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The Mess Hall / Re: Welders and welding gear?

« Last post by Jeffy on October 17, 2022, 04:11:02 PM »

Been able to practice welding for a few hours every week for the past 3 weeks.  Using a Millermatic DVI2.  Not really sure of the specifics of the machine but it does weld.  The sire speed and voltage are kinda weird though.  Voltage is labeled 1-6 so there are no fine adjustments.  Wire speeds are 1-100.  Kinda wish they would use the more standard Volts and WFS.

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The Mess Hall / Learning to Weld

« Last post by Jeffy on December 06, 2021, 01:42:08 PM »

Looking to finally get a welder.  I'm thinking about a Millermatic 211.  I've got 240v here and from all I've learned, a 240 MIG will do basically everything that I would want, or need to do.  Hopefully, I can get a decent price for one in the coming months.  There's a pretty decent discount right now but I think I'm going to miss it.

What I question on is all the other gear though.  What do you recommend for everything else?  I'm probably going to splurge and get an auto-dimming helmet.  Not sure which one though.  Gloves, wire, cylinder size, etc...

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The Mess Hall / Re: Tired 2.5

« Last post by 95 Lowbuck on November 24, 2021, 03:21:37 PM »

 It has 180,000 on the engine.
Quite frankly I would run it more if it didn’t sound like
a bunch of marbles floating around in there,
and the blow by out the valve cover.
Doesn’t burn a drop of oil.
It’s about time to do something.

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The Mess Hall / Re: Tired 2.5

« Last post by Jeffy on November 24, 2021, 01:44:26 PM »

I'm in CA as well.  From what I've heard, as long as you don't go too radical on the cam, you can run a stroker.  Lots of people run stroker 4.0Ls and pass.  I know the apprehension though.  I'm really thinking about going SC.  Not CARB legal but I'm willing to tear it out every two years.  We'll see though.  Installing a SC is one thing.  Being able to return it back to stock is another.

Not sure if I'd screw with the compression.  It's already 9.5:1.  I wouldn't want to have to run premium.  Though I'm sure I'd pick up a few hp if I ran premium in my engine. 108K isn't a lot of mines though.  I've got 109K on mine and it's pretty tight.  When I flopped it on its side, it didn't even smoke on startup.

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The Mess Hall / Re: Tired 2.5

« Last post by 95 Lowbuck on November 24, 2021, 04:51:53 AM »

About 180k on the stock bore.
I’m thinking a little head work and bumping compression slightly,
nothing too radical.
Living in California, I still have to pass smog.

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The Mess Hall / Re: Tired 2.5

« Last post by Jeffy on November 24, 2021, 12:00:23 AM »

I'd probably consider a 0.30-0.40" over.  Roller rockers and port and polish.

I'd be tempted to do a stroker kit.  Yeah, some people might say it's dumb for a 45% increase but that would get you into 4.0L territory but 200 lbs less weight.  The nice thing is that the 4.0L uses most of the same parts as the 4.0L's.

How many miles are on your engine?

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The Mess Hall / Tired 2.5

« Last post by 95 Lowbuck on November 20, 2021, 09:12:21 AM »

I’ve got a tired 2.5 with 180k, two holes are good, two are weak.
Along with the timing chain making racket, i’m thinking about rebuilding the original engine.
Funny, it doesn’t burn a drop of oil, but see some blow by from the valve cover.
Want to keep it basically stock, but what would be some improvements I could make.

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The Mess Hall / Re: New Forum

« Last post by 95 Lowbuck on November 20, 2021, 08:44:14 AM »

Thanks Jeffy, haven’t been able to log on for a while.

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The Mess Hall / 231-J Length?

« Last post by Jeffy on November 03, 2021, 01:44:54 PM »

Does anyone know the length of the 231-J stock?  Or with a SYE dor that matter.  Thinking about the Atlas 4 and it's at 17"  I can't remember what the 231 stock is. I kinda think it's 21.5" but I'm not certain and the grounds all wet.  If that's the case then with my JBC SYE I gain 4.5" so that would put it at 17"...

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The Mess Hall / New Forum

« Last post by Jeffy on August 26, 2021, 05:08:01 PM »

Well as some of you might know, the old forum had connectivity issues and the host store wasn't very helpful  So I've moved the whole site and updated it to HTTPS while I was at it.  Everything should be the same other than the colors/theme.  The old theme wouldn't transfer over, unfortunately.  I'm not 100% in love with this one but it will do for a temp.

In any case, hopefully, people will start using the forum again.