2014 Sema project

Hotrodtractor · Jun 2, 2014

Why not cut out the rear tire carrier and install some new cross braces that allow you to tuck that fuel cell up higher and maybe even add a little more capacity?

jordan572 · Jun 2, 2014

ncollins64 said:
Slight derail but noticed the single driveshaft. When did ford go back to singles.

The long wheel base trucks incorporate a hanger and a two piece shaft.

jordan572 · Jun 2, 2014

Hotrodtractor said:
Why not cut out the rear tire carrier and install some new cross braces that allow you to tuck that fuel cell up higher and maybe even add a little more capacity?

I suppose you could but then if you only had a crossmember on the top of the frame rail you would loose a lot of rigidity.

SoGrand · Jun 2, 2014

Who's shop in Minneapolis? I would love to come and take a look.

Dan

NotStock · Jun 2, 2014

With the design of the fuel cell as it sits, it holds 35.6 gallons.

jordan572 · Jun 2, 2014

NotStock said:
With the design of the fuel cell as it sits, it holds 35.6 gallons.

Even better than we expected, mint right there.

jordan572 · Jun 2, 2014

So with the cab, box and engine/trans all removed we could finally see what we were working with. Ton of fuel lines, pigtails for emission equipment and fluid lines were still on the truck if you could call it that. We pulled the steering gear, track bar, etc from the front to get ready to throw it up on the stands.

Not even 50 miles and the tie rod ends, knuckles and the axles are completely orange, everything else was nice and clean however.

Hotrodtractor · Jun 3, 2014

jordan572 said:
I suppose you could but then if you only had a crossmember on the top of the frame rail you would loose a lot of rigidity.

I'm not saying put cross members just across the top. I'm saying cut out all that spare tire wasted space and weld in some 2x8? crossmembers that you can use to tuck the fuel cell up higher because it fits cleanly in between.

Kind of like this setup where it was removed on a Chevy truck and made home for some batteries, air tank, and made some new rear shock mounts:

jordan572 · Jun 3, 2014

Hotrodtractor said:
I'm not saying put cross members just across the top. I'm saying cut out all that spare tire wasted space and weld in some 2x8? crossmembers that you can use to tuck the fuel cell up higher because it fits cleanly in between.

Kind of like this setup where it was removed on a Chevy truck and made home for some batteries, air tank, and made some new rear shock mounts:

Certainly could do that, but we have a setup here that we were both and still are happy with. 35 gallons is enough for me, I'm sure we'll use that available space above the fuel cell for something.

Stroked777 · Jun 6, 2014

Looks like a sweet build. Idk how you guys do it, take a truck apart that has only been together for a month lol

Dave · Jun 6, 2014

SoGrand said:
Who's shop in Minneapolis? I would love to come and take a look.

Dan

Id love to drive up and see it too.

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CATDiezel · Jun 6, 2014

Hotrodtractor said:
Why not cut out the rear tire carrier and install some new cross braces that allow you to tuck that fuel cell up higher and maybe even add a little more capacity?

Why not save the time and effort and just order a titan? They hold more than the one they are trying to design anyways.

Mpoage · Jun 6, 2014

CATDiezel said:
Why not save the time and effort and just order a titan? They hold more than the one they are trying to design anyways.

Because they said the factory tank would interfere with the new suspension.

JDub · Jun 6, 2014

Titan makes a tank that mounts in the spare tire location...

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smcox1 · Jun 6, 2014

Should've just ordered the truck in pieces from ford it would've saved some time lol!!

jordan572 · Jun 7, 2014

Stroked777 said:
Looks like a sweet build. Idk how you guys do it, take a truck apart that has only been together for a month lol

:fustrate:, I drove it home from the dealership, washed it, then drove it to the shop to start tearing it down.

jordan572 · Jun 7, 2014

Mpoage said:
Because they said the factory tank would interfere with the new suspension.

You are correct, it would have been an easier alternative to run one of those huge titans but that would interfere with the movement of the upper link setup.

jordan572 · Jun 7, 2014

JDub said:
Titan makes a tank that mounts in the spare tire location...

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Thanks for the recommendation, I actually checked that out before we decided on making an all custom cell. That tank hold 30 gallons, required you to cut a 4.75'' hole in your box side or inner box wall and has a unique plumbing setup that I definitely don't feel fits a quality build. PMF spent quite a bit of time designing the cell for this truck, with an incorporated fuel sender, pickup and returns along with a sump and drain setup, I think it is one of the cleanest alternatives we could come up with. The Fass pump should plumb into this tank nicely.

jordan572 · Jun 7, 2014

Slight derail from the progress on the truck, I got with Josh again at The Diesel Cartel to get some more parts. My plan is to have everything here that needs to be mounted to the frame so we can place everything before disassembly and paint. With an airlift it was borderline mandatory to have at least some type of horns on the build, the air tanks and compressors are necessary anyway. All that is needed is the horns and a valve of some sort. Josh hooked me up with some Nathan K5LA horns, there is plenty of other horn options out there but I wanted one of the loudest and cleanest setups available. Since all 5 horns bolt to one manifold it made sense to go with these horns.

I already knew the horns were going to need some work to look good, they showed up looking pretty ruff. With 3 layers of paint/powder on them they had seen better days,

Unfortunately our gun cleaner only took the first 2 layers of paint off, the last powder coated layer was on there. We sent them out to get soda blasted, I couldn't believe how they looked just after that. With some more prep work these horns should look awesome all said and done.

josh@thedieselcartel · Jun 7, 2014

jordan572 said:
Slight derail from the progress on the truck, I got with Josh again at The Diesel Cartel to get some more parts. My plan is to have everything here that needs to be mounted to the frame so we can place everything before disassembly and paint. With an airlift it was borderline mandatory to have at least some type of horns on the build, the air tanks and compressors are necessary anyway. All that is needed is the horns and a valve of some sort. Josh hooked me up with some Nathan K5LA horns, there is plenty of other horn options out there but I wanted one of the loudest and cleanest setups available. Since all 5 horns bolt to one manifold it made sense to go with these horns.

I already knew the horns were going to need some work to look good, they showed up looking pretty ruff. With 3 layers of paint/powder on them they had seen better days,

Unfortunately our gun cleaner only took the first 2 layers of paint off, the last powder coated layer was on there. We sent them out to get soda blasted, I couldn't believe how they looked just after that. With some more prep work these horns should look awesome all said and done.