I'd sleep with one eye open tonight, if I were you.My wife is vintage but she got no wheels
Mines gold/tan, with the 351, but otherwise the same thing. Darn good truck!My '97 F350 only holds one thing . . . air in the gas tank because it sure won't hold fuel! LOL
Got the 460 gas and it sucks it down!
There we go! I've got a couple of late 50's/early 60's CJ5's and an '83 CJ Scrambler. Jeeps are about the easiest vehicles to get into in the resto/customize side of things.one more
59 jeep cj5
I've gotten a high of 12mpg in the F350 x351 with the auto tranny. Putting the hubs in freewheel makes a huge difference. In winter, 7-8mpg is the norm.man,, you guys must be doing sumthin right.
i only get about 8 maybe 9 with the 302 in the Bronco, using mid-grade fuel.
my scout got 13.4 with a carburetor and electronic ignition, with the points system it got just under 12.
i chalk most of it up to the transmissions they have.
the AOD in the Bronco sucks even with a shift kit, and the torque is maybe 2/3rd's what the scout had.
you'd think the taller [mustang] Cobra intake and injection system would help [and it kind of does with the RPM's being lower],,, but not with the fuel mileage.
I've always thought the CJ Jeeps, especially the older 4 cyl examples, would benefit enormously from a good 5 speed tranny. The 5 speed in my 91 Toyota pickup made that little 4 banger 22R a very usable machine. I always thought the 3 speed in the CJ's was about 2 gears short of what we needed.I guess this counts. A '79 CJ-7. I purchased it as a rust bucket, rebuilt the 258 I-6 with Offy intake manifold and 390cfm holley 4 bbl. ported head (gained about 500 usable rpm in each gear), 3 speed, trans got new brass and seals, Moser axles, fiberglass body, new springs poly bushings, home made bumpers (5" C-channel), welded patches and redid frame, pretty much rebuilt the entire thing. Served as my primary hunting vehicle from '92-2004 when I sold it to a buddy. He is still driving it.
Nope, the car was created to have that small V8 from the start. Actually, the car was designed to be built around a V8 powerplant. If you know about Brit bikes, you'll know the name Edward Turner. He was the brains behind the SP250. Here's a wiki article if you want to read all the gory details. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daimler_SP250IIRC the Daimler originally had a small V4 (V something in it an ran really fast). Kid down the street had one he traded for his Cord. Don't know where he got his stuff but had the telephone booth Izetta and the bubble Messerschmitt. An original Vespa too.
I always liked CJ's. But here in NY, the bodies would simply dissolve from the salt. I remember sitting behind a guy I worked with at a stop light on the way to work one frigid upstate NY morning. I was toasty warm in my 280ZX (another car that dissolved in NY) as I watched him clearing the inside of his windshield with an ice scraper while waiting for the light to change.I guess this counts. A '79 CJ-7. I purchased it as a rust bucket, rebuilt the 258 I-6 with Offy intake manifold and 390cfm holley 4 bbl. ported head (gained about 500 usable rpm in each gear), 3 speed, trans got new brass and seals, Moser axles, fiberglass body, new springs poly bushings, home made bumpers (5" C-channel), welded patches and redid frame, pretty much rebuilt the entire thing. Served as my primary hunting vehicle from '92-2004 when I sold it to a buddy. He is still driving it.
I suspect a lot of us went thru the "chopper phase" in our youth. Being cool trumped all other criteria. And you were cool and feelin' really good until you hit that pothole or deep manhole with the rigid frame or worse struts and drove your spine up thru the top of your helmet. And then of course, there was the superb handling that they provided. Lot of old bikers hobbling around with bad backs because of those old rigid frames. When I ride my Knuck with the stock pogo seat, the back of that bike is bouncing like a pogo stick on rough roads yet I'm comfy as Hell. I often think what it would be like if I were on the same road with the seat bolted to the frame. Ouch!Great story & great bike snakeoil !
If my pics worked these are my 71 Ironhead chopper & 83 FLH shovelhead dresser.
Jeff
The Jeep 258 inline 6 was a torque monster. Made all the torque in the world but would not rev. at all. The usable power curve was maxed out at 3600=/- rpm in any gear. When I rebuilt mine it got cleaned up (.030 over bore) and we massaged the heads. Intake side was port matched to the Offy maniforld and cleaned up, runners smoothed and straightened a bit but not enlarged. The exhaust side ports were tiny (thus the high torque per displacement). We ported and polished the exhaust side straightening runners and enlarging as well. All valves treated with a good 3 angle valve grind. We were able to keep a broad power range (keeping stock camshaft specs) and gained good usable power output to 4200rpm +. Replacing the Carter BBD 2 barrel carb with he small 390 cfm vacuum secondary Holley 4 bbl. really helped drivability and fuel economy as well. Losing about 1000 lbs of weight with the fiberglass body, doors, hood, windshield frame didn't hurt either. The loss of weight more than made up for whatever we gave up in low end torque. The 3 speed with the 2.6:1 transfer case did extremely well. The flexible power band from off idle to 4200 rpm made it very drivable. 1st gear low range you could throw a brick on the gas pedal and walk alongside the jeep.....not much use except for pulling stumps or Suburbans that get stuck in a ditch.I've always thought the CJ Jeeps, especially the older 4 cyl examples, would benefit enormously from a good 5 speed tranny. The 5 speed in my 91 Toyota pickup made that little 4 banger 22R a very usable machine. I always thought the 3 speed in the CJ's was about 2 gears short of what we needed.
BIG fan of the inlines, especially sixes, and that 258 is CLASSIC!I guess this counts. A '79 CJ-7. I purchased it as a rust bucket, rebuilt the 258 I-6 with Offy intake manifold and 390cfm holley 4 bbl. ported head (gained about 500 usable rpm in each gear), 3 speed, trans got new brass and seals, Moser axles, fiberglass body, new springs poly bushings, home made bumpers (5" C-channel), welded patches and redid frame, pretty much rebuilt the entire thing. Served as my primary hunting vehicle from '92-2004 when I sold it to a buddy. He is still driving it.