Tilt nose Pete 379

[Lmackattack]

truck looks fantastic....But you better get that bad injector looked at. LOL!

Nice work on the build!

[Kaf343]

Originally Posted by Lmackattack

truck looks fantastic....But you better get that bad injector looked at. LOL!

Nice work on the build!

Thanks, lol, yeah needs a cleaning for sure.

Originally Posted by flatdeck

Very Nice..

Wayne

Thanks Wayne.

Originally Posted by Diesel Demond

man thats a sweet truck very nice!

Thanks Corey.

Originally Posted by bigford

white smoke looks more like water getting into the cylinder
great build..
Now I see the problem there is no radiator under the hood
head is most likely cracked

Thanks. Yeah the guy I built it for is going to detail under the hood so maybe he'll get the smoke under control.

Originally Posted by Kausekaos

Great work man

Thanks bud.

Originally Posted by Espeefan

Wow, I like this one! I think it's my favorite that you have built. Maybe this one and the Triple 3. The only thing I would change is the air cleaners, or just the intake screens.

Thanks, yeah I suggested he go with another set of breathers to clean it up but he had them already.

Originally Posted by Cossett

The smoke coming out the stacks is cool.
Have you got any pics of the hing and how you mounted it ?

Cheers Tracy

Thanks Tracy, the hood hinge?

Originally Posted by Grainfarmer

WOW! Fantastic conversion!

Thanks.

Originally Posted by glorydays24

Amazing looking truck. I love everything about it. I do have a question, what smoke generator did you use, and do you have pic's of it hooked up? I'm wanting to add one to one of mine.

Thanx, Big John

Thanks Big John. It's a set of Seuthe no. 5 smoke units that I wired through a Pico switch. As you can imagine I was running out of room inside the truck so I installed one in each stack, it allows access to fill them with the smoke fluid easier as well.


I filled them down to fit snugly in the stack.
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Originally Posted by Exclusive RC

You know I'm a Cat and Pete fanatic! Perfect combo, good job bud!

Thanks bud, glad you like it.

Originally Posted by cabrover

Very nice build Keith. Love the look!!

Tim

Thanks Tim.

[Straywolf]

Beautiful Rig, excellent work. Do you have any how to's or picture's of how you did the hood hinge? Again excellent work!!!!

Mike

[Kaf343]

Originally Posted by Straywolf

Beautiful Rig, excellent work. Do you have any how to's or picture's of how you did the hood hinge? Again excellent work!!!!

Mike

Thanks Mike,

I'll post some pics of the hood hinge, I use brass flat plate 1/2" x 2" bent to 90degrees, solder a piece of 1/8" ID tube to it, drill and tap the bottom of the grille and mount the plate to the grille. Then I use two pieces of brass 1/4" x 1" with three holes drilled in them, mount the two pieces to the front spring hanger and then use a 2-1/2" piece of brass rod to slide thru all three pieces. The bottom of the grille needs to be notched a bit as well.

[PaulNZ]

Originally Posted by Kaf343

Thanks Mike,

I'll post some pics of the hood hinge, I use brass flat plate 1/2" x 2" bent to 90degrees, solder a piece of 1/8" ID tube to it, drill and tap the bottom of the grille and mount the plate to the grille. Then I use two pieces of brass 1/4" x 1" with three holes drilled in them, mount the two pieces to the front spring hanger and then use a 2-1/2" piece of brass rod to slide thru all three pieces. The bottom of the grille needs to be notched a bit as well.

Great work with the tilting Hood, how close are the guards to the air cleaners when you tilt it? have you lengthened the bonnet?

cheers
Paul

[Kaf343]

Originally Posted by PaulNZ

Great work with the tilting Hood, how close are the guards to the air cleaners when you tilt it? have you lengthened the bonnet?

cheers
Paul

Paul, the hood and breathers clear each other when tilting. The hood was not lengthened.

[PaulNZ]

Originally Posted by Kaf343

Paul, the hood and breathers clear each other when tilting. The hood was not lengthened.

I think the difference must be the guards as I can not tilt the hood with the air cleaners on as the guards catch the bottom of them. My solution is to lengthen the Hood 20mm, this will make it more scale to the truck I am building anyway.

Cheers for the reply........ps: great trucks!