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1970 Ford 500 with a turbocharged 300

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Gary Lewis

1970 Ford 500 with a turbocharged 300

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Just learned out to embed a video from a non-supported site. Tick the "Message is in HTML Format" box and paste the iframe code into the post. And, I thought y'all would like this. Turn up the sound!

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Dad's: '81 F150 Ranger XLT 4x4: Down for restomod: Full-roller "stroked 351M" w/Trick Flow heads & intake, EEC-V SEFI/E4OD/3.50 gears w/Kevlar clutches
Blue: 2015 F150 Platinum 4x4 SuperCrew wearing Blue Jeans & sporting a 3.5L EB & Max Tow
Big Blue: 1985 F250HD 4x4: 460/ZF5/3.55's, D60 w/Ox locker & 10.25 Sterling/Trutrac, Blue Top & Borgeson, & EEC-V MAF/SEFI

Frank Wyatt

Re: 1970 Ford 500 with a turbocharged 300

That was some showing off!

1981 F 150 Custom 300 ci with a fully rebuilt 1968 240 head Carter YFA T-18 3.25 9" rear 2WD
dual gas tanks
1990 Lincoln Town Car 5.0 AOD
Home town Mc Kenzie, TN

Ford F834

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This is a great video for us straight six lovers Gary! I wonder what the rwtq is? And what all was done to the engine besides turbo...

SHORT BED 4-DOOR DIESEL: 1986 F350 4x4 under construction-- 7.3 IDIT ZF5+GVOD

STRAIGHT SIX 4X4: 1981 F150 2wd to 4x4-- 300 I6 close ratio diesel T19, hydroboost brakes, Saginaw steering

BIG F: 1995 F-Superduty under construction— converting to 6.9L IDI diesel ZF5+DNE2

Gary Lewis

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I thought there'd be a few on here that really liked that video.

Perhaps someone can figure out what all's been done to that engine and let us know?

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grumpin

Re: 1970 Ford 500 with a turbocharged 300

Looks like fun!

Edit: Took me a while to find the "Message is in HTML Format" tick. Thought it must be near that danged "710" hole!

Dane
1986 F250HD SC XLT Lariat 4x4 460 C6-Sold
1992 Bronco XLT 4x4 351W E4OD
1998 GMC Sierra SLE K1500 350 4L60E
Arizona

Rembrant

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Gary Lewis wrote

Perhaps someone can figure out what all's been done to that engine and let us know?

Check out No Bull Motorsports...they have their own Facebook page. Nothing written, but lots of pictures of the engine.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Amateur-Sports-Team/NO-BULL-Motorsports-1045693232120915/

4bbl carb plate grafted on to the top of an EFI intake, and dual EFI exhaust manifolds feeding the big turbo. I like it!

I admire the ingenuity of these guys. Well done I'd say. I enjoy these type of builds a lot.

1994 F150 4x2 Flareside. 5.0 w/MAF, 4R70W, stock.
1984 F150 4X2 Flareside. Mild 302 w/ 5spd. Sold.
1980 F150 4X4 Flareside. 300i6 w/ 5spd. Sold in 2021.
1980 F100 4X2 Flareside. 351w/2bbl w/NP435. Sold in 1995

Ford F834

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Thanks for the link! That’s awesome. I too, love builds like this. Looks like he had an earlier version using carb manifolds, then changed to EFI manifolds and re-did the engine. Or put in a different engine? I wish he had at least put photo comments, but the build looks pretty home grown and I’m betting not a lot of fancy modifications.

Rembrant

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So did this truck have the 300/6 from the factory?

I see there are no left and right side engine mounts like there would be in a Bullnose pickup...just the bellhousing and then a front engine mount. Is that set-up factory or something homegrown.

I'm guessing that this thing was a budget build with a big Ebay turbo.

Ford F834

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It probably was originally a 300 truck from the factory. Many medium duty from that era were. And yes, they had front engine mounts. There was a ‘73 at the Prescott junkyard a while back and I got a good look at it. Sadly it was not the original engine. No HD manifolds for David. I would have liked to snag on that truck before it got junked. Would have made a really good water hauler 😔.

1986F150Six

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Thanks [re: HD manifold], Jonathan!

85lebaront2

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When I watched the video, my first impression, other than the impressive power was that it looked exactly like the 1970 F600 dump truck a friend owned. A group of us bought it and donated it to our Boy Scout camp Ranger. It had the HD 300 in it complete with a velocity governor under the Carter YF manual choke carburetor.

Those engines are really amazing for the amount of work they can do. At one point a group of were there, and we really should have gotten a picture, we had a number of Ford trucks, every one of which had a 300 in it. Roy Weidmann had an E150 and the dump truck, I had a 1977 F150 with the MD 300 (limited emissions), Tim Smith had a 1990 F150 with a 300. Would have made a heck of a picture.

We had all three levels of the 300, LD, MD and HD.

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