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gotfords

Re: new member in AZ 86 f150 2wd

Understand that mine was a DAVIS UNIFIED IGNITION product from 1994. Not sure what brand yours is but hopefully they have made major improvements in 25 yrs...i get the same performance with stock Ford looks using Pertronix....and no special parts to look for at AutoZone .....thats why i have never wavered in the 25 yrs and 20k miles

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From: Ray Cecil [via Bullnose Enthusiasts] <ml+[hidden email]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 2:44:25 AM
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Subject: Re: new member in AZ 86 f150 2wd

I understand you not wanting to sell the original 300. Still have the original in mine. Its either 160,000 or 260,000. I bought the truck from the original owners son. He wasnt very sure of mileage. But it runs great. Ran like a turd when I got it. Yanked all the california emissions crap off, upgraded to HEI, header and exhaust. Still running the original carter 1 barrel. Its not winning races, but the choke works now and it fires up in the cold. I drive it 300+ miles a week no problems with distributor gear oiling.

Ray Cecil
1982 Flareside 300 Six, Hedman Headers, 4x4, SROD 4 Speed, 1 Wire HEI "Little Blue 82"....
1969 Impala Custom Coupe, 86,000 miles, 327, Powerglide.
1999 Silverado, 346,000 miles, 5.3 Automatic Z71 4WD
2008 Tahoe (wife's)

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TOMMY SIDES
KINGMAN AZ

1986 F150 SWB 2WD REG CAB INLINE 6
4BBL CARB OFFY INTAKE SPLIT HEADER LOWERED 3" F AND 4" R

1984 F250 LWB 2WD REG CAB 460 CARB CALIFORNIA TRUCK
IT PASSES SMOG...LOL

1980 f100 REG CAB SHORT BED 2WD...NO MOTOR OR TRANNY YET!!! FACTORY 300 W/MANUAL IN FLOOR AND A/C

ArdWrknTrk

Re: new member in AZ 86 f150 2wd

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Welcome Tommy!

That sure is a good looking truck!

Cool background too, having built it with your dad.
I had a motorcycle with a similar story but had to sell during one of my downsizing.
Will regret that for the rest of my life.

I'd love to hear what twin triples sound like!

I know you say it sounds like a V-8, but I can't imagine the cadence is the same.
Every 3 cylinder I've owned sounded absolutely wicked at WOT.

Jim,
Lil'Red is a '87 F250 HD, 4.10's, 1356 4x4, Zf-5, 3G, PMGR, Saginaw PS, desmogged with a Holley 80508 and Performer intake.
Too much other stuff to mention.

Ray Cecil

Re: new member in AZ 86 f150 2wd

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gotfords wrote

Understand that mine was a DAVIS UNIFIED IGNITION product from 1994. Not sure what brand yours is but hopefully they have made major improvements in 25 yrs...i get the same performance with stock Ford looks using Pertronix....and no special parts to look for at AutoZone ....

My HEI is Summit Racing brand. So far so good.

Jim, even though I have a true dual, I take 2.25" pipes back to an xpipe first, then through glasspacks. Mine does not sound like a V8 with the foot in the gas at anything above idle. Some people might think its a v8 when idling, most old guys will know its a six though.

1988 F250 Supercab Longbed 7.3 IDI, C6, 1356, GEARVENDORS, 4.10 Sterling with autolocker

1986 F150 302, C6, 9" 2.75, Wood Flatbed

ArdWrknTrk

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Sorry Ray,
I hit the reply button to your post while thinking of Tommy's post.

Do you have a YouTube sound clip of yours with the X-pipe?

I also think he is talking about the distributor shaft bushings.
Though I do not know the internals of the I-6 as well as I do the 8's, I'm pretty sure the drive gear gets plenty of oil coming off the can.

Jim,
Lil'Red is a '87 F250 HD, 4.10's, 1356 4x4, Zf-5, 3G, PMGR, Saginaw PS, desmogged with a Holley 80508 and Performer intake.
Too much other stuff to mention.

Ray Cecil

Re: new member in AZ 86 f150 2wd

Jim, I will take a video for you of the exhaust later today.

You can kinda hear it in this video:

1988 F250 Supercab Longbed 7.3 IDI, C6, 1356, GEARVENDORS, 4.10 Sterling with autolocker

1986 F150 302, C6, 9" 2.75, Wood Flatbed

gotfords

Re: new member in AZ 86 f150 2wd

Again back in 94 when all of this work was being done the Davis Unified unit did not have an oil passage drilled in the shaft...after losing two gears we called Davis about this and they said it got enough oiling without it...we immediately changed back to points style distr with the Pertronix and no more issues...the HEI conversion was all the rave back then but having ran the Pertronix in 4cyl pinto dirt track racing engines we decided to dump the HEI DAVIS unit...just my one and only experience!!

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From: Ray Cecil [via Bullnose Enthusiasts] <ml+[hidden email]>
Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2019 4:12:48 AM
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Jim, I will take a video for you of the exhaust later today.

Ray Cecil
1982 Flareside 300 Six, Hedman Dual Header, NP208, SROD 4 Speed, 1 Wire HEI
1969 Impala Custom Coupe, 86,000 miles, 327, Powerglide (FOR SALE/TRADE)
1999 Silverado, 349,000 miles, 5.3 Automatic Z71 4WD
2008 Tahoe 2WD 5.3 with Cylinder Deactivation mode (wife's)

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Bo Frodo

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Welcome, I too have an 86 short bed, but it is EFI.

Patient: '86 reg.cab, short bed, 302 V8, EFI, auto trans, sitting out for 10 yrs., not abused just neglected, fires with strtr fld but won't run (yet)

gotfords

Re: new member in AZ 86 f150 2wd

Looks good ...r u selling or restoring ???

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From: Bo Frodo [via Bullnose Enthusiasts] <ml+[hidden email]>
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2019 1:39:33 PM
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Welcome, I too have an 86 short bed, but it is EFI.

Patient: '86 reg.cab, short bed, 302 V8, EFI, auto trans, sitting out for 10 yrs., not abused just neglected, fires with strtr fld but won't run (yet)

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