| Product | Cost | Date Installed | Rating | Comments |
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| (Various Manufacturers) - Tires and Rims | $580.00 | | 5 | 4 33x12.50's, 2 on 15" wheels, new BFG All-Terrains that I bought before I decided on the SAS. 2 on the rear are used Mud King's on 16.5" wheels that I got so I can use the 36" HMMWV tires. 15's and tires wil get sold off along with the other 33's once I |
| - - Stright Pipe/Stack/Rain Cap(Flapper) | $30.00 | | 10 | Cut off my old Flowmaster Super 40 system since the hangers were almost copmletely gone. A buddy gave me a length of flex pipe that we painted high-temp black to avoid rust and I bought a 5' section of 2.5" exhaust tubing locally. I mounted it to the outs |
| Borg & Beck - 11" Clutch | $100.00 | | 9 | When I did the 4x4 conversion, I upgraded to the 11" Borg & Beck clutch since it was on my parts truck, just bought a new clutch disc before I installed it and I've only had it slip here recently, about 3-4 years later since the rear main is starting to l |
| Ford - 4x4 Conversion | $350.00 | | | A few ears ago (I can't find my thread on it), I converted my 4x2 1990 F150 to a 4x4 using the 4x4 front TTB (Twin Traction Beam) axle out of a factory 4x4 truck. Went to the junkyard, pulled it out, pulled mine out and swapped the 4x4 front end in. I als |
| Ford - Diesel Overflow Tank and Windshield Wiper Fluid Box | $15.00 | | 8 | Planning on running dual batteries so I grabbed the diesel over flow box and wiper fliud box so I can relocate them and install the 2nd battery in the factoy position. The diesel overflow box is bigger and the wiper fluid box is seperate to it can be moun |
| Ford - Front Axle 4.09 Regear/3rd Member Install | $150.00 | | 5 | Used the 3rd member from the parts truck to match the gears in my differentials once I installed the Sterling in the rear geared 4.10
Since the parts truck was a Light Duty F250, it had a heavy duty version of the D44 TTB that used the same drop-out 3r |
| Ford Racing - Differential Regear | $100.00 | | 5 | Pulled my stock 3.08 differential ring and pinion in the 8.8" rear axle and set up the carrier with 3.55's to match the 4x4 front end. |
| Ford/Sterling Plant - 8 Lug 10.25" Sterling Rear Axle Swap | $250.00 | | 9 | Pulled my factory 5 lug 8.8" rear axle out and rolled the rear axle from the parts truck under it (after much cleaning and replacing of brake parts of course). Now geared 4.10 instead of 3.55 so I run high RPM's on the highway, effectivly reducing my mile |
| K&N - Generation II Fuel Injection Performance Kit | $60.00 | | 8 | I bought JUST the K&N filter for my model truck (as a replacement filter) and made new, larger intake tubes out of some decently thick PVC, painted black. Works nicely. |
| Pioneer - Super Tuner III D | $100.00 | | 8 | Installed Pioneer aftermarket stereo (factory radio didn't work). Got the adapter harness and soldered the Pioneer's harness to it. Tuner came with new speakers to replace the ones in the dors, worked great. As an audio engineer, I am very particular abou |
| Product | Cost | Comments |
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| - - Hydro-Assist Steering | $100.00 | Once the solid axle is installed, I'm going it go hyrdo-assist. Meaning that I'm going to use a smallish hydraulic ram with an 8" stroke to "assist" my factory power steering setup. Once the solid axle is in, I have a spare steering gear box that will get |
| Superlift/Procomp - 6 in. Lift | $350.00 | Tearing out my 4x4 front end that I put in a few years ago to convert to 4x4 and installing a solid axle from '79. I will eventually intall SuperFLEX spring front and back. Need 6" of lift to clear componants for the SAS (Solid Axle Swap). Almost have all |
| Ford - SAS (Solid Axle Swap) | $2000.00 | Pulled a 5 lug '79 solid D44 out of a F150 in the junkyard, converted it to 8 lug, going to extend and box the radisu arms and tie them into a custom built transmission crossmember. Using 6" of lift and custom steering and a custom tracbar. Axle will be g |
| Me - Turbo'd Ford EFI 300 Inline Six | $3000.00 | Building a new inline six. Block will get bored .030" over and have forged pistons installed. A new cam and guideplates/studs to mount straight six chebby rockers in. Hardened pushrod, new bearings, gaskets, valves, sensors, water pump, high volume oil pu |
| Ford - Dual Batteries | $0.00 | Pulled the single battery tray from my parts truck and reconfigured it to sit on the driver's side like a stock diesel dual battery setup. Going to seperate them with factory starter relays from the junkyard. |
| Ford - 3G or 6G Alternator Upgrade | $20.00 | Already have the wiring and 175 amp fuse in place for my 3G install. I had gotten a 6G alternator by chance, though it happened to have a white regulator (comupter control only) so I have to wait until I can find another one to install the alternator itse |
