1996 F150, 5.0 V8 E303 cam, new exhaust

[@CJColvin]

The 92-96 Ford F-series are one the toughest fords ever made.

[@calebruttan9330]

I know. I have a 91 but cant cam it due to it has speed density and no maf

[@darryl163]

Caleb Ruttan you can.cam it just nothing with radical lift...they also make a speed density cam

[@chrisduncan2626]

You can swap to the newer ecm and maf setup and tune it that way or you can carb it. Whatever your choice is. You can tune the speed density computer as well. there are options out there to do it that utilize the factory ecm, like moates quarter horse for instance. Its the same computer as the 9th gen. Its just set up to run on a map sensor instead of a maf

[@MrSparky994a]

Yes sir non of that triton bullshit.

[@leonmoparneal3892]

The StangTruck17 how do I know of my truck is speed density I have a 93 F150 With a 5.0

[@gtaxivxninjaxsniper]

Nice truck. I've got a '94 flare side with a 302 out of a 91 mustang. E303 cam, cobra intake, 3200 stall and 4:10 gears. Just purchased some trick flow heads to see if I can squeeze some more power out of it.

[@benhill8511]

Will a built 302 out of a 95 mustang that’s been converted to carb bolt up to a factory F-150 5 speed 95 model year?

[@prestonsaunders8056]

@@benhill8511 of course😂

[@Thatblue96]

What did you do for tuning?

[@InFiD3ViL1]

Now thats a truck!

[@mikepoint4983]

Sounds sick , love it

[@f100manwesley4]

So so sweet!! I watch this video like 10 times a week

[@oldfordblue1]

F100 man Wesley thanks bud. I dont drive it this time of year when theres salt and snow everywhere here in iowa, so I usually have to go out to the garage like once a week and fire it up just to hear it when I start going through withdrawals haha

[@f100manwesley4]

oldfordblue1 is it 3 inch exhaust all the way?

[@oldfordblue1]

F100 man Wesley the headers have 2.5 inch collectors. The ypipe where its bolted to the headers is also 2.5 inch then both of those pipes tie together into a single 3 inch.

[@f100manwesley4]

Wished I had headers. I'm possibly adding a e303 cam in the future to my truck and a H pipe exhaust. I hope it sounds as good as this one. Wow what a truck

[@oldfordblue1]

F100 man Wesley if you want some decent cheap headers the Summit Racing house brand ones are pretty decent and are only like 150 bucks. I run those on the stock 302 in my beatup 94 f150 4x4 that i drive in the winter.

[@gregorym2121]

I have a 97, I’d love to have this done.

[@fernandorocha6486]

Very beautifull your Ford F150 96

[@steffinmezger5301]

Sounds 10x better than any chevy

[@edgarnavarro8703]

Steffin Mezger 😂😂 its a joke right ?

[@carlosvelasco4119]

Unfortunately its slower

[@oldfordblue1]

I can be humble... does it sound better then all the straight piped z71 hillbilly trucks running around town? Yes. Does it pull away from those trucks like they're standing still? Yes. Does it sound better then a ZR1 vette? No. Would it get destroyed in a race against a ZR1? Yes, duh...

[@daviddixon5114]

Love the sound!

[@FLAWDAJAY2003]

Sounds bad ass.wish mines sounded like that.baby steps.

[@TexasHarleyBoy65]

Love the lope

[@austinbraasch7449]

Fantastic

[@HipsterBot2000]

sounds nice 👍

[@oldfordblue1]

Thankyou

[@CJColvin]

P.S.They also look beautiful while doing it.

[@BraydenSB]

Id love to see you pull the truck out and do a full tour. Would you recommend this cam and a set of gt40p heads with 1.7 rockers for a daily truck?

[@chrishansen7004]

That would work pretty good for a daily driver, i would recommend you to fully port them out though the biggest restriction in these old Ford motors is the cylinder heads they never really got em right from the factory

[@WheelersHoarder]

Sounds good 👌

[@skelotar]

Got her sounding great! nice job

[@oldfordblue1]

thankyou! Ive tinkered with different exhaust setups on it over the past couple years and this is the version I'm sticking with

[@CJColvin]

Have you heard of the new 7.3L Godzilla V8 that Ford is making for the 2020 Ford Super Duty.

