cheap lifts?
Post Fiend
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From: Almost Heaven
lol! I'm being serious when I say I've always wanted to built a truck dedicated to tractors. A 4x2 with a lift, big tires in the back, small in the front, leveled out and painted John Deere green. With a super low gear and some kind of I-6 engine.
And calling the 300 a tractor engine is pretty accurate. Never saw a stock tractor get in a hurry, have you? haha.
I love the 302 but I'd never want to pair it with 35's. Or a 300 for that matter. Lot of tire to turn.
And calling the 300 a tractor engine is pretty accurate. Never saw a stock tractor get in a hurry, have you? haha.
I love the 302 but I'd never want to pair it with 35's. Or a 300 for that matter. Lot of tire to turn.
New User
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hey buddy you can do a body lift there safe i have a 4 inch body lift i off road my truck jump it sometimes and they have never broke just do it right if you get new bushings and a body lift kit your looking at around 150=200 bucks
Post Fiend
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From: Almost Heaven
3 inches is all you're allowed to have. You can't pass inspesction with anything else. Mine is actually 3 and 1/4 because of the bushings. The inspecter still lets me pass, though.
I think a tractor themed truck would be cool. It's something I've always wanted to do!
I think a tractor themed truck would be cool. It's something I've always wanted to do!
Elder User
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From: Bellingham, WA
Anything over 3" is illegal. And there is a reason for it. Body lifts are unsafe. Period. But go ahead, after all your life is worth your truck looking and handling like crap.
Post Fiend
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From: Almost Heaven
And sure, anything can brake stand. The bigger the tire the harder it is for those brakes to hold back anyway.
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From: Graniteville
What happens when you stuff a set of 38" Swampers under a 3.50 geared F150 with a stock 302 and drive into a mudpit??
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What happens when you hit the same pit with a stock 460 powered F150, 3.50 gears, with 38" Swampers?
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Same pit with a much better cam and carb'd 460 in a 78 Bronco with 38's and 3.50's?
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Fleet Mechanic
Joined: Jun 2007
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From: Ohio
Dropping the transfer case into "low range" doesn't count
What happens when you stuff a set of 38" Swampers under a 3.50 geared F150 with a stock 302 and drive into a mudpit??
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What happens when you hit the same pit with a stock 460 powered F150, 3.50 gears, with 38" Swampers?
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Same pit with a much better cam and carb'd 460 in a 78 Bronco with 38's and 3.50's?
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Just sayin....
What happens when you stuff a set of 38" Swampers under a 3.50 geared F150 with a stock 302 and drive into a mudpit??
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What happens when you hit the same pit with a stock 460 powered F150, 3.50 gears, with 38" Swampers?
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Same pit with a much better cam and carb'd 460 in a 78 Bronco with 38's and 3.50's?
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Just sayin....
them pictures dont make a clear point or anything
Senior User
Joined: Apr 2007
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From: Elmvale
hey guy's I have a 95 f150 4x4, winter is here and I am in 4wheel. All good going straight but when I turn there is an awefully bad grind in both directions. Why is it OK going straight? Where do I look for the problem?
Thanks
Thanks
Elder User
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From: Bellingham, WA
You might want to start a new thread, as not to hijack this one. But my guess off of the limited info you provided would be axle u-joints.
Tuned
Joined: Nov 2010
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From: amarillo TX
Body lifts aren't that bad. My F250 will be running a 2" when the Cummins goes in and now that I think about it, and walked outside at 11:00 at night and looked my Chevy has a 3" and I have experienced absolutely no ill effects on the Chevy, nor do I expect any on the F-250. The right way to do a body lift on one of these trucks is to buyqa kit, no hockey pucks, no welding tube to the body mounts (although I did that on a Tracker) just break down and spend the 150-200 on a kit that will include your bumper brackets, steering extension, and shifter extension for your automatic, if you have a stick get used to the idea that your **** will be a couple inches lower and get a taller one so it's comfy again. Otherwise, a 4" suspension for one of these trucks will cost you about 600 plus a pitman arm, and clear your 35s at the lift manufacturers recomended offset and backspace.