DirtPony first start

Kinja'd!!! by "BeauM" (BeauM)
Published 04/07/2017 at 10:41

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Bastard fired right up! Kind of. I was chasing a no-spark issue for a day or two, turned out the terminals on the plug to the coil were corroded. Cleaned em up and bam!

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For those that haven’t been following along, this is in my 1991 Vert that I’m doing up Safari style. 2.3 to 5.0 conversion. Sounds easy, but there are a LOT of things different between the I4 and V8 cars. Honestly, I’m not sure it was any easier than the 2J/68 swap. But, it runs!

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Replies (11)

Kinja'd!!! "Seat Safety Switch" (seat-safety-switch)
04/07/2017 at 10:49, STARS: 1

This is pretty dope. I am currently in the process of putting Grabbers on an ‘88 Town Car, so afterward we will have basically the same car except I will have 1200+ lb on you and a roof.

Kinja'd!!! "BeauM" (BeauM)
04/07/2017 at 10:53, STARS: 0

I admit, I’m jelly of your roof :) I plan on bastardizing a jeep bikini top, or maybe have the local boat top place whip something up.

Kinja'd!!! "Wacko" (wacko--)
04/07/2017 at 10:55, STARS: 1

I had general grabbers at-2 on my sx4

Actually they were way more quiet than i thought they were gonna be

Kinja'd!!! "Seat Safety Switch" (seat-safety-switch)
04/07/2017 at 10:57, STARS: 0

Just saw the roof off a junkyard Fox Notch and turn it into a quick-disconnect removable hardtop.

Kinja'd!!! "BeauM" (BeauM)
04/07/2017 at 11:06, STARS: 0

Not a horrible idea. Might need to massage it a bit to fit over the cage :)

Oh, maybe not. I’m going to put big off road light across the cage and the spare tire is going to live back there too, mounted to the rear deck.

Kinja'd!!! "cbell04" (cbell04)
04/07/2017 at 11:17, STARS: 2

I like the name but I will offer the one that popped in my head when I saw it. The Mudstang

Kinja'd!!! "BeauM" (BeauM)
04/07/2017 at 11:18, STARS: 1

I like it. The name is still up in the air, but I think DIRTPNY will look good on the license plate :)

Kinja'd!!! "cbell04" (cbell04)
04/07/2017 at 11:20, STARS: 0

Oh true didn’t think about the plate. It’s looking good. Mandatory dirt drift/doughnut when complete.

Kinja'd!!! "Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
04/07/2017 at 12:27, STARS: 0

Sounds great! I don’t know if you’ve already talked about the engine, but what kinds of mods do you have on there? Looks like an Edelbrock intake up top.

Kinja'd!!! "BeauM" (BeauM)
04/07/2017 at 12:31, STARS: 1

Nothing too special. Edelbrock intake, GT40 heads, E303 camshaft. Stock ecu, injectors etc. Not looking to make crazy hp with this thing. In fact, I don’t plan on popping the hood very often, not much to see under there :)

Kinja'd!!! "Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
04/07/2017 at 12:37, STARS: 0

Nice! Big power’s great and all, but I’m a big fan of low-risk mild builds. Sometimes just a little extra oomph is puh-lenty.