work truckwhich is now completely blacked out on all chrome
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