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An L motor in a 4x4...Hell Yeah

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Old Mar 25, 2004 | 05:44 PM
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An L motor in a 4x4...Hell Yeah

The April cover truck for 'Four Wheeler' mag. is a 97 F-150 w/ an L motor. It started out as a v-6, 4x2 and now its an insane 4 Wheel drive , L Blown MONSTER . Go to this link and check out 'Metro1lpsd' gallery.

http://ftw.truckmoxie.com/forums/topic.ten?id=265000

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Old Mar 25, 2004 | 05:46 PM
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wow, lol
 
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Old Mar 25, 2004 | 05:47 PM
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A little info about this BEAST


Original truck is a 97 f150 supercab 2 wheel drive with a v6 and a manual trans. Now it has a Lightning motor and trans converted to 4wd with a Excursion transfer case. The axles are a 79' dana 60 front and a 88' 10.25 sterling rear.The suspension has been redesigned to a full 4-link with Bilstein 9100 coilovers. I am just now putting the truck back together. I built ever peice myself from scratch and all of the parts are just comming back from paint and crome. MORE PICS ARE ON THE WAY!!!! Steering is custom crossover with a dana 60 arm and 3 inch block. Gears are 5.13. Driveshafts were built by highangle driveline and are 1350 cv's. Tires are 38.5 baja claws on 16.5x14 weld mountain crusher rims.Some of the other mods are JDM heat exchanger, 2001 harley cluster, and a custom 2.5 to 3 inch exaust with x-pipe and magna flow mufflers.


Check out the JDM/ Fluidyne Heat Exchanger



 

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Old Mar 25, 2004 | 06:32 PM
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Daddy like...
 
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Old Mar 25, 2004 | 07:01 PM
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Hell yeah! That's bad a$$...
 
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Old Mar 25, 2004 | 07:13 PM
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Now that is truck



New I should have kept my old 97'
 
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Old Mar 25, 2004 | 07:55 PM
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Oh Yeah!!! Might surprise a few ricers at the light with that thing!
 
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Old Mar 25, 2004 | 09:19 PM
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IMPRESSIVE!! Job well done.

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Old Mar 25, 2004 | 10:54 PM
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thats some serious bling bling
 
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Old Mar 25, 2004 | 11:05 PM
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Hey if your into trucks, why not make it a fast truck
Hate to see the gas mileage he's getting "YIKES"
But boy it's a beaut, and I bet it pulls nice with our Motor,
SOB prob run a 15 even with those giant tires on it
 
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Old Mar 26, 2004 | 12:22 AM
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Thats bad ***.
 
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Old Mar 26, 2004 | 08:08 AM
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That's similiar to my next project. A Lightning drivetrain in a Jeep CJ5 or CJ7
 
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