So here's where I'm at. I have a 95 F250 I use to tow my 26' fifth wheel.
Specs are the usual : stock size tires (235/85/16), 4.10 gears, e4od ( rebuilt back in 05, hanging on strong).
It's at somewhere north of 230k miles. It just won't do it anymore. Every hill is a wot & pray affair. Trailer is 26', gvw is 7700lb. I don't have actual weights but it's not like it's going to be out of whack by a large margin.
So I'd like to talk what I want vs. what I actually need. I don't tow a lot so I can say what I think I want, but be completely off base and waste all my money.
What I think I want:
3rd gear 65 mph is about 3100rpm. 70 is 3200ish. I'd like to be able to pull this in OD on flatter ground, which puts me 70 is 2500ish.
I want all the torque. I keep saying I would be happy with 550lb @ 3300 rpm, but that's a wild *** guess. Where do you want torque peak? I assume near your typical running speed, right? Wind is a bitch. A 20mph headwind, which I seem to drive into no matter where I go and when, puts a serious hurting on my rig. Like 65 is a struggle on flat ground.
What would I really be happy with and what's the best way to get there? A 501, 521 and 545 kit are roughly the same price. They're all ~$1700 plus 200 for balancing. Is there a downside to going big? From the numbers Scotty puts out, I don't think I'd be happy with a non-stroker, budget build. I'm open to a custom cam if the benefits are worth the cost.
I plan on home porting the lower intake as is often discussed here. I need to find out more about the bowl blending on the f3 heads. I don't want to get exotic and expensive. As stock as I can stay, but do what is necessary.
I know about Scott, and have emailed him in the past but I really don't want to monopolize his time. I could bury him with a million emails, lol. I want to come up with a real plan before I start to bug him. I have read a lot of his builds.
I will be running a stinger pimp ecu, as I have a similar system on my toy and don't like the stock Ford stuff. Staying batch fire for the time being.
I have to find a local machine shop. I'm in SE Wisconsin if anyone has any recommendations. The last guy I talked to basically told me to go away... Mostly because I wasn't rebuilding a sbc.
Specs are the usual : stock size tires (235/85/16), 4.10 gears, e4od ( rebuilt back in 05, hanging on strong).
It's at somewhere north of 230k miles. It just won't do it anymore. Every hill is a wot & pray affair. Trailer is 26', gvw is 7700lb. I don't have actual weights but it's not like it's going to be out of whack by a large margin.
So I'd like to talk what I want vs. what I actually need. I don't tow a lot so I can say what I think I want, but be completely off base and waste all my money.
What I think I want:
3rd gear 65 mph is about 3100rpm. 70 is 3200ish. I'd like to be able to pull this in OD on flatter ground, which puts me 70 is 2500ish.
I want all the torque. I keep saying I would be happy with 550lb @ 3300 rpm, but that's a wild *** guess. Where do you want torque peak? I assume near your typical running speed, right? Wind is a bitch. A 20mph headwind, which I seem to drive into no matter where I go and when, puts a serious hurting on my rig. Like 65 is a struggle on flat ground.
What would I really be happy with and what's the best way to get there? A 501, 521 and 545 kit are roughly the same price. They're all ~$1700 plus 200 for balancing. Is there a downside to going big? From the numbers Scotty puts out, I don't think I'd be happy with a non-stroker, budget build. I'm open to a custom cam if the benefits are worth the cost.
I plan on home porting the lower intake as is often discussed here. I need to find out more about the bowl blending on the f3 heads. I don't want to get exotic and expensive. As stock as I can stay, but do what is necessary.
I know about Scott, and have emailed him in the past but I really don't want to monopolize his time. I could bury him with a million emails, lol. I want to come up with a real plan before I start to bug him. I have read a lot of his builds.
I will be running a stinger pimp ecu, as I have a similar system on my toy and don't like the stock Ford stuff. Staying batch fire for the time being.
I have to find a local machine shop. I'm in SE Wisconsin if anyone has any recommendations. The last guy I talked to basically told me to go away... Mostly because I wasn't rebuilding a sbc.