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page two my chevy 4x4
page three my chevy 2.5 ton flat bed
page four my Big toyota corolla
page five my sons Jeep
Page One
Well this is my B2. Its not done but its coming along. I have driven it and its wild. Right now I have removed the rear driveshaft to have it shortened, they made it just a little too long at the driveshaft shop. I did all the mods myself. It has a D44 ttb up front with fullsize coils and custom drop brackets I built.

I also moved the spring perches out 2.5 inches. Both have new stock shocks, who needs $100 shocks to go 20 mph through mud. I left the front and rear full length. The rear has a old eaton 1 ton axle

. I put a procomp add a leaf in as well as making some angled blocks and some james duff traction bars. I painted all the frame and body and did some sheetmetal repair on the interior floor. The frame where the front spring perches were, were also rusted thru and I patched them with a 10" by 5" .25" thick piece of plate on both sides. I still plan on adding a exo cage front and rear reciever winches(I already have a 5000 ramsey). I was going to put a 302 and C4 I have into it but when I drove it about a week ago 10-17-04 today, it was actually peppy and its in need of a tune up. Its partly due to it have 5.13 gears. So the current plans now are for a different cam, intake, carb, and some headers. Both diffs are also welded, both also have disc brakes. It had enough power that when I turned the wheel all the way going about 5 mph in 2wd high and floored it, it immediately started doing doughnuts. Good ones, not those 180 degree slide outs, full out spinning.10-24-04 Well Got my drive shaft back and will put in today. I also got some daytime pics, seeing that I generally work from light till dark I don't have time to take good pics most of the time. I believe I need to adjust the timing a little along with remove all the stupid electronics on the carb and plug all unneccessary vac ports because I feel I have a leak. anyways I am going to go workout and then turn some wrenches, heres a rear pic and a pic of my dirty interior, oh about the interior. It I guess has had a leak for a long time because on the pass. side the floorboard was bad. I used some I believe 14 guage sheet I had laying around and used reinforced fiberglass and now its plenty stout. I touched up the few interior spots missing paint and put some big rubber mats in, good enough, this babys for gittin dirty. No sho rig here. I also had to use my torch and heat up the shifter at the bend and straightened it upwards since the body lift made it put your fist into the console when shifting into 2, 4 or R. The transfer case was ok except I cut a slit into the tunnel so It could go completely forward. Still considering the 302 but will see what I can do to the V6 first, which ever one is less expensive to make satisfying will be done, might be the 302, but If I can get just a little more low end out of the V6 I will be happy with it, its not for racing, and crap. Its to load up some friends, hit a trail with a cooler of beer, and try to get stuck, then get it out by morning and head to the house. Sounds fun to me. Since I work with cranes, I have about I believe 45 to 50 3" and 4 " straps in great shape that are all 16 to 20 ft long, along with shackles to connect a few. I also have a ton of cables from 1.25 inch 18 footers 1" 3/4 " and 5/8 inch 40 footers. And a few other nick nacks.

10-26-04
Ok I'm pissed. I just have to install the 302. After I thought about it, I mean its plenty peppy in 4 low, and when I'm already rolling along, but it just doesn't have enough torque to move it along good enough in high side, I mean its liveable, but NO. I did some calculations and realized that I am running about 100 rpm less than stock. Thats no good and I can't regear. Forget that. Plus all the emissions stuff isn't working so I removed it all which means no advance in timing. So that means I need to put a dura spark in it, and a tune up, and it would need a new cam, intake, carb and headers just to come marginally close to the stock 302. And I have already bought so much for that swap. All I have left is the Adapter, cause I just ordered the oil pan. Sure I will have to buy a few bolts, hoses, and small stuff, but thats it. Anyways.
December 4, 2004 - Ok got the 2.8 out and am getting the money raised to purchase the adapter for the transfer case. The gin poles I put on my truck really helped out with removing the engine. I also cut out the center support for the radiator and hood. I will probably just bolt a piece of angle back into its place and use hood pins to secure the hood. I also used a hand crank winch on the trailer ball of my half ton to roll the bronco 2 back as I raised the engine, tranny, and transfer case out all at once. Now to do a few little odds and ends in the engine compartment and finish getting the 302 ready, the proper fuel pump should be here anyday. The pics of the engines shows the difference. The 2.8 is on the left and the 302 or 5.0 is on the right.


Feb 22, 2005.
Ok well I have finally gotten some time and quit procrastinating about all the hard work of putting it in. It really wasn't too hard to shoehorn it in. Nothing is really hooked up. I just have it in and bolted down. I still have to move it back about a inch further and and get it a little more level.

The next pic is the A/A transfer case adapter.
The next two pics show the modified powersteering bracket and reverse mounted fuel pump. I just modified the V 6 steering pump to fit the V 8 so it would be easier to hook back up. Then I used brass fittings to make attachments for the fuel pump. Hopefully they won't leak.

Then there are the pics showing the 302 along with the drivetrain being slid into place.

This is how I hooked onto my 302 to lift it. I used two good quality ratchet straps that were good for the weight and got them evenly tightened in the hook. I didn't want to use my lift chains or cables because they could damage my oil pan or valve covers etc...
This is another shot of my powersteering pump.
I used the stock 302 motor mounts and used some 2x3 tubing to raise the engine slightly for clearances. It also allowed me to cut a slide into the tube to make adjustments.

Then heres the pic of my oil filter relocation adapter and the other tube adapter.