Biodiesel is cool I like the ide to do that I have drove my normal car on home breved biodiesel made from wast fryer oil
great I like people thinking out side the box, I plan on using the same engine w/turbo in a 50 GMC suburban and pull a small camper. good luck great project. Butcherted
very cool I'll have to keep a eye on this thread to . I am trying to decide on a diesel power plant now looking at Toyota, Nissan ,Mercedes 5 cyl, ***mins 6T and heard of the 4BT but couldn't find what they come in originally
This week I put in the step notch and upper bag plates. As you can see in the first picture I kind of had a brain fart and started welding the inside of the notch before I cut out the original frame section.
Awesome build. I wasted a great running 4BTA on a 91 suburban. I wish i still had it to put in my coronet.
The 4bt or 4bta was used by chevy and ford in their stepvans. They are virtually the same as the 6bt with the front 2 cylinders cut off. They were also used in boats, skid loaders, generators and almost anything you can think of. Because they were used by all of the big three there are adaptors to go to any ****** you want. I would stay away from an auto though unless it came from behind a 6bt. I put a diesel 700r4 behind one and it just didn't make good use of the engines power. BTW you got one hell of a deal at $1400 for motor and ******.
I got the triangulated 4 link in this week. I dont think I have ever spent so much time doing "nothing." (measuring, ****yzing, measuring, adjusting, measuring, measuring, measuring). I think I got it right, but only time will tell. I rebuilt and ford 8 inch rear end out of a maverick. Threw some 2.79 gears in it and converted it to disc brakes with parking brakes. I am using Slam Specialties RE-8's for the rear and RE-7's for the front.
More like HAMBurger and FRIES club, given the exhaust scent promised a few posts above. Very cool project. -Dave
If you triangulated the lowers a little more, pushing the axle mounts out so that the inside edge of the mount, line up with the outside edge of the frame mount, you could probably get away without having to run a panhard. That's how I set up my old rock buggy and it performed like a champ. What's your vertical seperation look like? Putting together a 4 link can be frustrating, but I've seen it done where it's built to fit the space available, and I've seen it done, and done it myself, where you check the geometry and debate back and forth over minute adjustments, and both 'work'. Funniest is always the giant mounts with 15 different vertical mounting options...Can't tell you how many rigs I've seen where the arms get set and they never get adjusted.
Very cool thread Nice to see someone who cares about the environment. Just messing with you but cool none the less
Looks good. I'd say you got it right. With the top bars triangulated he shouldn't have to run a panhard bar. The top bars will limit any side to side movement.
wow, wild rear notch, etc. comments by wheelbilly on this interesting. post more pics. remember that most of the country is much colder than SD, and not many have the shop room that you do-so need more to do indoors like watching projects like yours. Thanks
Isn't that the whole point of running a triangulated set up? No panard bar. Looks great in the picture!
Yes guys. The whole point of a "TRIANGULATED" 4 link is that the top bars are triangulated to limit any side movement of the rear axle no matter what ride height is selected. A parallel 4 link uses a panhard bar to limit side to side movement at a specific ride height, but that still allows the axle to move side to side a tiny bit with change in ride height.
Hey man I like this. Before you cut away that middle crossmember for driveshaft clearance look and see if there are any numbers stamped on top of (or somewhere around) it. They're supposedly you car's vin #. Keep updating.
All the shocks are in now as are the airbags. Had to notch out the front spring pockets to make room for the re-7's up front. Threw in a pic of the rear disc brakes. Decided to hoist up the ch***is to do some welding underneath and then test how low it will lay. Things are going good so far. Got my Accuair Level Pro system in the mail the other day and will start the install on that shortly. P.S. Captain Freedom..... were no numbers on that cross section, but thanks for the heads up.
I love 4bt's! they are awsome motors. i have wanted to put one into an early 50's chevy truck. $1400 is a great deal on that.
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