1990 Ford F-250
| Owner: |
Kingfish999 (All of this user's registries on SuperMotors) |
| From: |
Palm Harbor, FL, U.S.A. (Other registries in FL) |
| Year, Make, & Model: |
1990 Ford F-250 (Other Ford F-250s) |
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| Nickname: |
Creampuff |
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| Engine: |
originally a stock 302 EFI. Engine had no oil pressure, warped heads, ran like crap.
Swapped a 302 from 98 V8 Explorer with GT40P heads, roller cam, and OBD-II EFI setup. Used a PCM from a 96 5.0 Explorer to bypass the anti-theft system.
has dual exhaust with long tube headers, thrust mufflers and 1st stage cats 2 inch piping. |
| Drivetrain: |
originally 4x4 with AOD and BW1356
swapped in 2wd 4R70W from 98 Explorer 5.0 with a TransGo reprogramming kit
Semi-floating Sterling 10.25 rear axle with 4.10 gears
TTB Dana 44HD front axle but no transfercase means no 4x4 |
| Notes: |
A friend had it for awhile and called it Creampuff but gave it to her grandma when she left for the Army. However it was in horrible shape. Warped cylinder heads, many damaged parts, numerous broken vacuum lines, and many failed repairs done by others. as a favor I completely rebuilt the top end of the motor for cost of parts and using used parts I already had. afterwards I got the engine running prime but then found out the tranny was toasted and the engine had very low oil pressure due to worn bottom end parts.
The grandma doesn't want to pay for a new tranny and rebuilding the lower end of the engine but gave it for me because she knows I see the potential in the truck and will get it fixed right.
Been playing with different ideas for plans of what I want to do for the truck. decided to swap in an engine and tranny from a 98 V8 Explorer with a 302 and 4R70W. Unfortunately the tranny is 2wd so the truck will loose 4x4. I will be converting the truck to OBD-II and using the EFI setup from the Explorer. the Explorer 302 with its GT40P heads, roller block, better cam, MAF OBD-II EFI will be much stonger and efficient than the stock engine. The 4R70W with the wide ratio gears and aftermarket valvebody will make it very strong and much better torque. both the engine and tranny with the F250s 4.10 gearing will make it very fuel efficient reliable and decent for towing
Unfortunately the 98 Explorer has anti-theft and numerous trips to the junkyard i still couldnt get all the components i needed to get by it. Ended up using a 96 Explorer 5.0 PCM which doesnt have anti-theft. Downside of this is that alot of the systems were different so this required me having to do some custom wiring and add and delete components. |
| Last Updated: |
1/27/2024 |
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 Work | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2,243 | 0 | 9/13/14 | 1/12/22 | | Engine/Tranny/EFI swap | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2,608 | 0 | 9/13/14 | 12/1/14 | | 98 Explorer Wiring Diagrams | 29 | 0 | 0 | 3,998 | 0 | 12/1/14 | 3/19/16 | | 96 Explorer Wiring Diagrams | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2,121 | 0 | 12/1/14 | 7/28/18 | | Axle Swap | 6 | 0 | 0 | 691 | 0 | 4/25/16 | 4/25/16 | | 10.25 rear disc brake conversion | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1,513 | 0 | 10/1/17 | 6/8/19 | | Seat belt sleeves | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1,813 | 0 | 5/25/16 | 6/16/16 | | rear view mirror w/ compass and temperature | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1,840 | 0 | 1/28/17 | 1/29/17 | | Revision 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1,695 | 0 | 4/29/18 | 10/14/18 | | 4R70W Reprogramming Kit - Transgo AODE-HD2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 327 | 0 | 1/30/19 | 1/30/19 | | Winch Bumper | 16 | 0 | 0 | 879 | 0 | 4/13/19 | 1/12/22 | | Vinyl Flooring | 10 | 0 | 9 | 615 | 0 | 4/13/19 | 7/14/19 | | Temporary Engine Swap | 14 | 0 | 1 | 524 | 0 | 6/28/20 | 1/12/22 | | Leaf Springs/Leveling Kit | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1,377 | 0 | 3/30/22 | 3/30/22 | | 349 Build | 14 | 0 | 0 | 579 | 0 | 1/27/24 | 1/27/24 | | Random | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1,442 | 0 | 9/13/14 | 12/11/17 | | Towing to RYC 2019 Spring | 11 | 0 | 0 | 414 | 0 | 3/25/19 | 11/22/19 | | Towing to RYC 2019 Fall | 6 | 0 | 0 | 226 | 0 | 11/22/19 | 11/22/19 | | Offroading | 7 | 0 | 0 | 411 | 0 | 3/13/20 | 8/11/22 | | Richloam WMA 1/18/20 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 484 | 0 | 1/20/20 | 3/13/20 | | Rancho 6/18/19 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 248 | 0 | 3/13/20 | 3/13/20 | | Florida Gambler 500 2020 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 935 | 0 | 1/12/22 | 1/12/22 | | Outdated | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/12/22 | 1/12/22 | | 87-91 PSOM retrofit | 23 | 0 | 0 | 4,305 | 0 | 10/26/14 | 1/12/22 | | Electric Fan - Freestar | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1,348 | 0 | 12/18/15 | 1/12/22 |
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349 is done
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assembling top of 349
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349 going in
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old engine out. rebuilding A/C stuff at same time
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pulling old 302
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old 'temporary' Explorer 5.0 that been in for few years and seen a ton of abuse. it did me very well
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Holley Systemax-II intake i picked up used for cheap
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Canton 15-620 oil pan rear sump 7qt
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Main studs. Windage tray
M10688 performance HV oil pump. Pickup tube measured for pan depth
Explorer 5.0 harmonic balancer rebalanced for 28oz. Explorer timing cover and water pump
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pinout for the PSOM plug
the signal from the Vehicle Speed Sensor first goes through the ABS Module, then to the PSOM, then finally to the ECM
1: Main Power
2: Main Ground
3: Power from key in RUN position
4: Raw VSS/ABS sensor signal In (from ABS ...
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87-91 instrument cluster out of my 88 Bronco on top
92-96 instrument cluster out of my 96 Bronco on bottom
Because I am putting a electronic controlled transmission (4R70W in this case), I need to put a PSOM to convert the VSS signal from analog t...
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adding a 3 inch drop pitman arm did help bring the geometry close to factory.
i may still consider doing a tie rod flip on the knuckles. with the drop pitman arm, there is no chance of the tie rods ever hitting the leaf springs.
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the F250 as it was given to me
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new rims
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302 and 2wd 4R70W pulled from a 98 Explorer
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the actual pinout diagram for the mirror
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302 and 2wd 4R70W pulled from a 98 Explorer
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