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Old May 1, 2018 | 09:30 AM
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Breakfast of champions.
 
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Old May 1, 2018 | 11:31 AM
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Originally Posted by HardScrabble
Sarcasm was the point.

You have a truck that was built to be used as a car. If you need more truck, buy more truck. Ford built a lot of trucks, find one that was built to do the job
I agree. I have a very similar truck and went to 4.56 gears.
Better for sure, but there is only so much you are going to reasonably do to a 5.0 for power.
Probably better and cheaper to get a different truck.
 
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Old May 1, 2018 | 03:10 PM
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Originally Posted by McLeod
... but there is only so much you are going to reasonably do to a 5.0 for power.
Probably better and cheaper to get a different truck.
Sell the 5.0 & invest in a 5.8

Instant, sure-fire stroke.
 
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Old May 14, 2018 | 10:26 PM
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Originally Posted by McLeod
I agree. I have a very similar truck and went to 4.56 gears.
Better for sure, but there is only so much you are going to reasonably do to a 5.0 for power.
Probably better and cheaper to get a different truck.
Getting a new truck is not an option, as I grew up in that truck and bought it from my father, I plan on parking it to build it piece by piece, while driving something else. I plan on re-gearing to 4.10, putting LT headers, as well as new exhaust, and wait until the 5.0 blows out the MF while building a 5.8 to go in it!!
 
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