- Joined
- Mar 11, 2026
- Posts
- 46
- Reaction score
- 191
- Location
- Rhode Island
- First Name
- Patrick
- Truck Year
- 1987
- Truck Model
- 1500
- Engine Size
- 350
Hi All,
New guy here from Rhode Island. I've always been a motor head, pretty much anything that runs on fuel, or has wheels, I've done several motor swaps on Hondas back in the early 2000's, built a few Subies, VW's, several YJ and TJ wranglers, a couple 2500 diesels, quads, currently working on an 81 ATC, had a nicely modified S2000 for several years. In the stable now is my 2020 Shelby GT350, my wife's 93 Cabriolet, and our 2022 RXR Pro XP4. I daily a 25 ZR2 and she a 22 X3M40i.
I have been looking for a square body for the last 5-6 years and I'm going to pick this 87 up tomorrow and get her in the garage to get her running right before I start on some other stuff. She currently idles a bit high and then dies out when shifted into gear, the guy I am buying it from is thinking TBI issues, I am hoping maybe the IAC is gunked up or going bad and for $65 I can pop a new one in and drive her for a bit. Either way the plan is cruise around this summer before she goes under the knife next winter for an LS swap and suspension upgrades among other things I have swirling in my head.
New guy here from Rhode Island. I've always been a motor head, pretty much anything that runs on fuel, or has wheels, I've done several motor swaps on Hondas back in the early 2000's, built a few Subies, VW's, several YJ and TJ wranglers, a couple 2500 diesels, quads, currently working on an 81 ATC, had a nicely modified S2000 for several years. In the stable now is my 2020 Shelby GT350, my wife's 93 Cabriolet, and our 2022 RXR Pro XP4. I daily a 25 ZR2 and she a 22 X3M40i.
I have been looking for a square body for the last 5-6 years and I'm going to pick this 87 up tomorrow and get her in the garage to get her running right before I start on some other stuff. She currently idles a bit high and then dies out when shifted into gear, the guy I am buying it from is thinking TBI issues, I am hoping maybe the IAC is gunked up or going bad and for $65 I can pop a new one in and drive her for a bit. Either way the plan is cruise around this summer before she goes under the knife next winter for an LS swap and suspension upgrades among other things I have swirling in my head.
