Granny is killing me...
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Granny is killing me...
I am wanting to get a little more pep out of the 300 6Cyl that is in my 78 F150 4x4 flareside.
I don't know which tranny it has in it, but I can tell you this. It has the granny gear. I take off in second gear, shift into third at about 18-20mph, and if I really rev the rpm's I'll shift into 4th at about 35mph.
I'd like to get a little better performance out of the truck. Also it has absolutely no get up and go once you are in 4th gear. At 40-60 mph if you give it the gas like you are trying to pass or something it will slowly increase in speed. It's just not a peppy driver.
Is there any thing I can do about this??? I don't know if it is a transmission thing, the gearing in the rear end, or if it is a combination of a lot of things.
I've had the truck for a while, but have just recently decided to make it a lot nicer looker and driver. If I need to give info as to which transmission it has and which rear-end, I'll need some guidance as to how I find those things out. I'm sure there are numbers that tell me somewhere, but you'll have to guide me to where they are.
Thanks for the help.
Chad
I don't know which tranny it has in it, but I can tell you this. It has the granny gear. I take off in second gear, shift into third at about 18-20mph, and if I really rev the rpm's I'll shift into 4th at about 35mph.
I'd like to get a little better performance out of the truck. Also it has absolutely no get up and go once you are in 4th gear. At 40-60 mph if you give it the gas like you are trying to pass or something it will slowly increase in speed. It's just not a peppy driver.
Is there any thing I can do about this??? I don't know if it is a transmission thing, the gearing in the rear end, or if it is a combination of a lot of things.
I've had the truck for a while, but have just recently decided to make it a lot nicer looker and driver. If I need to give info as to which transmission it has and which rear-end, I'll need some guidance as to how I find those things out. I'm sure there are numbers that tell me somewhere, but you'll have to guide me to where they are.
Thanks for the help.
Chad
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Granny is killing me...
How many miles on that 300?
As for the rear-end, look at the bolts around the pumpkin. There should be a metal tag on one of them. Get all the info off of the tag and post it here, someone will be able to de-code it for you.
As for getting more "pep" from your engine, check this company out:
[http://www.cliffordperformance.com]
They specialize in 6 cylinder performance upgrades.
Roger
As for the rear-end, look at the bolts around the pumpkin. There should be a metal tag on one of them. Get all the info off of the tag and post it here, someone will be able to de-code it for you.
As for getting more "pep" from your engine, check this company out:
[http://www.cliffordperformance.com]
They specialize in 6 cylinder performance upgrades.
Roger
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Granny is killing me...
>How many miles on that 300?
Speedometer says 47,834. I've had it for over 10 years and I'm it has flipped the 100,000 mark once on me. If I were guessing I'd say
actual mileage is 247,000.
>As for the rear-end, look at the bolts around the pumpkin.
>There should be a metal tag on one of them. Get all the
>info off of the tag and post it here, someone will be able
>to de-code it for you.
Below are the numbers from that tag. Can someone decipher this for me?
H82 - top left
7HB - top right
509 - bottom left
390B - bottom right
I've designated where the numbers were on the tag incase that makes a difference. Also they were pretty hard to read, so an "8" may really be a "B" and vica versa. Thanks for the help.
Chad
Speedometer says 47,834. I've had it for over 10 years and I'm it has flipped the 100,000 mark once on me. If I were guessing I'd say
actual mileage is 247,000.
>As for the rear-end, look at the bolts around the pumpkin.
>There should be a metal tag on one of them. Get all the
>info off of the tag and post it here, someone will be able
>to de-code it for you.
Below are the numbers from that tag. Can someone decipher this for me?
H82 - top left
7HB - top right
509 - bottom left
390B - bottom right
I've designated where the numbers were on the tag incase that makes a difference. Also they were pretty hard to read, so an "8" may really be a "B" and vica versa. Thanks for the help.
Chad
