Darrin Tosh
IDI Hound
Most of you know the history of Droopy but for those of you who dont here is a quick rundown.
Heres the story:
Droopy the plow truck is a 1988 F250 Reg Cab 4x4 ZF 5sp, 355 rear. I purchased this truck about 6 years ago from the original owner.
Here is what the truck looked like when I brought it to the shop:
This was a truck that was not driven in the winter, so it had a very solid body, just bad paint and some front end damage:
The previous owner labeled it Droopy after the accident and the name just sorta stuck:
So I decided to keep it and turn it into a plow truck for my car lot. We used it for a few years, the motor started to go so it was time for a makeover: Here is what it looked like at that time:
I wanted to preserve the body for as long as possible so Thanks to Ron who fixed the damage painted the truck. I also got a rebuilt 30 over 5.0 with a towing RV cam and he dropped that in:
The truck turned out great and I used it for a couple of years with that motor:
It has been a great truck but the 10MPG gets old so I have been wanting to convert it to a Diesel. Since I already did a 6BT Cummins Conversion on my 1989 F350 Crew Cab 4x4:
It was kind a no brainier to do a 4BT Cummins Conversion on Droopy.
I found a Doner Truck in NJ, It is a 1986 F350 Cab and Chassie with a 4BTA installed. This was a great candidate because it has everything that I need to install it into Droopy.
And Were OFF!
Got the front end off of the truck on Sunday,
and got the motor pulled tonight,
My goal is to have around 200 HP at the crank, from what I have read it seems pretty doable with good drive ability and 20 plus MPG.
I plan on a 3200 Gov Spring, Fuel Pin, doing the pump tunes and bump the timing, I also have a WHC1 Turbo with a 12CM housing on it. It will have 4" exhaust, a BHAF intake as well.
For you Cummins guys,..What injectors would you suggest with this setup, and is this a good setup?
Another question that I have is will 200HP be doable with the Water to Air Aftercooler on it? I really don't want to intercool this truck because of the plow, It is already pretty busy around the bumper area and a intercooler would be a pretty big project.
I just want to make this a good driveable setup, not a race truck, or moster tow truck, and hope to get about 20 MPG with it and be able to burn WMO on occasion.
Thanks for your input, I plan on making big strides with this in the next 3 weeks as my family is in Mexico on a Mission trip so that leaves me with lots of extra time to get this project done.
Heres the story:
Droopy the plow truck is a 1988 F250 Reg Cab 4x4 ZF 5sp, 355 rear. I purchased this truck about 6 years ago from the original owner.
Here is what the truck looked like when I brought it to the shop:
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This was a truck that was not driven in the winter, so it had a very solid body, just bad paint and some front end damage:
The previous owner labeled it Droopy after the accident and the name just sorta stuck:
You must be registered for see images
So I decided to keep it and turn it into a plow truck for my car lot. We used it for a few years, the motor started to go so it was time for a makeover: Here is what it looked like at that time:
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You must be registered for see images
I wanted to preserve the body for as long as possible so Thanks to Ron who fixed the damage painted the truck. I also got a rebuilt 30 over 5.0 with a towing RV cam and he dropped that in:
You must be registered for see images
The truck turned out great and I used it for a couple of years with that motor:
You must be registered for see images
You must be registered for see images
It has been a great truck but the 10MPG gets old so I have been wanting to convert it to a Diesel. Since I already did a 6BT Cummins Conversion on my 1989 F350 Crew Cab 4x4:
You must be registered for see images
You must be registered for see images
It was kind a no brainier to do a 4BT Cummins Conversion on Droopy.
I found a Doner Truck in NJ, It is a 1986 F350 Cab and Chassie with a 4BTA installed. This was a great candidate because it has everything that I need to install it into Droopy.
And Were OFF!
Got the front end off of the truck on Sunday,
You must be registered for see images
and got the motor pulled tonight,
You must be registered for see images
You must be registered for see images
My goal is to have around 200 HP at the crank, from what I have read it seems pretty doable with good drive ability and 20 plus MPG.
I plan on a 3200 Gov Spring, Fuel Pin, doing the pump tunes and bump the timing, I also have a WHC1 Turbo with a 12CM housing on it. It will have 4" exhaust, a BHAF intake as well.
For you Cummins guys,..What injectors would you suggest with this setup, and is this a good setup?
Another question that I have is will 200HP be doable with the Water to Air Aftercooler on it? I really don't want to intercool this truck because of the plow, It is already pretty busy around the bumper area and a intercooler would be a pretty big project.
I just want to make this a good driveable setup, not a race truck, or moster tow truck, and hope to get about 20 MPG with it and be able to burn WMO on occasion.
Thanks for your input, I plan on making big strides with this in the next 3 weeks as my family is in Mexico on a Mission trip so that leaves me with lots of extra time to get this project done.