Towing 12,000 pounds with my Turbo 4.9!
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- čas přidán 27. 12. 2021
- Today I towed a 12,000 pound trailer with my 1979 F250. The truck has a 4.9L straight six with a single 78mm turbo and Holley Sniper fuel injection among many other upgrades. Thanks for watching, if you liked the video make sure to subscribe and check out the rest!
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Nice to see the Turbo 300 Big 6 doing real work, in the real world! Occasional burnouts are ok I guess, but now that truck is fulfilling it's real purpose. So, all your paycheck wasn't wasted after all! Thanks for the update.
Could've been a *lot* worse...
... could've been *squatted* ... XD
Okay paw paw let us have fun like you did decades ago. Maybe someone going to build a turbo 300 for the drag strip in a fox or country squire
Lol Coronet Shop, no problem, have your fun😎👍! I wonder sometimes how much more popular the 4.9L Big Six would have been (in similar turbo mode) if sold by the factory back in the day. The 300 would have been as popular as Dodges Cummins option, & sold in much larger F-series
truck platforms, with that much torque! Amazing!
@@PaulThomas-qo9vy thank you and very good point you've made there, maybe if bud can make the 300 drink diesel. Ford might as well give him a call to help, with production for a second run of the 300 in diesel form.
If we were neighbors I’d buy you beer to let me sit in front of the tailpipe for a few hours a week….!
The sounds are excellent!
Man's truck for men, right there. Nice work, country boy.
Wow. A turbocharged vehicle that can do something other than ruin a set of tires. Very cool.
I've tried telling people what driving a healthy (N/A) 300 is like, and they never get it. It's like driving a small diesel big rig, up to 3500 shift, rinse, repeat. With a turbo, man this thing pulls. Such a great truck build, just badass.
My brother had a 80 F350 crew 4 x 4, 4 speed with a 300CI I6. He loved it.
She hated it. She liked the Park Avenue. Except when 12 inches of snow was on the road. Then he got the grocery list.
@@warrenpuckett4203 A Ford truck, a 4 speed and a 300 six is just about as reliable as it's gets. They're also fun to drive, all that low end torque is really cool, I loved mine.
Can’t get enough of this truck!! More videos PLEASE!
With a 1984 F150 300, T18 granny 4 speed and 3.08 axle ratio I once towed a two axle trailer with a 1986 E250 van on it with a bunch of sheet rock inside. Everything together was 11,000 pounds and it definitely felt like it. Another time I towed a 1983 F350 chassis cab dually that weighed 7,000 pounds. I used a huge home made tow bar that is around 8’ long and between 100 and 150 pounds itself. I don’t remember which 300 powered F150 I used to tow that F350. I owned around a dozen mostly 1981-1986 F150’s. All but one had the 300-6.
thank u for this video. its helpful for my own plans to tow and your a very accomplished driver
I've got a same turbo project in the early stages. Inspiring beyond description. Thanks Man!
Sounds amazing when the turbo spools!
thats super sick, beautiful truck! love the colours!
Awesome mate. Thanks for sharing...
had a 79 f100 back in the late 80s standard steering, standard trans (3 on the tree), standard brakes. my first truck while i was in highschool. had 55 bags of seed soybeans in the box and was towing a flatrack with another 155 bags on it. luckily only had to go about 6 miles lol. those 300 l6 are damn near indestructible, and you have given yours a major upgrade with the injection and the turbo!
I could listen to thing whistle in my sleep. Fantastic! Got a 94 with the i6 and am thinking about doing this.
That’s a sharp looking ole truck you have there. Ford always did make a bad ass of sorts in those trucks. The 4.9 is a killer engine too.
Great build! A turbo 300 with a Holly Sniper is a near perfect truck engine. I like the steel wheels and old school bias-plys. Reminds me of my old 1977 High-boy. I was poor and had to keep the split rims that it came with. It was the early 90s and it was difficult even back then to find tire shops that would work on them. Subbing to follow this build.
My plan is to convert 79 Ford camper special to 4x4 with 300 inline six turbo. Thanks for an excellent real-world video of the capabilities of your truck.
I've owned 3 of these engines, legendary torque, power and indestructible. This is my next project
Nice truck. Loved that body style ! Gear whine !
