Anybody with the new body screw lifting their truck? Unsure whether to go full blown lift or just level her out. I have the 4.6 so I don't want to lose power that I already don't have. I do want to throw on some bigger tires and rims to go kick around the mud w'out getting bogged down. With a 2-2.5" leveler, what size tires can I fit? 33's? Any help is much appreciated ...and yes I already searched the forums, I just want some imput that is new body specific.

 

It just depends on how big you wanna go. If you have a 4x4, you can fit 35x12.50's on the stock wheels with a 2.5 inch leveling kit.

 

I agree with Wandell, sort of. Many on this site are running 35's with just the leveling kit. I have the leveling kit AND a 3" body lift with 35's and would say without the body lift it would be way too tight for me, but I don't like rubbing.

You also say you don't want to lose the power you already don't have but then talk about bigger tires. Sounds self defeating to me.

A think a good compromise for you with the least amount of cash outlay is to level the truck, put on 33's, and get the Xcal from Mike Troyer. With my 35's and running the 87 tune I can spin my rear tires on dry pavement (verified once, tires cost to much for repeated testing).

If money is no object, lift the truck higher, put on 35's, change your gearing to at least 4.56 (both diffs if 4x4), and get the stage 1 (or more) kit from Mike with the Xcal2.

 

Thanks Wandell & Dkm,
To be clear, I have a 4x2 but plan to swap in a 4.10 LS rear end. This will help low-end, I'm just unsure what is really practical--I drive mostly highway as a daily commuter, but I like to be the weekend warrior and go out to the desert and mountains, etc. I don't want to sacrifice too much power just to gain more clearance. But that being said, I clearly understand that some loss will occur...I would just like to keep that to a minimum.

Dkm, please tell me more about the excalibrator and your experiences, I was under the impression that it retuned the truck to run 91 or 93 octane.

point of nostalgia...anyone remember 92 octane?

 

You fill out several pages of questions for Mike: how you drive, where, what you do, tires, gears, maintenance habits, etc. and what you desire to accomplish, what octane gas you want a tune for. He custom does a tune for you. It's simply AWESOME. Most say it's a whole new truck.

 

Lift her all the way.

https://www.f150online.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=200813

 

thats a very nice lift!! truck looks clean