ok here it is, i bought a 1990 f150 lariat super cab 4x4 that is in great condition for $700, sorry i have no pics quite yet, its has a 351 that the guy replaced 10,000 miles ago, somthing went wrong and he just got a new motor, stock everything, havent got it running but it should be pretty soon, virtually no rust anywhere top or bottom, tranny is still goodas he told me but is starting to shift hard, got another for back up already, interior is unreal great for being 22 years old, AC dont work but ima remove it anyways, has new filters on the motor, the brakes are all brand new along with all the axel seals and bearing front and rear, it came with a pretty sweet bumper also as i will post pics of, hs stock sized tires that are mid way through their life with stock rims and a stiff locker up front, the exhaust was cut off right aftyer the cat which ima cut off and just run to a glasspack till i get headers then gonna run true duals with 8in cherrys but i will remove all that clutter for the intake and just put some filters i have on the throttle body directly and increase air flow like my cousin did to his truck, my grandpa is master mechanic(understatement) and his word is law to anyone that listens, i plan on lifting it one day and im a power junkie but i love fuel economy so i wont get that crazy with it, again its not running yet, guy took off intake manifold to replace some seals but had no clue how to put it back together, but i do know how so that how i got it cheap, i will post pics soon as i figure out how and ANY ADVICE WILL BE LOVED SO DUMP ALL U WANT TO INTO THIS, im 17 and first truck, doing everything myself

 

ha, that's a hell of a deal on it. Sounds a lot like my truck. When I got mine the timing was way off and it wouldn't run, i ended up paying 1500 though.
When I post pics I use photo bucket. Then you can just copy the image link from there into your posts. I'm kinda anxious to see how it looks.
It's definitely a hell of a lot cheaper doing all the work yourself. You get to learn a lot through it too. There are a lot of guys here that could suggest cam shafts for a 351w. My preference for a speed density 351w is a Comp Cam 35-255-5. My other suggestion would be to invest in a set of headers, and get your heads ported it'll be a huge improvement over stock.

 

my first mods will be motor mods for sure, and yes headers are my first mod on the list, cams will be eventual for whwen i have the time to take it apart and do it, and ima get those heads ive been reading about, i need more power or well free flowing power for gas milage, im writting anything helpful down im all about trucks so this thing will be godly awesome, and i fell like its my truck, my job, what i cant do i will pay someone to do but teach me at the same time, and i have a list of cams and thats my 2nd choice cam, its in better shape that it looks to be in but i cant figure out how to post the pics still, my motor will be of racing quality when im done with it lol, then comes the lift, tires, speakers, paint job...

 

What's your first choice cam? If you don't want to port your heads, another option would be to get a set of gt40 heads. not to be confused for gt40p. the gt40p puts the spark plugs in the way of most headers. If you're going to lift it, im going to suggest a straight axle swap. I did it on my F250 and I love it.

 

i have a list written down but they are rated for a few rpms higher, but yeah ima do the front axel swap causes the one i have i can tell just by looking at it it will be a MAJOR pain to work with, i got axles avalible to me so im not worried, but yeah the gt40 heads were what im wanting to get, i already know that when i go to put tires on it to put in 4.88 gears, me and my buddy are gonne try and make a mod so we can use a fan like a super charger kinda thing, im after gas milage and power, i wont do anything if it hurts one of those, besides a lift

 

I like that cam because it gets a lot of low end snort. I agree about the axle though. The TTB axles that these trucks have suck to work on. The straight axles are simple. Even to swap one in is simple enough. what size tires are you aiming for? I had 4.11s in my truck with 35" tires on it and it handled it very well. I did swap for 3.55s to pull some miles per gallon out of her but it sucked out way too much power. I'm swapping back to 4.11s this spring. You'll have to take some pics when you do the "super charger kinda thing". haha. How high do you plan on lifting it? and what tranny do you have?