[@oldfordblue1]

Yes I have. I'm more then excited to see a big displacement pushrod v8 coming from Ford. I think that engine needs to find its way into a new regular cab short bed 2wd F150... we need a 3rd generation lightning.

[@CJColvin]

@@oldfordblue1 Sounds awesome. It would be a great engine swap for an old school car or hotrod or heck even an old school F100. Speaking of which what happened to all of you're other videos of old Blue.

[@UncleRobsGarage]

Very nice!

[@krisverde]

Did you do a mustang throttle cable to get that intake manifold to work? I've been looking at mustang intakes for my 351 instead of the Edelbrock truck intake

[@Mr.Safety.]

Love it.

[@Flareside94]

Love the sound!!! 💪💪🥳🥳 are you in New Yorklol

[@justinhaas747]

Do you have any idea what kind of hp and tq numbers you are making? I have a 1978 f150 that I'm swapping a 95 302 into and am planning on doing similar engine modifications. Also, what kind of fuel economy do you get when you don't romp on it?

[@oldfordblue1]

Justin Haas I dont know what it makes for power, I'd like to have it dyno'd eventually but being located in middle of nowhere Iowa theres no one around who can do it. For fuel mileage it does a solid 14mpg with me driving it back and forth to work about half and half city and highway, and thats still with me romping on it a few times just cause I like the noise it makes. I did manage to get almost 17mpg out of it on a 260 mile highway trip I took over the summer, cruise control at 65mph with the ac on low, thats with 3:55 gears and stock size 235/75 tires, turning 1800 rpms.

[@Rob_Cleans_Cars]

I just put JBA cat4ward shorties on mine. I’m guessing yours are the same ones? They’re needed to use the gt40 heads correct?

[@Readmypost]

Nice truck!!!! Overall can someone tell me what is needed to do a cam swap on a stock 5.0 recomendations and more!

[@stevenboykin4709]

Following

[@wedontdrivestock223]

Following

[@ChiefLightning9]

Is the cobra maf and injectors a direct plug and play swap?

[@Acaidia]

Nice setup. I have a 1995 F150 5.0 with a B303 cam and it sounds very similar. I want to get GT40 heads as well. Is the BBK throttle body worth it?

[@BrandonMcClurg-o1t]

Hey man. What all have you done to the motor for the b303 cam to work? And does it make a big difference in the power?

[@Acaidia]

@@BrandonMcClurg-o1t Nothing else needs to be changed to work with the b303. Everything else is stock. I can't really say for sure about the power because my truck came with the cam already in it and I've never driven a stock 302. Most dyno numbers I've seen show about a 20HP gain.

[@luisbermudez7954]

Did you have to get a tune? I’m getting similar work done to my 96 and haven’t gotten a straight answer

[@stevesimp1101]

No.... no tune at all... you might have to get bigger injectors and mass air sensor but that’s it

[@7.3powerstroke9]

I have a truck almost identical to that it’s a 302

[@keithh7483]

How did this stuck drive after the cam upgrade? I am considering putting one in my f150 but don't want to kill what little low end torque the 302 makes.

[@oldfordblue1]

Keith Hof The truck still drives around like a normal truck, it'll idle in traffic all day with the air conditioning on with no issues, it'll pussyfoot down neighborhood streets at 25mph and it'll cruise 75 down the highway. It didnt lose any low end power or low end driveability, rather it just pulls a lot harder at mid to high rpm now. For the most part it just feels like driving around in any ole pre 1997 F150, until I stomp the loud pedal.

[@keithh7483]

oldfordblue1 I'm surprised it didn't hurt the low end power. Have you towed anything with it since the cam upgrade?

[@oldfordblue1]

Keith Hof I dont tow or haul anything with it, I have two other trucks I use for that. This one sits in my garage 99% of the time, no rust, no scratches, 72,000 miles, its too nice to be abused.

[@davij2727]

Have you pulled with that cam and how was it? What gear is in it?

[@SkullFullOfMaggotz]

mint 👌 which is australian for "bloody awesome!"

[@arturogonzalez7514]

Hello, what length of pushrods did you use?

