Is 4.6L Superior to 5.4L
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LOL , I define redneck in a hole other way. Like maybe 5 cars sittin in the yard that don't even run
03 F150
96 Land Rover Discovery
93 Jeep Wrangler
91 Explorer Eddie Bauer
84 Jeep CJ7
At least 3 of them run.
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Originally Posted by Klitch
lol well im 19 and im well on the way for that. got my pickup i had since jr year of high school, my dirtbike, a classic car im gonna restore. and im workin on a girl :P
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Originally Posted by jimheem
Crap. With my new purchase of my '03 F150, I'm up to 5.
03 F150
96 Land Rover Discovery
93 Jeep Wrangler
91 Explorer Eddie Bauer
84 Jeep CJ7
At least 3 of them run.
03 F150
96 Land Rover Discovery
93 Jeep Wrangler
91 Explorer Eddie Bauer
84 Jeep CJ7
At least 3 of them run.
That's funny I have a friend who's parents farm is like a salvage yard. The old man never sold his junkers threw the years - just parked them out in the field when they quit working
Every one of them has bullet holes in it now
Hell , I think the car he's driving currently has bullet holes in it
That's a Redneck...
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thats how i picked up my 67 fairlane.
dad bought it back in 75 as a parts car, looted it for some parts and left it there. i found the title and went hauling *** with a winch, come along flat bed trailer and some plywood! now i got a car body on the car trailer and im trying to find the time and money to get it on wheels lol
dad bought it back in 75 as a parts car, looted it for some parts and left it there. i found the title and went hauling *** with a winch, come along flat bed trailer and some plywood! now i got a car body on the car trailer and im trying to find the time and money to get it on wheels lol
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Originally Posted by Klitch
thats how i picked up my 67 fairlane.
dad bought it back in 75 as a parts car, looted it for some parts and left it there. i found the title and went hauling *** with a winch, come along flat bed trailer and some plywood! now i got a car body on the car trailer and im trying to find the time and money to get it on wheels lol
dad bought it back in 75 as a parts car, looted it for some parts and left it there. i found the title and went hauling *** with a winch, come along flat bed trailer and some plywood! now i got a car body on the car trailer and im trying to find the time and money to get it on wheels lol
Does it have bullet holes too.??
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Originally Posted by tritonpwr
OK, I think I know what you're asking...
I have everything! A friend of mine owns a salvage yard here in town. I told him what I was looking for, it took like 6 months, but he got in an 01 2x4 gator that had been t-boned and totaled at 28,000 miles. The hit was right between the front and back wheels on the passenger side. Mechanically, it was in great shape. The rear suspension was bent all to hell, the front wheel was ripped off, the frame was bent, all the airbags were deployed (except the ones in the sides of the seats which didn't deploy for some reason).
I got everything I thought I could need for the build, plus some parts that I could use on other projects. The complete motor, all the accessories (you know, ps pump, alternator (gators have a 200amp alt), ac compressor, etc. I got the 100 tranny (which I plan to upgrade and put it in my 2000 with the modded 4.6), drive-shaft, computer, wiring harness, gauge cluster, oil and tranny coolers (factory), big aluminum radiator, condenser coil, rear axle (9.75" LS 3.73, disk brakes of course) which is already in my 2000 F150 along with a new ring and pinion, heated and a/c'ed leather seats (all of them), the big front brakes, the rack and pinion variable assist steering setup along with all the hoses, steering column, the dash, and some other goodies. I basically stripped it.
You'll probably pee on yourself when you find out how much I paid for all this. I didn't pay a dime! Well, not for the parts anyway..... we worked out a deal where I built him 3 really nice new computers (one for his business, 2 for his house). So in total, it cost me about $2,200 for all that!
You should have done it! You don't need the computer or the wiring harness. Yours would work. You would need a tune, of course, but yours would work. The Gator short-block is just like the lightning. It has the steel crank, forged rods, forged pistons, etc. If nothing else, put the heads and intake on your 5.4.
I have everything! A friend of mine owns a salvage yard here in town. I told him what I was looking for, it took like 6 months, but he got in an 01 2x4 gator that had been t-boned and totaled at 28,000 miles. The hit was right between the front and back wheels on the passenger side. Mechanically, it was in great shape. The rear suspension was bent all to hell, the front wheel was ripped off, the frame was bent, all the airbags were deployed (except the ones in the sides of the seats which didn't deploy for some reason).
I got everything I thought I could need for the build, plus some parts that I could use on other projects. The complete motor, all the accessories (you know, ps pump, alternator (gators have a 200amp alt), ac compressor, etc. I got the 100 tranny (which I plan to upgrade and put it in my 2000 with the modded 4.6), drive-shaft, computer, wiring harness, gauge cluster, oil and tranny coolers (factory), big aluminum radiator, condenser coil, rear axle (9.75" LS 3.73, disk brakes of course) which is already in my 2000 F150 along with a new ring and pinion, heated and a/c'ed leather seats (all of them), the big front brakes, the rack and pinion variable assist steering setup along with all the hoses, steering column, the dash, and some other goodies. I basically stripped it.
You'll probably pee on yourself when you find out how much I paid for all this. I didn't pay a dime! Well, not for the parts anyway..... we worked out a deal where I built him 3 really nice new computers (one for his business, 2 for his house). So in total, it cost me about $2,200 for all that!
You should have done it! You don't need the computer or the wiring harness. Yours would work. You would need a tune, of course, but yours would work. The Gator short-block is just like the lightning. It has the steel crank, forged rods, forged pistons, etc. If nothing else, put the heads and intake on your 5.4.
Thanx for the info , glad I backtracked - I didn't see that you replied. Got cold feet didn't get that 01 , I started thniking I should wait it out for a gator myself or a lightning . Prolly cost a little more - mannn, did you get a deal . The buying the whole vehicle thing from a salvage place has allot of bene's
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i feel like poo... no incentive yet to go out in a freezing cold storage building of ours, fire up the diesel and drive that tank around front to the shop. then pick the motor out and go scrounge for a engine stand not being used... lol
ill do that when i feel better.
ill do that when i feel better.
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Originally Posted by Klitch
i feel like poo... no incentive yet to go out in a freezing cold storage building of ours, fire up the diesel and drive that tank around front to the shop. then pick the motor out and go scrounge for a engine stand not being used... lol
ill do that when i feel better.
ill do that when i feel better.
LOL , excitments gone , work begins
To bad you just can't snapp your fingers and it in huh.. First thing I would look at is the bolt patterns on you trans and the motor - If you would of had an E40D, it wouldn't have bolted up. I was thinking you still could have a problem if the motor came from a van or a f250 because they came with 4R100 transmissions and agian that would mean yours won't bolt up. So I would check that out to be sure. Easier to do while it's out.