Mustang's F150 thread - It's got little glowy things on the roof! :D

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Looks good man. Love the color, truck and wheel and tire choice. Now may I ask, what's with your name? 90210? You like Hollywood? The show possibly?
 
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Looks good man. Love the color, truck and wheel and tire choice. Now may I ask, what's with your name? 90210? You like Hollywood? The show possibly?
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It's just a name I made up as an AIM screen name when I was 13. Here I am at 20 and still using it :lol:
RVDNuT374
Your truck really looks good! 👍 Everything's just right; the stance, wheel width, and tire size.
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Thanks man! It's been a long time coming to finally get the stance. I'm 99% happy with it. The last 1% is going to be the 4x4 swap for the front which is going to lift the front 2 more inches, and then 33x12.50 tires on those same wheels, as opposed to the 31x10.50 I have on them currently
 
This is just my opinion, but I say leave the truck the way it is. Your 300 straight-6 won't be able to move 33's and 4x4 at a reasonable rate down the road without regearing or extensive engine work, which can get expensive depending on the route you choose.
 
A 300 6 will have no problem turning 33s with a 4x4. My F250 had one and I had no issue.
 
RVDNuT374
This is just my opinion, but I say leave the truck the way it is. Your 300 straight-6 won't be able to move 33's and 4x4 at a reasonable rate down the road without regearing or extensive engine work, which can get expensive depending on the route you choose.
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My 0-60 is already 17ish seconds :lol:

But the truck will be getting regeared. When I go to 4x4 I'm going to most likely purchase a donor truck, but even if I don't, I'm grabbing factory stuff with a 3.55 ratio. 3.55s and 33s come out to the same effective gear ratio as 3.08s and 29s(I have 31s).

More important than the 4x4 is giving her some TLC. I need new front brake hoses, new back brakes, I have rust to fix and then get this thing painted. But I'll probably pull a 3.55 rear out of some other truck to replace mine before I bother with brakes on the current axle. It won't be hard to find a rear with brakes better than what I have. And I'm starting to get this crazy idea of fixing my air conditioning.
 
RVDNuT374
Wait a minute...... You live in Florida and don't have functioning AC in your truck? :crazy: But seriously, I can't wait to see your truck after everything's 100% complete. 👍
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Yes, I live in FL and don't have A/C. And I don't really care that much I just think it'd be cool if it worked. I've put 40,000 miles on this truck without it in the last 3 years. With both vent windows open, side windows down and the back slider open, I get some great ventilation. Even when my 2 side windows were stuck up for 3 months in the spring it wasn't too bad. Those vents really do a lot!

Thanks for the compliments :) I can't wait to get it done either. College budgets aren't easy to work on... I've got 3 jobs, so each and every mod to this or my motorcycle is tough to pull off. I just look for the best deals I can possibly find!

And when I get this thing painted, it's going to be Sonic Blue Metallic. All black and blue, no chrome will be left

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mustangGT90210
My 0-60 is already 17ish seconds :lol:

But the truck will be getting regeared. When I go to 4x4 I'm going to most likely purchase a donor truck, but even if I don't, I'm grabbing factory stuff with a 3.55 ratio. 3.55s and 33s come out to the same effective gear ratio as 3.08s and 29s(I have 31s).

More important than the 4x4 is giving her some TLC. I need new front brake hoses, new back brakes, I have rust to fix and then get this thing painted. But I'll probably pull a 3.55 rear out of some other truck to replace mine before I bother with brakes on the current axle. It won't be hard to find a rear with brakes better than what I have. And I'm starting to get this crazy idea of fixing my air conditioning.
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Don't go with another 3.55. You will hardly see any change and you will strain the piss out of that 300 to turn 33s or bigger, and as a result, you'll be lucky to see 2 miles a gallon. 3.73s will do the job (I have a 3.73 and I average 3-6mpg with a C6 351W V8 that is built) but 4.10s are ideal for 33s. After that, 4.56s are preferable. You will notice much more power and better gas mileage because the engine won't need to work as hard to turn those big tires. Take it from someone who has done it. For a 4x4 a D44 TTB up front and D60 rear will do wonders, trust me. At that point, even a SBF V8 swap will get you about the same MPG you get with your current 300. Even with a few bolt on parts and a rear end, you'll make 302 V8 power and really feel the torque with a 4.10 rear.
 