[@Junior-rc9dy]

Very nice 👌

[@drewl4762]

Is the exhaust setup good quality and do u like the sound I thought about doing the same thing for my big block

[@oldfordblue1]

Exhaust quality is great. The headers are ceramic coated and everything else is stainless steel and mandrel bent. Just a nice system I was able to piece together myself for a fraction of what it would of cost for a exhaust shop to fab up a crinkle bent aluminized system that'd rot out in 5 years.

[@willwork2fish261]

What all do you need to change for this cam?

[@nathanbowden325]

I have a stock 1996 f150 xtl would I have to tune it or get any other upgrades if I get this cam

[@diegos1129]

Did you have to upgrade the stall converter

[@chrisperry1756]

could I put an e303 in my stock valve train of my 5.0 f150?

[@abrahamford4411]

i think so its not much more lift than the stock cam

[@oldfordblue1]

Chris Perry It'll work with the stock valve train. Stock cam with stock 1.6 lifters is .444 if i recall correctly, an e303 is .496, not a massive enough difference to cause any valve to piston interference issues. Although if its going into an engine with a ton of miles it'll definitely push old tired valve springs to about their limit.

[@steffinmezger5301]

Yes i have done so myself ...nut my motor was also carb swapped

[@evankelsay8959]

@@oldfordblue1would you consider 135k miles a “ton”

[@nainoa1000]

that sound soooo niceeeee!!!

[@oldfordblue1]

Thankyou. Its a fun headturner, usually get some looks when I fire it up outside of a gas station or whatnot, people dont expect that noise to come out of something that looks what their grandpa probably still drives.

[@dylanpeeters8]

oldfordblue was your truck MAF and OBDII? really want to build mine just not sure how to go about have a few questions

[@oldfordblue1]

dylanpeeters8 it does have factory mass air, and being that its a 96 it is obd2.

[@1mean02hd]

What engine management? Still running stock ecm?

[@johnnybridges3875]

If you don't mind asking, how much did all this cost when you finished it? I have a 94 I'm trying to do

[@oldfordblue1]

I've got roughly $2500 in it, mostly because I was able to do all the machine work myself... I already owned the 302 block, I hot tanked it and bored it in the machine shop in the tech school I was attending. I spent $750 on pistons and a master rebuild kit. I got the heads for free, they were well used/beat cores, I did a valve job on them, I did the port work myself, and I installed new springs and 1.72 ratio rockers. Gave $400 for the intake, injectors, and MAF sensor, got all that from a friend who was switching his Mustang to carb from efi. Gave $200 or so for cam. The exhaust was kinda pricey, mostly because I bought high dollar equal length ceramic coated headers, and a bassani stainless manderal ypipe. I originally had a set of long tubes on it that I got used, and dual pipes I cobbled together myself, just never cared for the way it sounded, and it looked kinda ratty.

[@rustywells3366]

Did you have to put a stall in your my is a aod transmission and whenever I come to the light tries to downshift hard tries killing motor

[@justa5.0]

So could I get a e303 cam for like a 95 mustang? Or where can I find one

[@jacintocastillo75]

You think those taillights fit on a 1989 ranger?

[@13cobbler]

i have almost the same set up. how do you get it to pass inspection? I have no check engine light but the monitors arnt ready

[@oldfordblue1]

Inspection?? Lol... I live in Iowa, dont have to deal with any of that crap.

[@JoseRodriguez-zb7te]

What valve springs did you run?

[@PursuitofDarkness]

Sounds bitchin’. I have an 86 f150 I’m thinking of putting a bigger cam and converting to carb.

[@payton5759]

Have you had any problems out of that setup?

[@JoseRodriguez-zb7te]

How many degrees of timing ?

[@eddiegonzalez3111]

put a flowmaster super 10

[@bill88stang]

What do you have it idling at? How do you like it so far

[@oldfordblue1]

Idle is right around 700. I enjoy it, its not a daily driver or anything. got 2 two other trucks and a car, so this one can be a obnoxious toy.

[@302hobronco]

great sounding truck, how does she perform?

[@oldfordblue1]

302hobronco it performs alright. It still drives around like a normal truck from this era, just gets up and goes a little better when you stomp the loud pedal. It is extended cab and weighs close to 5000 pounds so its no speed demon or anything, it'll hang with most newer trucks in a straight line drag

[@benhill8511]

Is yours an auto truck or manual ?

