hey everybody, long time no post. 8 months since my last visit and I had been happily driving the truck with no issues. October 1 after topping the oil off I decided to check my plugs as I felt a slight hesitation as boost crept to 6psi. my plugs were not so good. i had a very large amount of white buildup.
then after a compression test
I decided it was time for some bottom end work. So I started tearing into it. By the end of the night I had it ready to come out.
After working a 13 hour shift I dug into it the next night and got her all pulled out and the head off.
Now at this point I had called out to my machinist letting him know I have a block I need a little work on. It had been under the gun before and I had no idea what the previous owner had done. He said get it down here and lets take a look. bit I wanted to pull the crank first and see what it looked like. I had the moter fliped over on engine stand and I start to pull the pan off when I hear, clink...clink...clink. oh no, that doesn't sound good. I cross my fingers and hope it was just something the previous owner dropped in the timing cover and was hanging around in the bottom of my pan. It was not..
my thrust bearing was laying in the bottom of my pan. obviously my crank was toast, and i measured up the block..toast.
I start thinking okay motor swap time, my old '83 early 22re, maybe a 3sge, 5m, maybe 2j or LS swap. But then got to thinking how motor swapping would kinda ruin the "cool" factor of my pretty stock truck. Long story short after many hours of research and debate I decide to source another turbo block and crank and build the crap out of it. Its going to be 22ret. it will have CP pistions, H-beam rods, Arp main bolts, MLS head gasket, ARP studs, 1mm oversized valves with a little port work, new cam (I have yet to decide), Garrett T3 .60 trim turbo, steedspeed externally gated manifold, turbosmart wastegate, custom intercooler mounted in custom front bumper to retain my AC, supra MAF, ported intake manifold with frankenmeter, electronic boost controller, cheapo BOV, innovative Wideband O2, and for now stock rebuilt injectors and ECU. by march I will have megasquirt, 425cc injectors and the ability to push well over 14lbs of boost without concern. Almost all of my parts will be here before christmas and some will arrive the week after. woohoo and lets get this thing rolling again!