85 jimmy pickup build

[85jimmyguy]

Update: engine is all tore down and at the machine shop. getting bored .030, putting next size up exhaust valves in the head and going with natural gas pistons to increase compression from 8:1 to 9:1. Bought cast iron headers to go along with the larger intake manifold. Also purchasing a offroad/towing cam to wake the engine up a bit. should have the engine back in a week or two for re-assembly.... mean while back at the ranch, I had to make up a small 4 barrel-to-TBI adapter plate since one of these does not exist.. I would have had to go from small 4 barrel to large 4 barrel and then back down to TBI with adapter plates to make it all work. More pics to follow...

[85jimmyguy]

adapter plate start..

[85jimmyguy]

fun aluminum welding..

[85jimmyguy]

finished welding... just need to get top and bottom surfaces machined for gasketing..

[85jimmyguy]

350 tbi fits nicely.

[85jimmyguy]

Soooo big change in plans over the past week or so... re-thought the whole dana 30/8.8 thing, recalculated costs and decided that I only really want to do an axle swap once.. found a set of gm military 1 ton's from a 83 CUCV... so the purchased involved a 14 bolt with a factory locker and a front open diff gm king pin dana 60, both of which have 4.56's in them. Also found a gm 205 t-case and another sm465 for cheap... now off to selling the dana 30/8.8 stuff i had already collected. I will be posting that stuff up next week when i get back from florida. I should be getting into this build a little more consistantly now that the weather is turning nice...

[MrMindless]

Good plan!

[xjh3]

Doing work.

[smichaelR22]

need some 42"s?  they dont fit on my buggy any more

[85jimmyguy]

How can they not fit your buggy?? Those are probably too large for my little jimmy right now.. was planning on running 38's.. how much are you asking?