I would like to do this to my 1987 ford f250 7.5 460 4x4 manual truck. But, stock height. Do they offer stock height? Nothing weird. Smooth and calm and smart. Not seeking attention with the truck. Want to be factory stealthy sort of. Thanks
Not sure about that. Contact MDK to find out. You can always cut the coils down to work for your desired ride height (blah blah shut up about progressive spring rates and just live life you internet losers) and adjust whatever shocks you buy for the reduced ride height from what I posted.
While the electrical connections on the starter solenoid are metric (10mm and 13mm), the bolts holding the starter to the bell housing case are not metric. They are actually SAE 3/8 x 16 threads per inch with a crown that fits a half inch wrench. Using a 13 mm wrench may actually round off the bolts making them almost impossible to remove. I ended up replacing the bolts with the rounded off 1/2 inch heads with flange bolts having a head that fits a 9//16 wrench. No more rounded bolts.
I prefer rounded off bolts and nuts. It gives me a reason to scrap the entire motor and start over with a new motor that isn’t justified and is running perfectly fine but I need a reason to get a bigger motor. But I do appreciate the info!
Definitely a lift. I’ll have to go back and look at previous videos (or this one) but it ended up being higher than expected with the stated components.
Is MDK the only 4 link coilover kit you found? Still happy with it? Any wobble or bounce? I'm not wanting to swap dana 60 and 10.25" sterling rear out for 2005+ axles. The only other option is RSK, but front coilovers seems superior.
It’s not a coilover. It’s just coils with shocks. You could do coilovers with it, I suppose. It rides fine for being a single cab dually and it’s definitely an improvement over stock. Rides better than an rsk for sure.
Hey man I’ve actually got the exact same setup as you. Single cab 97 red f350. I tried putting dodge inners on mine and had the nice ones on the outside. Is it a big no no to have the dodge inners? I’d really like to have a talk on the phone with you about this @heyitsmedouglas
The dodge inners just need to be SLIGHTLY ground down so they fit over the bigger Ford hub. That’s it. Bolt pattern is the same. Grind them and bolt them on.
I live on 5 acres and all my neighbors have acreage. My neighbor on one side is in the county. My property happens to be in the city limits, unfortunately.
@heyitsmedouglasheyitsmedou1312 I got a 94 F350 12 valve swapped I'm trying to put 2020 17s on it. I ordered some lug adapters hopefully they will work. Love your truck though. I was gonna order those ion bulletholes this morning but the guy at the tire shop had a set of brand new pull offs he wanted 800 bucks for em. Figured I could make it work lol
Sounds like a sweet truck. I don’t recall how much I paid for the wheels but I think they were $1,100-$1,200 for 4 of them (I have used Dodge dually inner wheels on the rear).
Yep, the first 2 minutes or so of that video have the truck with a 2.5” leaf spring lift. Tires are 35x12.5x20 Gladiator XComps. Wheels are 17x7(?) Pacers.
I wired the flood lights up yesterday and installed the license plate lights. Just have to figure out how I’m going to mount the reverse sensors. Might need to drill the holes out to make them fit but I don’t want to mess up the powder coat.
@heyitsmedouglasheyitsmedou1312 I just wanted to ask cause my just locked up an I live in ny cause we all know how cali an ny are but thank you for letting me know
@jamesleon98 I put long tube headers on mine (460 efi) and it sounds like a champ. Definitely improved the sound. No dash lights before or after doing so. Highly recommended. I used Doug Thorley.
@heyitsmedouglasheyitsmedou1312 that will be super cool if you get it done. I want to do something similar with D80s on my 7.3 f250 SRW. I want the extra braking and higher gear ratio without buying a new truck. Lots of 450s at junkyards.
