Gabacho_Baja
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I have a '98/ f150/ v6/ 5spd/ 2WD project truck. It's coming along nicely.
Things I've done or have the parts to do this week:
- Head's rebuilt and block cleaned up(done)
- Master rebuild kit, new oil pump(done)
- New clutch, master and slave cylinders(next up)
- new power steering pump, pressure and return hoses(later this week)
- Water pump and fan clutch (later this week)
- painted a bunch of parts, black and blue (later this week)
- swapped 3.73 rear end from the bone yard (later this week)
I have the bottom end back together and the heads on. I'm basically in the clean and paint phase before I set the motor back in. This is my first, long term, non daily driver build. So I wanted to take the time to clean and paint all the stuff and have a nice clean look under the hood.
Next on my agenda, is the front end. I want an old school, resto-mod look. So, I'm going Leaf Springs, dual gas bypass shocks and a 44 up front.
What Transfer case do you guys like for this application?
I don't want to go over kill and something electronic would be nice so I can wire it up vs. making new holes in my floor.
Any thoughts on this project are appreciated. I'll update this post with some pics tomorrow.
Edit:
I wanted to add, this will be my first time rebuilding axles from the ground up and setting up ring and pinion gears. I'll be learning all the good stuff. Pre-load, lash, bearings and races. All the fun stuff. If you have any pointers or warnings, I'd love to hear them.
Reguards,
El Jeffe
Things I've done or have the parts to do this week:
- Head's rebuilt and block cleaned up(done)
- Master rebuild kit, new oil pump(done)
- New clutch, master and slave cylinders(next up)
- new power steering pump, pressure and return hoses(later this week)
- Water pump and fan clutch (later this week)
- painted a bunch of parts, black and blue (later this week)
- swapped 3.73 rear end from the bone yard (later this week)
I have the bottom end back together and the heads on. I'm basically in the clean and paint phase before I set the motor back in. This is my first, long term, non daily driver build. So I wanted to take the time to clean and paint all the stuff and have a nice clean look under the hood.
Next on my agenda, is the front end. I want an old school, resto-mod look. So, I'm going Leaf Springs, dual gas bypass shocks and a 44 up front.
What Transfer case do you guys like for this application?
I don't want to go over kill and something electronic would be nice so I can wire it up vs. making new holes in my floor.
Any thoughts on this project are appreciated. I'll update this post with some pics tomorrow.
Edit:
I wanted to add, this will be my first time rebuilding axles from the ground up and setting up ring and pinion gears. I'll be learning all the good stuff. Pre-load, lash, bearings and races. All the fun stuff. If you have any pointers or warnings, I'd love to hear them.
Reguards,
El Jeffe
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It is a cheap, simple, proven setup. It is not like the torsion bar SLA IFS originally on the truck is worth a shit, and Ford themselves were using leaf springs and solid axles on the 250/350s of the same vintage.
If you are running smaller than 37" tires, a Dana 60 is almost certainly going to hurt more than help compared to a Dana 44. A buddy of mine put a '76-'77 F150 Dana 44 in his '03 Dodge 1500 on leaves and ran 35" tires and converted it to the 8 lug outers. The truck drove great, and honestly, if you didn't see the front end before you got in, you would think it was just a run of the mill lifted half-ton based on the way it drove on the street. I have a '78-'79 F250 Dana 44 on leaves swapped into an '85 Bronco II, and it rides decent for what it is and flexes great. It also feels way more stable off camber than my coil rig.