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Don't go with another 3.55. You will hardly see any change and you will strain the piss out of that 300 to turn 33s or bigger, and as a result, you'll be lucky to see 2 miles a gallon. 3.73s will do the job (I have a 3.73 and I average 3-6mpg with a C6 351W V8 that is built) but 4.10s are ideal for 33s. After that, 4.56s are preferable. You will notice much more power and better gas mileage because the engine won't need to work as hard to turn those big tires. Take it from someone who has done it. For a 4x4 a D44 TTB up front and D60 rear will do wonders, trust me. At that point, even a SBF V8 swap will get you about the same MPG you get with your current 300. Even with a few bolt on parts and a rear end, you'll make 302 V8 power and really feel the torque with a 4.10 rear.
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How would 3.55s and 33s strain this thing? It would put it at the same gear ratio as stock... I can't afford to re-gear my rear end, because it needs gears, and of course in 8.8s anything bigger than 3.55 ring gear (might be 3.73) require a different carrier. Finding a 3.73 or 4.10 rear in an F150 will be like a needle in a hay stack. And now that I've bought 5 lug wheels, I'm not gonig to pull a 250 rear for the 4.10s
 
mustangGT90210
How would 3.55s and 33s strain this thing? It would put it at the same gear ratio as stock... I can't afford to re-gear my rear end, because it needs gears, and of course in 8.8s anything bigger than 3.55 ring gear (might be 3.73) require a different carrier. Finding a 3.73 or 4.10 rear in an F150 will be like a needle in a hay stack. And now that I've bought 5 lug wheels, I'm not gonig to pull a 250 rear for the 4.10s
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I forgot they were 5 lug. I guess it depends on what you intend on using it for, as I assume a daily drive, which then the 3.55 would be a good compromise between what I said before. That trans you have is very important as well. What trans is in it? I think you told me before but I forgot. If it's a E40D or a AOD, or even a C6, they are POWER HOGGERS. Enough that a general estimate is about 25% power loss. But higher gears will definitely be able to pull a house down without killing MPG too much, sometimes improving it. Top end will improve as well.
 
E4OD. The most power sapping tranny available. I'll get 3.55 from a junkyard, unless they want too much around here, at which poiint I'd just regear the current axle to 4.10 and go. I was towing a zero turn lawn mower on a 18 foot car trailer and she was outta gas just after 60mph with these 3.08s. And that's only a 2000 pound rig behind the truck. My buddies K5 blazer can pull a 24 foot bayliner and do it better than this truck all day.

That being said, truck still handled it nicely. Got it moving really easy (torque!) but no top end lol

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Yes, I know, I loaded the trailer the absolute worst possible way that time :lol:
 
mustangGT90210
E4OD. The most power sapping tranny available. I'll get 3.55 from a junkyard, unless they want too much around here, at which poiint I'd just regear the current axle to 4.10 and go. I was towing a zero turn lawn mower on a 18 foot car trailer and she was outta gas just after 60mph with these 3.08s. And that's only a 2000 pound rig behind the truck. My buddies K5 blazer can pull a 24 foot bayliner and do it better than this truck all day.

That being said, truck still handled it nicely. Got it moving really easy (torque!) but no top end lol

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Yes, I know, I loaded the trailer the absolute worst possible way that time :lol:
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I thought you currently had 3.55s in it, not 3.08s. That's where I got confused. And yeah E40D's are reallllyyyy bad for that. But if you let it that 300 will pull a house down. A junkyard 3.55 with no issues I wouldn't pay more than $100-$150 (at least around my area). If I had to, I would say anywhere $350 or less is a good deal for 3.55s. Do not pay anymore than that, because that's where it starts to factor in what it would cost just to have one rebuilt, and since you wouldn't be rebuilding it, I wouldn't pay more than what I said.
 
I'd say $200 bucks is the most I would pay for the junkyard rear. Because I can pay $300 and get mine re-geared with the mechanic I know. I'm just a broke college kid with 2 projects and 3 jobs, so I'm trying to keep it inexpensive.
 
And that's just the one I ask. Most of the guys on the staff with me at the drag strip work at shops, or race also and can do gears!
 
Man I love random promotions at advance auto! I had 3 batteries in the garage, and they were giving $5 merchandise cards per battery. So $15 free dollars to use at advance.

So I did what I've wanted to for about 9 months, and bought some damn 5% tint for the side windows, so now the truck is 5% all around (yes it's illegal, no I don't care, if you want to scold me for liking dark windows, save your breath and energy) and I love it. The 20% I had on the sides just wasn't cutting it anymore.. and the tint itself glared red when the sun hit it and became impossible to see through, which was entirely unsafe
 
After I pay my tuition, and put new tires on my crotch rocket. I just hope the tires on the bike will make it past december 10th, because $30 a week in gas is so much better than $100. Tuition is due on the 10th
 
At least you get better than the 6mpg my truck gets. Some days I want a 3rd V8, others wish I never pulled the 300 6.
 
I have a bike for 50 to the gallon. And just found out that my bumper brackets have about 2-2.5 inches upward adjustment, so a body lift and 35s may be in my future. Start playing the MPG game like golf :lol:
 
Spent a few hours yesterday with my friend's dad getting some more awesomeness added to my truck

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Road to work last week was beyond awful after all the rain. It's an old dirt road... Shook the piss out of my truck at idle speed. And by shook the piss out of, I'm saying 2 of the 4 mounts for my grille broke right off

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