jstaylor954
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So my old farm truck is a 98 3500 xcab 4x4 Flatbed 5spd with a 12v. When I bought the truck it was bone stock except the flatbed and the kdp was tabbed.....or so i was told. It had 239k on it and was in pretty good shape. Just a tiny spot of rust on drivers side rocker, tear in the driver's seat, and the front bumper was dented from a deer. The steering was a little loose, but at least the dash wasnt busted. I struck up a deal and bought it. I took it home and ordered all front end components and completely rebuilt the front end. I put a black grill on it and a new ebay black front bumper.
Then less then 500 miles later, i was at church one Sunday and my buddy pointed out that my truck was leaking a lot of oil! Po had lied about the kdp being tabbed! So, I changed the gear case and got it back on the road again. Also, my dog jumped on my dash while barking at a squirrel and busted my dash!
Less than 1k more miles, I was taking a load of steers to the processor, as i came up to a stop sign, i tried to shift out of 5th gear and my trans was stuck in 5th! I had to rebuild the transmission, so i put a Southbend DD clutch in with the big input shaft. I also upgraded the turbo to a HE351CW and put 5x12 injectors and .025 DV'S along with an afc live and all the afc mods. The truck ran really good and pulled alot better.
Then, a couple more thousand miles, while pulling my tractor up my driveway, my transfer case blew up. I decied it was time to make the truck stronger. I bought a used NV5600 and a brand new NP271 transfer case and installed it with my current DD clutch. I completely rebuilt the front and rear drivshafts with upgraded u joints and bigger constant joint on the front shaft, along with lengthening the deont and shorting the rear one. I figured then would be a good time to bump the timing, put my 4k gsk in, along with Hamilton behive valve springs and push rods too. We installed it all and bumped the timing to 20*. Man what a difference! The truck ran awesome! Felt like it picked up 150 hp! Then, 2 days later, i had pulled our skid steer to work and one of my workers told me i had something dripping under my truck. Antifreeze! There went the HG! It was a steady stream coming out on the exhaust side on #5 cylinder. So that brings us to the current build!
Again this is my farm truck that i use to pull alot and pull heavy too. Our skid steer is 10k+, mini x is 12k, and our tractor is 14k+ and I pull them on a 24ft gooseneck trailer. We pull heavy loads of cows and have had as much as 23k of hay on my trailer, for short pulls. My main purpose for this truck is for pulling( with some fun on backroads too!) I have read and read about towing compounds and decided to go with a he351cw/s475. I am going to stick with the stock bottomend for now. I have another shortblock that im going to rebuild and add a cam and marine style pistons to later.
Ok so my current mods on the truck now:
HE351CW
Drawstraw in tank puckup
1/2 fuel line lift pump
3/8 return
PDD Hot rod lift pump
Adjustable OFV
Pdd .025 DV'S
20* timing
Gauges
AFC live and spring
NV5600 trans
SB DD clutch
NP271 Transfercase
Sd 2.5 front springs
285/75/16's with billet steel rear spacers
Hamilton behive springs
Hamilton HD Push rods
Complete front suspension rebuilt with Dodge offroad 3rd gen track bar, red head steering box, and Borgeson steering shaft
Parts that i have ready to go on the truck now:
Stock head machined, oringed, and mild P&P and machined for top hat valve seals by Crutchfield Machine
Haisley L19 headstuds
Mishimoto intercooler
Mishimoto radiator
PDR HD intercooler boots and clamps
Keating machine billet freeze plugs
Water bypass kit
Evil fab twin piping kit
The current He351cw (has ported exhaust housing and wg)
Turbo tuner
Bullseye batmowheel S475/87/1.10 race cover
Full set of Autometer gauges for tuning- pyro, FP, 60 boost, 100 boost ,and Exhaust pressure
All fittings to plumb 1/2 from lift pump to fuel filter and dual feed the IP
Haley Speed Innovation 5x18 SAC injectors
1.25 Hiem joints for custom traction bars
We started tearing down the truck today to swap heads. Im going to install the oringed head back with the he351 and everything but the compounds until i get all my retourques done. Then im having the IP benched and installing the compounds and bigger injectors. Also might upgrade to 7mm DVs at this time.