I love the beautiful truck, very nice.
I really like this truck. Very good.
Very nice 👍👍 thanks for sharing
Cool video man. I really want a 300 six in a brick nose crew cab one day… I love those engines
Nice truck love them ol Ford's you got it running and looking f@#$&n mint 👌💪👍
That truck so beatiful
That is just wicked
OMG that sounds choice!
Love it!
I think ol’ Zip ties & bias plies would love this truck lol. I certainly do.
Amazing!
listening to that engine is therapeutic.
U know, normally I hate the tan interior but against that blue it looks really good! Nice job!
Hot damn this is beautiful. I just ordered those bias plies for my 85 150 with the 300. The extra motor I have in the yard really makes me want to slap a turbo and a sniper on asap. Keep posting for us man
@logan Mackenzie, where did you order the bias plies? Ive been looking and all out of stock
@@joshwayne371 should have clarified.. BACKordered.. I feel your pain
Gdamn thats a bad ass truck.... 💪👍
That is some wicked spool up noise… I can’t wait to turbo my 5.8 and really smoke some powerstrokes!
Makes me miss my 4x4 88 250 with the 300 straight 6 5 speed manual!!
Nice rig
5:05 god it isn't even working all that hard either. LOVE IT! Take care of that truck, homey, itt'l outlast every modern PowerJoke Ford has built and will build.
That turbo'd 300 sounds good.
Man, could you imagine if ford had made a diesel version of this engine? Like yeah of course the block and cylinders would need to be beefed up along with pistons and rods. But man, this engine is stout, love seeing how insane this thing is with just a turbo.
This engine can run off that they had kits for it.
Dang! 12k load for an ol' ¾ ton Dent Side? That's actually really good! Know a guys who's Ram 3500 reg cab 5.7 SRW that's rated only up to 13,500...but it's a "2018" 4th Gen Lol. Seemed to be doing just fine, no complaints through out the whole trip from the engine, then again wouldn't expect any less from the mighty 300. I gotta say dude, it's been a dream to build an old truck with a turbo straight six like yours, and you're the only guy on this whole platform actually doing it, and doing it right. On top of it, you're keeping in with the traditional styling/function.
If you keep towing like you do, I see an F350 leaf pack, a 5 link setup up front, and a brownie box in the not too distant future haha. Keep up the great work boss, looking forward to what's coming next👍
Thanks! Usually I do this kind of stuff with my dually, but it’s fun to hook the trailer on this one once in a while. I’m thinking maybe a good set of overload springs and a 5 speed transmission to seal the deal. I’ve got all the parts to do a super duty leaf spring swap in the front to raise it up level with the back. One of many things getting done this winter.
Brownie Box 🧐🤔 Dont know what that is, but now I need one.
Seriously Though 😂🤣 Whats a brownie box 🤣
@@johnnysalami6338 Old school term for a 2nd transmission, or 3 extra gears. Before trucks were given a 2 speed rear option, big gassers had twin stick layouts, and while they're kinda like Spicer auxiliary, they were just a little different, and drivers gave it the knickname Brownie Box if I'm not mistaken. Typical rigs would be equipped with the "B.B." would be the F500 to F900 Big Jobs or the international UV549 Big Blocks. Some Fords got them, and GMC and Chevy Medium Dutys used Clark Transmissions instead. They made a smaller application, so if you wanted to, you can fit it in your half ton, ¾ ton, or 1 ton you could equip it. That being said, they're rare.
TLDR: Here's the best example of a Brownie Box in action, on an actual F-250
czcams.com/video/tf4WT0fbod4/video.html
@@josefrobbins8781 You sir are the fucking man 💪 Thank u... Ive drove real trucks for 30 years and never heard that term. I know back in the day when I got in to driving in the 70's when you would hit North Jerz/NYC there was a few good years where half the trucks coming out of the seaport would get hyjacked, so some local companies that were keen to the game would set transmissions up in reverse or make the gear pattern weird as fck so The truck couldn't be hyjacked by any joe smoe...
Thanks on the response. 👍
@@WastedPaycheckGarage it would be super cool to see more heavy duty gear on that truck, especially suspension and more gears. Maybe an OM606 straight 6 turbo diesel Mercedes motor, or a DT466 , or any obscure big Diesel engine lol, great vids brother nice rigs. I work on them but no room at home to play with them.
