Subscribe RSS FeedAfter over 3 years (2 of which were in storage), the SHO Truck is finally ready for testing!!!
I finished up the basic electrical today, so that you can start and stop the engine using the truck’s ignition. I also finished the throttle linkage, and adjusted the stop block on the gas pedal so there wasn’t any stress on the cable when you are at WOT.
My buddy Austin was over and he filmed the first voyage…
And here it is!!!
The truck has bad gas in it at the moment, so the engine doesn’t respond very well, but it will! It wasn’t really terrible though, it drove great, but the engine performance is terrible with the bad gas. Stay tuned… Wheelie’s here I come!
Is there any irony that that truck and a Prius share the same driveway?
lol… For real!
Joey,
We are getting ready to do a similar mid engine swap with an S10 and 1st gen SHO driveline. Do you have any detailed photo’s on how you mated the frames? How did you run the radiator and fuel?
Ours will be running a full roll cage, center driver position, fuel tank and radiator up front.
Any thoughts, experiances or pitfalls to watch out for would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks
Scott Rhea
http://www.izzyscustomcages.com
314-302-3395
Hey Scott,
I took some more detailed pictures, and wrote some stuff I learned / how I did it. (It’s wordy, and boring but maybe you can glean something from it).
http://joeynovak.com/blog/shotruck/sho-truck-questions-from-scott-at-izzys-custom-cages/
Also, I have the ford FSM on cd. It only works on Windows XP, but if you want it, send me an email: joey.novak@gmail.com
Joey