Originally Posted by Krewat

Couldn't you at least grind off the "Dodge Ram" from the turbo output ?

Originally Posted by gsb15

Haha i figured it was kinda more insulting to leave it on, the dodge truck was all used up so the engine had to go into a 13 year older ford.
Plus I'm going to add an intercooler before too long.

Originally Posted by gsb15

finally getting around to uploading some pictues. lots of progress in the last few months.

cleaned up and painted the under the cab section of frame, had to fix the cab mounts, they had the usual under the bushing rust.


rolled it outside and hoisted the cab back on


back inside, ready to start fabbing


bolted the system together


cut the cross member for clearence


fit the engine


bolted the front clip back together to set the spacing, i cant belive how nice it ended up fitting. no more than an inch spacing front to back.


drive shaft will be pretty short


i decided to keep the 89 style engine mounts, i fabbed these up to bolt to the stock ford bolt holes. i positioned the engine basically where the 360 was, more to the passenger side.


me making sure the mouts are sturdy.


after pulling the engine again i got to work on the x-member, i decided to box the frame and start from scratch.




frame painted and mounts installed


engine back in and bolted up. finally feeling like it might actually come together


now is the fun time, putting everything back together. installed my brake lines, i bought the stainless kit from bronco graveyard. fit awesome except for one line having the wrong fitting.


i adapted the dodge clutch system, made a doubler plate either side for strength.


added a mounting point to the ford pedal for the pushrod.

Thats all for now, next up is to work on the engine, need to do the killer dowel pin fix, re install the injector pump and line, and then get on doing the exhaust and turbo set up. should keep me busy

Originally Posted by baddad457

That clutch master plate isn't going to be big enough to keep the rest of the firewall from flexing. I know from experience. You not only need thicker plate but a larger area to absorb the pressure your foot is going to exert on the firewall everytime you engage the clutch.