Hauler Detail/Moroso Event

Day on trucks.

The Hairy Hauler is back this week. The guys show you how the detail work can be the difference between a hack job and a real showstopper.

Then we've got a 56 F 100. That's not like any blue oval we've ever seen.

Finally, we'll take our cameras down south to Moroso Motorsports Park for the Jet and Truck Nationals. That's all today on trucks.

Welcome to this week's show everybody. Now, if you spend much time around the truck shop with us, you probably followed the transformation of our 34 international that started out a tired old farm hand and is now known as the Hairy Hauler with its brand new front, rear suspension, custom bed and three inch chop.

Well, now that all the big stuff's out of the way, it's time to deal with what I like to call the details, things like brake lines and fuel lines and all that smaller stuff that's really easy to overlook, but definitely makes a difference between a quality build up and just an old hack job.

So the first thing we're gonna deal with is the fuel system. Now for that, we went to Mallory and got one of their series 250 high performance electric fuel pumps.

Now to go with that,

we got their series 500 comp filter that'll keep everything clean

then to keep our pressure where it needs to be, we got one of their five port fuel pressure regulators. This will flow some serious fuel.

Of course, you're not gonna want just any old fuel line to handle that kind of volume. So we went to Russell performance and got some of their pro flex stainless steel braided hose. Now, this stuff not only looks great, but it also handles up to 750 P si and works in temperatures ranging from minus 40 all the way up to 350 degrees. Now to tie

our hose together, we also picked up an assortment of anodized aluminum fittings as well as some special wrenches.

All right, the first thing you need to do is decide just exactly where you're gonna mount everything.

Now, keep in mind the fuel pump needs to go as close to the fuel tank as possible for maximum performance.

So right here on this passenger side frame rail, it's gonna be about the best spot that'll tuck everything up out of the way.

Just make sure you're not getting up into the bed or anything.

Now, just mark and drill your holes,

then you're gonna want to mount the fuel filter close by.

Now, keep in mind you wanna run from the tank to the filter. First, then to the pump,

this keeps any kind of junk from getting into the pump and locking it up.

Now, for your fuel lines,

the first thing you need to do is decide what length you want then cut through them. Now, the best way to do that is to wrap a piece of tape around the hose exactly where you want to cut it, then take a hacksaw and go ahead and cut through it.

Now, once you have all your hose cut to the exact length you want,

all you have to do is put on the fittings and they'll be ready to install.

Now that we have the bed and the body off, it's time to get serious. Who's that feed line? All right.

Now, you're wondering what size line we're using?

Well,

we're using number 10 A N which is right at 58. You're probably thinking, dang, that's a pretty big line. Keep in mind we're gonna have 24 barrels and about 720 horsepower to feed.

Now, one big misconception,

people think the bigger line you use the more gas you're gonna use. Well, that's not necessarily so

because the engine is only gonna use what it can, the rest will be sent back to the tank in the return line,

which in our case is also gonna be number 10 A N. Why so big?

Well, keep in mind the feed line is based on the horsepower of the engine. The return line

is based on the output of the pump.

The last piece of the fuel system is this regulator which will mount on the firewall as close to the carburetors as possible. But we'll wait to do that until the cab is back on the frame and the motor we're gonna run is mounted. Now, this regulator not only has an inlet port and return port, but it also has five outlets like stay showed you earlier to give you plenty of options to run your lines.

Now that we have the fuel system sorted out. It's time to put some brake lines on. First thing we're gonna do

is get rid of this mock up motor for the last time.

Now, you don't have to pull the motor to run brake lines, but

it's a heck of a lot easier to get in there if you've got the engine out,

you know, when it comes to putting together a system for your brake lines, you can spend a lot of time and money trying to get all the hardware you need in one place and let's face it. These little guys here can nickel and dime you to death. So we went to speedway motors and got their stainless steel brake line kit that includes the hard lines, hoses and everything else you'll need right down to these aluminum clips to hold your line securely to the front.

