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That looks really good! I know that people with the 300 who switch to EFI manifolds have problems getting heat into the plenum floor and for their choke. I guess I'm pedestrian with my cast iron and that there's enough left of my heat stove that it is still connected. What size tip fit your flex pipe? This might be good information for someone who finds this post in the future. 💡

Gary, this IS the NMSH... Another member of the FOG! Wow, I'm beginning to feel like a black sheep! 🐑 I just made a post about the Holley 80457-S in another thread, saying that I didn't know how well the kickdown worked with OD, and Matt replied that he used a kit on his Bronco. I will tag him here, but this section is mostly for introductions, and specific questions are going to get more attention in the main forum.

What kind of joining protocol will we have after the move? Will it be similar to what Nabble WAS before it got borked, where new members are sandboxed until they post in the NMSH? I really look forward to not having to apologize before they can even make a first post. 👍

I do remember the erection of your workshop Bill! I recall the inspector said he wanted to be there when the big storm hit. So, how has it been working out for you? I know that you had partitioned off some office space so that it would be easier to keep air conditioned, but that the shop itself had been invaded by garden tractors! 😉 I'm not so familiar with Valley hitches. Mostly see Reese and Drawtite up here. Then there's the U-haul option. I think Reese makes them....

Probably blown powervalve's. The only other thing it could be is the floats are sunk or the needles full of garbage making them overflow. They take a very specific rebuild kit. Edit: 3-1346 https://www.amazon.com/HOLLEY-CARBURETOR-RENEW-REBUILD-CARBURETORS/dp/B07YZVR6DM

I found both of mine the other day, on the floor of the barn, hinges broken and mostly upended. I left them where they lay. Too disheartening to deal with at that moment, I was busy recovering tools and fixtures.

That's what I said, but they have to tease out each element, deconstruct it, figure out how it's going to work in their framework and how to get it there intact. I'll go see what more you have to say about this,.

There must be a gusset behind the receiver that I can't see in the photo, from my phone.

Well, they're driving blind right now. I understand that they have experience in migrating other platforms to theirs. When Pablo was working on it it seemed impossible, but perhaps this Invision platform is different than what you had in mind before?

Maybe you should find a 4180? They are tuned about as lean as you can possibly go and still be a strong driving truck.

My brain just doesn't work the same as most. I guess I have an inate grasp of what things (like RH @ XYZ° mean) If the air is saturated your sweat can't evaporate, and this animal can't shed heat effectively. Some animals don't sweat. They have to pant or wallow to stay cool. I find the idea of "real feel" absurd. I know darn well how uncomfortable it is, and you're not telling me the actual temperature or relative humidity so not providing any useful data.

I'm saying that I could never get 7 "in town" and I either have to be going 100 or I have to be locked in 4wd, charging through snow banks and leaving the truck running nearly 24/7 to keep it warm in order to get down that far. I've got no idea how a Bronco can get worse #'s than my 250 when I beat it mercilessly from every traffic light. 🤷‍♂️

And I already said "City, highway, doesn't matter...... 10 mpg" I am speaking English clearly, no? Edit: 10 is a 25% improvement over 8. I don't know anybody else who would say 25% is not significant

You definitely need to stay on top of electrolytes or your body can't function. Sodium ions are probably the biggest part of your nervous system, but potassium, magnesium and all the rest are important. I have little tubes of Drip Drop powder that I can pour into a water bottle. Decades ago I used to send cases to my little brother when he was stationed in Iraq, and Bahrain. The flavours help make recycled water a little more bearable too! 👍 Sweat is sweat. It doesn't matter wet or dry the electrolytes come out. When you start cramping up or just stop sweating you know you are headed to critical core temperature. The answer to that is NOT pleasant!

Your drop receiver has no bracing at all, just a piece of angle not even welded all around. (there may be a single diagonal I can't see, directly behind the tube) Be VERY careful if you consider going anywhere close to what you think it can handle. Look closely at the class of hitch installed and how well it and the fasteners attaching it to the frame are holding up.

That's way to short a distance, and undisciplined for me to measure. But I know it's exactly 100 miles from my old house to the Fisher's Island ferry dock, and early morning, to get in line for the 5AM work boat I could make it in an hour flat (average, so this includes surface streets to and from the interstate) Daytona is 1,100 miles -close- depending on the exact route. I was usually dragging a 28' trailer full of motorcycles, tool boxes, EZ-Up pit canopies, etc... Maybe 16 hrs if I timed my departure to avoid both NYC & DC traffic. JAX was an outlier, and I never really knew what I would hit when I got to FL. My Sister in Swarthmore was about 2.5-3 hrs depending on traffic, but I would often traverse the entire length of the New Jersey turnpike at close to 100mph (average) and could make it the 170ish miles in close to 2 hrs if I really had to. The very worse I've ever seen was back in the '90's when we were buried in 30+" of snow, and then it kept coming. I was about the only one of our 'friends' group both crazy enough and with a vehicle that could just storm through it. The truck was constantly in 4wd, and spent a lot of time idling because it was freaking bitter cold. I shuttled many people from and to work, collected prescriptions etc... for nearly three days. I think THAT was 6 mpg, and believe me I went through a lot of gas. 🙄 They were clearing the roads with payloaders... I know 7. I also know a whole lot of 10. ETA: When your fuel gauges don't work, but you know you'll get 185-190 miles from a full tank, resetting the tripmeter at the pump. I've done this for decades..

