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Originally Posted by a11budman
Hey Now,
What's going on around here!!!!
Gald to see that you are over here Cliff.... Talked to John today on the phone so here I am....
That other place was gettin a little old.....
A11BUDMAN
What's going on around here!!!!
Gald to see that you are over here Cliff.... Talked to John today on the phone so here I am....
That other place was gettin a little old.....
A11BUDMAN
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Hey Now Cliff,
Well, I've stopped taking stuff off for now!!!!
Been polishing the Alum. Intake, heads and some other Alum parts off the Motor.
Got a lot of powder coating done...still need to get a couple of parts back so I can start putting the Motor back together...
Haven't touched any of the Body work, since it's been so hot!!!!
It's going slower then I would like...but all I can do is chip away at it when I have the time and the money!!!!
A11BUDMAN
Well, I've stopped taking stuff off for now!!!!
Been polishing the Alum. Intake, heads and some other Alum parts off the Motor.
Got a lot of powder coating done...still need to get a couple of parts back so I can start putting the Motor back together...
Haven't touched any of the Body work, since it's been so hot!!!!
It's going slower then I would like...but all I can do is chip away at it when I have the time and the money!!!!
A11BUDMAN
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Originally Posted by a11budman
Hey Now Cliff,
Well, I've stopped taking stuff off for now!!!!
Been polishing the Alum. Intake, heads and some other Alum parts off the Motor.
Got a lot of powder coating done...still need to get a couple of parts back so I can start putting the Motor back together...
Haven't touched any of the Body work, since it's been so hot!!!!
It's going slower then I would like...but all I can do is chip away at it when I have the time and the money!!!!
A11BUDMAN
Well, I've stopped taking stuff off for now!!!!
Been polishing the Alum. Intake, heads and some other Alum parts off the Motor.
Got a lot of powder coating done...still need to get a couple of parts back so I can start putting the Motor back together...
Haven't touched any of the Body work, since it's been so hot!!!!
It's going slower then I would like...but all I can do is chip away at it when I have the time and the money!!!!
A11BUDMAN
3 of the mebers here came to my place and help get my truck straightened out last Saturday.It runs alot better.Maybe I can start fixing it up after Christmas.We are all planning to meet in Kannapolis for Breakfast and then go on to Auto Fair if you want to join us you're more than welcome.
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Hey Now,
Just added some Pics.....Kinda of behind with the Pics....Camera had some dead Batteries...still have to take some more...
The Powder coated parts...mainly for the hang ons on the Motor
The Heads
The Intake...still have a couple of more grits to work it over with...
The 100!!! The core support has been taken off since the pic was taken oh ya the rear end is out of the Truck now also
That's about it...
Cliff, I'm in Gastonia, which is about 10-15 west of Charlotte. I reckon it's about 45 mins to my place?
A11BUDMAN
Just added some Pics.....Kinda of behind with the Pics....Camera had some dead Batteries...still have to take some more...
The Powder coated parts...mainly for the hang ons on the Motor
The Heads
The Intake...still have a couple of more grits to work it over with...
The 100!!! The core support has been taken off since the pic was taken oh ya the rear end is out of the Truck now also
That's about it...
Cliff, I'm in Gastonia, which is about 10-15 west of Charlotte. I reckon it's about 45 mins to my place?
A11BUDMAN
Last edited by a11budman; Sep 7, 2006 at 09:40 PM.
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The pic's look great.I thought you were going to keep the V6? Those pully's and bracket look great powdercoated. That 351 really fits in there great.Going to FI?
Last edited by SuperSnake; Sep 7, 2006 at 09:56 PM.
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Hey Now,
Thanks for the Good words....
James. a.k.a. carnut57 did the powder coating for me
I am keeping the V6. I still have the 351w sitting in the Garage...one of these Days!!!!
The V6 is a pretty rare Motor in a full size and it sure gets a lot of looks at shows and G2Gs....plus Ford was nice enough is use all these Aluminum Parts on it
A11BUDMAN
Thanks for the Good words....