Now, there's definitely some other pieces that you're gonna wanna use on a system like this

one is a proportioning valve, the other are some residual valves. Now, a proportioning valve adjusts the amount of rear braking that you have in conjunction with your front brakes.

That way you don't have more breaking in the rear than you have in the front. Unless of course, that's how you want it.

Now, a residual valve is a must if you're putting together a system like ours where the master cylinder sits at or below the level of the calipers. Now, what the residual valve does is keeps a little pressure in the line when you let up on the pedal that keeps the fluid from flowing back into the master cylinder. Of course, if the master cylinder is up on the firewall, it's not a problem and you don't need these.

The first thing we need to get in place are these really slick through the frame fittings that allow you to run your brake lines through the frame for a really clean look. Now, installations a snap, all you have to do is drill a hole through the frame and bolt the fitting on after that put on your inside fitting, followed by your brake hose. Now, the only thing you have to watch out for here is that the hoses clear your tires and won't bind up on you

when you turn lock to lock.

Now, you're ready to make some lines and the first thing that you wanna do is take a look around and decide how you want everything to lay out. Then a neat trick is to take a piece of wire. An old hanger is great

and bend yourself up a pattern

on how you want the lines to go.

After that. You can transfer the shape from the wire

to the hard line using the tubing bender. Now make sure that you measure twice because you can only bend once, especially on stainless steel.

Finally, we can flare the ends. Very important stainless steel is too hard to do the standard 45 degree double flare on, it'll crack.

What you need to do is a 37 degree single flare, which means you need a special 37 degree flaring tool and some A N fittings. Now, since we're on the subject of brakes, we figure this would be a good time to take one. Don't go away. We got more trucks for you right after this.

Later on trucks. We'll take you to Moroso Motorsports Park for the Jet and Truck nationals,

but that's after we put the finishing touches on the Harry hauler.

Welcome back to trucks. If you're just joining us, we're taking care of some details on the Hairy Hauler like brakes and fuel lines. Now we're gonna deal with the engine and drive train. Of course, every motor's gotta have a starter and alternator. So we picked up this pair from speedway motors. Now the starter, this chrome plated gear reduction unit that's really gonna get things going for us. We also got this chrome 100 amp alternator and we're gonna dress that up with this aluminum pulley. We got from Mr gasket.

Now, any time you're working on a project with a narrow frame

and you're putting in a stick shift. Well, clutch linkage has always been a major problem that is until mcleod came out with this hydraulic throw out bearing that bolts right to the front of the transmission. Just think no more messing around with mechanical linkage in tight areas.

All you have to do is run a line to your clutch master cylinder and you're done.

And this also makes a great compliment to their high performance street twin clutch, which we have stuffed inside this blow proof bell housing.

There we go

slowly

right there.

A little bit more. Yep.

There's a couple things people tend to overlook when it comes to the details like throttle cables and dipsticks. And there's really no reason to because low car makes some really trick ones that are also affordable. Now, the dipstick slides right into place and fastens to a header bolt,

the throttle cables made specifically for our blower application. So we know it's gonna look right and fit perfectly.

Now we're ready for the drive shaft. Now we knew we needed something stout to handle all the horsepower we're gonna be running.

So we went to Denny's drive shaft service, got the strongest shaft they make called the Nitrous ready shaft.

Now, this comes with a guarantee to be unbreakable.

Believe me, that is one guarantee that we're gonna put to the test.

Now, when you slide all this stuff together,

you'll find out real quick. If your measurements for the transmission,

the cross member and the rear end were right.

And there's nothing

like seeing everything fit together

the way it should.

Now, speaking of fit, we had to have a place to put our alternator. And since we wanted to tuck it out of the way somewhere, we got this alternator bracket from Mr gasket that bolts right to the front of the engine

and sets the alternator down lower in the frame instead of hanging out here somewhere. Now, the real beauty of this location for us is we'll be able to put the hood back on without any clearance problems.

Yeah.

Now, one of the neatest things about building a hot rod pick up like this is that if you build it right now, you got a lot of options. Now you can run it with the fenders and the hood like we're gonna do

and you can also run it without the fenders in the hood like we're also gonna do.

