coming along!!

What lift leaf springs did you end up with?

 

theyre just a 6" skyjacker leaf

 

With a 3" body lift you can run 40's.

Otherwise, 38's and stock wheel wells.

 

thanks man. ill stick with the 38x13.50x20s then like i originally planned

 

Nice build. 6" lift and 38's will be a bit stuffed. But that's more of a personal preference.

 

got all my stainless brake hoses on today after a hunt for 2 banjo bolts
after that i got onto another project of throwing together a stock 200 inline 6 for my lil falcon to get that ol girl on the road again. hopefully dropping it in the car tomorrow and hearing good sounds from it

 

heres my other lil side project fora couple days...
found a 200 on craigslist that was donated by ford to a tech school to teach tune ups. never been in a car. only on a stand with remote start. then given to a guy for a mustang but he never used it. tore it down a lil ways. everything seems tight. flushed the engine thoroughly. replaced the frost plugs, gave it a quick paint job and a new thermostat and salvaged all the good parts from my other 200 n popped em on this one. gotta grab a clutch alignment tool tomorrow since i cant find mine then throw it back in the falcon n try to bring her to life

 

I need to swap out the little 6 in my Econoline, motor I got was the power unit for a Generator and the company had it rebuilt after 10 hours the generator took a crap so they just bought a new one.

May as well sneak in a picture of the Falcon since you're teasing us anyways. haha

 

Check your pinion angle wedges. I think they need reversed. I know this because I did the same thing and later changed it and it had less vibration with the thick side to the front. This applies only if you have a drive shaft with 2 u-joints. If you have a driveshaft with the double cardan (3 u-joints) then its probably fine. With a 2 joint shaft you want the transfer case yoke and pinion yoke to be as close to parallel to each other as possible. With the double joint the pinion needs to point straight at the t-case yoke. Nice progress.

 

thanks man, ill look into it.


heres the falcon...my first car. restored it when i was 15 with help from my dad and uncle. 200 I6 with a 4speed dagenham trans. split header, true dual exhaust. 2 barrel weber carb. just a fun cruiser. louder than most v8s

 

For a 1st car I'd say you're spoiled rotten, then again you had to do the work to get it there. Very nice. Glad to see you kept the 6 instead of doing a V8 swap, they're a good motor for Economy.

 

found the car on the way home in oklahoma from a trip to texas. snagged it for like 1500. then started buying parts n had it restored just before i got my license. had the option to go v8 n i chose to keep it original in that aspect. then took the 3 speed out n swapped in the 4 speed. i have another 200 on an engine stand that will be getting as built as it can n try n make some ok power out of it lol. ideally id love to turn this car into a gasser and keep the 6 in it. i was in the garage every night after school and sports for about 6 months with my dad and uncle finishing this ol girl

 

Good deal.

If I decide to do the 4x4 swap on my 61 Econoline that I keep debating on then the front solid axle will/would be up for grabs.

There are a lot of little mods you can do to the small 6s, the section for them on this forum is really dead but there's other great resources. I suggest a Harley CV carb with a simple 90* intake adapter.

 

im goin like built 6 with parts from clifford performance. ive talked to him a few times n we have a fairly simple gameplan for my engine that should net me around 360ftlbs and 240hp. and i always have the idea of forced induction reeling through my head haha

 

back on track and back to the crew cab
woke up today n cleaned n re-organzied the garage. then i wheeled the 460 out of the corner n the sickness inside of me all started by popping off the spark plug wires. once i start doing something like that i usually wont stop til its done...so i tore the entire engine apart haha. but now shes ready to be cleaned up n start buying more parts for the engine build. found everything i need to convert the top end to full hydraulic roller and will be running the comp cams big ***** thumpr cam. im not overly worried about power. itll be mostly a driver/cruiser so i want it to sound great when im pullin in somewhere or sittin at a light n some nasty cam lope always turns heads.
time do some cylinder head research and start adding up parts. my engine has D3VE heads on it. a buddy of mine has some D0VE heads if i decide to go that route, but thats what my head research will determine.
also got my rear driveshaft bolted on. now to find someone in the area to build one for my front diff
heres a few pics from todays progress




mid teardown





cam and a few lifters didnt want to cooperate but i got them out with a lil persuasion





they just want to be together again