Ford F150 - $4,000 to upgrade my truck

I took my boys 5, 3 1/2 & 2 years old to the Monster Truck Nationals in Toledo tonight. They freaking LOVED it! I am using my Ford as a "work truck" and I have about 4 grand that I can write off as maintenance on the truck for 2007 taxes.

Here are my thoughts:

http://store.summitracing.com/partdetai ... w=1&N=700+

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My goal is to be able to turn bigger tires, so does anyone have any thoughts on spending the money on something else? I can BS my Fiscal year ending this month so I will need to make a decision quickly.

If still had my last truck and money like I do now, an engine would be the first thing I'd do. Are you mechanically-inclined to put the engine together and install it? I'm pretty sure I've seen some pretty sweet complete engines (check Jeg's too). Good luck and keep us posted!

Yeah I can take a Ford apart and reassemble it in my sleep. -Checking JEGS right now.

Sweet! I wish I could claim the same!

My Dad had a used car lot, it really wasn't an option.

I'll second the motor swap, get your hands on a 351 and stroke it. 4K will do alot for your truck. You could build the motor and still have enough to re-do the rear end

Looks good except for one thing. I wouldn't use a Mustang manifold. Edelbrock makes an intake for the 5.0 and 5.8 trucks just so you dont haft to relocate a thing

http://store.summitracing.com/partdetai ... toview=sku

Yeah that manifold is in my favorites list on my PC, I didn't know if I could get away with just a plenum or not.

Im pretty sure your stock speed density system will not handle that.

Yeah, I'll be upgrading to a MAF sensor.

You will also need a custom chip burned for your computer or you will need to run a tweecer.

I like the idea of the tweecer, in case I decide to throw a supercharger, turbocharger or jet engine on it in the future.

Yea, lets you mess with it and fine tune.