The dewpoint is a direct measure of RH.... Where the RH reaches 100% and water condenses out of the air like a cold glass on a summer day. If you think it's hard ON the paint, imagine how hard it IS TO paint a wet surface!!! And, then you're in a room where you've just rolled another gallon of water on all the surface area! How long does it take to dry? (if ever)

Seems like a 4.10 open diff. The first digit is usually covered by the flange nut, and a LS would show starting with an L I'm pretty familiar with the various iterations of hot fuel handling even though my truck has a mechanical pump. The inertia switch may prove problematic in very rough terrain. It's a yellow wire that passes through the box with a plunger, usually located on the right side of the trans tunnel. I can take pictures of the pump wiring section if you like. There is also an oil pressure safety, which is wired adjacent to the sender at the back of the block, behind the EGR valve. Glad it worked out for you unloading the truck. I spent a lot of time dragging vehicles onto flatbeds and having to shake them off ....

Yes, I know it comes set up for a C6 style rod, but I haven't used it, so I can't say how "drop in" it is in that application Im just hedging where I'm unsure, because I don't want to mislead the OP who's asking about a Bronco, which likely is an auto. Holley has sold boatloads of these, I'd imagine they have it right or you'd see complaints all over the Internet.

I think it works well on Nick & George's Ranchero as well. Gary likes the Summit/Autolite because it has a lid, and for some reason he can't get float bowls to keep from leaking.... The 80467-S is pretty much a drop in replacement, though I don't know about a kickdown linkage if you have an automatic.

You think I EVER give my truck a break? ETA: I can't imagine your Bronco getting 7 when my truck has 4.10's and weighs 6,700 lbs. I have to be going 100 mph to get it down to 7, and the proof is right here on the forum....

Do you have a good 4180??? Because emissions compliant carbs are expensive and hard to come by without a core. I ran a 0-80457-S 600 cfm Holley on my truck for years and really liked it! I gave it to another member for their '79 Ranchero a while back. If you don't have all the emissions, like the charcoal canisters and associated vacuum valves and switches I would forget about a 4180 and go with a generic Holley or Edelbrock in the 5-600 cfm range, or the Summit branded Autolite clone. They're all good carbs for a pickup or Bronco.

Long time F-250, 460 owner here.... The F250 should easily pass emissions if the AIR pumps are working. The 250 460 was built to skirt the emissions rules for having a catalytic converter. (anything over 8,500# is a "heavy duty vehicle" and most 250's are 8,600) You should see this reflected on the emissions compliance/vacuum routing sticker. Expect 10. Almost every 460 I've ever known gets 10. Doesn't matter gearing, load, hills, city, highway, whatever..... 10mpg. Gary claims 12 highway, but he has SEFI, a Zf 5 speed overdrive gearbox and drives on cruise control like the grandfather he is! Man, with low miles, a D50 up front and no rusted out undercarriage that truck is a very good deal IMHO.

Wow! 🤯 I thought my truck was bad when I had to add a quart every couple of thousand miles....

Yes and no. In Minnesota 90° / 65% isn't that uncommon (we're supposed to get that this weekend). Using a heat index calculator I found 90° /65% is a heat index of 102.7°. I was in Moab a month ago and it was 103° and low humidity. As long as I have enough to drink so I don't dehydrate I'll take the dry heat any time! So how high would a dry heat have to be to be worse (to me) than 90° / 65%? I don't know, I haven't experienced a dry heat worse than that yet (of course, I haven't experienced a lot of dry heat, so I'm saying that to show my limited experience, NOT to say that dry heat can't be worse). I have to agree with Bob. I have a long time friend who lives in Tempe. It can get hot enough to fry an egg, and you get scorched through the soles of your shoes, but as Cory would say "Air you wear" is definitely worse for me. It's been super muggy ("real feel" whatever their stupidity is) was 108° last week. My feet were so wet they wrinkled, but the sweat had nowhere to evaporate to. This goes back to the vapor lock and refrigeration discussion. Phase change takes a LOT of calories. When your sweat evaporates it carries away many times the heat it would regularly take to raise water temperature. (very convenient math in metric/Celsius) One calorie raises the temperature of one cc of pure water one degree Celsius but the latent heat of vaporization is 540 calories Yeah, I'll take the dry heat...