New street toy build

jdgleason · Feb 24, 2013

HD F250 said:
I hope you plan on leaving those snazzy grab rails on the bed so all the drunk rednecks don't fall out when you goose that little shorty. LOL

Powdercoating them yellow, as a matter of fact. lol

imelmo · Feb 25, 2013

Super Diesel said:
I like the way you guys cut the frame, how much did ya'll cut out?

jdgleason said:
I cant remember exactly how much I cut out... 14 or 16".

16"

.

fordfreak4life · Feb 25, 2013

jdgleason said:
Powdercoating them yellow, as a matter of fact. lol

if u guys want to get rid of them I'd take them off your hands, I'll be out for the dyno day

Sent while spinning 18 wheels

jdgleason · Feb 25, 2013

fordfreak4life said:
if u guys want to get rid of them I'd take them off your hands, I'll be out for the dyno day

Sent while spinning 18 wheels

Yours.

INFAMOUS · Feb 25, 2013

Are you gonna put them on the nitro? I know your not putting them on the truck...

Sent from my HTC6435LVW using Tapatalk 2

HOOV3R · Feb 25, 2013

I think he is putting them in his bathroom.

jdgleason · Feb 25, 2013

HOOV3R said:
I think he is putting them in his bathroom.

Every once in a while you need something to pull on.

JMart · Feb 25, 2013

Super Diesel said:
I like the way you guys cut the frame, how much did ya'll cut out? I was planning on cutting mine this weekend coming up (1 March) but the guy who's buying my flatbed backed out on me... so I'll postpone it a little longer.

Also... since you guys have already done the work... is there ANY way to make the 38 gallon tank fit? It'd be awesome to have a Regular Cab Shorty with a 38 gallon tank.

the 38 gallon has the fill prot at the front and the short bed tank has the fill port in the middle. They are both about the same length. I measured them when I had them side by side. The 38 is wider and deeper though. There isn't much room under the cab beside the transmission as it is. I don't think you would want a wider fuel tank there, if it would fit. Plus you would have to rework all the holes. Not worth it since they are only about $100 at the salvage yards.

If you could get an Excursion tank you could put it in place of the spare with a little modification and have a 40 gallon tank.

fordfreak4life · Feb 25, 2013

jdgleason said:
Every once in a while you need something to pull on.

lol precisely, no i was going to use them on a buddies pickup

Sent while spinning 18 wheels

Strokersace · Feb 25, 2013

JMart said:
the 38 gallon has the fill prot at the front and the short bed tank has the fill port in the middle. They are both about the same length. I measured them when I had them side by side. The 38 is wider and deeper though. There isn't much room under the cab beside the transmission as it is. I don't think you would want a wider fuel tank there, if it would fit. Plus you would have to rework all the holes. Not worth it since they are only about $100 at the salvage yards.

If you could get an Excursion tank you could put it in place of the spare with a little modification and have a 40 gallon tank.

That's what I was thinking. Modify the cross members aft axle and mount a 44 gal excursion tank.

Super Diesel · Feb 25, 2013

JMart said:
the 38 gallon has the fill prot at the front and the short bed tank has the fill port in the middle. They are both about the same length. I measured them when I had them side by side. The 38 is wider and deeper though. There isn't much room under the cab beside the transmission as it is. I don't think you would want a wider fuel tank there, if it would fit. Plus you would have to rework all the holes. Not worth it since they are only about $100 at the salvage yards.

If you could get an Excursion tank you could put it in place of the spare with a little modification and have a 40 gallon tank.

Strokersace said:
That's what I was thinking. Modify the cross members aft axle and mount a 44 gal excursion tank.

Really?....... I might just look into doing that. Thanks! I didn't realize that the Excursion tanks were that big.

Dzchey21 · Feb 25, 2013

I was thinking excursion tank on mine as well. 40gal is way to big for me but location is good back there

Hotrodtractor · Feb 25, 2013

Dzchey21 said:
I was thinking excursion tank on mine as well. 40gal is way to big for me but location is good back there

Any reason you can't do an old school 25.5 gallon Bronco tank back there? Unless you want smaller - then just do a fuel cell.

907DAVE · Feb 25, 2013

That excursion tank is huge and bit of an eyesore on a street truck. I think it would be slick to move the filler neck inside the bed and shave the fuel door though.

Dzchey21 · Feb 25, 2013

Bronco tank would work. I have one too.

Might just do that with a sump at the rear

bigrpowr · Feb 25, 2013

back in the day lots of folks did bronco tanks.

Dzchey21 · Feb 25, 2013

Even better would be taking the 16 ,gal tank out of my 76 and put the bronco tank in that truck and use the 16 gal in my white truck... Win win win

SSpeeDEMONSS · Feb 25, 2013

907DAVE said:
That excursion tank is huge and bit of an eyesore on a street truck. I think it would be slick to move the filler neck inside the bed and shave the fuel door though.

How far down does it stick on a truck? I have never seen one done I don't think.

Garrett

probably getting paid at work to post this from my bionic

Lowdown89 · Feb 26, 2013

SSpeeDEMONSS said:
How far down does it stick on a truck? I have never seen one done I don't think.

Garrett

probably getting paid at work to post this from my bionic

It sticks down a pretty good bit, in the few trucks I have seen running them. Low enough that I wouldn't want to run one on a lowered truck without some kinda skid plate

Strokersace · Feb 26, 2013

Lowdown89 said:
It sticks down a pretty good bit, in the few trucks I have seen running them. Low enough that I wouldn't want to run one on a lowered truck without some kinda skid plate

They have their own skid plate built into their mounting. An entire metal basket if you will.