Trading Gas Miles For Smiles With a Big Block Swap
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- čas přidán 17. 11. 2023
- What a journey this has been from start to finish with this big block swap into Earl. From picking up CoachMA'AM and ripping out the 460, all the way to settling it into Earl. I'm glad to have this thing finally finished and ready to do some work and cruises.
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As a plumber of over 25+ yrs i do approve, every sink is a urnal and ive been pissing in sinks across america since i was a wee lad….on and off the clock too, maybe even at your favorite resturaunts😂😂😂
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Seeing this makes me miss my 60 c20 Apache Stake bed truck. Cammed 235 with split manifolds and 4speed. 4.56 gears. Paid 900 cash for it and drove it 100 miles home runnin 45 mph crankin 4000 rpm 🤣 she was screamin in the slow lane. Sold it to a 80 yr old man who bought one new off the line. He passed rt before he got it painted. His Son supposed to send me pics when its done.
nice! There is an apache sitting in a field near here, but the owner says "one day he'll dig into it and fix it up".
@@VeteranIdiot one of those guys huh. Maybe his kids will sell it if there's anything left of it by then lol.
Haha, one day
It always one of those guys…..you come back a decade later and its still sitting there, now just lookin even more sorry than ever, but yet we always go askin, hoping they changed their minds or possibly its another family member and u just might get it for next to nuthin……never hurts to ask…their was an old k5 down the street that literally sat in a driveway for 30+ yrs……and one day it was just gone….i was thinking either the owner died, city towed it, or someone got one screaming deal…cause i tried off and on for the better part of 20+ yrs just to get a price on that thing and i never even got the i dont wanna sell it crazy price!!!……
I did all kinds of things to my 66 fleetside short bed. I pulled the 240 like you did and put a warmed over 302 wih a C-4 and a towing shift kit. I pulled the panel in the dash and replaced it with a piece of quarter inch hard plastic. I moved the speedo to the right and put a tack on the left to get it off of the stearing collumb. I put the gages back on each side so it looked stock. I discovered Barry Grant Carbs. they work great and here in Alabama they are slightly cheaper than Holley and work great. This and other slight mods worked so well I put a 460 in my 77 F-100.
If you build the one in Earl you will not believe the difference a Performer intake and BG Carb make. With this in mind, the biggest difference will come with a boost in Compression. 10:1 will transform Earl into a young beast. Throttle response becomes SNAPPY and fuel mileage goes Way up. Headman headers fit perfect in the 77 and make a difference. I ran 300 rear gears with a posi and 275x60x15 rears. on clean dry pavement kicking it gave me instant tire smoke from both tires until 3rd gear in the C-6 at 70 mph when it caught traction. Running a Mild Crane cam gave me 12 mpg loaded or empty, up hill or down. I loved that truck until my EX let it get away from her an wrecked it. Good Luck with Earl
Nice! Sad to hear about your 77! I'll be doing all kinds of stuff to this 460 at some point haha
Loved my old 460 dually!!! Driver's side exhaust manifold leak and all...never could keep that thing sealed up 😂
Haha hell yeah!
Watching you got me motivated to swap rear ends in my 79 supercab f250. Man it feels great to drive that thing! Now on to the pesky things like brakes and floor pans !
Haha hell yeah man! It feels great to get that reward of a drive down the road after putting in hard work! Change the gearing at all?
It is fun to watch the problem solving you go through and not just make things look like they are just whatever. And who doesn’t like shiny stuff🤷♂️🥰
Haha, 90% of my time is problem solving! Might just be poor preparation on my end, but it makes for an interesting video haha.
@@VeteranIdiot it always does. It reminds me that you don’t know what problems you’re dealing with, until they show up
Haha very true
I really like the 460 option for this rig. Don't see a lot of them in many cars anymore. I remember when I was 1st getting into HotRodding and the like, I was maybe 14. My dad had a 76 Lincoln Continental with a 460 in it. My dream was to have that car when I was old enough to drive, Hot Rod it out with Big ole L60 15 tires on the back, put some headers and side pipes on it. Hot Rod Lincoln. Now every time I see a 460 in a vehicle, I think of Dad's Lincoln. He traded his cars in every 4 years, so in 1980, he got another Lincoln Continental, but that one had a 302 in it.
I think Big blocks are a dying breed, but I'm not ready for them to die out! Haha, I love the deep rumble and torque
My dream car is a 68 Suicide continental. One day....
I have a 1976 town car with the good ole 460 just been sitting for years, maybe.....
I had the same problem with the flange in my 79 Bronco. I used short pieces of pipe to make standoffs. worked perfectly.
You're speaking about the radiator? That's exactly what I'll end up doing, otherwise the thing works perfectly.
Sweet looking workhorse! New life for the old
Thank you! 🤙🤙
Awesome build, and noted the Sterling rear axle, with the easy remove drums compared to the old D60 setup.
Yesssssssss, I was happy to see that as well AFTER I had already built the truck haha
Taikuu Art, great video.. Earl says thanks, he's beginning to think that you really care about him, did you see that grin on his grill when he got a look @ his new 0~60 blast.. You really put a new life in the Ol' man.. When you said you didn't like flashy it was like we got cut from the same bolt of cloth. I just couldn't put fancy wheels on my 55', I just painted the old steel wheels black, tho I did put a metallic silver paint job.. but no chrome!
