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Haku

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Posts: 779

Location: Canada Ontario
Occupation: Hood Rat
Age: 26
V$: 69,420
#149369   2018-09-17 22:54          
# Lagano : Never thought you'd come back man! It's good to see you.

That's a great find, looks a bit shabby for now but it has potential for a nice project! You could go for a restomod build and make it fast, you can keep the Ford engine to be a little more special. :)

Good to be back, thought about coming back for a couple years but I've been playing consistently so may as well have some fun

# Nightrunner : Really unique car , great job !

Thank you, I'm really looking forward to having something that stands out in Valo, hopefully break a few necks and eventually the tires loose ;) ;)

# skip : 90s minitruck. Super slammed and wire wheels with a couple pinstripes here and there.

Now this has got me thinking :-X :-X

# Niatross : Nice and unique first car man
i'd make some power out of the engine, AND restore it too. good paintjob and wheels, good interior
thats it rly ;)
Goodluck on the build!

Thank you, I definitely want to clean it up, I've already started that in the time since I've got it. Not sure if I can really will myself to go full restoration, I will definitely build this Ford 5.8 until it blows up.

So, with all that being said

here are some pictures of the car as it sits today







When I purchased the car I knew that I wanted it to sit lower and feel less like a boat. I've had these wheels sitting around for a while now and decided to get some new tires mounted, though the offsets are a little poor for this application. I've also lowered the front 2 inches with lowering springs, though the rear 2 inch springs make these wheels rub too badly, so I've since opted to leave it raked for now (pics soon). I also took it for a cruise down to the hardware store and made a fairly simple wood bed to eliminate some of the recently developing rust in the bed.

I think the truck looks a hell of a lot meaner now, but I'm not exactly sure what I'm going to do about this engine.
I'd like to keep the 5.8, but the 2 speed needs to be swapped asap and in terms of power I'm not sure whether to ebay turbo it or just go full bolt on NA for now. I'd like to make at least another 100 wheel horsepower, but I think with more fuel, spark, exhaust flow and air flow that I can make close to that. I may as well throw a big cam at it as well. Let me know your opinions, plenty in store for this thing.

Do it for the ratchets