79 7.3l idi

[Ford428CJ]

O.K. I'll post a separate post on how to do the swap. I found this to be the easiest for me and you might too! There isn't a book on this type of stuff or a so called Bible on "How To" . I do have pics of this and I hope you don't have a dial-up connection!

 

[Chubbs090]

here are some pics

 

[77f250diesel]

Chubbs090--It's a fairly easy swap. Do yourself a big favor and pull the nose off, it will make fabricating the new mounts alot easier.

351m/400 weighs around 5-550, 6.9/7.3 weighs 1-1100--a bit of a difference.

Ford428CJ--Nice truck


Dennis

 

[Chubbs090]

well i gotta pull in off any way and put a new one on

 

[Ford428CJ]

Chubbs090--It's a fairly easy swap. Do yourself a big favor and pull the nose off, it will make fabricating the new mounts alot easier.

351m/400 weighs around 5-550, 6.9/7.3 weighs 1-1100--a bit of a difference.

Ford428CJ--Nice truck
Dennis

Just like Dennis said! Thats what I did to fit mine in the truck. Thanks for the kind words.....

well i gotta pull in off any way and put a new one on

Chubbs, You never answered all my questions that I had for ya! Turbo and so on.....

 

[Chubbs090]

no turbo thats a little to rich for my blood im just gonna get a pyro and a tach turn the pump up and stack it

 

[Mr_Roboto]

Real nice looking truck. Sure looks like 5 lug wheels to me so I dunno. Unless they had a special spring setup for extended cab trucks??!!

I'll be heading to W Virginia sometime for a weekend. Give me the heads up if you end up selling the old motor / trans.

 

[Chubbs090]

ive got another 351m block needs a new cam lifters and pushrods. i have know idea about its thrown me throw so many loops

 

[Ford428CJ]

ive got another 351m block needs a new cam lifters and pushrods. i have know idea about its thrown me throw so many loops

No zinc in a lot of the oils is what might be causing your problem! NO kidding on that. There are a select few oils that have zinc left in them. I know a lot of people that have flatten out there cams because of that. What oil are you using????

 

[Darrin Tosh]

I will say it too,..Hey Ford426CJ,... NICE TRUCK! I would llike to see more pics!

 

[82F100SWB]

Mr Roboto: The 77-79 F150 ex cab 4x4 is an oddball unit... It has a 3/4 ton chassis with leafs, and push/pull steering, not the coils/crossover the reg cab F150's had, it's truly a completley oddball truck.

 

[Ford428CJ]

I will say it too,..Hey Ford426CJ,... NICE TRUCK! I would llike to see more pics!

I'll be posting more pics here soon on how I did my conversion! Thanks for the kind words

 

[Cat_Rebel]

That is a clean swap Ford428, more pics would be great!

 

[Agnem]

Uhm, if a bronco will handle it... Mel, paging doctor Mel!!!

Yea, there should be no problem with the F-150 frame, provided that you don't off road and beat the hell out of it. About the only difference I can see so far in the 80-97 frames is the diesel equiped ones have a much larger front cross member. I haven't done any measuring, but when I compare the Bronco to the F-250, that's about the only difference I see. I would imagine the 70's versions would have similar differences, but as was already stated were probably stout'er to begin with.

 

[Agnem]

You will need at least F-250 springs for the front. And I would use Dana 60's (front and rear). I don't think that Dana 44 is going to hold the weight that well. I would set it up for a Heavy F-250 suspension. JMHO.

Dana 44 works fine, even with 5 lug rims, for on-road use.