Haha yes, its a weird thing have you ever noticed that a car or truck seems to run better when you wash it or clean it? Haha
Art you did a great job with earl ❤Love Jim J&R mobile service and God Bless you
Thank you sir! It was a blast to be able to share it with you all.
If that is a factory Ford carburetor made by Holley, it has 61 jets for emissions. Install "63. Also, the factory choke cap requires ony 6 volts.it is only 600 CFM. But Ford had Holley build them with annular booster venturies for the primaries. Which are better for fuel atomization.
I ended up not hooking up the electric choke, but thats to good to know! I want to say that it has 55's in it now hahaha, I'm not going to put much into this carb as I will eventually put a holley sniper EFI kit on it. I spent a LONG time setting the idle air/fuel, due to how convenient (not at all actually) the needles are to adjust haha. So I kind of lost interest in making that carb better after that.
Nice to see your channel growing Art. Happy thanksgiving brother
Thank you, and happy Thanksgiving to you and your family! 🤙
Im a GM guy but that is one cool old ford truck and it looks like it would be a blast to drive
It's coming along, and drives like a dream for an old flatbed! 🤙
Drive line looks really good under there All shiny, and see a lot of it, I think ,from the side so looks okay till it gets dirty. Probably should paint it 😊
Haha, kinda what I'm thinking too, gonna leave it alone till the shine fades some, then I'll paint it.
Right now it has a bit of a cyclic vibration, so I'll probably also need to shim the rear diff.
Wicked! I found your channel a few weeks ago and i found some time today to look back through and watch some of your other projects...pretty cool stuff. I have an 86 4wd ranger that i swapped in an 01 explorer 5.0 with an f150 5 speed and transfer case..i love the old ford stuff is kinda my point i guess. Im glad people like you video and post on all the socials..
Haha, hell yeah! I bet that's a fun little truck!
Love the wheels and tires!
Same! It worked out that someone had a matching set here in the area 🤙🤙
What a sweet truck!
Thank you!!! 🤙🤙🤙
Great job on Earl, but is Scooter pissed that you didn't put an LS in it?!😀
Haha he's got plenty of LS projects coming up 😬
Instead of a sniper unit save yourself alot of money and check out the aces killshot…i installed one on my sons ‘67 mustang 289 and im really impressed with it , its really good quality and best of all the ecu is not mounted in the throttle body…..you can mount it safely in the cab , or anywhere else youd like keeping it safe from heat and vibrations that snipers and fitechs are known for crapping out from…..oh yeah and it looks more like a holley than the sniper does and its under $1000…..but im sure it will go up quickly as more folks are catching on!!!……i remember the snipers were $850 now there nearly double
I just noticed in ur latest video you already gotta sniper….oh well i didnt realize this was an older vid
Haha, it's all good. This won't be the last project to get fuel injection.
Loved this whole project but now, can we make it go even faster ?? :D
Yesssssssssssssssssw
Sounds really good
The video really doesnt do it just too. It was exactly how I wanted it to sound! Now, it just needs a monster cam hahaha
love the shifter
Same, I do with it had a lockout for drive. It's easy to bump into second or neutral
@@VeteranIdiot good job. Really enjoyed the build
Thank you! 🤙🤙🤙
Nice!
Thanks!
Cool video, thanks for your service. Are you the Phoenix area?
Indeed I am 🤙
@@VeteranIdiot Speedway has a store in Tolleson off McDowell I think, anyways they have a saturday morning monthly cars and coffee. You should check it out, bring a project/whatever.
Nice! I'll have to check it out! Thanks 🤙🤙
Lowing it would really help the look, maybe switch it over to 5 lug set up
I had thought about it, but I would like to keep all the 3/4 ton stuff on because I will be towing with this thing pretty often. Curious, what benefits do you see to converting to 5-lug?
It’s yours to do whatever you like. But don’t you have a really nice “tow pig”. With a 9 inch with 3.53 gear you make it a good cruiser for hot rod power tour next year. I flat bed lowered would look awesome
Very good points, I am really looking forward to hitting some power tours and cruises.
I’m building a 76 C10 with a LS, for the sole reason just to go on power tour.
Nice! Whatcha gonna do for a trans?
Yo Art! What size tires and wheels are you running? I'm just about to buy tires for my 66 and the way yours are are exactly I invision my truck having
LT235/85R16 BFG Commercial T/A on what looks to be black MT Baja Classics 16/8
@VeteranIdiot dude awesome. Didn't think it was possible to fit such a large tire on the 66
It fits with plenty of room, Earl is 2wd however.
@VeteranIdiot same as mine. Placing my order for the tires tmr. Will look awesome on my white steelies
Hell yeah! 🤙🤙
Question: Over or under with toilet paper?
hahahaha under from the front risks dirty danglers
Lower it and get rid of smog components, it'll be perfect
That's what I'm thinking too 🤙
@VeteranIdiot love your channel, have a good holiday
Thank you, and same to you!
Now you can haul hay faster
haha yes! And more of it! Honestly, that 240 never struggled with a full bed full of hay, but I can't imagine it would have done well with a trailer of it!