Im not a rock person by any means i love trail ridin and big nasty deep mud holes but my rough country does really well on and off road an i have no sway bars hooked up at all just a dual dteering stabilizer...just the gas guys puttin ruts in the road makes me keep both hands on the wheel other then that i can hold those 39.5s on the road with one hand doin 50-55

 

so when you bought your kit u ordered the kit and extended brake lines but didn't add on sway bars at all? Is it rough country steering stabilizer- do they even make them?

 

Okay. So u guys are saying no sway bars at all? Wouldnt that drive like hell on the road?

 

yes i ordered extended lines and the steering stabalizer from rough country throught national tire and wheel it was like $90 for a dual setup plus had to had on 2 shocks cause my truck has the dual shock setup in the front......... doesnt really drive bad on the road and pennsylvania roads SUCK .....im going to be flipping my tie rods here real soon

 

Amen to PA roads sucking. Worst roads out of any state I've been in.
Pardon my ignorance but you are doing what with the tie rod ends?

 

going to ream out the top side of the knuckle where the tie rod mounts ...for alittle improvement on angle

 

Hmmm, take some pictures of this process if you would please.

 

Are you going to do the tie rod flip or something?

 

in regards to handling on the road, mine handles not much different then my friends bronco befor he took his stabilizers off..... i litterally take a onramp at 45-50mph without any worry of it rolling... thats with a 4" lift and 33" tires.... i could see it being a issue with really soft (flexible) setups.... but.. even so most onramps shouldnt be taken at 45-50mph.... =p

 

yes booba and i will try to

 

Well atleast I have some time to consider all these options, nd is a dual steering stabilizers neccesary fora 6" lift and 35's?

 

it helps

 

im starting to find quite a few ext cabs with 5.8's as im branching my search into the carolinas but thats a ride for me. A few days ago I drove 2 hours and found thee truck in awful condition, 600k on the dash (I was told 170), a 5.0 engine (i was told it had a 5.8) check engine light going and I was told the rear fuel pump didnt work only the front tank did (which prior to that I was told absolutely nothing wrong but a lil rust) so that was a succesful trip lol

any one have a clue how much I can pull or buy an auto tranny for a truck with a 5.8?
thanks guys

 

Theres a couple places around here that charge no more than 100 for any transmission. One is pull it yourself type deal, the other I'm not sure about.
I can't believe you're having such trouble finding one, there are dozens and dozens around here.
Not saying you should drive this far, but these are the first two that came up, newest ones, and just happen the be the 5.8 and auto. http://classifieds.pennswoods.net/cl...dindex=1137815
http://classifieds.pennswoods.net/cl...dindex=1137204
One says it's already lifted, the other appears to be lifted but doesn't say.

 

as of right now I have my 2000 f150, which I plan on selling eventually as Im saving up for a diesel, don;t want to kick the crap out of that when I get it so I been planning to buy one of these older f150's to build it up and off road....... as of now 4 grand isn't possible for me (part of the reason im having trouble finding a 351 im sure)...

Looking at 2 more trucks soon, one of which the guy is pretty clueless about. He believes it is the 302 in there and he doesn't know if its fuel injected or if it is a carb... but the truck is in nice condition so im going to take a look and see what I find

Id like to get a 351 but a regeared 302 should be able to pull 35's through the mud fine shouldn't it? Beastly you have the regeared 6 cyl and thats moving 38s in the mud well, the engines have about the same torque.......
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