R-100 4X4

Here's an item that's been on the back burner for a long, long time ...

Hand made out of dark walnut ..

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Should be right at home with the other pieces of wood that's in the cab ...

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Work on the column is winding down ..

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Did a satin clear coat so the polished fins of the adapter will keep ..

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Being the column is a squeeze column shift (No shift lever, been removed) going to have a bit of hands on wear from using it ..
 
Not going to use the 45 degree connector .. With the hose having a bend in it will be needing a straight connector instead ..
This will look better than my plan A ...

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Added a transfer case strut rod, most likely it was overkill ??

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Had to extend it 6 inches for my gig ..

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GM thought it was a good idea to tie the motor to the transfer case ..
 
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After a rethink on the design of the top rad. hose, I came up with this ..

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Guess I should had changed out the outlet, but I see no problem with the rigging I did ...
Clamps will be on at the end of the day ..

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The trans dipstick found a support for the tube ...
I could clean up the looks using these bad-ass clamps ..

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But the old truck needs a spot or two of ugly to keep it humble .. Lol
 
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Gave the starter a tune up ..

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Bushes still had some life, but since I was there they were replaced ..

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Also the solenoid, it seen many years of service, new won't hurt a thing in that department ..
 
Starter is installed and working like day one ..
The Moroso heat shield was installed years back, wanted to keep it in play, found a broken mount that I repaired ..

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That work out well and just might keep the starter from getting cooked by the headers ..

Radiator work is done ... Did a pressure test .. The cap was rated for 19 psi ... Left it overnight to see if it would bleed off .. Came in the next day and still had the same pressure ..

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In the mist of smoothing the firewall ...
The goal is to have only two cables (Speedo & Throttle) and the billet passthrough wiring block on the wall ..
All holes are being filled including the firewall pad mount holes, welding in studs for it ...

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Passenger side is close to having it finished ..

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Three holes was needed, the A/C water drain, master electric disconnect switch and A/C-Heater hoses ...

With the quest for a clean firewall came a huge expense just to get rid of a hole and a cable .. !!


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The E-Stopp®, winner of the 2012 NSRA new safety product of the year, is the perfect e-brake for custom vehicles. The E-Stopp is a push-button electric emergency brake that not only frees up room on the chassis and in the cab, it also doubles as an anti-theft device when the button is hidden. It works with any kind of brake system that can accept an e-brake cable and can mount anywhere on the chassis that you have room.

The E-Stopp brake is an effective, easy, and safe method to clean up your interior and simplify the parking brake installation on your custom hot-rod project. The system is controlled by a micro computer that regulates the amount of pull. The E-Stopp will only pull up to 600 pounds before it locks down on itself. The button has a detachable head for easy install and features both visual and audible recognition. Also included is a patented ignition safety feature that renders the brake inoperable while the ignition is on. Furthermore, E-Stopp has recently added another ground sync wire that can be hooked up to your parking symbol light on your dash board.

The E-Stopp enclosure itself is double-layer weatherproof (IP67 rated), so it can be mounted virtually anywhere in your vehicle, while the control box should be mounted in the cabin somewhere safe from the elements. The system has about 2 inches of travel but most e-brake setups only need about one. The system uses virtually no power once your vehicle is shut off so there is no need to worry about the E-Stopp draining your battery and if the battery should ever go dead, the E-Stopp will stay engaged until it receives power again.
 
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Since the E-brake is going electric removed the Oem hand brake, that move gave room to mount the cruise module ..
Also the shift decoder & key buzzer module ...

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Modified the Holley carb cable bracket to work the cruise cable ... Got some parts on order to move the cable up to that huge hole ...
Looks to me it would work better ..

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Cruise cable is nailed down to keep it from dancing around while in use ...
This install should work good ...

Working on mounting the fuse panel to the firewall today ..

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Made some standoffs to weld onto the wall ...

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Making progress ..
Fuse panel is nailed on ...

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Changing the cruise pull cable location on the carb ..
Moving it up to the big hole .. This may help prevent hunting ??

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Might be a good idea to install one of these too ..

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Pretty sure when the A/C compressor kicks on at idle it'll load the motor ..
 
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Today is the start of a long tern project ...

I ran up on a 454 Big Block low mileage motor out of a 1988 motorhome ...
Needed it like I needed another hole in my head, but the deal was too good to pass up ...

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It'll see a tear down and go back together warmed up a tad ...
Block casting numbers are the same as they used in the 1990 454SS trucks.
(Mark IV)

Not going nuts with the build, just a few items will go in/on ...
A alum. dual plane intake, 780 Holley vacuum secondary carb, modest bump stick ...
Going to change out the peanut port heads to 1973 - up 049 oval port heads ..
Might do some port and bowl work to em .. And perhaps larger valves ??
Be super nice to have a set of aluminum heads just for lightening up the motor, dang cast iron heads weigh a ton !
But those don't fit the budget, unfortunately ..

I'm not after a hi-revving motor .. About 5,500 rpms is as far as I would want take it ..
 
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Thanks FDChappie
Been a ongoing project for a few years this time around ..

The 454 motor is a backup motor .. Acquiring parts for it will take awhile to do ..
Already nailed down a set of bare 049 oval port heads ... My plan for them is to oversize the valve heads a little and drop the stem size from 3/8" to 11/32" Some bowl, port and chamber work is in the picture ...
Hadn't took the motor apart just yet, but did pull the oil pan to see if it was a 4 bolt brock or not ..
It was a two bolt .. Kind of glad it was cause if it was a 4 bolt I would be wanting to build it for high revs ...

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Cleaned up fairly nice for 35 year old parts ..
The powder laid down ok, could have netted a better finish if I had spent more time with the prep work ... But being this motor is somewhat of a budget build I blew it off ..

The budget just might go out the window when the order gets placed for the 496 stroker kit !

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4.250" stroke, 0.060" over the stock bore (4.250") of the 454 Rat motor ...

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! .... " OR MORE " .... !
 
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