Midwest Diesel 2.5 truck

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Well, you guys probably remember the old "shop truck" that my brother owned. He since grew tired of it and we parted it out. I squired the chassis and decided that I had a lot of leftover parts from the old 2.6 truck that I wanted to use up.

So here we are, a list of what on it or going on it.

Engine,
R&R rods
Shaved and lightened crankshaft
Diamond billet pistons
ATI balancer
Elite flexplate
Arp crank bolts
Midwest springs, pushrods and retainers
Colt stage 2 cam
Extensively ported, o-ringed, coated heads with big inconnel valves by Midwest
Midwest ported intake

Fuel,
150% RCD injectors
Dual pumps w/Midwest dual fueler kit
Midwest ported rails
Fuelab prodigy pump
Totally custom built fuel system and regulator
Fuel cell mounted in stock location with working sending unit and uses factory filler neck

Air,
Midwest T-4 kit w/custom wastegate
RCD up-pipes
Bd manifolds
2.5 turbo (no specs released yet)
Full no-limit piping and big CAI
Precision intercooler
4" piping to stack

Trans,
Was going to go with a nv4500 but my bell housings are not finished, so I built a custom 5r110 for the application.
Precision Industries 3000 stall spragless steel stator converter

Drivetrain,
Dana 80 rear that I modified to bolt it.
37 spline rear axles and full spool
4340 front shafts w/billet u-joints
Grizzly locker
Warn locking hubs

Suspension
Ouo long gusset bars w/bolt on mounts
Ouo blocks
Ouo 3/4" u-bolts
Suspension stops
4 rancho 9000's up front

Tires and wheels
315/70r17 bfg at's
Procomp black 17x10 aluminum wheels

This is a class that still has the ability to be street able and is street legal. So can't gut or cut near as much off of it. We took as much weight out as rules allowed. Cleaned and planted the frame. Spent a lot of time making things look clean and painted.

Just got it running and still finishing up the odds and ends.

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Have more pictures and videos to come


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Saw this on Facebook. Runs pretty smooth for 150% nozzles.

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Sure wish i could have seen this put together when i picked my truck from midwest 2 weeks ago.. motor was sitting on blocks in the corner when i was there.. sucker looks bad ass!!!!!
 
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Don't know much about these pullin contraptions, but I bet this one does well.


I hope so

Hell of a truck from some "leftover parts" haha
I like your style


Some are new lol. The engine is mainly leftovers.

Damn morgie I like the way you did the gate.

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Thanks, I have a 82mm precision to put on it for some big numbers and spray the ballz off of it see where it takes me.

Pretty awesome. Why diamond pistons over intl hd?


We were breaking the HD's in the other engine. They last for a while but the skirts were breaking from the rpm.

where is your first hook ?


We've already missed our first points hook. Trying my best to get it together and tested. Unfortunately I have very limited time to work on it as busy as we are. I'm hoping in a couple weeks.

The motor & internals sure looks familiar.


Lot of similarities to yours!

:popcorn: I guess I will just wait for my answer...


^^^ Back to that statement of how busy I have been. I have been working in the shop and not around the computer/phone much.

Sure wish i could have seen this put together when i picked my truck from midwest 2 weeks ago.. motor was sitting on blocks in the corner when i was there.. sucker looks bad ass!!!!!


Yeah buddy. It's ok, I'm sure we will make it down your way for some pulls this year.



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No time to touch it the last two days, other than being filthy, the engine bay is looking much nicer. Still a lot of small things to take care of.


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Looks good man!! Love the work. Now if only I could just ship mine to you and get it back in this condition haha

That Dana 80 on the right sure looks familiar...
 

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