Just became the owner of this truck a mere 5 hrs ago. Its got a mildly built 351W, C6, 9" of lift and 35's!!! The only problem is that a sat for a year and it somehow got water through the intake and into the heads so Im gonna have them machined so it can be put together.

The plans are to bob the bed maybe trim fenders and slap some 36's or 37's. Ill take more pics in a bit.



Any ideas ect lmk this is my first Ford ever so Im sure you guys know some tricks/info I dont.

 

Here are some more pics





And heres a pic of the rusty intake

 

Pretty cool truck. Welcome to the site

 

So Ive cleaned it a bit and then I ran into this....is this normal for TTB if not whats wrong.

 

*bump* I need info please

 

Moved to forum for help.

 

It's from the lift. If the proper brakets aren't used when lifting trucks with these axles over 2inches you start to run into alignment problems. The stock alignment screw will only go so far. Look under it and try to find the lift brand.

 

Did it do that when you backed it up? It's most likely from the lift that it does that, but I have yet to see a lifted TTB that doesn't do that when it gets backed up, especially with big tires and offset rims. So as far as I'm concerned its normal. But still, I'd look over everything underneath and see how it looks to be safe.
Nice truck though, paint job is kinda neat.

 

Thanks for all the help guys and yes I backed it up a bit...the lift brand is Superlift. I will move it around see if that fixes it. One last question, what kind of transmission did these trucks have?

 

These trucks have aluminum alignment bushings in the front end that affect the camber. I was told that anything over 2 inches of lift you definitely needed a drop bracket rot make it line up properly and that sometimes you would anyway depending on how it lined up. My experience has been that the bushings eventually wear out and you have to replace them when you do an alignment. I've done it twice now approaching 200k miles. Last time was in the course of ball joints,u joints etc. Pretty cool truck! Good luck and have fun

 

Any truck/bronco with a 351w came with a C6 until 1990 then they cam with a E4OD. If you want a overdrive tranny you can swap in a AOD trans.

If you do a AOD swap you will probably need a tranny cross member, drive shafts will change, Lockar kick down cable (connects the AOD TV (Detent or kickdown) cable to a holley 4bbl. A flexplate from a 1988 CrownVic (the only applicatioin that came with the 351w/AOD combo) and then just the shifter indicator from a AOD trans. You can also beef up a AOD buy adding bigger clutch pack drums, kelvar bands, and harden input shafts. The bigger clutch pack drums and harden shafts can be found in a AODE tranny.

I run a 351w/AOD combo and did what I suggested above.

 

Are you sure it has a 9 inch- Ford started using the 8.8 in these trucks in 1984 but some did still come through with the 9 inch in later years.

 

I was confused initially too. I think he's referring to the 9" of lift

 

Not confused...the rear end was swapped out

 

Oh, well that's unfortunate.