That garbage truck was probably saying “Dayum, he sounds like he’s got a 6BT too!”
Amen for beating the salt trucks! I park my bull as soon as there's snow in the forecast
Impressive
I love this, My goal for the next two years is to put a twin turbo Chevy 292 into a cateye 2500. This thing is a beaut’ and she sounds wonderful. Gotta love those turbo straight six’s
I put a 292 into a '96 c2500, not turbo yet, ill get there eventually
I’m building a 250 I-6 for my 36 Plymouth. All the old sixers, ford dodge and Chevy are all pretty awesome.
If you put a heavy flywheel in a stick. Works just fine. A wide ratio gearbox also helps a lot for pulling weight.
If you put in a light flywheel is will go faster in a 1/4 mile. A close ratio is good for making a lot of left turns for going on circles. That also overheats the clutch & fly wheel when moving weight.
Sounds about like it. I run a TH350 in my 66 Chevy pickup C10 but it’s sporting a stock 350 Buick. Even with the 3.08 ratio I’ve still managed to pull 7000 pound payloads on a 1000 pound trailer. Plus the added benefit of hiway cruising and tolerable gas mileage.
My first truck was a ‘75 f100 that same color. 302 3 in the tree. It was a dog, but fun.
Interesting. I have a 76 Ford F100 with a 4.9 and am still working out what I need to add. Good luck.
This past summer I bought a 73 ford 3/4 ton form the arugula owner my uncle it has 90 thousand orange million it hadn’t run in 25 years it was parked do to a leaking gas tank I replaced the gas tank rebuilt the carburetor new plugs and wieners chock coil engine oil all new filters rubber fuel lines radiator lines that arugula 390 engine runs great the truck hasn’t sen much salt it manly was used to hall a camper
Have you thought about adding a Gear Vendors Overdrive to your truck? Those split gears would really help with towing a LOT of weight like this.
Then he may as well put a gooseneck hitch in it.
Inline 6 is the best engine design for a work truck. I wish GM would make a big 6 using mostly LS components.
That would be a BA engine😂
They made the 4.2 vortec straight 6
4200 vortec rip that out of a trailblazer put it in something cool and have a beast of a vehicle
@@tristansmith1409 those are my plans. I have a f250 1989 4x4 flatbed single cab long bed and im putting an 04 trailblazer and a 4l80 in it.
I would like to know how this truck performs vs. the 3.5 ecoboost in terms of towing capabilities and fuel efficiency when towing.
Hey man I’m curious on where you got the digital gage from
Glad it’s something different and not a Cummins swap
I just bought an '85 F250 with a 300 and want to follow the turbo route.
Question here, would there be any glaring issues with what I have in mind for my project vehicle? I ask cuz I'm inspired to do some out-of-the-box thinking like you and make something awesome. :)
I do plan on getting an old f100 and upgrading it with a shortened f350 frame with 4 wheel drive from a 2008 donor ford pickup, the biggest upgrades for me are running an air system for the semi airbags and the crown piece of it all will be the eaton rto-610 (or rto-6610) (10 speed manual transmission), weight wise it'll be no different than running an np203/205 doubler with the stock 4 speed tranny... except it will be only adding an extra 245 pounds (effectively).
I would have the air system not only operate the transmission but also the air bag suspension for the front and rear, and to unlock the trailer brakes (as well as operate the trailer brakes in tandem with my project truck's existing brakes) with an air-to-hydraulic system. I do have a Class A license (not going to do hot-shotting but i will keep my license because I worked my arse off for it and I'm proud of it.) so legally speaking I'm in the clear.
The airbrakes for the trailer as a security measure thing isn't my original idea because I am crediting Deboss Garage with his Ftreekitty (F350 CAT-powered truck with a converted Allison 1000 transmission with four wheel drive.) when he mentioned that he plans to run air to his trailer so that nobody can steal it.
The way I see it, if a moron REALLY wants to steal my own custom gooseneck trailer, they better bring a frickin' air pump and an Airbrake endorsement on their license cuz it won't take 'em long to get pulled over by DOT lol. XD
Just use you're garden hose for salt issue but in order to prevent rust take it over just put cheap paint on frame that way between salt and water it don't damage nothing.