Now, for those times, we got these really cool Zoomie headers from Sanderson. Now these are loud, nasty and way politically incorrect, but they're about the coolest thing you can imagine sticking out the side of your truck.

Well, that wraps

up the detail work on the Hairy Hauler for today. But hopefully, now you understand just how important the small details really are. Like Stace told you before. It's usually the difference between a hack job and a real showstopper. This is gonna be a show stopper, that engine. These pipes flames out to here

up next on trucks. We've got a, one of a kind blue oval that'll blow your mind.

You just can't get enough of trucks. Check us out online at trucks, tv.com.

Thanks for staying with us. Everybody. Listen, got a question for you. What if you could get a virtually rust free? 56 F 100 from your uncle that you could do anything you want with?

Well, if you're like most people, you probably drop the nose down into the weeds and make a hot street truck out of it.

But that was the last thing on Mike Webb's mind when he got his 56 from that uncle, he wanted his big and bad and red.

So after three years of wrenching those three wishes came true

when he rolled out this very big, very bad, very red. 56 Ford.

Let's get started with the big first, which leads us right into the suspension. No slam street truck here is a six inch lift was added and a 78 Bronco donated its axles to the cause this beast rolls on 35 inch tires and power steering was added to make turning that rubber possible.

Here's where the big and the bad meat

and that scoop sticking out through the hood isn't fake.

It's sitting on a punched out 460

that's loaded with some of the best high performance parts that you can buy.

That's the big part.

The bad is the polished 671 blower and dual seven fifties that are crammed between the engine and the hood scoop

and that results in a very big stick. You can be sure that the owner is not afraid to swing it.

The interior is a perfect blend of the past and present, all rolled into one with the original bench seat nicely reupholstered and a tilt column holding the steering wheel.

The original instrument cluster was painstakingly restored and a trio of modern gauges keeps tabs on that blown motor

if you think you're seeing a lot of red. Well, you should see Mike's checkbook after building this thing,

but it was money well spent as the fenders and cab are the original metal pieces and they've been smooth and massaged to perfection.

Now, Mike also resisted the temptation to shave the body of trim.

Instead, he restored it as well as the bumpers and grill and returned them to their proper place on the truck.

One area that receives some special attention that's usually overlooked on four wheel drive vehicles is the frame. Now, it's been fully boxed and smooth

and the nice paint brake lines and fuel systems show real attention to detail that's resulted in a whole mess of first place trophies. Now, there's no doubt the fifties F 100 is the quintessential hot rod truck.

But after seeing this big bad blown 56

we think they look just as good up in the air as they do down in the weeds.

Ok. So we grabbed our cameras and made the trip to Moroso Motor Sports Park in South Florida for the first annual Jet and Truck Nationals. No, we didn't see any gators during our stay, but don't misunderstand. We did see plenty of wild

life.

Check out this guy on his

snowmobile. This, this guy to start out in Milwaukee, the left

hand turn does know where he's at. He thinks he's snowing right now. He's never been in the heat before and it's on, this is a snowmobile set up for drain racing.

Big

win

this

thing.

Look at it. This thing.

Yeah, rocking and rolling to a 990 at 100 and 25 miles an hour. But, hey, the snowmobile was tame compared to these animals that have no chance of being housebroken and call themselves the Miami Zoo crew. Hey, kids, listen up. Do not repeat. Do not try this at all.

How many bikes did you guys have to go through to get to the level you're at now,

believe me, we're still going through bikes to get to the level we're at now.

We've already lost, uh, we probably lost about 12 bikes already,

but, uh,

we get them back together and we put everybody back together. I just want you to say the first thing that comes to your mind. Ok? You can handle this. Road. Rash hurts.

Road rash, man happens.

Ladies and gentlemen, hold

on a round of

applause.

Now, we know what, you're probably thinking. Come on, guys, this show is called trucks and I haven't seen a single truck yet.

Well, that's because we saved the best for last. How does a 57 Chevy that's motivated by a pair of Pratt and Whitney J 38 jet engines

that produce 25,000 horsepower sound.

