5.4 is pulled from the donor, hurst shifter is here and longtubes are ordered. Hopefully it is running and driving by the end of the weekend.

 

Headers are here, shifter is installed. Work has been busy so no time off to drop the 5.4 in yet

 

where did you get the headers at?

 

EBay

 

Very neat!

I love watching builds like this.

 

they look like copies of the obx copies whoch are copies of rhe dynatechs

 

any update?

 

Enjoy it while it lasts. I now have a ZF 6 speed in the garage ready to be installed.

 

Been busy with work. Engine is in, headers are on, and I spent most of a day searching through pic n pull to find a 99 5.4 PI intake. Needs about a days worth of work to be running NA but I can usually only spare about an hour at a time.

 

I feel our trucks are different enough that I'm optimistic, and it will also be NA for the first few months at least (I have 2 other cars that need my attention but need a truck to bring one of them home) ultimately I will either decide if I want to leave it NA and use it as a truck or maybe go 3550/T56 with the blower, depends on what I can find at a good price.

 

Also, the headers fit way better than I expected. Drivers side bolted up easily with 7 factory studs and one bolt. Passenger side wouldn't clear the studs in the head so I removed them and reinstalled the ones I could once it was in. Probably could have avoided it by lifting the engine but didn't feel like it.

 

story of my life. no time

 

they finally hired the 2 people missing from our department. Going on vacation in a few weeks and then I'm gonna hit my projects hard.

 

Had to see the blower on it


And as it sits right now. Hoping 1 maybe 2 more days to have it running. (Keep im mind a day for me is about 4 hours at best right now)