I hauled a mobile home on a 79 dentside F-250 guy had a Chevy 3500 we were going to pull it with that but when we set it on the bumper it took the bumper to the ground I said get that thing out of there let's put it on this Ford it made it squat a little I hauled it 35 miles on that 250
I fuckin love that thing
Best fucking OHV Ford ever produced. They're so versatile. They're tough. They're torquey. They can do pretty much anything you want them to do. This one pulls as well as a fucking Powerstroke F250 from today!
Love 'em. My 85 F150 has a 300 in it. I'm not boosting it, I'm not fuel injecting it, but I'm also not V8 swapping it either. Gonna keep it in there.
U have a parts list of what it took to get this truck to this point? I’m impressed.
Where did you find a camper special late 70s truck in that good of condition?
I'm building a turbo 300 for my 70 maverick, found a set of BBC connecting rods that the crank just needed a slight trim, also using bigger valves from a 2.3L ford. I just need to have some pistons made once I get dimensions.
Should look into welded LS heads or 351 heads to make it a boss 300. They use that concept on front engine dragsters to make 650-700hp N/A
@@dustinontaiyabbi5608 I planned on it, I weld aluminum so shouldn't be a issue.
@@triggerwarning2439 look into boss 300 projects or those front engine dragster builds. After my current ford v10 92 vette I plan on replicatinf power nation's turbo 300 and put it into my f350
I do towing for a living and have a extra f250 I’d like a inline ford6 cylinder in it not sure if it will bolt to a 4r100 or not but it is set up for a 7.3 right now but a turbo on a six sounds crazy
It will bolt to a small block e40d
ITS NOT LEAKING OIL, its sweating power 💪😅
Im thinking of getting one of these but just building a naturally aspirated version for towing. Easy enough to get 300+ foot pounds. Good enough to tow 8000lbs all over the Americas including mountains?
I wonder what a twin charged boss 300/6 would sound like in this truck or my truck when the va starts issuing trucks for mental health lol
What tires you running? are they 32 inch tires? I need to know because im gonna be driving 2500 miles total starting in washington state, to oregon, california, then texas. Picking up two trucks, both are old fords from the mid 70s. One of them is like your truck, 4 speed with an i6 300.
Need steel crankshaft from the medium duty 300 truck . Yes the 60's and 70'were available with 4.9 300 6 with steel crankshaft
Yep got to get out the pressure washer now and rinse out the salt now.
Anyone else notice the green nozzle when he filled her up?
4.9 ain't no diesel.
Some places have green for gas. It's confusing
Man i love old trucks, what gears she got in her?
Are those stock towing mirrors dang I like them puppies
stock internals?
I wanna turbo my 94. What tune am I gonna need?
Sweet build and it sounds amazing! Would love to slap a turbo on my ‘66 300
What are you running for ignition.....distributer, etc? Are you using the sniper to control the timing? Thanks for any details. Sweet rig!!
Running a locked out HEI distributor with MSD 6AL-2 box. Timing is independent of the sniper as of right now. It’s working fine so I’ll probably leave it that way
I have a question, have you had any lean issues on cylinders 1 and 6 when changing spark plugs? Or a rich looking plug on the closer cylinders to the sniper EFI? I'm looking to do something like that but I have heard and read a lot of mixed things on them.
I actually just changed the plugs a few weeks ago (went to a colder plug), and all 6 looked near perfect and identical to each other. The only issue I found was the heat line being all the way at the base of the grounding strap, hence the reason for going to a colder plug.
Cool build bud!
You dont need oil!!! (zipties)
Looked for your install on the Turbo for details and didn't see it? Do you have details you could share on turbo specs, pipe supplier etc? I have a 69 F100 with a 240 that is going to get swapped out for a 300.
The turbo is a VS racing 7875 billet wheel, most of the exhaust piping came from TruBendz.
