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It's not improvements in the oils that have led to longer OCIs- it's the massive improvement to the PCV systems compared to 30 years ago. I still do it every 5K. Easy to remember. 30K, 35K, 40K etc. Changing your oil more often won't prevent your defective crank from snapping in half though :)

Ain't gotta worry bout that on the old buggy spring trucks! I see an aftermarket support/guesset being made right now....

I'd recommend you put your old intake setup on the SD longblock and roll out. Nobody knows for sure.

LOL! No shit sherlock. Just wait for your new ZR1 purchase and the utter disaapointment that will stem from working with GM dealers. All cars break. All new cars have teething issues. If you think any make is immune, you are wrong. Plenty of $100K+ cars are recalled because they are...

Blasphemy. FTZero hath spoke- it could not be accurately diagnosed without the factory one installed. Yet they still fixed it. What luck.

Get cheap synthetic oil (Walmart house brand for example) and Motorcraft filters and change it every 5K.

You can get them all from the top, no problem. You don't have to go from the sides at all. You won't be able to see them, but you can easily lay on the core support/engine and reach down to get both sides. Well I could at least- I'm 6'3".

That's a good summary. Ford set it up right, going wider does you no favors other than looks.

I doubt Ford would even look at it. They don't have time to be pulling apart broken shit and seeing why it broke. It'd go back to the rebuilder as a core and that'd be that. Since he's not going to do that, we don't need to speculate anyways. Maybe, if he is lucky, one of those problematic...

I'd modify the garage(s) to get the truck in. Probably will be less or the same money as modifying the truck.

Run the trans without fluid until it fully grenades and then refill it. Wait, no- that's fraud, don't do that.

Bought mine back in 2017 or so when it was around $3 to $4 a share. Still at $11.30 today.

Yes, a good looking, properly sized, hubcentric positive offset wheel is nearly impossible to find. People are FAR more interested in looks than performance. Ask anyone putting +0 offset wheels on their truck to explain scrub radius and how changing the wheel offset affects it- they'd look at...

Stock wheels are 8.5 and +34. Looking at a 9" wheel vs. a 8.5" wheel, it's 1/4" wider each side. Then you look at the offset. Stock is +34, those are +0. 34 mm = 1.33". Assuming the same tire- the outer edge of the tire should be 1.6" further out, and it looks like it. You are going...

Sounds like the alternator died while driving and you drained the battery. Charge the battery overnight and see if everything is OK again.

Engine radiator fans. Does your heat exhanger have fans on the front side of it? That's optional on the Whipple kits.

Little monsters ate through the insulation of some 50 year old Romex inside a wall of one of my houses. Keep your truck in a garage that is sealed up really well and has mouse traps set. I'm about to spend 10K on a new garage floor to fix settlement issues and take care of where they were...

The Whipple is a twin screw. They run hot. Even when you aren't in boost and just cruising, the majority of the air has to go through the screws, where it gets compressed (heated), and then it's goes back to the top of the screws through the bypass valve (open when vac is present) and does it...

The Ebay one is likely not a Ford camera. Ebay is loaded with fake OEM parts. Why not just get a Ford camera? Are they $600 or something crazy?

There is no need for anything other than stock coils on a 6.2L, unless you are running 20+ lbs of boost.

I'd go 24" depth at least for your main box. The boxes at Menards are the best bang for the money in the 24" depth. They are built by Montezuma, who also builds the box I bought.

My garage got a lot more dreamier with the additon of one of these. https://strictlytoolboxes.com/product/tool-vault-72-elite-30-drawer-tool-cabinet-with-top-chest/ I cannot overstate how much the depth matters on a toolbox. 30" is where it's at.... It's not Snap-On grade, but's it's not...

You can get a 2 monthextended license that allows you to make changes for free. https://forscan.org/support/prepare_trial_el_request.php?lang=en You also need a PC laptop and a good OBDII adapter. Get this adapter. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B081VQVD3F/?tag=fordraptorforum-20

I turned off the TPMS using Forscan since I run wheels/valvestems w/o the sensors. I believe you can adjust the TPMS setpoints in Forscan as well.

It's pretty tough by yourself IMO. I do not ever look forward to putting it on/taking it off, and I don't even have the hold open bars to deal with on mine. If you have a second person to crawl in the bed to undo the bolts and then help take it off, it's a lot easier. Then you only have...