93 F150 528cu project build

(I don't know if this belongs in this forum)

Just thought I would share some pictures I don't have all the pictures in order.

Just off the trailer

During the axle swap

9" axle out of the 79 F150 being swapped in place of an unknown 9"

Sanded down the frame rails with 40grit, primed and painted with semi gloss.


Rewiring the dash so I know where everthing is.

Want to do the gauges something like this.


I'll have to update the pictures tonight. The engine is liable to be installed this weekend if I feel that I will be able to install the oil filter relocation kit with the engine in. We put the bed back on last weekend and the rear end sit's a little lower.

when did you get that truck jones ???? this is going to be a sweet lighting !!!!

I can't decide what I want to do about the electronics... Right now I can't figure out why the turn signals don't work. I have the headlights and tail lights working though. For simplisity I thinking of just using a switch box for the ignition, starter & fuel pump rather than wiring it into the ignition switch. One person suggested I just pull every factory wire out of the truck and install a Painless Prostreet switch that has all of the lighting options I would need to make it street legal. What do you think?

bruno wrote:when did you get that truck jones ???? this is going to be a sweet lighting !!!!

I have had the truck for a while now, maybe a 9 months. I sold the Mustang to a forum member from Minnesota. I thought it was going to be a nice enough truck, but as I work on it I kinda wish it was a little nicer. I really wanted a working AC system.

Josh those guages would look sweet in that dash with Aluminum with Jeweled machining on it.....


Randy

More than likely it will be a piece of lexan painted black on the back side.

Jones are you going to put a speedo in it for street driving or you just going to race only

I might install a speed-o or just use my rpms as I have done before.

Jones I may have 5" sport comp Speedo in the garage in stock, I will check....


Randy

I hear you do you need a peace polished ATP to use on your dash I got a couple peaces that will fit you would have to trim it to fit let me know you can have it for the shipping cost

69F100 wrote:I hear you do you need a peace polished ATP to use on your dash I got a couple peaces that will fit you would have to trim it to fit let me know you can have it for the shipping cost

You have me interested, what is ATP?

the Coug wrote:Jones I may have 5" sport comp Speedo in the garage in stock, I will check....


Randy

Let me know!

alum tread plate , like what the alum tool box are made out of that goes on the back bed of a truck

Josh,

I'll take some pics of the dash in my Mustang. I used the stock cluster, gutted it and stuck a piece of plastic sheet in it to mount the gauges in. It fits in the white cluster back shell still and mounts in the dash like it's factory. You could use whatever you want instead of the plastic I used.

Josh,

interesting project. I am building a 94 myself. I have been tossing the idea of a RacePak in the dash. Looks like it would fit perfect plus my truck will be a track only. I have two other Lightnings to street drive.

Bobby

I am really trying to decide if I want to pull every bit of wire out of the truck and start re-wiring with a Painless Prostreet wiring harness kit. The kit is on the exspensive side $530 but I an imagine all the other items that will get deleted along with the wiring during the process.

Just thought I would add this picture.

I'll have to get some pics of that sweet k member and stuff my brother bought from you, saved right at 60#'s

I was just trying to remember who I sold that stuff too. Wish there was something like that for these things!

Wish there was something like that for these things!
There is AJE makes kit but pretty expensive, go to NLOC there is several of the trucks with them on them!

We have the a/c and the full stock gauge cluster working on my dads 95 with a carbed 460. It has alot of the original wires still with the harness that goes to the engine chopped down to what we need. Tach, a/c compressor, oil pressure and water temp gauges. Speedo works off the rear but it still has an 8.8. I can get a pic once the snow melts off somewhat.

Ok, finally the engine is finished, I can now either take it to the dyno or throw into the engine compartment.

Engine overview:

528cu 385 series Ford, Evans Ported Iron cylinder heads, Performer RPM intake, Cartwright camshaft, Adney Rotating Assembly, engine block machine work by Finishline.

I found a entire front clip off a 95 F150 and went and picked it up today. I'll have to post a picture for kicks & giggles. It's a maroon color but it has the plastic inner fenders, a hood that isn't cut up and a working hood latch!! So I guess I'll remove the old clip before I install the engine.

Since today is my B-day I figured I'd work on the truck some.

Set the engine in the frame rails for the first time.


Headers don't fit and the 90 degree oil filter adapter won't fit without some notching of the frame.

Is the header fitment issue something that a small spacer at the bottom of the motor mount would fix?