1979 Power Wagon CTD Build

[79Powerwagon]

Nice. What are your plans for the truck? Just for fun?

Well, fun is one of the goals yeah.

I wanted a simple, reliable, tough truck that I'm not afraid to scratch.

Everything else is just a bonus, power, mpg, lots of attention(good and bad ), ease of parking, beautiful exhaust note, unique-ness

The truck is now my daily driver. Hauls firewood, trailers etc. It's not a show truck and isn't meant to be. I like the old weathered look of it.



I do need some more pep, and a manual transmission.

[79Powerwagon]

25 Gpm water seperator figured out.

[spencerdiesel]

What go fast mods you got currently?

[79Powerwagon]

What go fast mods you got currently?

Not much. Intake, straight pipe, full power screw maxed.

Stock h1c. The truck moves pretty good, though. It only weighs 5700 lbs.

Have 3K gsk, 60 lbs springs, turbos waiting to go on.

Just stuck my fuel filter setup and piston pump on.

[spencerdiesel]

Cool whats your filter setup?

[79Powerwagon]

I'll get some pics but a Cat 1r0750 filter with filter head off of a cat scraper, cheap aftermarket piston pump for the rotary ip(seems to work well and was only $25) and a goldenrod 10 mic glass bowl/water seperator.

[79Powerwagon]

[spencerdiesel]

Nice

[79Powerwagon]

https://youtu.be/IrsAGE6hMjU

Slight haze under load

[spencerdiesel]

Wow was that 3rd gear I heard? Sounds sexy

[79Powerwagon]

Yeah 3rd. Would have done 4th if I toggled it. I have od on a manual switch.

[79Powerwagon]

One of these days I'll try to get a better vid.

[spencerdiesel]

Would you get an acceleration vid on the gauges?

[79Powerwagon]

Would you get an acceleration vid on the gauges?

I can, but I do not have boost or egt currently.

Speedy is bouncy but fairly accurate.

[79Powerwagon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-rtoIdrr2k

Not the best quality but gives a general idea. Hard to toggle overdrive while holding the camera.