I will be adding stuff as we go and posting pictures of the build as I take them and as soon as i figure out how to post them. This is my first big build so i would love to hear opinions on it and any suggestions to make it better!
Then less then 500 miles later, i was at church one Sunday and my buddy pointed out that my truck was leaking a lot of oil! Po had lied about the kdp being tabbed! So, I changed the gear case and got it back on the road again. Also, my dog jumped on my dash while barking at a squirrel and busted my dash!
Less than 1k more miles, I was taking a load of steers to the processor, as i came up to a stop sign, i tried to shift out of 5th gear and my trans was stuck in 5th! I had to rebuild the transmission, so i put a Southbend DD clutch in with the big input shaft. I also upgraded the turbo to a HE351CW and put 5x12 injectors and .025 DV'S along with an afc live and all the afc mods. The truck ran really good and pulled alot better.
Then, a couple more thousand miles, while pulling my tractor up my driveway, my transfer case blew up. I decied it was time to make the truck stronger. I bought a used NV5600 and a brand new NP271 transfer case and installed it with my current DD clutch. I completely rebuilt the front and rear drivshafts with upgraded u joints and bigger constant joint on the front shaft, along with lengthening the deont and shorting the rear one. I figured then would be a good time to bump the timing, put my 4k gsk in, along with Hamilton behive valve springs and push rods too. We installed it all and bumped the timing to 20*. Man what a difference! The truck ran awesome! Felt like it picked up 150 hp! Then, 2 days later, i had pulled our skid steer to work and one of my workers told me i had something dripping under my truck. Antifreeze! There went the HG! It was a steady stream coming out on the exhaust side on #5 cylinder. So that brings us to the current build!
Again this is my farm truck that i use to pull alot and pull heavy too. Our skid steer is 10k+, mini x is 12k, and our tractor is 14k+ and I pull them on a 24ft gooseneck trailer. We pull heavy loads of cows and have had as much as 23k of hay on my trailer, for short pulls. My main purpose for this truck is for pulling( with some fun on backroads too!) I have read and read about towing compounds and decided to go with a he351cw/s475. I am going to stick with the stock bottomend for now. I have another shortblock that im going to rebuild and add a cam and marine style pistons to later.
Ok so my current mods on the truck now:
HE351CW
Drawstraw in tank puckup
1/2 fuel line lift pump
3/8 return
PDD Hot rod lift pump
Adjustable OFV
Pdd .025 DV'S
20* timing
Gauges
AFC live and spring
NV5600 trans
SB DD clutch
NP271 Transfercase
Sd 2.5 front springs
285/75/16's with billet steel rear spacers
Hamilton behive springs
Hamilton HD Push rods
Complete front suspension rebuilt with Dodge offroad 3rd gen track bar, red head steering box, and Borgeson steering shaft
Parts that i have ready to go on the truck now:
Stock head machined, oringed, and mild P&P and machined for top hat valve seals by Crutchfield Machine
Haisley L19 headstuds
Mishimoto intercooler
Mishimoto radiator
PDR HD intercooler boots and clamps
Keating machine billet freeze plugs
Water bypass kit
Evil fab twin piping kit
The current He351cw (has ported exhaust housing and wg)
Turbo tuner
Bullseye batmowheel S475/87/1.10 race cover
Full set of Autometer gauges for tuning- pyro, FP, 60 boost, 100 boost ,and Exhaust pressure
All fittings to plumb 1/2 from lift pump to fuel filter and dual feed the IP
Haley Speed Innovation 5x18 SAC injectors
1.25 Hiem joints for custom traction bars
We started tearing down the truck today to swap heads. Im going to install the oringed head back with the he351 and everything but the compounds until i get all my retourques done. Then im having the IP benched and installing the compounds and bigger injectors. Also might upgrade to 7mm DVs at this time.
I will be adding stuff as we go and posting pictures of the build as I take them and as soon as i figure out how to post them. This is my first big build so i would love to hear opinions on it and any suggestions to make it better!