87 Ram 50 EGH 'build thread'

[Salteen]

figured i would start a build thread

my plan is to use a chrysler egh v6 and a NSG370 6 speed. the 3.3L is my choice, a great mixture of gas mileage and power.

i will me going over what fabrications have to be done, what to use, where to buy parts, and what 'customizations' i did to personalize it.

so far i have the following required things listed:

-engine mount brackets

-radiator with fans (no fan on engine)

-nsg 370 transmission mount and crossmember section

-custom driveshafts

-custom exhaust system

-rerouted intake

-custom wiring harness

-gauge cluster remap and adapter(s)

what i am customizing:

-reused factory muffler, modified to 2 1/4 inch inlet/outlet

-custom center console and bucket seats: requires custom shifter

-custom ecu tune

-larger injectors

-32" tires and 20" or 22" wheels

-front leveling kit (montero control arms and keyed torsion beams)

-custom gauge cluster with digital gauges, 140 speedo, and 8k tachometer, custom gauge face and color theme

-custom interior recolor (black/green-orange colorshift with white accents and white stitching) leather upholstery

-custom wrap (flat black with green-orange colorshift tribal stripes and gloss black / white-orange colorshift accent stripes)

-Suspension/frame repaint (completely flat black and rubberized undercoating under the cab and bed and in the fender wells

-'Sport II Limited' badging

-spray in bed liner

Budget: $15,000

Wallet: Enough

Estimate: about $5,000 in engine work, $5,000 in appearance customizations


most of this build thread is going to be exactly how to put an EGH V6 into a power ram 50, which is absolutely ridiculous. and im sure someone else MIGHT do this sometime in the future. Maybe this will be a valuable resource to them. If not ill have this to look back on as a memory.

[xboxrox]

Got any idea what it will look like when finished (?) have you seen any online images of something similar..? Do you have a sketch drawing or pic..? Hope you can finish early & under budget... Best of luck & enjoy the build brother Salteen...
Aloha --
George

Edit: P.S. Your avatar is a guitarist (?) or a frontline worker spraying disinfectant for covid19 (?)

[Salteen]

I have a large scale sketch, yes



Its incomplete, still getting lines corrected and dimensions more accurate

[xboxrox]

Gonna have a camper shell, huh..? Colors..?

[Salteen]

probably body color, it already has the shell, just gonna redo the grooved tin in favor of smooth flat sheet metal.

[Salteen]

maybe the metal color, not sure on it yet

[Salteen]

update: the 4 cylinder is almost complete! ready to drop in so i can save some money!!!

[claych]

^
And ???

[Salteen]

And what?

[claych]

oops, and pictures

[Salteen]

Ah. Here.



The block is honed, all bearings looked amazing, babit was still on all of them. I beleive it is an original 50k mile truck. Too bad it's so rotted out

[Salteen]

The pickup was clean as could be, almost see through, no tarnish there!

[Salteen]

Jet valve elimonators in! Also tapped my head bolt holes and rocker arm bolt holes

[geezer101]

just gotta give it a weapons grade clean and some port work, some tidying up in the valve bowls and it'll run super smooth

[Salteen]

Already cleaned the valve bowls, I think I will try to port match the head to the gasket with a die grinder. Or, since I am V6 swapping, may just ignore it.

[geezer101]

Well, you've got the head off and it's half way there... the valve bowls are the harder part of the head mods.

[Salteen]

Made a little free time sketch with some minor detailing, might me the start of the painting under my hood

[Salteen]

New goodies! And I got an exedy clutch.

[Salteen]

i see my thread is about as dead as a graveyard. may as well update anyways

well, im not going as all out as i thought, but the V6 swap must continue! this is a very interesting engine platform. im going to try to run a carb on this engine and see how it goes.

lets see, 3.3L V6 that has a 93 mm bore and an 81 mm stroke, 3.3 liters

i am well versed in V8 engines now, so a 4.4 liter street V8 will use about a 650 carb at best. an edlebrock 500 will be plenty on the tiny V6.

[B-Line]

Confused. 4 Cyl going back in or a V6?

[camoit]

It looks dead because everyone is watching tell we have questions, that's all.

[Salteen]

Confused. 4 Cyl going back in or a V6?

minivan V6 going in with a jeep 6 speed

[Salteen]

It looks dead because everyone is watching tell we have questions, that's all.

well, its nice to know theres not much confusion

[Salteen]

Confused. 4 Cyl going back in or a V6?

Lemme correct myself. I4 goes in until I have $$$ to rebuild minivan motor and a jeep tranny/ build a bellhousing and put a T5 behind it

[B-Line]

I4 sounds like a good plan.