Check out this video is you haven’t, I go into a little more detail about the truck there, I built it a little over 2 years ago before I started this channel so I don’t have much footage of it
czcams.com/video/eNYPgm45W4w/video.html
What kind of carb came with this truck? I have an 82 f250 4.9 just trying to see what kind of fuel injection i should get, single or double barrel
I would go with a double barrel. This truck had a Holley 390cfm 4 barrel put on in the mid 90's along with split headers
Did you ever have it dyno'd? If so, what are numbers?
What's mpgs? I want to buy a F-250 with a 300 and turbo it also. May put it a higher gear ratio(3.08) to fix mpg problem.
Nope, I’m hoping to get it dyno’d and professionally tuned early this summer, it’s parked up for the winter now. I’m getting about 10mpg, but I just bought a ZF5 to swap in to hopefully help that number out
I’m curious what a 5 speed would do for pulling.
It’s your lucky day brother, I’ve got a full detailed 5 speed swap on my channel followed by a towing video with it. Not much changed though, the gearing on the 5 speed is virtually the same as a 4 speed just with an overdriven 5th gear on top. The synchro setup sure makes it nicer to drive though
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She pulls nice and easy, even on the grades...good set up..
Just perfect, considering stock parts and all that.
Can,t complain indeed.very respectable.
in PNW?
4.9300 never let me down I have 1987 ford bronco and a1995 f150 5speed manual
What brand turbo is that. and is it a 10 blade?
It’s a VS racing 78/75 billet wheel. I believe it’s a 12 blade
What kinda power is it putting out
No clue! Probably double stock, so 240hp and close to 500ft-lbs? Hard to say
@@WastedPaycheckGarage def be neat to dyno
Anybody know what a decent turbo setup will do for tq and hp in these engines?
Good for what they are , diesel standards nope , cool factor yup all of it
I love a old bulldog 4 speed but imagine how that ole girl would pull if it had a trans that had better ratios to keep it in the power. Hum is gear vender still in business they made a splitter unit that allows you to split gears basically turned that into a bulldog 8 speed with overdrive
I just picked up a synchronized 5 speed overdrive transmission(zf5) to swap in this winter. Should help out big time
These 300 CID inline 6 engines that Ford made, are real work-horse's... Coupled to a manual trans and a 4x4 chasis, this truck is probably going to fetch every-penny that was put into it, and then some when the time for selling it takes place, if that time should ever arise... One question, was that a diesel fuel pump to put fuel into it, or was that a gasoline nozzle , with a green shield instead of a red or black shield?
Green handled gas pump, BP station
@@WastedPaycheckGarage , Gotcha... That threw me off for a second, but Your truck sure didn't sound like a diesel... Keep that truck Amigo... The current trucks have become very expensive and ridiculously complicated... I have a '77 GMC 3/4 ton p/U daily driver with a 350 gas V8 and a TH-350 trans.... One rebuild on the trans about 350k. miles ago, still works fine... And the original 350 engine that has not been overhauled.... 470k. on that truck, still works fine... Definitely KEEP Your F-250...
@@michaelmartinez1345 yeah. I have to be careful with green fuel handles when I fill up my diesel. I think it's red at BP gas stations.
Eh, allegan county! I went to Plainwell for high school and ACATEC
Rare to see a turbo 300, especially one being used like this. Think it woulda pulled it without the turbo though? My old OBS with the stock 300 can barely pull itself up to the speed limit, much less 12k pounds. Not that I've tried yet...
It had a 4 barrel setup when I got it, but it was a dog. It probably would’ve pulled it but most likely not at the speed limit, I can get up to speed with a load behind me pretty quickly with the turbo setup
Is this 300 a diesel? I saw the gas pump was green, it peeked my curiosity
I have the same question
BP uses green handles for everything
Did you see the guy who welded up some LS heads and bolted to a 4.9 and a big ole turbskie
What part of Michigan? Looks like northwest Lower Peninsula. Kalskaska maybe?
I’m just about as far southwest as you can go in Michigan, right along the lake
Brother in law lives in Galien, close to you?. He has a 65 F100 with a marine 427 FE in it, 5 speed, and disc brakes. He is fixing to sell it, too many toys. I had an 88 or 89 F150 300 and 4 speed granny gear.
Yep, pretty close to galien!
I’d be a serious buyer if you ever sell it
now put a 13speed eaton in there, it needs closer ratios.
what tires are those?
7.50-16 Power Kings