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Ford Blues
I have a 89 F-150 4x4 302 5 speed 3.55 gears with 33" tires. I am tired of the Z-71's making a fool out of me on top end take off or anything! I am going to pull my engine! I would like to get 300 or 350 horses out of it what should i do to it to get the power i want? I am a poorboy so i need to keep the cost down!!!! Is my engine a roller motor
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From: Pa
I had a 1990 Lariet 302 a few years back & did a lot to get it to run with the stock electronics. Nothing helped. If I had it to do over, I would have done intake & carb. & vacume/mechanical distributer. It would really be nice with an Edelbrock setup with heads& intake & headers. depends on what "I" could afford.
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97 Lariet-sc-4.6-4x off road-auto-3.55 LS-
superchip-K&N-Poweraid-3"
pvc air box mod-Granetelli MAF
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97 Lariet-sc-4.6-4x off road-auto-3.55 LS-
superchip-K&N-Poweraid-3"
pvc air box mod-Granetelli MAF
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From: Maine
yes, I believe your truck is a roller motor.If you are looking for 300+ horsepower you should save yourself the headache and expense,and purchase a Motorsport crate motor.The motor you have now is not a H.O. and would require a good set of heads,upper and lower intake and a mass air swap.I think a GT40 crate motor with a mass air conversion would be cheaper in the long run.
Just my opinion.
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99 F 150 4x4.ORP,S/B 4.6 4.10 gears, Gibson 3" cat back. K&N filter. Superchip
Just my opinion.
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99 F 150 4x4.ORP,S/B 4.6 4.10 gears, Gibson 3" cat back. K&N filter. Superchip
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From: Pa
The engine I pulled from my '90 was flat tappet & rockers. The crate engine would be nice but big $$$ if ethomas want's to spend that much.
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97 Lariet-sc-4.6-4x off road-auto-3.55 LS-
superchip-K&N-Poweraid-3"
pvc air box mod-Granetelli MAF
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97 Lariet-sc-4.6-4x off road-auto-3.55 LS-
superchip-K&N-Poweraid-3"
pvc air box mod-Granetelli MAF
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From: Manhattan KS
I agree with the above, but I would swap out the efi for a carb/intake kit, get an exhaust, and filter, and run really low gears.
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1993 F-150 302/e4od/355 Limited slip. dual exhuast w/o mufflers, 2 1/4" pipes, Echo Tips, Summit Racing headers, accel plugs/wires(8.6mm)/rotor/cap, hypertech powermodule, 4 degree advance,Blaster Coil,MSd 6A Ignition, TPS Mod,hopefully roller rockers in the future,possible 4:10 gear swap 5% dark tint, Ford Bed mat, Bundy Chrome Drop bumper, Wrap-around bug deflector, 2-tone tan/brown. Alpine cd player and Pioneer speakers, with tweeters No room for anything else.
1989 F-150 XLT 4x4 Future 300hp engine build!
2000 Superduty CrewCab v-10, auto,2wd.
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toydestroyer1@yahoo.com
"Sleeper"
1993 F-150 302/e4od/355 Limited slip. dual exhuast w/o mufflers, 2 1/4" pipes, Echo Tips, Summit Racing headers, accel plugs/wires(8.6mm)/rotor/cap, hypertech powermodule, 4 degree advance,Blaster Coil,MSd 6A Ignition, TPS Mod,hopefully roller rockers in the future,possible 4:10 gear swap 5% dark tint, Ford Bed mat, Bundy Chrome Drop bumper, Wrap-around bug deflector, 2-tone tan/brown. Alpine cd player and Pioneer speakers, with tweeters No room for anything else.
1989 F-150 XLT 4x4 Future 300hp engine build!
2000 Superduty CrewCab v-10, auto,2wd.