So I got my engine apart and decided to see what ideas people had for upgrades. It's a stock 1979 f100 custom ranger is a 302 and a c6 tranny recently rebuilt with dual flow masters. The tranny is a 3 speed auto 2wd. It needs to be affordable and I'm just lookin for a Lil more acceleration then horse power

 

What is your idea of affordable? Speed doesn't come cheap. Cheap, fast, or reliable, pick two.

 

NOS or numerically higher rear gears.

 

Fast and reliable, let's go with those 2 lol

 

Rear end gears (depending on what ratio they are) will make all the difference in the world as to how the truck behaves.

For a truck, it can also be a problem if you don't have an overdrive transmission. Without an overdrive, you'll have to decide if you want a truck that can cruise along on the highway with relatively low engine RPMs but are fine with the inability to easily haul or pull a heavy load. This would require high (numerically low) rear end gears.

If you want the truck to be able to haul or pull a load, to be able to accelerate quickly --such as when passing someone and you're ok with lower fuel mileage and high engine cruising RPMs on the highway, then you would need a low (higher numerically) set of rear end gears.

If you have an overdrive transmission, you can keep the lower rear end gears to be able to haul loads, have faster acceleration, keep the engine RPMs down at highway speeds and you can get decent fuel mileage too.

Without overdrive, it's one way or the other. With overdrive, you can have it both ways.

 

Pssst.. hey Balboni.... Try one of these.

Shhhhhh.

 

A nice component to have but, he did say, "affordable." --what's affordable to one may be outrageous to another.

....you gotta (be willing to) pay if ya wanna play though.

 

Read the OP's response in post #4...

 

When he checks to find out what that transmission setup costs, sticker shock may cause him to revert back to his original statement in post #1. LOL

 

I just want ideas that's all guys, lol

 

Is it possible to install on stock 302 if not what do I have to change or install to make it possible