Just another Fummins with lots of pics!
 

Ok so I started out with a 1991 F 350 7.3L zf-5 truck.


Pulled the front clip

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Pulling the piece of crap idi

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Yay new powerplant

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I scored like no other with this non 53 block 01 24v. 100k miles, turbo, radiator, intercooler, boost tubes, wiring, computer, and hydroboost for $1650! :tu:

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Stripped of wiring and cleaned up somewhat

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Getting ready to start the fabwork

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All cut out

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Setting it in for mock up and days of staring

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Firewall clearance

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All tacked in

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Made the mounts out of 1/4'' plate, and the crossmember tubing is 1 3/4" DOM tubing, but what ever it was, had a higher rating than normal because it was tough on my bender.

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All welded up and re-plated the passenger side inner frame rail

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Driverside all welded up

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Driverside top of framerail

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Primered shows up a little better

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After an hour of wrestling it in by myself :nope:

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Need to tack a piece of scrap to hold the front of the engine up so I can roll the truck around.

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Crossmember to oil pan clearance

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Sits pretty low

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Tomorrow I'm planning to start mounting the Dodge radiator and intercooler and adapt the front of the frame to hold it. By having the engine a few inches forward than normal, I'll have to do some trimming on the Ford core support and grill.

Or I'll just build a tube core support and make it work :humm:

Plans for the rest of the build is an NV5600, south bend con ofe clutch and flywheel, BW 13-56 t-case, FASS 95gph, 100-150hp injectors, Adrenaline w/pulse control which will save me on having a bunch of gauges, putting brand new Dodge hydraulics in for the slave, eventually putting twins in whether it be on my own or in a kit, o-ringing the head, head studs, blending the dodge gauge cluster into my Fords dash, reusing my 4'' exhaust, new white paint with pearl, new glass all around, and installing my 2nd gen Dodge seats too.


Any comments, advice, feedback is gladly WANTED/needed.

Tyler

looking good nice fab work :tu:

nice:tu:

Nice job:tu:

damn thats clean. what made you do with a 24v

Man that looks awesome!! Nice work

Nice...:tu:

Absolutely awesome. Love the OBS's

The price was right, I've never seen such a great deal on such a low mileage engine.

Now I just have to get some behind the dash wiring to get the gauges to work and I'm set.

Hung the front fenders and grill and light support

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Will possibly be running fans in front of the I/C

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Tore out the factory gauge cluster area and most the under the dash wiring. Plan is to run a Dodge gauge cluster instead.

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Then today I started building my core support since the original one wasnt going to work

Fender mount

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Custom plumbing will be a must

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Will have to make my own intake horn also so that it points in the right direction

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Good work man that looks like some pretty awesom fab workin skills love to fabricate!

very nice job man:rocking:

Looks GREAT.:tu: I can't believe all that work is being done in the driveway. Cudos, hats off to ya, AWESOME job. :c: Figuring out all of the details, your head must be spinning.:s:

This is an easy project thank god, the crawler next to it is the hard one :D

Looks good man...You ever gonna finish that crawler?

Sometime next spring, the Fummins is priority because I need something to drive and a tow rig to pull the Dodge in the first place.

Made some hood stops the other day

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Last nite I pulled the timing cover and luckily I have the updated housing as far as I can tell. Cleaned all the blow by oil off and got a new crank seal installed, will be reinstalling the cover later this afternoon.

:jump: updated case

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New crank seal

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CLEAN timing cover again!

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Radiator mount

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Upper behind view

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Intercooler mounts

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Just capped off some tube and welded in square plain nuts

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Great fab skills but I have one question. Why didn't you isolate your new support from the frame? I would think that would cause problems with fender alignment, or at least nasty vibrations in the front clip:humm:

Sweet!

I had the front fenders attached to the frame before without any ill effects, after I put a crossmember in at the front of the frame it wont move much.

Interesting, makes sense why you wouldn't worry about it since you've done it before.

coming along really well. i have to give it to you bud, you've got some skills. i've been following your truggy build on pirate.:rocking:

that is awsome :rocking:

any update?

wow, awesome:jump:
Whats that other project you got going in the driveway? with the brown tubing?
By chance did you build a rat rod with a cummins in it also? that area looks familiar.

wow u did an amazing job man!!! :tu:

Nice rig! :tu:

Just curious though; why did you go with the dodge radiator and intercooler? And why swap to a Dodge instrument panel?

I kept the big a$$ Ford radiator in mine and made custom coolant piping and it keeps the Cummins really cool...the fans hardly ever kick on going down the highway.

Just paid for the NV5600 and tcase, ordered and airdog150, draw straws, southbend HD slave cylinder yesterday. Next is waiting for parts to show up, then taking the rear axle to the shop to get regeared since the r&p grenade'd.

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And no I didn't build any rat rod, would love to though.

They came with the engine, free parts basically and I'm already on a tight enough budget, so I made them work. Swap to the Dodge instrument gauges is because its updated, the gauges will all work, plug and play, its a Dodge in Ford's clothing.

Plus the early 90 Ford gauges are mostly dummy lights and are ugly to boot.

Dude this is an awesome project. Have you went any farther with the project yet? I would love to see a price break down if you dont mind.

Again awesome project.

Looks awesome! Keep us posted. :tu:

What are you going to do with the old 445 IDI?

Not yet, awaiting the NV5600, tcase, and full SBC setup to show up, along with the Airdog and an extra draw straw for the 2nd fuel tank. Still need to order up the SBC slave this week.

Price break down is slightly skewed because I got such kickazz deals...

2001 24v 100k miles, turbo, piping, rad, I/C, wiring, computers, mounts, hydroboost (sans starter) $1650.00
2001+ NV5600(25k miles) & BW 4401 t-case, SBC Con OFE setup $3000 shipped
Probably about $200 in metal when I'm finished (minus metal for traction links)
$45 under dash fuse block, dash wiring harness, and tranny harness (reverse lights)
$40 Dodge Ram gauge cluster
Airdog, draw straws, and SBC slave I cant comment on because I got special deals from Vendors here on the forum.

Still need to regear the rear axle, build new driveshafts, build link arms, short shifter, and put my 2nd gen Dodge Ram seats in it.

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Dropped it (literally) at the re-cycler and I hope its melted into a pile of chit that it is.

just as for the same as my project you cant really put a price tag on it. little things add up. things such as:
welding wire, welder gas, electrical connectors, fluids, nuts and bolts, metal here and there, little components that break or wear out, etc etc etc.

the list goes on. i thought i could do my swap for about 4000 since i payed 1500 for a complete truck. it ended up costin me over 10 grand because of stupid crap. you can never set a budget on a conversion project

this dude knows his chit great job :tu:

sweet deal was the cummins radiator and intercooler unable to fit in there without making them radiator mounts?

They will not work unless you do custom work like I did. I had to cut out a notch in the frame and build the custom radiator support to make them work.

thanks for the price break down. Seems like you dont have as much as alot of people have wrapped up in there conversions. I plan on having alot in mine when I get the starting funds for it.