TheSilverBullet
All the correction factor
So I finally got around to doing something with my old 90 W250. This was my dads farm truck he bought in 1994 and sold it in 2010. I tracked it down in 2013 and bought it back. This truck has started and ran every day ever since I could remember. The odometer stopped in 2002 at 445k
She was due for a bed that you could shut the tailgate. Brakes were lacking like every first gen. 3-4 shift fork was busted from $1 fireball shots one night. The truck had a hard life no doubt there wasn’t a straight piece to it and every dent in it had a story behind it.
So then I found this roller 20 minutes from my house for 300 bucks. It’s not the greatest but it was a lot better then what I had and the same colors.
Then I found a set of Bro wheels on Craigslist I knew I had to have haha. Slowly gathered parts last fall to get ready to knock it in the head and revamp her.
Ended up picking up this 2wd with a freeze plug pushed out for 2500. It had a lot of good parts
orted o ringed Head, arp 425s, 3 piece manifold, piston lift pump, VE with Denny t pin, 3800 spring and a timing spacer.
I ended up pulling all the performance parts off and sold it for 1800 as is. Not bad for getting all the motor parts for a grand total of 700 bones!
So I tore it all down and prepped the frame for paint. I didn’t end up pulling the cab because the roller had a bad floorboard. Hard to believe my Iowa cab was better than the truck outta Arkansas lol
Hotsy at work really helped cleanse the 28 years off abuse off
The motor actually looked really good for as many miles as it has.
So to top off all this new found fuel of the 5x16 ducky injectors and super modded ve I needed some air. Opted for a 63/68 sxe with a non gated housing. I also made a 5 inch intake with a 12 inch long afe filter I had laying around. I wish I had more under hood pictures I always forget this step when building stuff. Truck is non intercooled still I build a 3 inch crossover pipe.
Next I wanted it to stop. I found some brackets at Torq Motorsports that utilizes a 4th gen caliper and rotor. This converts it to outboard rotors. Also 9/16 studs to help keep it all together. Then to push the twin piston calipers I added a gm hydroboost.
While I didn’t get any pictures I did rebuild the getrag, added a ceramic Valair clutch, bearings and seals in the 205, new rear driveshaft, power trax locker in the open carrier and made a b and w turnover ball from a 2nd gen work in it
Here’s how it rolled out of the shop. Cosmetically I spent 300 on body panels 300 on a Chinese bumper,grille, and headlights
Still need to spend sometime with an eraser wheel from taking off the 91 style molding and paint the bottom of the cab to match the paint line. Pretty happy so far plan on driving it another 20 years.
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She was due for a bed that you could shut the tailgate. Brakes were lacking like every first gen. 3-4 shift fork was busted from $1 fireball shots one night. The truck had a hard life no doubt there wasn’t a straight piece to it and every dent in it had a story behind it.
So then I found this roller 20 minutes from my house for 300 bucks. It’s not the greatest but it was a lot better then what I had and the same colors.
Then I found a set of Bro wheels on Craigslist I knew I had to have haha. Slowly gathered parts last fall to get ready to knock it in the head and revamp her.
Ended up picking up this 2wd with a freeze plug pushed out for 2500. It had a lot of good parts
orted o ringed Head, arp 425s, 3 piece manifold, piston lift pump, VE with Denny t pin, 3800 spring and a timing spacer.I ended up pulling all the performance parts off and sold it for 1800 as is. Not bad for getting all the motor parts for a grand total of 700 bones!
So I tore it all down and prepped the frame for paint. I didn’t end up pulling the cab because the roller had a bad floorboard. Hard to believe my Iowa cab was better than the truck outta Arkansas lol
Hotsy at work really helped cleanse the 28 years off abuse off
The motor actually looked really good for as many miles as it has.
So to top off all this new found fuel of the 5x16 ducky injectors and super modded ve I needed some air. Opted for a 63/68 sxe with a non gated housing. I also made a 5 inch intake with a 12 inch long afe filter I had laying around. I wish I had more under hood pictures I always forget this step when building stuff. Truck is non intercooled still I build a 3 inch crossover pipe.
Next I wanted it to stop. I found some brackets at Torq Motorsports that utilizes a 4th gen caliper and rotor. This converts it to outboard rotors. Also 9/16 studs to help keep it all together. Then to push the twin piston calipers I added a gm hydroboost.
While I didn’t get any pictures I did rebuild the getrag, added a ceramic Valair clutch, bearings and seals in the 205, new rear driveshaft, power trax locker in the open carrier and made a b and w turnover ball from a 2nd gen work in it
Here’s how it rolled out of the shop. Cosmetically I spent 300 on body panels 300 on a Chinese bumper,grille, and headlights
Still need to spend sometime with an eraser wheel from taking off the 91 style molding and paint the bottom of the cab to match the paint line. Pretty happy so far plan on driving it another 20 years.
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