Mr. Thorngate perhaps you could describe your decent amount of work to that there 4.9 ya had?

 

Such a clean truck!!!!

 

Welcome to FTE

And congrats on the new truck. It looks good

 

That is a beauty, my next truck will be a bricknose...

 

Wow that truck is clean. Very nice.

As for the 4.9 work; I took the engine out and replaced all gaskets, cleaned everything up internally. Contemplated more internal work, but just didn't have the budget at the time. I went with an offenhauser DP intake and 456cfm Holley carb, EFI exhaust manifolds(cheap headers), and Performance Distributors one wire HEI distributor with their "livewires". I think that is the extent of what I did. Came out very well, but still wish I had done the internal work to support it.

 

Engine back together....Check!
New Spring Shackles and hangers....Check!
PA state Inspection....Check!
Washed and looking awesome....Check!
Back on the Road.....Check!!!





Kent's F250

 

^^Nice!^^ Can't believe that truck is 20 years old. Is that the original paint?

 

Thanks...That is original paint! The roof paint is a pretty weak, but the rest is very good. I have had it for ~3 years. I don't drive it unless it is going to be sunny, otherwise it is in the garage. I had a 1996 for 6 years, but lost the rust battle, so I search one like this out (never thought I would stumble into one with the Off Road Package).

This winter I replaced the oil pan gasket and saw a small amount of coolant in the pan, so then came off the intake manifold (that gasket was the culprit). BUT the bolts/studs in the intake on the driver side were rusted badly and one broke in the head. SO off came the heads.

So I'm all back together with a shinny restored pan, new gaskets, new hardware, new heat shields, new EGR inlet pipe, New Cap/Rotor/Plugs/Wires, vacuum lines, water hose, belt, ect, ect, ect.

So she should be pretty happy (but see my other post on the VSS issue )

 

thats a real fine truck ya got there Kent.

 

Picked this 87 up recently to kick around in. Came with a really good 4.9 and 4 speed but needed some front end and body work. I'm pretty sure it spent its life as an irrigation truck. We don't rust here out west but this truck was rusted on the bumper and outer door panels.. I'm guessing from years of grasses and weeds smacking as the truck slowly rolled by. So I replaced the bumper and sandblasted the rust ****** on the doors and repainted the green on down. Above the green is original paint.

 

Adam thats a sweet clean truck, congrats

Ken it looks great, love the color

 

Kent, that truck is beautiful. I LOVE two tone trucks. My '95 F150 is the same scheme but yours is in amazing shape. Nice!!!

 

X2, it's so clean it makes me jealous.

 

This pic just screams freedom. Lol

 

I can't compete with you guys. New toy with the truck.