blue rally
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I just recently bought this late 87 ( actually an 88 by the books , but 87 by the dmv, you know how that is) ford f-350 crew cab dually, actually it was given to me after all the parts I put in it and time. +
let me give you a bit of history I am the 3rd owner of this truck. the 1st owner took care of it religiously with all paperwork , the second owner did not so well and blew up the turbo due to dirty oil and then proceeded to drive it until it blew a head-gasket. this truck has only 152k. the 2nd owner had the engine totally rebuilt 1500 miles ago. he elected not to replace the turbo. so the shop left it off and took the system back to stock with all stock exhaust etc. he also let it sit for about 5 yrs. only driving it once every 6 months or so. when I made the deal to buy the truck once it was running the 2nd owner agreed to take off what parts I needed from the asking price. so after new batteries , cleaned out the fuel tanks and new lift pump and new injection pump, it was finally running and sounded good , that was until a head gasket blew (he did not change antifreeze so no electrolysis additive) so off with the heads and on with new gaskets. this engine was sooo clean inside you could almost eat off of it.
Now it is all up and running great , except it's a dog on the hills!!! I mean i can hit the bottom of the hill doing 75 and half way up i am doin 50 and loosing speed until the motor sits at 3,000 rpm and hold speed there. this is not a very long hill only about 1/2 mile. this truck has a gear vendor overdrive on it that I tried both off and on and same issue. the truck will kick down to 2nd gear on my c-6 tranny and hold it there.
Now the advice I need is would a turbo be actually a big help in this case or is there another way of " tuning" the motor 1st?
I do notice that some times it takes a little more cranking after it warms up and sits for about 1/2 Hr. if I go into the store for about 10-15 minutes come back out , it fires right up.
There is no smoke from the exhaust , except when I start it up from a cold start and then it's only light and disappears quickly.
So what am I missing here? Besides the turbo.
let me give you a bit of history I am the 3rd owner of this truck. the 1st owner took care of it religiously with all paperwork , the second owner did not so well and blew up the turbo due to dirty oil and then proceeded to drive it until it blew a head-gasket. this truck has only 152k. the 2nd owner had the engine totally rebuilt 1500 miles ago. he elected not to replace the turbo. so the shop left it off and took the system back to stock with all stock exhaust etc. he also let it sit for about 5 yrs. only driving it once every 6 months or so. when I made the deal to buy the truck once it was running the 2nd owner agreed to take off what parts I needed from the asking price. so after new batteries , cleaned out the fuel tanks and new lift pump and new injection pump, it was finally running and sounded good , that was until a head gasket blew (he did not change antifreeze so no electrolysis additive) so off with the heads and on with new gaskets. this engine was sooo clean inside you could almost eat off of it.
Now it is all up and running great , except it's a dog on the hills!!! I mean i can hit the bottom of the hill doing 75 and half way up i am doin 50 and loosing speed until the motor sits at 3,000 rpm and hold speed there. this is not a very long hill only about 1/2 mile. this truck has a gear vendor overdrive on it that I tried both off and on and same issue. the truck will kick down to 2nd gear on my c-6 tranny and hold it there.
Now the advice I need is would a turbo be actually a big help in this case or is there another way of " tuning" the motor 1st?
I do notice that some times it takes a little more cranking after it warms up and sits for about 1/2 Hr. if I go into the store for about 10-15 minutes come back out , it fires right up.
There is no smoke from the exhaust , except when I start it up from a cold start and then it's only light and disappears quickly.
So what am I missing here? Besides the turbo.
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