The Official PSA Duramax gets Built Ford Tough!

[Hotrodtractor]

LBZ bottom ends are supposed to be "good to 600" though, right?

We are going to try and kiss 800 with it, but we will stop when we no longer feel safe in the tuning - that is over 700 for sure.

Wooowww. 60% nozzles and a 72 over 83 compound setup. I give it less than 10 full throttle runs.

Nah - we are going to hold it back and make something awesome. Although we will be flirting with the eminent demise of the bottom end. Everyone told me that I would blow it up with compounds - that was 5 years and 80K miles ago.

Its basically just a shade bigger setup than this stock bottom ended truck:

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[TRUBBS]

very nice! id love to do this to my dmax one day but that looks to high to pull my 40' 5th wheel toyhauler

 

[Big Calo]

Just a question, but with all the work done to the suspension, was there any reason in particular to not go with a full air ride suspension?

 

[Hotrodtractor]

Just a question, but with all the work done to the suspension, was there any reason in particular to not go with a full air ride suspension?

I'm not a fan of full air ride on a rig like this that will actually get used and abuse in terrain. This is not an asphalt queen.

I'm already jotting down ideas for a future truck that will be more of an asphalt queen and replace this one as the tow beast - but that is quite a few years away before that comes to fruition, but it will have at least an air ride rear.

 

[TRUBBS]

updates on this and the HRT 7.3 are a must!

 

[Hotrodtractor]

Yeah..... I painted all the junk behind the grill flat black and built a new workbench for the shop - the bench will eventually be a transmission building table.... but for now its the perfect height to stand on and work under the hood! LOL

 

[Jomax]

I feel the love. LOL

Mocked up the bumper, grill and headlights for the first time at the end of the day - pretty sure I'm going to be real happy with this with just a few more tweaks

Assembled rear rolling stock:

What air bags are those?

 

[Hotrodtractor]

What air bags are those?

They are a Firestone bag - same ones used in the Cognito long travel bag kits and very similar to the ones found on the front end of some freight shakers.

 

[FrankTheTank]

I like how u made that sway bar set up... is that home made or a kit? Looks like the project is finally coming along.! It looks mean as hell

 

[Hotrodtractor]

I like how u made that sway bar set up... is that home made or a kit? Looks like the project is finally coming along.! It looks mean as hell

That is a modified kit - I wasn't sure how it was all going to work out - but if I had to start over I would have built the sway bar setup using some race car parts so it was tunable. My front sway bar is made up of race car parts - I just don't have it installed yet. I bought a "kit" for the front that was intended to work with this SAS - but some of the other options I have interfered with things - so I I opted to piece something together for the front - basically its a shaft with splines on each end and then a pair of flat bars with splines - I can adjust the length of the flat bars as well as the construction of the splined bar to change how it reacts.

 

[Jomax]

They are a Firestone bag - same ones used in the Cognito long travel bag kits and very similar to the ones found on the front end of some freight shakers.

Would it be hard to find the part number? Looking for a set of bags for my truck but don't want to limit travel. Thanks

 

[Hotrodtractor]

Minor update.... its getting much closer now....

The goal is to fire it for the first time on Thursday - just some minor electrical to finish - some down pipe modifications - and to toss the fuel lines into a fuel can on the floor - and it should be ready to fire. Driving will just be a few days behind that.

 

[Chvyrkr]

Do you have a cowl hood on that truck? I don't remember.

 

[Hotrodtractor]

Do you have a cowl hood on that truck? I don't remember.

Nope - I want one, but its going to have to wait a bit - too many things going on to worry about that aspect right now. I'm thinking its going to get a splash of color next winter.

 

[lincolnlocker]

atmo compressor housing is sorta cool... the rest is all foreign to me.

live life full throttle

 

[TheSmokinStroke2002]

Looks awesome Jason!


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[MINK]

meh.

 

[Chvyrkr]

Nope - I want one, but its going to have to wait a bit - too many things going on to worry about that aspect right now. I'm thinking its going to get a splash of color next winter.

Gettin rid of the blue?

 

[Hotrodtractor]

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[JD3020]

Congrats on getting it running!


I'm definitely going to have to meet you and this truck sometime over the summer. LOL