I've been doing some research into the gearing.....How would you feel about some 3.73's? Thats a mootpoint between 4.10 and 3.55's

You're right...I have a line on a 1991 302...All the parts I need for the swap (minus the flywheel) for $150....

Good thinking...I just need to get back to work.....But the local employment rate has BOMBED......

 

The hell with them jobs, grab a paint brush, rake, shovel, lawnmower, snow blower, wheel barrel, advertise a little on Craigslist, flyers up in the supermarket, and under windshield wipers, word of mouth...your in business!!...I started with a fishing rod

 

Dude, I kid you not....The area I live in is nothing but Foodstamps an welfare checks....

No real cash flow....

I made comment on facebook the other night that "If the EBT cards could be used as debit cards....You could get you gas, smokes an lotto tickets in one stop..."

 

You gotta bail out then, now...head for Dakota country for now, plenty of work.

 

No funds to go on....

 

Lots of work here in Md. Come on, you'll like it here

 

Borrow an EBT card...nuck nuck nuck

 

Or do like my kids..... DAD!!!!!! ka-ching!!!!! They think I have ATM tattooed on my forehead

 

They're in the same boat I'm in...More or less....Only thing different is dad is working....But he makes just enough to put food on the table and pay bills...

 

Naaa, there's work here. My kids are lazy, and don't want to work.
Bank of mom is closing.Bank of dad already did.

 

Definitely seconding the 3.55 or taller gears.

 

I have been driving my late Fathers 96 F-250 4X4 460 v8 extended cab since he passed away 3/2009. He rarely drove the truck because of the fuel mileage he claimed was horrible. When I took ownership , the truck had 62k and now it has 77k. I first began driving it around town and noticed an increase in mpg over what he had previously realized around town and since I started adding ZMAX the mpg has far exceeded my expectations. I have gotten substantial increases on all three vehicles I have added ZMAX too. 2 Fords 1 Toyota.
The fuel mileage gains on the F250 aren't crazy high like some people claim, but they are real -no doubt about it. I drove home from Denver today , on I -70 west towards Grand Junction over 2 mountain passes and while on Vail pass , I switched tanks from the rear too the front , drove the next 148.4 miles using half of the front tank and pulling into town stopped for fuel. Filled the front tank too the brim , 9.895 gallons 85 octane . Divided 148.4 by the number of gallons consumed and very accurately determined 14.9974 avg mpg. No bull. My fuel mileage has done nothing but increase over nearly the entire time I have driven the truck. I have even got 12mpg pulling a trailer with a jeep Cherokee from Grand Junction to Denver two weeks in a row. My best mpg has been on the highway of course, and I will put this truck up against any fuel mileage test you can throw at me. Number of miles driven by number of gallons too re-fuel tank. Simple. There may be nay sayers , but I have no reason too b. s anyone. I will check too see what axle ratio I am running and post it soon. I think the ZMAX has added to this increase. It's the only thing I have done different . A few oil changes,same old spark plugs , and no tuner experiments. Just 2 ZMAX treatments in 15k .

 

I would definately keep it. I am 22 and have had over 10 project cars. Some of them were crap when I bought them, and some I'm still kicking myself for selling them. If you do sell it, make 100% sure you're ready.

P.S. If you want to come out west, just do what a guy I know does. Just stick out your thumb and hitch your way to the good life. It's amazing how many people will actually stop and give that guy a ride.