'95 F-150 track ready street beast

[Sbeck09]

I think we can agree more than anything else, the slow down of deliveries right now SUCKS! My Gates Powergrip hose clamps finally arrived after UPS delaying delivery 3x and I got them installed last night. I really must thank Jesse at Level 7 Motorsports for this one. He was telling me way back when I first did the cooling system that it had too many connections and to use these clamps. Thanks to my hardheadedness we are now to that point.

From this mess:



To this streamlined layout:





Less connections and a cleaner engine bay always make me happier.



Now the other pressing matter is wrapping up the real fuel cell filler solution. This never got done purely out of laziness and then getting busy with the whole move. I've very happy to finally be about done with this task. After finding fuel fillers to be excessively expensive I settled on modifying one of the 2 original fillers from the truck. The fuel cell came with a 2.5" inlet neck and the Ford fillers were right at 2" in diameter. My simple solution was to cut and weld the bend of the stock filler 180 degrees from where it came and then add a steel 2 to 2.5" exhaust reducer to the end so they would match. Then a short piece of the special fuel filler hose and boom...done.



As always I used Ram Board for the template material. I'll cut it out of plate tonight and weld it to the cage bar so I can lock everything down. Some black paint and it will look mint.



Not the prettiest but very functional. So it definitely matches the rest of the truck. The idea being that this will end up hidden under the eventual bed cover with just the cap sticking up for easy access.

Next up is the new mufflers, the rest of the AC install since it has already been well beyond 100 degrees here a few times, and then some interior parts like a shifter cover and door panels. Time to really bring my vision together.

[JayinMI]

What is the valve in the lower heater hose from? Is it electrical or vacuum?

The "after" looks way better!

My Amazon packages keep getting delayed in Detroit for like a week. Sigh.
But I ordered some aluminum stock from Onlinemetals.com and it came in like 2 days.
Rocker panels for my S10, too. Guess using UPS/FedEx is the way to go for me, anyway.


Also, where did you get the power bulkhead fittings. I have some in my Amazon wishlist, but nice to have options.

Jay