another sick six?
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another sick six?
I have an 88 F-150 300/6 4x4. I want more power and am not sure what to do with an injected motor and a computer.
Motor is in excelent shape, just weaker than my choice of tire.
The exaust was cut between the o2 sensor and cat. converter. I tossed the converter and ran 3" exaust into a 2.5" turbo muffler.
The Taylor spiral wires and new fuel injectors are all that has been done. That is except regular oil changes and tune ups.
100k on motor seems tight.
I would like to find some more horses somewhere and I am not sure where to start looking.
Is a chip a good investment?
cam?
I would appreciate any experience that you might have.
thanks
Motor is in excelent shape, just weaker than my choice of tire.
The exaust was cut between the o2 sensor and cat. converter. I tossed the converter and ran 3" exaust into a 2.5" turbo muffler.
The Taylor spiral wires and new fuel injectors are all that has been done. That is except regular oil changes and tune ups.
100k on motor seems tight.
I would like to find some more horses somewhere and I am not sure where to start looking.
Is a chip a good investment?
cam?
I would appreciate any experience that you might have.
thanks
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another sick six?
I dont know what it would do on your truck but porting and polishing my intakes and heads on my 5.0 worked wonders, and I too replaced the fuel injectors, by any chance when you did that did you also get a adjustable fuel regulator? I think that also needs to be added so you can dial in the extra fuel, cam should definatly help and might even give that 6 a higher revving power range...
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another sick six?
Hello. I am new at this. I just bought my first EVER pickup. A 1995 F150 XL. A basic 4X4 pickup. It has the 300 ci (4.9L) six with a 5 speed stick. When I was younger I drove dump trucks with this same engine in it. It is a fine engine, but it ain't a hot rod engine.
But understand that I am somewhat different from most of you. My previous vehicle was a 94 GEO Tracker. Don't laugh, she gave me 32 mpg, and ran quite well. But with 122k hard driven miles and an expansion of my job travel, I decided to get this truck. It gets between 22 and 15 mpg, and to me it has PLENTY of power.
This is the first full size vehicle I have had in over 15 years. It is nice to have a smooth ride on these sorry Pa highways. And compared to the Tracker, the single cab is like a gym! Every tool and accessory I had stowed in the Tracker fits behind the seat!
I hope to upgrade exhaust system and do a few simple things to improve performance, but she is fine just like she is.
Norman Prevatte
But understand that I am somewhat different from most of you. My previous vehicle was a 94 GEO Tracker. Don't laugh, she gave me 32 mpg, and ran quite well. But with 122k hard driven miles and an expansion of my job travel, I decided to get this truck. It gets between 22 and 15 mpg, and to me it has PLENTY of power.
This is the first full size vehicle I have had in over 15 years. It is nice to have a smooth ride on these sorry Pa highways. And compared to the Tracker, the single cab is like a gym! Every tool and accessory I had stowed in the Tracker fits behind the seat!
I hope to upgrade exhaust system and do a few simple things to improve performance, but she is fine just like she is.
Norman Prevatte
