Good afternoon y'all. Long time lurker, first time poster - that being said, I hope this is the right place for this kinda thread. I'm about to go pick up my newest truck, a 1990 F250, 7.3L diesel, 4x4, auto, reg. cab/long bed that I plan to do some upgrades to and essentially make it as robust as possible.




I plan on doing a few upgrades to it - one being the ZF5 swap. I've already bought a transmission, pedal assembly, no-shifter steering column, et cetera, et cetera. I was wondering if anyone has done anything to upgrade their pedal shaft bushings such as machine their own brass/bronze bushings or even a roller bearing conversion? Has anyone blown a steering column apart and done any upgrades to it? What are some popular upgrades I should look into for an IDI F250? I'm new to the world of diesel trucks.



Here's a short background on me - I'm Matt and I build high end hot rods for a world class hot rod shop in central Texas and oftentimes work with CNC machined parts and machine my own stuff on an upright mill and lathe. So I usually go overkill on stuff but I like pushing the limits of what's possible and elevating stuff where I can. I plan on keeping this truck for a long while so I like knowing these parts are going to last. I might start a build thread just to document everything I've done to my truck so I can share with the community. Is there a sub-forum dedicated to build threads?

Thanks in advance!

 

Cool project!