A 4x4 E30... Done right!

[pureaudio]

My god I want it so bad.

[Zacm829]

Saw it in person tonight, Looks ridiculous cant wait to get a ride in the mud.

[1fastm50]

holy crap! how the hell did you manage to get those tires on?

[Simon S]

4 door 4x4 4 moar hoars

all it needs is a 4 on the floor with 4 barrel carburetor..

[E30AWDAZ]

Rock crawler e30 ftw

[Danny]

wat

[N2MYE30]

So, what is the platform? If you got this far, you hafta have some sort of build thread made.

[expressfish]

IX with fabbed body lift ?

[VicSkimmr]

holy shit i didn't even notice the monstrosity on the right at first, i just figured it was a truck. that thing is awesome!

[CHIF8008]

Mud pics now!!

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[mattdk318i]

Yup, ill have some more pics and specs up soon. Build thread is just starting. Compiling pics at the moment.

[mattdk318i]

So lets start with a few specs on the Scout. After a few months of research i learned it was a decently loaded model

304 V8
727 chrysler Torque-flite transmission
D20 Dana Transfer case
Dana 44 axles front and rear
Automatic front axle lockers!
Carbureted (bleh)

I wasnt too wild about the idea of carbs so i decided to explore my options. Surprisingly there were actually a few fuel injection options. Including a GM Throttle Body Injection system. albeit crude it would be way way more reliable than the current 2 barrel holley. Which i was not looking foward to rebuilding and tuning.

This is where the pictures start getting scarce. I promise i will try to document alot better. Most of the work was done here and there and didnt warrent pictures at the time.

After some head scratching and parts sourcing i had my TBI setup. From a 1995 1-ton truck. Sporting the 5.7 . I will be replacing the 5.7 injectors in favor of the 5.0 ones for obvious reasons. Tuning will be later on down the road after its all put together. I have a few ideas about that but for now ill leave it alone.

I had to convert the points distributor to a electronic system. In order for the GM TBI setup to have a timing signal. I ended up using a Ford Duraspark pickup and reluctor ring modified and fit into the international Distributor. Ill cut to the chase and save the agonizing troubleshooting of a conversion of this nature lol.




heres a video. Runs great for this half-breed setup

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jmPnyhPeuo

[ill roller]

This is awesome

[jasonsnoddy]

I've dreamt of this, never thought somebody would do it. So much props.

[1fastm50]

Whoa! I thougt you were kidding but I guess not...we will need videos of this once it's running.