Go West, Young Man- Connor M's 6.4

[Connor M]

Didnt know you were in Mass. Good to see some locals with 6.4Ls still around. If you ever need tools or access to an IDS feel free to reach out. Where did you go for machining? I went to RCS i believe it was called out of ludlow. Was very pleased with their service. Wheres your stuff at?

My stuff is at All Cape Machine in Hyannis.


Shit, it's been a minute.
I pulled the motor out of the silver truck I actually bought off a dude on here. Ran it for a little over a year, was a great truck to me, but the motor was always destined for my 250.

Looking at that picture now I'm not sure why we tossed that 6 liter tailgate, out of the 4 we have at the shop it probably was the best.

Anyways, we were on a time crunch. With my old man's yukon at the dealer (for five months and eleven days, in the end) my f250 was the most reliable 4 door vehicle to take on vacation. Only it didn't have an engine.

The torque converter put up a hell of a fight but I got it in, lost a driveshaft, and still made it in time to take the family on a trip from Massachusetts to Shenandoah national park, Asheville, NC, Nashville, TN, and southwest Florida and back. I made time to meet up with some friends I'd met through a groupchat and until then never spoken in person, it was a great experience and the truck made it. The ride on 26 in and 40 out of NC are both truly gorgeous, as is driving skyline drive. Highly recommended.
After sitting for 2 years, and only about a week of shakedown, the only thing that went wrong was a caliper started dragging and I replaced it in the garage of the airbnb in Florida.

Now, the truck's hiding from the salt, I run it every dry day just so it doesn't sit, and in a few weeks I'll hop back over to driving it every night. Right now, I'm still stacking parts to build a 750-800 hp capable motor with a turbo setup from shane. Although at this rate, hopefully he's not retired by the time I'm ready to build it.

I got some carnage pics and some souvenirs when i finally disassembled my engine, I'll try and find the pictures later.

 

[Shaggy]

My stuff is at All Cape Machine in Hyannis.


Shit, it's been a minute.
I pulled the motor out of the silver truck I actually bought off a dude on here. Ran it for a little over a year, was a great truck to me, but the motor was always destined for my 250. View attachment 116238
Looking at that picture now I'm not sure why we tossed that 6 liter tailgate, out of the 4 we have at the shop it probably was the best.

Anyways, we were on a time crunch. With my old man's yukon at the dealer (for five months and eleven days, in the end) my f250 was the most reliable 4 door vehicle to take on vacation. Only it didn't have an engine.
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The torque converter put up a hell of a fight but I got it in, lost a driveshaft, and still made it in time to take the family on a trip from Massachusetts to Shenandoah national park, Asheville, NC, Nashville, TN, and southwest Florida and back. I made time to meet up with some friends I'd met through a groupchat and until then never spoken in person, it was a great experience and the truck made it. The ride on 26 in and 40 out of NC are both truly gorgeous, as is driving skyline drive. Highly recommended.
After sitting for 2 years, and only about a week of shakedown, the only thing that went wrong was a caliper started dragging and I replaced it in the garage of the airbnb in Florida.
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Now, the truck's hiding from the salt, I run it every dry day just so it doesn't sit, and in a few weeks I'll hop back over to driving it every night. Right now, I'm still stacking parts to build a 750-800 hp capable motor with a turbo setup from shane. Although at this rate, hopefully he's not retired by the time I'm ready to build it.

I got some carnage pics and some souvenirs when i finally disassembled my engine, I'll try and find the pictures later.

Nice! Truck looks good. What's your plans for that donor truck?

 

[Connor M]

Nice! Truck looks good. What's your plans for that donor truck?

It ended up getting scrapped for beer money.

 

[Connor M]

I’m not making a build thread for my 450 since it’s supposed to just be the work truck and this harley the nice one but I’ll post some pictures here.
2008 XLT I bought at 133k for $3500 with a broken rocker and half the engine in the back seat. Fixed that for under 100 bucks. Did some oil analysis and the motor seems in good shape. Was a switch n go truck in a past life, I bought as a c&c.weird set of options, door keypad XLT but also rubber floors and a dogleg 4x4.
I drove down to the western corner of VA for this bed in may of 2020, because I couldn’t get one anywhere closer. The wheels are JK motorsports direct bolt with phantom caps, dee-zee fuel tank, 3.5 readylift for a 350 gets me to 3.5 front and 5” rear with custom u bolts. Truck had an aftermarket hood and an xl grille on it when I got it, becuase it was in an accident I presume. I found a chrome package grille up in like winchendon or something. Got lariat seats and a console, rubber floors, alpine head-unit and sundown speakers. Got some amp steps already cut for an extended cab waaay out in new york for $400 but after the speeding ticket and inspection sticker ticket I got in the harley it might have been cheaper to buy a set online.

It’s fairly simple, I’m not into it for a lot at all but it’s a really nice truck, I work out of it awesome with the low side boxes, and it turns heads and generates some talk on jobsites. For now I’m just fixing little things before doing anything else major.

 

[Connor M]

Need a fuel pump for that donor motor. It’s making oil as I’ve said in other threads, a lot of oil, and it smokes constantly. I’m just going to replace the pump because I see no issues anywhere else. Should I go with the alliant power reman everyone sells or does anyone else reman a pump that’s different/better?

 

[Connor M]

I’m still running my 450 because I’m fighting my harley 250’s smoke and missfire issue. The beater work truck’s having very few issues while my nice truck never seems to stay running. But I did find a 6.7 console for it, I need to get the lower dash portion installed, that’s how these trucks should have come. The little console sucks compared to the flow through.

Started getting more parts for the motor at the machine shop, I’m thinking more and more every day that it’s probably something that’s gonna result in me putting another motor in the 250.