[@justa5.0]

I have a 1995 f150 5.0

[@albertdaniel8961]

Do you know how much your pushing?

[@tylergill8876]

You still got this truck?

[@groovemaker8997]

e303 work with efi?

[@zoefoo5417]

Cams and lifters?

[@lanny222]

I own a 96 f150 xl 302 think the cams would work in mine?

[@oldfordblue1]

lanny222 its just a single cam. It'll work in any roller cam 302. If your 96 still has its original engine then yes it'll be a roller, ford trucks and broncos went to roller cams in 1994.

[@lanny222]

oldfordblue1 yes I have the original engine.... take a look at my truck on my videos on my page.. I have true dual exhaust but I want it to sound better st idle and stuff so I want to get a cam

[@carlosiceywenner]

we have the same truck in the same color, mine has an 8ft box though

[@oldfordblue1]

I actually have another truck in this color combo too. A 94 F150 4x4 I drive in the winter, its a typical rusty Iowa truck. People who dont know that I have 2 of them will see rusty one amd be like "what'd you do to that poor truck?? It used to be so nice" lol

[@princejayhillable]

+carlosiceywenner me too

[@JakesOCTech]

what brand and setup exhaust are you running?

[@oldfordblue1]

Its in the discription... a mixed bag of a magnaflow tailpipe, a flowmaster muffler, bassani ypipe, and jba headers

[@JakesOCTech]

Are the JBA headers the cat4ward style and do they bolt directly to the y?

[@oldfordblue1]

Jake sorry just seen your reply, they're not the stupidly expensive cat4ward ones, they're ones they used to make for the 351 in gen 1 lightnings

[@stevesimp1101]

Stock pistons?

[@CJColvin]

Man that truck sounds so nice. Is that 302 now a 306 or just a stock bore 302. I have a 96 F150 with a 302 with 201,850 miles on it but it doesn't sound as good as yours though. Either way 1996 is the same year I was born.

[@CJColvin]

+oldfordblue1 That's sounds awesome. I bought my 96 F150 back in Wentzville Missouri for around $3300, it's in good shape, barely any rust, and runs very good. Now I have one question does your truck run on premium fuel since it's built or do you still run on regular fuel.

[@oldfordblue1]

+CJ Colvin , I run it on premium as I have the ignition timing bumped to 13 degrees btdc, also opened the plug gap to .0055 and use a hyfire 6al ignition box. It only has around 9.5:1 compression, it'll run on 87 octane with the timing turned back down to 10 degrees btdc, but ever since fuel has gotten cheaper I keep it turned up and run it on 93 octane since it makes a noticeable difference in power. I got this truck back in 2003, I was 17 and in 11th grade, was my first vehicle. It had just under 63,000 miles on it when I got it, its only got 87,000 on it now. I live in northern Iowa, and I would bet money that this is the only original rust free F-series of this generation anywhere near me. The road salt just destroys everything up here. I dunno what kind of life the truck had before I got it but I've babied it the entire time I've had it. Its always been garage kept, its never seen snow since I've had it, I dont take it out on days when it storms to avoid hail damage. I had the truck maybe 3 months before I picked up a beater to drive for winter, and since then Ive always had mutiple pickup trucks, so this one hasnt ever pulled a trailer or hauled anything heavier then a couple bags of groceries. Just today I added another 96 F150 to my fleet, a 2wd short bed regular cab with the 300 inline 6, 5 speed manual, and a 2.73 rearend gear. So I now have two 96 F150s and two 94 f150s. I enjoy these old trucks.

[@CJColvin]

+oldfordblue1 Ok thanks. I was just wondering since most performance or built engines runs on premium and premium fuel is expensive.

[@bill88stang]

How is it with the 1.72's on there?

[@oldfordblue1]

According to the "seat of the pants" dyno it pulls a little harder up high with the 1.72s compaired to the 1.6s I had on it originally. No piston to valve interference issues, and stock valve covers clear em just fine.

[@SirDoodley]

So would tbis setup work on my 86 5.0 302 then?

[@oldfordblue1]

Probably not... an 86 block wouldnt be roller cam ready with some machine work, also depending on if its a 86 ho motor it'd have factory flat tops that dont play nice with higher lift cams.