Not enough for you.

Ok. Go ahead and throw in the most renowned jet truck pilot on the planet. That's right. The one and only less Shockley and a super shock wave were also present.

Nostalgia. Racing is bigger every year

and these 5567 Chevrolets are probably the most popular of all nostalgic classic classic cars, you know,

and I thought,

you know, we'll just take and put, uh, we'll put all

the best in, in one package here.

We'll do the truck thing with the sleeper and

you know, the saddle tanks and everything. We'll do the 57 Chevy thing. We'll do the candy apple red thing. We'll do the white tuck and roll inside,

you know, we've got the, uh, the dice hanging off the rearview mirror the whole nine yards. You know, it'll run over 300 miles an hour

and to give it another quarter of a mile, it'll run over 400 miles an hour. There's

time when these things will stop accelerating is when they disintegrate.

I'm 57 years old going on eight, I guess. And, uh,

and tell him I'm dead and gone, I'm gonna be designing and building new things. I don't know what to say about that one.

I mean, he's been out here for years. He's a great guy.

Uh

but he's less Shockley

tough to beat

first. This event wasn't just a one horse show less was also accompanied by a few of his closest jet fuel burning pals.

There was Super Mario and his newly built

10,

the Hooters, funny car driven by Freddie Sibley

and just to make sure everyone showed up in style, it was Jim the Jet Nielsen in his limo. Let's just say everyone arrived on time for this event.

A guy with a limousine. I spent, I spent a month over in Germany with that guy. He's a, he's a,

he's from outer space, you know, Lester,

hey, you know, that's a funny old man. He still thinks he's 19 years old. He's up there doing aerobatics next. I, you know, I don't know what he's gonna do. He'd be wanting to get on the space shuttle or check out for the Blue Angels. You know, he's a, he's a great guy.

Well, it feels good to, to see the fans smiling and yelling and screaming

and of course they love that smoke and the fire and the,

the burn of pops and the whole idea, I think,

knowing that these engines were in airplanes and fire planes, it just drives them wild.

Ok. Another, another quick question here.

You don't want to drive it But is there any chance, uh, maybe you can

get me in? Sure if you know how to start it up.

I was kidding. I didn't think she'd

know how to start it up.

Well, can you help me with that? Sure, I will.

I'll even

where the

hell you

buckle me in. All right.

Now, if it turns out the whole jet thing doesn't really turn your crank. Don't worry because you can always run what you've run or even show off your shine. But whatever you're into. Moroso Motorsports Park has something for everybody. And believe us, we do mean everybody

and now truck, gear, parts, tools and equipment for pickups and sport utilities.

If you're looking for some cheap insurance for your high dollar engine,

the moroso oil accumulator is something you need to check out

and this holds three quarts of oil under pressure in reserve. So if your oil pressure ever drops below normal,

this thing forces oil into your engine to keep you from melting everything down.

Then once your pressure returns to normal, the oil flows back into the accumulator to wait for the next emergency.

So whether your application is a high performance street truck or a four wheel drive

moroso has got you covered. You can get these from summit for 100 and 75 bucks.

Now, when it comes to working on trucks, it's usually a whole lot easier to dive underneath them than to climb up on top of them, especially if they have any kind of lift on them. Well, sure step has a solution. This problem with their high strength stackable steps that increase your work height instantly. Now, they're available in straight and L shaped pieces. So you can literally build a platform around your truck if that's what you need.

The sure step starts at about 60 bucks. That's gonna do it for truck gear. Here's a preview of next week's show.

After months of cutting and fitting, welding and fabricating,

the Hairy Hauler chassis is finally ready for its final assembly. Let's just say the cool factor is way high on this one.

The cool factor continues when the guys take a close up. Look at two time NASCAR champion Jack Spriggs Chevy Silver.

Finally we'll show you how to be prepared for the unexpected.

That's all next week on trucks.

Well, that's gonna do it for this week's show. We appreciate you hanging out with. Yeah, we got more trucks for you next week. Speaking of trucks, that's what

you got this

Sunday,

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