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Old May 23, 2004 | 12:42 PM
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engine swap in 74 high boy

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here is my plan. i want to put a power stroke deisel in my 74 f-250. im buildin this to be the "one bad" truck. (dana 60's lockers, 12'' of lift, 49'' super swampers ect ect ect.) has any one tryed this b4? how hard is it gonna be? what kind of performance can u get out of the deisel? is 400+ hp possible? im building it to go mudding with, the original plan was stroked 460 with 600hp but then i started driving my buddies built up high boy and it gets 4 mpg and is way more mild then mines gonna be..
 

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Old May 23, 2004 | 03:28 PM
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As to performance, check out Banks and/or Bullydog technologies.
 
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