What a machine !
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What a machine !
I had to move my '82 Ford w/400 today, to make way for holiday visitors upcoming...
So I chain-sawed some small trees down on my property next door, and opened up the old access road that was used to build my garage long time ago. I had to pull in there over snow banks and a pretty big drainage ditch along the paved road, it looked like a letter "S" laying on it's side in contour. Everything is melting snow and mud, and I was thinking, man, I hope I don't get stuck in here. Locked the hubs, put her in 4WD low range, shifted into granny 1st, and let the clutch out.
It went "grrr-rrr-rrr-rrr" and crawled right over and up all that nasty terrain, like it wasn't even there ! I never even hit the gas- it just idled in on the choke fast idle !
I'm likin' this 400 truck- largely ! This sucka will pull over a house !
So I chain-sawed some small trees down on my property next door, and opened up the old access road that was used to build my garage long time ago. I had to pull in there over snow banks and a pretty big drainage ditch along the paved road, it looked like a letter "S" laying on it's side in contour. Everything is melting snow and mud, and I was thinking, man, I hope I don't get stuck in here. Locked the hubs, put her in 4WD low range, shifted into granny 1st, and let the clutch out.
It went "grrr-rrr-rrr-rrr" and crawled right over and up all that nasty terrain, like it wasn't even there ! I never even hit the gas- it just idled in on the choke fast idle !
I'm likin' this 400 truck- largely ! This sucka will pull over a house !
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It's got 3.00 or 2.90 gears in it, the truck used to have a 6-cyl.
but still mighty LOW in low range, granny first, that's for sure...it crawled through there like a Tiger Tank on Blitzkrieg, circa 1943
but still mighty LOW in low range, granny first, that's for sure...it crawled through there like a Tiger Tank on Blitzkrieg, circa 1943
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Okay, in that case, it's like 51.2:1. Are you sure about the 2.90 or 3.00 thing? From my understanding, 6 cylinder, 4 speed trucks came with 4.11's, to help with acceleration without the torque multiplication of the automatic. With those 4.11's, you could pull down not just your house, but your neihbors, and anyone elses on ther block, at the same time.
