new member in montana

[86thirsty]

Hi thank you for the membership.
I have a 1986 f250 I bought  it 7 years ago from a neighbor.
The truck is  a Xlt 8’ box with the two small back windows and small bench seat in back . 460 engine, c6 transmission, manual shift 208 tcase. Dana 50 ttb front with a sterling 10.5 rear with air bags. 3.55 gears.
265-75.16 Toyo mt. tires. 16”alloy wheels. Bushwacker flairs.
The engine is mildly warmed over. Long tub headers3” single exhaust with straight through muffler. Edelbrock Performer package. 750 Holley  carb. Aluminum 4 row radiator
Big remote transmission cooler. All emissions equipment deleted. Still has a good working r12 ac system.

We use the truck mostly for camping with a 10 foot western wilderness slide in camper. We are almost always pulling are 18foot jet boat with us  too.

The truck is in good condition a surviver . I keep it maintained
Myself.

[BigBrother-84]

Hi there!
I'll let the administrators precise you some little things (signature, map, etc), but I suppose "thirsty" stands for the truck and not for the owner?


Welcome!

[Gary Lewis]

Welcome!  Glad you joined.  

But I want to see pics of that rig.  You might want to read up on how to post pics at Bullnose Forum/Forum FAQs though as it isn't straightforward.

And while we are looking at other pages, we have a map (Bullnose Forum/Member's Map) and can add you with a city.

A 10' camper is a load, so I understand the need for the air springs.  And adding the 18' boat means that 460 is working.  No wonder it is thirsty!

[kramttocs]

Sounds like a great truck!
Great to have you

[grumpin]

Welcome!

[86thirsty]

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[86thirsty]

Here is a pic of thirsty . The slide in camper in the background.

[86thirsty]

521 ci big block engine I built for thirsty.

[86thirsty]

 Engine is 500 + hp . All forged pistons. H beam forged rods . Forged scat crank. Eddlebrock heads . Custom cam from Scotty the max porter.
Recurved distributor from scotty . Harland sharp rockers . 8qt oil pan .
Holley 750 carb with eddlebrock rpm intake. About 9.8:1 compression.

Pulls the load excellent. Like it’s not even there .

With out the camper and boat , the truck is a rocket.

I had the c6 transmission built a few years back for extreme use . Shifts
Strong . Will down shift and rev to 6000rpm and shift to  the next gear if needed.

[grumpin]

Nice! Looks good!

And those old Western Wilderness campers aren't light!

I had one with a wet bath, glad there wasn't a generator.

[Gary Lewis]

First you say:

86thirsty wrote

The engine is mildly warmed over.

Then you say:

86thirsty wrote

New engine is 500 + hp . All forged pistons. H beam forged rods . Forged scat crank. Eddlebrock heads . Custom cam from Scotty the max porter.  Recurved distributor from scotty . Harland sharp rockers . 8qt oil pan. Holley 750 carb with eddlebrock rpm intake. About 9.8:1 compression.

So, which is it?  Eddy heads & intake and a custom cam from Scotty doesn't quite seem "mildly warmed over".  

[mat in tn]

very cool truck!