hey whatsup im john (dirtmerchant) on FSB. recently i referenced you guys when swapping to the ho firing order. pretty freakin sweet, thanx ford-trucks.com

i dunno why i didnt join here AWHILE ago, no brainer...

anyway i got a 89 bronco with a lil mods here and there

it came off the assembly line with a good ol 302 and efficient lil aod

now its got
97 mountaineer gt40p motor
1.7 rr
1" intake spacer
flowmaster y to 3" catco to 3' flowmaster delta to 2.5 gibson tail<--it was free , eh


and i swapped from an aod to a c6...didnt like slushies, never have never will

...so i swapped it to a manual np 435 4 spd, the granny first is awesome

now i wanna work on getting my motor happy. dont get me wrong , it runs well, but i know tha running off the stock FI and batch fire speed density has gotta be hurting power, just a lil. so im gonna start with a fuel press regulator, and then swap in a mustang computer and harness possibly, or try some other stock ford truck computers, just mess with it w/o spending BIG money so anyone got any ideas?

heres a pic of the beast btw my favorite pic

 

nice rig, how big of a pain was the 4spd swap?

 

bolting everything up was easy, but there was a point i had 4 diff exhaust manifolds to put on the truck, cause the combination of gt40P heads and a external slave x-ed out stock truck manifolds, the mustang bbks, stock bbks- i ended up using restrictive explorer headers to clear the external slave and not interfere with spark plugs

putting the 86 pedal ***'y under an 87-91 dash required a lil modification.

the clutch hydraulics arent too bad once you know what your doing.

besides that if your doing a straight swap everything bolts up and its pretty easy.

 

is the hydraulic clutch mandatory, or can i use a cable or linkage set up?

 

with these trucks, hydraulic is the way to go. the early 80s mechanical linkage wears out bushings like crazy, and you cant ingage the clutch when the truck frame and body flexes.

as long as the hydraulics have NO air bubbles, and you use a new arm on the clutch pedal rod, hydraulic is the wa to go. check it out, steve83's supermotors
http://www.supermotors.net/clubs/ful...try/2742/12752

 

that cool, but I eventually plan on the cummins swap one day when budget permits

 

yeah my next swap is gonna be the 7.3 powerstroke to a zf 5 speed, i can dream

 

if not for dreams....