Has anyone here done it? I think a Juiced up Powerstroke in a 56 F100 would be so cool.

 

A bit heavy for the stock frame and front suspension, don'tchyathink?

 

Might want a larger truck than a 100 if you're planning on keeping the stock frame...

 

Not that i could ever afford to do it but I would like to see one done .Of course it would need to be beefed up in the front but if your building a custom truck you are not gonna leave the 50 plus year old suspension in it anyway.Look in the deisel performance magazines and there are guys puting Duramax`s in S10`s and Camaros and racing them.I think a `56 with with a pumped up Powerstroke would be cool as hell.

 

Kahuna,
I am planning on installing a 7.3L Powerstroke and 4R100 transmission in my 48 F1. Follow the link to the Dakota front crossmember install I posted earlier.

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/8...ossmember.html

Industrial Chassis of Phoenix did the frame work and boxed the frame all the way to about the back of the cab and installed a tubular center crossmember to stiffen up the frame and to straighten it out. This should make the frame stout enough for the 932 pound (dry) 7.3L Powerstroke. I also have the stiffest springs Dodge made for the 1989 Dakota.

Sizewise the 7.3L is about the same size as the 460 Ford and only about 150-200 pounds heavier.

 

LOOK AROUND THERE'S GUY'S HERE ON THIS FORUM AND SOME LATER MODEL STUFF STUFFING CURRENT DIESELS IN THEIR TRUCKS GUY . MIGHT HAVE TO SEARCH A LITTLE BUT THEY ARE HERE ! HADES I GOT A SON IN LAW WHO IS ADAMANT 'BOUT STUFFING A POWERSTROKE IN HIS 61 IH TRAVEL ALL SO ..............

 

I stuffed a 5.9 cummins into my 56 f600 ... truck is still all ford! I took the cummins out of a 94 f700.
search in this section, there is a 56 f600 with a powerstroke.