ATS? or Ford superduty original modified?

 

Anybody recall something about being able to mount the second row back further? (Never use the 3rd row) Was there drilling involved? I'm planning to change carpet soon, perhaps it will be obvious when I get it apart? A few more inches of room in the back would be nice.

 

ATS. Was more expensive than junkyard springs but I'm really happy with the outcome so far.

 

Was just talking to the wife about the same thing this evening.

EDIT: Found this. It would be a little custom but not too bad for an inch or two I think.

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/7...t-or-back.html

 

i assume you had to call, last time I looked i didn't see any springs for the Excursion.

 

I did. I called and talked to Junior who was very helpful. We discussed what I wanted to use the truck for and he recommended the springs that he thought would serve my needs best. Seems he was right.

 

Is that your garage? Seriously jealous if it is.....

 

I wish. It's the maintenance shop at the chemical plant I work for.

 

IMO you don't want Excursion replacement springs if you are towing.
I used similar springs as Logan but from Stengel Brothers. Much more capacity than the stockers, I probably should have gone to the higher capacity spring but it still sets ok with the trailer on.

 

Ordered carpet from 1Aauto. We'll see if it's as easy as the old Floridian says it is.

 

I bought a junkyard '04 4.10 rear axle to swap in.
I am not sure I will like the non towing RPM's of the 4.10's so I thought if I can find a rear axle at the right price I would throw it under the truck to test it out this spring break trip to Branson, MO.

With the 285 Toyo's the towing RPM at 65 is just too low for my liking. It's 1800ish RPM is just at the edge of the torque curve. I really want to get to the mountains this summer or next and this truck is going to have to get stronger or the trailer get lighter. We really like the trailer so the truck needs a break in the load I think.

The power at 2000 RPM is much better so I think with 4.10's it will put me right in the sweet spot, lessen the load on the trans and make for a less stressful road trip.

I looked on car-part.com and found this rear axle for $155. That is worth the price of the used gears alone to me . I will open it up this weekend to check the bearings and gear pattern/condition. If all good I'll throw my brakes on it and the new finned aluminum cover and get it under the truck.

If I like the ratio change I will probably buy used gears off e-bay and swap them into the front axle. I just have a little cold feet that it will really hurt the NON towing highway mileage. Not sure it even matters as we only really drive the truck for weekend errands in town >10 miles but a couple weekends ago we bombed down to San Antonio @ 75-80 mph.

Hard to say for sure but I think my old '95 power-stroke was 4.10 with the 5 speed and it towed like a absolute bad *** and I don't remember it being bad on the highway.
I'll report back with results.

 

Here's the before and after with the X/B code springs. Color is off a bit in the first pic but it's the same truck.

 

Wow those springs even changed the color from green to tan!

 

Looks good, but now its screaming for more tire!

 

Ordered up some Riff Raff bling, and picked up a turbo from a fellow member here on the forum.