07 F150 V10 3V Swap Thread!!
#731
Texas A&M Aggie
Props to you for continuing to work on this thing. I for sure would've given up by now since it's been over 4 years. Good job on making it happen though! Finish line is a lot closer now than when you started.
#732
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To be continued
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#736
Was that truck in a fire?
#737
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The camper in the back caught fire and toasted the cab. Luckily the chassis is perfect. Factory 4.88s, Alcoa wheels and decent rubber.
Its going to get the V10 driverrain, the F-150 cab and a 12' flatbed.
Its going to get the V10 driverrain, the F-150 cab and a 12' flatbed.
#738
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I'm going to do some 5.4/6.8 comparisons though with an 04 that I got in the shop though before I take it apart again. Should be interesting how much better it performs.
#739
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The hardest way to get a crippled f450. I was with you going with swapping the v10. Pretty cool. But swapping frames? Which I see as more of a cab swap than a Frame swap. Why bother? Is thecab of the f450 that bad? Ill still follow, but ive lost the why at this point.
#740
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This truck (minus a set of gears and a front end swap) is everything I wanted to be, minus a few quirks. It's everything I wanted it to be when I started.
The problem lies that I need to tow and haul a lot heavier things now that I'm starting a business. When factoring in what I could sell this truck for (not a lot) and the price of vehicles right now (2015-2018 6.7 Powerstrokes) this makes the most financial sense for me. For around $10k and my current project I can put together a F-450 crew cab with factory 4.88s, 12' flatbed, lariat interior and be able to legally tow almost 20k lbs.
to start all over I wouldn't have gone this route, but now that I'm here it seems to be the best decision I have.
The problem lies that I need to tow and haul a lot heavier things now that I'm starting a business. When factoring in what I could sell this truck for (not a lot) and the price of vehicles right now (2015-2018 6.7 Powerstrokes) this makes the most financial sense for me. For around $10k and my current project I can put together a F-450 crew cab with factory 4.88s, 12' flatbed, lariat interior and be able to legally tow almost 20k lbs.
to start all over I wouldn't have gone this route, but now that I'm here it seems to be the best decision I have.
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