so i finnaly found myself a truck, after a few months of loking at quite a few trucks i got me a good deal i think,

its a 1990 F150 4x4,4.9 inline 6, With a 5spd. long bed. auto locking hubs. shes in pretty good condition, has 143,000 miles on it, i got it for 2900.
ill post pictures of it when i get a chance, im just glad to finally have a truck again.

 

Yes! Sounds just like what I would buy - you going to be able to make Stoddard Wells with it?

 

Yep, a workhorse that wont let you down. Enjoy it!

 

i dont wanna sound like an idiot, but what are stoddard wells?


oh yeah this is my first 4x4 truck

 

Stoddard Wells is an off-road 4wd park just south of Barstow. Several of us and the Southern Cal guys, maybe even the wimps from Las Vegas, will spend a weekend there the end of February - we are calling it a Western Region Meeting.

There are a couple of active threads on it. Most of us will be camping out and enjoying the desert.

 

Sounds like a good deal for a 1990 4x4. My next Ford truck will have the 300 inline six in it. (Hopefully, never know what circumstances will bring)

 

end of feburary huh, yah i might be able to make it down there who knows, i dont know if i would take it wheeling though, just wanna get used to her for awhile.,

oh and heres the pic of it from the ad that i called on it for, im guna take more detailed pictures when i get a chance. i know there not that big but ill have better ones soon.

 

There is wheeling, and then there is wheeling. You don't have to go nuts and try every hill and rock pile - I don't.

I will have my jeep there, and I don't want to hurt it as it pulls my camp trailer. Mostly I go everywhere in 2wd, and, if I need 4wd, use it only to get free and start back. I have never broke anything, or damaged a tire. I did get stuck once, and had to borrow a tractor to get out.

But I agree, it is too nice a looking rig to beat it up.

 

sweet looking rig Cowboy
I look forward to hooking up with ***** down there
I wouldn`t miss it for the world as it is my fav place to ride in the high desert.It`s just a lot of wide open desert with hills ,rocks dirt. In the creekbeds there is soft sand as well as patchs.Hope you can be meeting us down there as well Cowboy

Hanklin

 

Good Deal! Gonna be a trucker now!

 

yeah sounds like fun and all, it just for a weekend trip thats a far distance from san jose.

and does any one have any ideas on how i can get a little more power out of her, i noticed she got plenty of torque, just not up ther on the hp

 

All engine want the same thing...more air...once they get it, they have to have fuel to keep happy.

Good exhaust is always on the top of the list of L6's, intakes for them might be limited, but you'd have to look around.

Keep it all simple to start with, you've some miles on the girl, and you need to keep CARB parts in mind...although the last two rller dynos I was on, all they did was LOOK at the engine bay, without any functional testing...but be aware anyway.

 

An 89 will have fuel injection and there is just not a lot you can do with it. It is about as good as it ever got. There is an inline six forum with a lot of experts on it, and they may know some trick you can try - but be careful as most of those experts do not need to pass a smog check.

Also, please remember that you have an truck/industrial motor with a lot of rotating mass. It will never perform like a V8 - you make your power at low RPM, they are high RPM engines.

 

Most of the time the 300's out torque a V8. Unless you got a stroker 351 or bigger, but then you wont be getting 15mpg's doing it. Grunt pullin power is what makes them work so well in a pickup. Torque wins races, hp sells cars. RPM doesnt guarantee you to win a race either. If that's the case, I'd put a model airplane engine in my truck that spins 30k rpm's.

 

Nice lookin truck cowboy! Needs some Nevada pin stripe though.
Nah, just kiddin. That's too nice lookin of a truck to boonie wamp the sage in, just for some cheap pin stripe. Prolly wanna take care of that one eh?