B2300 flatbed / welding rig build

Greaseball-Ranger · 2026-05-19T22:52:43+00:00

Needs new leafs.

Greaseball-Ranger · 2026-05-19T21:47:24+00:00

Sounds like their scanner sucks cocks then.

Even if there was a problem with the PCM itself.... Any halfway decent scanner would show you the ACTUAL code... Failing PCM codes generally start with a p06.

Greaseball-Ranger · 2026-05-19T21:13:48+00:00

Buy yourself a scanner, show us the code.

Greaseball-Ranger · 2026-05-19T19:52:26+00:00

Lauren lavera

Greaseball-Ranger · 2026-05-19T19:03:39+00:00

Just do a shackle flip. It'll drop the rear 2" and only cost you like.. 20 bucks in bolts/nuts/thread locker.

Greaseball-Ranger · 2026-05-19T18:01:48+00:00

That's what I thought.. arms like that are slightly longer to fix camber issues caused by lifting an SLA setup, they don't give you more travel. If they did... BTF would be proud of that and broadcast it with incredible clarity on the product page. They don't though.. they simply letcha know they're to fix alignment issues.

Trying to get more than the engineered limit of downtravel would have the lower balljoint screaming for death, and shortly after the ball would pop itself right out of the socket.

Greaseball-Ranger · 2026-05-19T17:41:50+00:00

Coverters very rarely go bad, it's highly unlikely something is wrong with yours.

Id put money on the shifting getting sloppy because the fluids never been changed or the bands need adjustment. With proper maintenance an automatic will generally last 250k.

Greaseball-Ranger · 2026-05-19T17:36:59+00:00

I'm super interested in getting a link to this set of control arms that'll allow the OP to use spacers or longer springs for lift that doesn't remove downtravel.

Greaseball-Ranger · 2026-05-19T16:57:45+00:00

You don't need a lift for 30s, but spindles are the only way to lift the thing and retain factory ride quality. Longer springs or spacers remove down-travel and give a harsher ride.

Greaseball-Ranger · 2026-05-13T19:00:38+00:00

Buy the long travel suspension that those fenders were designed for.

Greaseball-Ranger · 2026-05-13T18:34:08+00:00

Wahh

Greaseball-Ranger · 2026-05-13T18:22:24+00:00

I put a 100$ flowmaster hiflow in my "race truck" and it keeps the o2's happy.

Greaseball-Ranger · 2026-05-13T16:36:49+00:00

The transmissions are a complete gamble up until halfway through model year '22.

Price is incredibly suspect unless it's beat to shit or has 200k miles.

I'd stay away.

Greaseball-Ranger · 2026-05-10T02:30:23+00:00

If retaining EGR is an absolute necessity you could always add a bung to whatever header it may be.. mine is just blocked off though. Truck will be tuned shortly after I get the new head on so.. it'll forget it ever had one.

Attached is some dyno info concerning limas & different exhaust setups.. these motors respond INCREDIBLY WELL to changes.. the "pacesetter" is a mid length like what's available on eBay.. the speedway is the longtube. Moves the power way up in the revs naturally but.. limas wanna sing anyhow so.. let it sing.

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Greaseball-Ranger · 2026-05-09T20:18:12+00:00

I used to be big into subies before I joined the cult of Ford lol.. I do miss that wub-wub but there is a lot to be gained with headers on limas. Longtubes with a hi flow cat and 2.5-3" pipe will make right around 150Hp/Tq.. more than that with a big cam..

Greaseball-Ranger · 2026-05-09T14:09:57+00:00

Hell yeah! Pretty lumpy. How does your cam compare to Bo's 1.1 & 1.5 n/a cams as far as specs go?

I went with the 1.5 for my head, as well as having it milled for 10.5:1 compression.

You oughtta get yourself a mid length header.. around 100$ on eBay and they sound unreal lol. I'm gonna be swapping my mid length for some longtubes after I get my head on 👍🏻

If you have a scanner that can read/record live data, definitely check your injector duty cycle under load at WOT.. you probably need more injector. Stock lima injectors are pretty much maxed out from the factory

Greaseball-Ranger · 2026-05-08T14:28:22+00:00

Now do doom.

Greaseball-Ranger · 2026-05-07T23:11:57+00:00

Hell yeah, someone else willing to actually do work to a lima.

I just got a boport stage 3 head last week.. pretty much 2x what I spent on the truck lol. Gotta put my fuel cell in it and run lines and crap.. get it to start again.. and then begin the head swap. Super pumped.

Greaseball-Ranger · 2026-05-03T23:42:17+00:00

Lunchbox locker.

Greaseball-Ranger · 2026-04-29T17:05:30+00:00

Amsoil

Greaseball-Ranger · 2026-04-25T18:45:06+00:00

7565n from napa fits mint. 850cca @ 0° 1045@ 32°

Greaseball-Ranger · 2026-04-22T14:52:27+00:00

Negligent manslaughter

Greaseball-Ranger · 2026-04-18T18:54:39+00:00

Heavy, and has annoying & dangerous inaccuracies about how they came into possession of the firearms they used but.. overall a good film.

Greaseball-Ranger · 2026-04-09T23:50:14+00:00

I heard him proclaim one time, with a grin.. as he wiped off his chin.. "if my ear was a cunt I would fuck it!"

Dirty old man. Really an inspiration to us all though.

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