James. a.k.a. carnut57 did the powder coating for me
I am keeping the V6. I still have the 351w sitting in the Garage...one of these Days!!!!
The V6 is a pretty rare Motor in a full size and it sure gets a lot of looks at shows and G2Gs....plus Ford was nice enough is use all these Aluminum Parts on it
A11BUDMAN
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lol...nice looking parts!
aluminum heads, what kind you have there? I have a set of trickflow twisted wedge heads on a 302 i built up. other parts: pete jackson, comp cams, speed pro, motorsport roller rockers, etc....
nice to have you on board here.
aluminum heads, what kind you have there? I have a set of trickflow twisted wedge heads on a 302 i built up. other parts: pete jackson, comp cams, speed pro, motorsport roller rockers, etc....
nice to have you on board here.
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Hey Now Rick,
Thanks for the Welcome!
The Heads are OEM as is the entire Engine...1982 was the 1st year for the 3.8 and Ford was trying to save weight, so they used a lot of Aluminum.
The Truck is a real Dog!!! She will run great on the Hiway...of course having a 2.70 Rear End is not helping much!!!!!
I decided to stay with the 3.8 cause of MPG and only 1 out of 5 F-series made that year with a 6 cyl had the 3.8, the other 6 was the 300
A11BUDMAN
Thanks for the Welcome!
The Heads are OEM as is the entire Engine...1982 was the 1st year for the 3.8 and Ford was trying to save weight, so they used a lot of Aluminum.
The Truck is a real Dog!!! She will run great on the Hiway...of course having a 2.70 Rear End is not helping much!!!!!
I decided to stay with the 3.8 cause of MPG and only 1 out of 5 F-series made that year with a 6 cyl had the 3.8, the other 6 was the 300
A11BUDMAN
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Originally Posted by a11budman
Hey Now Rick,
Thanks for the Welcome!
The Heads are OEM as is the entire Engine...1982 was the 1st year for the 3.8 and Ford was trying to save weight, so they used a lot of Aluminum.
The Truck is a real Dog!!! She will run great on the Hiway...of course having a 2.70 Rear End is not helping much!!!!!
I decided to stay with the 3.8 cause of MPG and only 1 out of 5 F-series made that year with a 6 cyl had the 3.8, the other 6 was the 300
A11BUDMAN
Thanks for the Welcome!
The Heads are OEM as is the entire Engine...1982 was the 1st year for the 3.8 and Ford was trying to save weight, so they used a lot of Aluminum.
The Truck is a real Dog!!! She will run great on the Hiway...of course having a 2.70 Rear End is not helping much!!!!!
I decided to stay with the 3.8 cause of MPG and only 1 out of 5 F-series made that year with a 6 cyl had the 3.8, the other 6 was the 300
A11BUDMAN
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Hey Now Cliff,
http://www1.autozone.com/servlet/UiBroker?ForwardPage=az/cds/en_us/0900823d/80/0a/cd/d5/0900823d800acdd5.jsp#hd1-1-3
Auto Zone.com repair info....
Just plug in the info on your Truck and they give stats on how many of each engines where used....
Sometimes they don't show the Figures, but not often!!!
A11BUDMAN
http://www1.autozone.com/servlet/UiBroker?ForwardPage=az/cds/en_us/0900823d/80/0a/cd/d5/0900823d800acdd5.jsp#hd1-1-3
Auto Zone.com repair info....
Just plug in the info on your Truck and they give stats on how many of each engines where used....
Sometimes they don't show the Figures, but not often!!!
A11BUDMAN
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hey all just found this part of the site and would like to get in on the NCFTE site. Im from wilson about 30 minutes from raleigh and i have a 2004 F150 FX4 5.4 SC. Wish i would have known about yall gettin together at Charlotte and i would have been down there. But anyway good to see that there are some folks from NC around here.