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Many years of working over here in I.T. and seeing how sideways Canuckland is going I'm glad to have the opportunity to be part of the greatest nation on earth....just my two cents, but valid more today than ever.
Just found this forum and hoping it's not full of idiots like the 'other' forum. Building a 1995 Cummins 12 valve and converting a v10 Excursion at the moment. Reason for converting an Ex is needing the room for my wife, our 2 Akitas, and my grand-daughter who's now a permanent addition to our family. We bought a travel trailer when we decided that we needed something to do now that we're parenting again late in life. The trailer only weighs 5,289 dry, but in the mountains, that v10 needs a much deeper gear, and I want to be able to travel all over with this setup (and possibly pull a larger trailer more easily). The weight wasn't a problem for our prior vehicle, but the wheelbase certainly was! Why not keep the v10? Towing I see 6-7 mpg, daily driving around 11 and highway around 13. Cost wise it was not wise to head this way, but reliability and capability it definitely will be.
Anyway, the Cummins is almost ready for assembly and my office looks like a parts room as I've been rebuilding anything I could, and storing in my clean dry office. I'm starting with a 2003 Ex, and a 1995 140k 12 valve. It was the cleanest 12 valve I've possibly ever seen before I started, but I'm a bit OCD so everything gets rebuilt, prepped, painted, etc. The crank and cylinders are amazing still with good crosshatch, no ridge present, no signs of ever being overheated or lugged. The p-pump is only a 160 for the starting build and might be upgraded later depending on how this works out (and finances of course).
So far looks like this and I'm a bit on hold awaiting new work details for latest contract but here it is in a nutshell:
1995 6bt
HE351WC rebuilt with new cartridge and boost adapter with modified solenoid plug
DFI 5x14 SAC's with needle work
Colt Stage 3 cam and 24 valve lifters
Rebuilt 1998 PS/Vacuum pump with hydroboost option rebuilt with Gould Gear kit
Two dual vented valve covers, one oil fill cover, and retaining one stock cover for rear under cowl
Front cover plug set for removing front oil filler
Keating rear billet freeze plug kit (may install bypass)
Keating solid tappet cover (non-vented at my request)
Crazy Carls turbo adapters, 1/2 inch spacer, lines etc
Head reworked (took forever around here with 'pulling season' to find a machinist to finish this):
- valve job
- machined guide area and installed top hat new style seals
- minor cleanup/mill
- unshrouded beneath exhaust valves/bowls
- +60 Cummins valve springs, keepers, retainers
Clevite CB1413H rod bearings
ARP head studs
Enterprise Engine milled rocker pedestals
Fluidampr with sensor relocation kit
P-pump (taking it easy up front until all broken in):
- 181 DV's and o-rings (kept 131's for later though not much difference there and with either I shouldn't be blacking out anyone)
- TST 4k kit
- 2095 rack plug
- AFC Live and w/properly machined foot
Billet KDP fix (I know, a washer would have done it LOL)
6.0 intercooler, starter, and 32 row trans cooler
Fuel heater delete and studs
Tork Teknology adjustable overflow valve OFV020
Planning on:
Initial p-pump timing of 18-19*
4R100 using a conversion adapter plate/flex plate and PCS TCM controller
Custom stall triple disk billet converter
4" exhaust
...and a lot more to finish this... the rest of the parts are holding me up due to financing, but that will change in time.
The truck is already mildly lifted on X code front springs, modified B/C code rears, and Bilsteins on the corners with Hellwig A/S bar. Keeping the stock 3.73 Sterling diffs and going to 35" tires once the Cummins is installed as that tire size now would kill that v10 hog.
I'm sure I'm forgetting a bunch of things but....HELLO!
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