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I think the key difference is that an NHRA engine has a drastically different maintenance and inspection schedule than the best maintained truck on this site. At 10 years, the entire vehicle is only worth 20 belt inspections/replacements. The old Nordberg Radials were amazing radial 2-stroke...

There's a thread on it, and I can confirm that following the directions will work. Unless you are REALLY into saving money and have a LOT of free time, I would advise you to buy the harness and just replace it. I was upset about tossing an otherwise perfectly good factory harness as well, but...

You're correct, we can't conclude that the belt done it in this case, but we also don't have the expertise to diagnose belt failure by remote video inspection beyond "it fell to pieces". Good Read on the Rationale For Belt In Oil I think it's useful to note that reliability wasn't one of the...

Right, the visual condition of the the belt can't really be evaluated, but we can take something from the fact that a well maintained low mileage engine killed itself in a matter of seconds due to a failure that was likely but not conclusively due to the belt's failure.

The guy who had the failure gave him the engine. Basically he got a low oil warning on the highway, pulled over, stopped the truck, checked the oil level, and then restarted it. With zero oil, that's all it took to spin the one bearing and damage the rest.

The 2.7/3.0 is a great engine EXCEPT that the oil pump is driven by a wet belt. My specific hostility comes from the fact that it's a polymer belt designed to operate in a hot, oily environment AND it fails deadly. Failure in that belt provides essentially zero warning before irreversible...

It is also noteworthy that many of us who have AT tires for "practical reasons" drive 99% of our miles ON road. Calling out the guy who CHOOSES not to go off road may be kind of pointless when that's the undeclared use case for most of these trucks. I think the real downsides of AT tires are...

I agree, but my goal is two pronged longevity more than power. A 3.5L PB is overpowered for a half room truck. However, what will absolutely stop these trucks is HEAT. To that end, I really want to aggressively insulate the exhaust system and ideally install a bigger radiator. If a tune got...

Note that they are polished stainless, not chrome. Looks wise maybe irrelevant, but I don't think that a chrome finish would last in that habitat while the worst the stainless one can do is get dings or scratches.

I have the stainless Ford logo Gatorback mudflaps on all four corners and love them. My truck lives outside, so I was worried that they would fall apart quickly, but no such trouble. They may well last the life of the vehicle at this rate. Gatorbacks The look isn't for everyone and it's a...

I REPLACED my front bumper with a FabFours combo bumper/grillguard and finally mounted the radar to a hole that I drilled in the lower fascia. I was terrified that it would be a nightmare, but a year in and I never bothered to recalibrate it because it just worked. I'm gonna say that if my...

I would absolutely love an e85 or e98 tune. There are two big issues stopping me. 1) In Texas, E85 is a unicorn in big swaths of the state. 2) I would really want a bigger fuel tank to compensate for drop in kWh/gal. Transferflow can generally manage a 45 gallon tank in half ton trucks, which...

I think that replacing the seats with plastic crates is the next logical step. Furthermore, what kind of sissy needs AC or windows? Kidding aside, I think that there is a sensible middle ground between taking a dump before towing to stay under payload and installing a 4" lift kit and 37"s...

Did you do the clutch 4A or Hi-Lock 4A?

I do think that there is a difference between what this guy did and +30 HP/+30 lb-ft. I have no data to support that, but it seems pretty reasonable. That said, dovetailing with the guy above who wants a 40 MPG tune, I want to be able to pull at rated load wherever and whenever I want at 60...

Not only that, Ford NEEDS the cursed PBs back because doing autopsies on them is the only way that they're going to be able to reliably diagnose and fix the problem in the future. There should be a warehouse in Michigan full of cursed PBs in various states of disassembly with techs looking for...

I'm still waiting on MegaOhm to work out their bypass circuit for the PB exhaust heat exchanger, and I thought I would spend a bit more time tinkering. I have all of the parts, and the only remaining hurdle is connecting the dummy circuit to the turck's harness. I'm still trying to work out...

There is a small population of PBs that are absolutely cursed. Dealers are not able to systematically pinpoint the issue, and the story generally plays out like the one above. I will echo those above re: loose connector, bad wire in an otherwise good connector, bad ground or bad battery.

I see a ton of trucks with beds that look like they were deliberately vandalized. It doesn't make me think "wow, that guy uses his truck for what it was meant for!"....it just makes me think " That guy REALLY needs a utility trailer!". There are beater farm/work trucks, and those have a place...

Closest you can get is 1) XLT 301 and then add in a bunch of the creature comforts or 2) get a PB and try to strip out extra weight. The PB has the second highest GVWR at 7350#, but eats a lot of that with extra hybrid stuff. The other issue is that the Max Tow 3/4 float 9.75" rear axle has...