Badlands 66

[ZOSO]

Havent updated this lately. I've got some more done.

I have the fuel lines 95% done. Still have to mount them. They run along the top of the frame rail. When they come into the engine bay they are in the fender.




Phil came over. This is how things looked when he left. we dont think this D20 has ever been apart. We had to fight to get it apart.. And it shows too. Many worn bearings. So now I got to get new bearings.





Radiator mock up. The bottom of the core support is tweeked. It pushes the radiator towards the fan by almost an inch.




got the fuel lines ran to the TB. Heat wrapped the supply line. Hooked up and tested the BC throttle cable. Mounted the top side of the BC kickdown cable.

[Entourage]

Looks great guys - amazing progress in a very short time.

[ZOSO]

Looks great guys - amazing progress in a very short time.

Not as fast as I want but it's moving along. Just the little things that are killing time.

[Jesus_man]

Nice work! I like how you ran the fuel lines! Should keep them cool for as long as possible.

The small stuff always takes the longest! Keep at it!

J.D.

[Badlands]

Nice work Rob and others! More progress has been made in 3 weeks than was made in 3 months before. Thanks!!!

[landshark]

not to hijack but running the lines on top of the frame, i assume to keep them away from the engine/tranny/tc?

[Booger]

landshark your thinking right. Away from the heat to minimize the chance for vapor lock.

[ZOSO]

Not much progress this past weekend. I had to go play a little. Got the t-case All cleaned up and ready for the rebuild. The parts showed up today.

[landshark]

got my Y steering from a guy off CB.com, have to clean em up and get them painted...

[airbur]

got my Y steering from a guy off CB.com, have to clean em up and get them painted...

I had mine sandblasted....then I painted them. You can get the new cup bushings at AutoZone.

[landshark]

got my Y steering from a guy off CB.com, have to clean em up and get them painted...

I had mine sandblasted....then I painted them. You can get the new cup bushings at AutoZone.

ya i think it might be easier for me to just have them blasted. Cup bushings? you mean the TRE boots?

[Viperwolf1]

Not much progress this past weekend. I had to go play a little. Got the t-case All cleaned up and ready for the rebuild. The parts showed up today.

Get it all painted up and give me a call when you want to throw it together.

[ZOSO]

Got the tcase painted. Got the ecu in and the wire harness in place. Will hook up the connections tomorrow. Got the bottom of the core support bent so the radiator sits straighter now.

[ZOSO]

Big thanks to Phil for coming over again. We got the t case all put back together and bolted up.

[D&D72]

Put some clear coat over that viper built signature!

[Badlands]

Really amazing work guys!!

[Kinder]

Phil- you need to carry your stencil with you all all times! You never know when you need to tag something VIPER BUILT.

[ZOSO]

Didnt get around to much today. Went and got some more bolts. Need to get some cotter pins for the t case shifter. Installed the rear driveshaft. My thumb still really hurts from smashin it pretty bad friday night. Hope to make some more progress tomorrow.

[akaFrankCastle]

Phil- you need to carry your stencil with you all all times! You never know when you need to tag something VIPER BUILT.

I was thinking he needed some aluminum badges, similar to the ones they attached to the Dana 20s from the factory. Rivet that sucker on there.

[ZOSO]

Slow slow slow. Got the crossmember back in and bolted up. Lower radiator mounts welded in. Tcase shifter in. Floor patched. Seat back in. Steering column finished bolted in. Trans linkage in.

[Badlands]

Slow slow slow. Got the crossmember back in and bolted up. Lower radiator mounts welded in. Tcase shifter in. Floor patched. Seat back in. Steering column finished bolted in. Trans linkage in.

That ain't slow brother. You are making progress and I'm thankful as hell!
Headers should be on your porch today! Way to go Rob!

[ZOSO]

Big thanks to booger and Badlands. We were able to fire it up and get some time on the cam. Has about 15 minutes runtime.

[Badlands]

The beast is alive!!

[Rox Crusher]

The beast is alive!!]

AWESOME !

[Entourage]

It sounds soooo good too. Nice work ZOSO!

[ZOSO]

Well I got it to idle some this morning. Also put another 5 minutes on the cam. Once it idled I moved it forward and back a foot in gear. So the trans works atleast that far. Now to figure out why it's not charging.

[ZOSO]

So it developed a massive vacuum leak somewhere. Wont idle stable and runs really rich. So time to pull the throttle body and see where its at.

[ZOSO]

Redid the tb gaskets today. Disconnected all vacuum hoses other than the map sensor. still only seeing 5in of vacuum. going to do a compression test and leak down before the intake comes off for new gaskets.

[ZOSO]

So this is why you need angled sparkplug boots with the duffs headers.

[ZOSO]

for you naysayers....

just a little tease.