I was looking for a project Reg-Cab, V8, Manual 4x4 to buy & fix up when I realized...I can just tinker on Dads '95 K2500!
I love my Dad, but this truck is just his motorized wheel barrow that gets ZERO love...He thinks I'm CrAzY for wanting to clean on it!
I had polished wheels on it, but that was a poor choice on my part due to no maintenance.
So I took a page from the '67-72 guys and got some 93-97 3/4 ton Ford Accuride steelies. They have a more aggressive offset, 1/2" wider(16x7) and have a "dished" look. Plus painted wheels are maintenance free!
Its leveled with old 265/75/16 KO1 BFG's and I stuck 2" rear spacers on it to correct the weird trackwidth mismatch from that vintage truck.
What makes it cool to me is the stick! NV4500 that shifts like a bus...but you're not going to bang gears in a truck like this.
I did a '7427 ECM(for the wide band hack) and Vortec 350 swap years ago...but am now trying to readdress how it runs. Back in the day it wasn't as well known that the stock TBI fuel pump can't keep up with higher flow demands, I think it is just running out of fuel pressure.
I love my Dad, but this truck is just his motorized wheel barrow that gets ZERO love...He thinks I'm CrAzY for wanting to clean on it!
I had polished wheels on it, but that was a poor choice on my part due to no maintenance.
So I took a page from the '67-72 guys and got some 93-97 3/4 ton Ford Accuride steelies. They have a more aggressive offset, 1/2" wider(16x7) and have a "dished" look. Plus painted wheels are maintenance free!
Its leveled with old 265/75/16 KO1 BFG's and I stuck 2" rear spacers on it to correct the weird trackwidth mismatch from that vintage truck.
What makes it cool to me is the stick! NV4500 that shifts like a bus...but you're not going to bang gears in a truck like this.
I did a '7427 ECM(for the wide band hack) and Vortec 350 swap years ago...but am now trying to readdress how it runs. Back in the day it wasn't as well known that the stock TBI fuel pump can't keep up with higher flow demands, I think it is just running out of fuel pressure.
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Hopefully I can finally make a TBI engine run well!
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