[@alexandercopeland305]

If i am thinking Correctly you would need the B303 Cam, But you would have to checking on it

[@alexandercopeland305]

I got a 1986 F150 i am going to be working on soon, maybe next year and I will try to do videos on the build. I am going to do a 347 Stroker kit in

[@ponyboywils9950]

@@oldfordblue1 you can just run link bar roller lifters in flat tappet cam blocks easier then drill the lifter valley and some blocks don’t even have bosses to drill to convert to a roller cam

[@jonathanduncan9684]

What the hp on this truck do you know

[@f100manwesley4]

sounds like magnaglow mufflers!

[@cesargomez4911]

Where did you get the cams?

[@oldfordblue1]

Cams? Its an old pushrod 302, just has one cam... Bought it like 5 years ago from either summit or jegs.

[@cesargomez4911]

oldfordblue1 hey how’s it going. 2 years later i installed a new E303 i have been running it for about 2 months and was wondering what you did about tuning.

[@davidgaxiola3542]

Cesar Gomez so do you need a tune with doing this cam cause im looking into putting a cam into mine but cant find a tuner

[@jonathanduncan9684]

How much hp

[@scottlavine1530]

hows that cam holding up

[@oldfordblue1]

Scott LaVine its holding up fine. I built the engine close to 5 years ago and have close to 15,000 miles on it now. I have 2 other trucks and a car so this one isnt a daily driver or anything, it just comes out on nice days for the occasional cruise to work or to the grocery store or whatever.

[@daltonrunyan5198]

I got a 1990 f-150 with a 302. Can I drop in the E303 cam and valve springs and it run right or do I need to do a bunch of other stuff?

[@corycurtis3984]

what did you use for a chip/programmer?

[@oldfordblue1]

I installed a Moates Quaterhouse that piggybacks onto the factory ford eec box, and tune it with a program called Binary Editor on my laptop. Although when I first built it I left it completely untuned for some time and the thing still fired up just fine, and drove alright, just wasnt living up to its full potential.

[@MrCgallegos85]

Kind of curious about your tune. Were you able to tune with binary editor out of the box? Or did you have to go through core tuning?

[@ZombiePrep236]

whats the hp its putting down?

[@oldfordblue1]

Not sure what it makes for power, Ive never had it on a dyno. It certainly gets up and goes waaaay harder then any other 5 litre truck I've driven from this generation

[@CJColvin]

are the GT40 heads ported and polished or are they stock cast.

[@oldfordblue1]

I did a light porting on them just to clean them up a bit. I also gasket matched the intake ports and exhaust ports to the intake and headers, removed a bit of material doing that. Also did a 3 angle valve job and installed new guides and springs.

[@CJColvin]

+oldfordblue1 That's cool. How do you angle the valves.

[@oldfordblue1]

+CJ Colvin, a valve job doesnt change the angle or geometry of the valves in anyway, they're still stock sized valves in the stock location. Its just a way of cleaning up the area of the cylinder head where the valves seat when they are fully closed. Its pretty much a standard practice anymore when rebuilding cylinder heads. Hsd full access to a machine shop when I was taking courses at a community college. Bored the block and redid the heads myself.

[@CJColvin]

+oldfordblue1 Oh ok thanks man. Are the heads aluminum or cast iron.

[@oldfordblue1]

+CJ Colvin They're iron.

[@micahfrye8885]

That sounds exactly like my truck and it’s not cammed lol it just runs like shit lmao

[@alexsanchez-jy4bf]

Eddie bauer ?

[@oldfordblue1]

Yes its a Eddie Bauer edition

[@alexsanchez-jy4bf]

Nice, 4x4?

[@oldfordblue1]

Its rwd

[@bill88stang]

Did it seem to loose any low end power?

[@oldfordblue1]

Didnt lose any low end power compared to a stock 5.0. Its very streetable even with only having 3.55 gears. Still goes down the road fine at 35 or 45mph, it just pulls waaaaay harder in the mid and upper rpms now

[@CJColvin]

I have a video of my 1996 F150 Cold start and another video Memories of my 96 F150. Just go to my KZbin channel CJ Colvin and you the two videos that I posted.