 

i have the automatic with overdrive tranny in it, im planning on working my way up but i generally cruise at like 40 but i want low gears cause my nd goal i 40s or 44s one day, but most likely ima try for like a 6 inch lift and 35s, myaybe 9inch lift and 37s, depends on how much im willing to save up for, and the "super charger kinda thing" is really just a pyscho powerful little radiator fan wit a funnel to the intake

 

That trans is computer controlled and that's what it does when the computer senses a sensor problem, so I suggest you pull the codes and see what's up.

That won't help the engine breath any better unfortunately, the stock intake system isn't as much of a cork as you would think looking at it.. the real bottleneck is the exhaust and in particualr the stock Y-pipe and cats.

 

thanks for the advice on the intake, but idk what ima do with it for awhile, and i love me some loud pipes so once i can afford headers its gonna get rid of that issue, and yeah i have a friend thats a ford mechanic and i will see id he can pull the codes and all, i want to replace the computer in it for a performace one i found, and maybe get new sensors along with clean everything out, wish i had the time and money to pull the motor, tranny and transfer case out and clean and rebuild them all from the inside out, but thats one day down the road after i buy all the engine parts and dfo all that then

 

The Dana 44 TTB in the front of your truck won't handle 35" tires very well..and a Dana 44 straight axle will handle them on the road alright, but it's not going to like them offroad, and it's not going to handle the 37" tires either..If you're looking to go that high, you might want to just swap in axles from a 1 ton. Dana 60 front axle, and a Sterling 10.25 rear axle. The Sterling are a dime a dozen up here, but the D60 is around a grand every where.
But like what was already said, that super charger idea isnt really going to help it much.

 

i know where i can get super duty axles for about $400 front a rear, dads got a friend with em lying around, i really wont go offroad much, mostly to just be the tow guy for my friends, and my buddy did that little fan mod to his truck and said he could tell there was a noticeable power increase, but i do want to get a turbo one day, but best to dream big than not at all, gotta go step by step, but far as motor work goes i want to do cams, and oput a stroker in it to 393, get gt40 heads and various other small things here and there to boost reliability and power, not tro mention clean everything out and install a better intake, i just want a truck that will be an awesome daily driver and hobby build

 

Super duty axles should work, but they are going to need some modification for sure. but for 400 bucks, that's an awesome deal. I guess you could try it and see what happens. I would take it to a dyno before and after to see if it really is a difference or if you just think you can feel it. I'm putting a turbo on my truck this spring when I freshen up the motor, Ive got one off of a E350 that had a powerstroke in it. I'm going with a 408 stroker however. Otherwise were going to have very similar trucks.

 

well i read somewhere that a guy took some super duty axles off a truck and they bolted right up to his 150 so ima give it a try, but my dad can weld so im not afraid to do work to it that involves cutting and welding, i would love to have rockwells though one day but not for a street truck, im not gonna dyno it till im about to install some serious motor mods, but if i dont feel diference ima take it off, i migt do a 408 like u depending on price though, i just find the 393 to be a good deal cheaper, and yeah power stroke turbos are cheap and plentiful so thats what im thinking bout doing, maybe swap to a diesel one day? and yeah keep me posted on your truck, i might just copy your set up cause its very simlar to my route im taking with mine

 

I won't swap to a diesel because I'm not real familiar on working on them. My uncle has a 408 stroker kit that he bought for his truck that he said I could have so I don't have to worry about cost for that either. I'm almost positive that the spring perches are going to have to be moved. I'm sure that the 393 will be pretty similar to the 408 though. I'll be sure to get a build thread going when I start tearing it down. I think I'm going to swap to a carb though because the speed density system isn't going to handle this set up at all.

 

well im a diesel guy so i know a good deal about them so im not worried, but that eventual like years away, but the 393 is just a bigger crankshaft, but ima keep the efi cause i can upgrade to a race intake and a race computer and it will make up for it nicely, everything that will be done to my truck will be out of my pocket only and pretty much all done by my hands so i dont have that luxury