cheap lifts?
Elder User
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From: Graniteville
Shown with optional shock absorbersSale Price:
$386.06
Lift Blocks/U-Bolts, Cast Iron, 2 in. Lift, Rear, Ford, F-250 Pickup, 4WD, Kit
- $70.95 x 2 = $141.90
Wheel Alignment Kit, Adjustable Bushing, Camber, Ford, Bronco, F-150, F-250, F-350, Front, Each
- $39.95 x 2 = $79.90
7/16 Center bolt with nut
- $4.99 x 2 = 9.98
- $10
- $9.98
- $79.90
- $141.90
- $241.78 vs. $386.06 for the kit to do it right the first time.
If you can't afford the difference of $144.28 to do it properly, you probably shouldn't be doing it at all.
Hotshot
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Just wait, save your money and do a 4'' suspension lift with 33'' tires. Best way to go.
And by the way, your 302 will hate those tall tires. You should gear it to 4.56. This isn't cheap, either.
Again, just wait and save your money. You'll need lots of it to do it right - and trust me, you'll want to do it right.
And by the way, your 302 will hate those tall tires. You should gear it to 4.56. This isn't cheap, either.
Again, just wait and save your money. You'll need lots of it to do it right - and trust me, you'll want to do it right.
Hotshot
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This was a bad idea and is a very lousy way to lift a truck.
Hotshot
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Its too bad you don't live in central Texas. If you did, I'd come over and help you take it off and put it back to stock. I still say you should do it and then put the body lift parts on craigslist.
Post Fiend
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From: Almost Heaven
Just ideas for right now. I'm too broke to do anything!
And thanks Ty, I wish you lived closer too.
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Hotshot
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I'd love to make the truck a mild hot rod again. I'd love to take the body lift off and put some low profile tires on the truck. I was kicking around the idea of a built 302 as the powerplant.
Just ideas for right now. I'm too broke to do anything!
And thanks Ty, I wish you lived closer too.
Just ideas for right now. I'm too broke to do anything!
And thanks Ty, I wish you lived closer too.
Sorry for the thread hijack.
Post Fiend
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From: Almost Heaven
Besides, I love the way a built 302 can rev. Love the sound of a V8 hitting six, seven thousand RPM's..
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maybe im not understanding something....he wants to put 33's on his f250? why wont they fit stock? running 33/12.50/15's on my f150 with only slight mod to the bumper, and now that i rebuilt the front end (new f250 springs to level the truck) and new bushings they would have fit without a bumper mod. granted the 302 is gonna have a pretty hard turning them tires, it depends on his gearing too.... my 300 6 has no problem turning my 33's with 3.08 gears none the less. it does work a bit harder to get rolling, but im not after jackrabbit starts with a 300 anyways.
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From: Bellingham, WA
I sure hope that was sarcasm. That's about as unsafe as it gets.
Post Fiend
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What does a stock EFI 302 make anyhow? 180 horse? 280 ft lbs? At what RPM?
I really liked how my truck did with the factory stance and tires. Bottom end with the 4.11 gear was neck-snapping quick. Not much top end, though. I know a mildly built V8 would be twice as stout and have the top end to match - that would be enough to make me happy!
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I like how the 289 sounds too.