hey guys, whats been goin on? I haven't posted on FTE forever it seems like, prolly like 4 months atleast. Brian, Joey, all you guys, how yall doin?

 

Doin fine man! How's the truck? Good? And yourself? Awesome!!! Glad we had this talk!

Nah, it's good to hear from ya.

 

Im doin pretty good, i have just been caught up workin all summer, kinda sucks. But yea I ended up sellin the old 4.2 in may i think it was. After I wrecked it this past January I never really wanted it nemore after it got fixed so I ended up getting a 2005 ext cab 5.4L f150 in april and put my truck up for sale. My new truck is lookin pretty mean already, i have true duals angled out the back on 4" tips and it sounds awesome. I got some other stuff on it but I'll prolly get some pics in here sometime. how is everyone else?

 

Thought I might put my 4.2L in. ITs been awhile since I've seen all of us including strick 4.2 on the same page. I sold my 4.2L too...

 

whatever happened to strick4.2?

 

my 4.2 is still here, i was doing some performance mods but i think i'm going to focus on the "show" aspect....i have it on 20's and 3/5 drop, but i want bags and 22s.

i thought about saving up for a lightning, and making the 4.2 a show truck...but i think instead of a lightning i'll save up for a 05/06 navigator (once i get a good job) and bagging that on 24's and throwing on a kenne bell twin screw blower. Riding in luxury and smoking imports.....

That's about me in a nutshell, haven't posted up for awhile either. Hell, i'll take this opportunity to say hello to Joe.

Hi joe! Long time no talk!

And brian.

Hey brian! Hows the 05?

And tom,

Hey Tom, i bet you'll never see this!! (luckily i've got his email and phone)

And garrett

Hey Garrett, how you be son?

Everyone else: Hey! Ford for life, right?

 

several of the major players here from a year or so back have drifted off.

I like the '05 pretty well. It has its good points and its bad points.
I like the convenience of the auto transmission but, in a way, the 2000 is just more enjoyable to drive.
After nearly 170,000 miles, it just "fits me". It's like a second skin, but maybe the '05 will grow on me that way too, over time.

It's slower here these days.
Summer, and fewer visits from the older riff-raff, er, I mean, uh, "regular contributors".

 

I keep the 5spd in my 05 4.2l I think my older one was funner to drive. I think it had a good bit better throttle reponse than my new one...maybe its that stock muffler, whick I could build a house in its so large....

 

dont forget the increased weight

 

That and the fact that the engine comes stock with slightly lower HP ratings....other than taht I like the 6 disk cd player and...well thats about it....

 

I'm confused?? Are you saying your '05 has a 5 speed??

 

Yes it is....

 

hmm..
Didn't know it had been made available yet.
I went to Ford's web page and did some looking.
I understand only the 3.31 rear end is offered with the 5 speed.
All other rear end ratios require the auto transmission.

That's a bummer. It would be a good option for a 5 speed and 3.55 or 3.73 rear end.

 

Yes it would be...I miss my 3.55 gears in the old one...I peeled out by accident the other day taking off fast coming out of my drive way..it has two solid...short...burn out marks on the road..both same size..Are these new ones limited slip?....my old one would only spin one tire at a time....which ever one had the LEAST amount of traction spun...But the 3.31 would explain why the truch does't accelerate as fast as my old one...