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[@Thecraig909]

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[@jonlennon3348]

Why not forged pistons???

[@Thecraig909]

@@jonlennon3348price.

[@stevenbitter9241]

Not normally a merch guy. But i ordered to support the build/channel. Best of luck

[@Thecraig909]

@@stevenbitter9241 thank you that means a lot.

[@matthouse8499]

Nice truck, shit happens, you'll get back and better next time 👍

[@JaredR1996]

Hate to see that truck hurt. Personally this my favorite vehicle out of your fleet. Hopefully it’s gets back on the road soon Craig. Keep it up as always

[@Chechenzko]

BIG RT

[@kevinanderson705]

Bruh- I'm an old guy in Huntington Beach. I been following your channel since you were in highschool. You owe no explanations to no one regarding this truck. It's effing rad! Keep being a Ford guy!

[@PNW_Car_Mods]

As a new viewer I can't wait to see this truck back up an running. The last video left me drooling for more. Sounds so freaking amazing. If it makes you feel any better I blew the motor up in my C5 Corvette earlier this year playing around with around 14 PSI of boost. It went lean for a reason we never really did fully figure out why, butted the rings in cyl 1 which proceeded to rip the wrist pin out of that piston which then broke the rod in cyl 2. Destroyed the block, crank, cam, oil pump, the blower, the intercooler, and a few other things. All told I am in it for about 10 grand my labor. Car is back up and running with a forged 408 and a new blower.

[@PNW_Car_Mods]

I did subscribe to your channel Craig. It's not easy to get me to sub to a channel but I enjoy what I've seen and you seem like a hard working dude that has earned it!

[@jbestgaming136]

Did the same today lol

[@PNW_Car_Mods]

@@jbestgaming136 Kerblewie?

[@donusmc1]

I love that you’re going through the process and learning. Figuring out what it can and can’t do and doing the work yourself. Built, not bought.

[@2angetsU32]

Love that you’re doing everything this way man! I’m learning things from you, I appreciate your posting all this info

[@jamesmonty2003]

People I work often ask how I got so good at my job. I always tell them I have been doing it for 22 years and made every mistake you can. Best way to learn stuff if to mess something up. Those are mistakes you don't make again. Keep up it man, love the truck.

[@bluejayfabrications2216]

You only get "experience" from bad decisions = bad experience = good decisions = experience

[@boboso7238]

Bro, this truck is amazing. I love what you did and the fact it's a true garage/driveway type build versus a shop trying to be retro with a $100K car budget makes it this even better.

[@sirjhonson8218]

I have had 2 1977 F150 trucks and loved them both . The first one had 400 modified and the second one had a 300 inline 6 .

[@JoJoG35]

I can’t believe that old 5.0 screams like that, sounds good as hell with the new exhaust.

[@jamesfairbairn1588]

I agree you only learn by doing. So glad to see you doing things your way and not what others think you should be doing. That’s one of the things I enjoy about this channel. Besides the cool hot rods. Glad to see the fix for the f100 is not a big deal.

[@jimirsik]

Not that bad. I thought maybe you dropped a valve or two from over revving.

[@redrussian76]

I have two '72 F100's; one with a stock 360 and the other with a mildly built 390. Love, love, love the early '70's bumpsides!!!

[@_Hanover_]

Please check the tension on the rings. Overheated rings can lose sealing pressure. Finnigan was able to save his hemi by putting a new piston and rings in.

[@Thecraig909]

That's the plan!

[@5ShotProductions]

Just found your channel and watched the last F100 videos and I‘m blown away by the videos you make and especially by the sound your F100 makes 🤤🤤🤤 What a Biest 😍 Glad the damage wasn’t that bad, in the last video it sounded pretty much worse. Will watch a bunch of your older videos and of course subscribed to your channel 👍 Kind regards from Germany 🇩🇪, Philipp 👋

[@mrmoss149]

" While you're in there"... Been there, Craig. You are so right about doing it yourself - we learn by doing- and NOTHING beats the feeling of having done it yourself... And then beating the shit out of it.

[@dylanyoung8210]

I’m not a ford guy but love watching ur vids and now ur making me have a soft spot for f100s and other old ford trucks

[@lollipop84858]

What does being a Ford guy have to do with anything?

[@ni_wink84]

I was hoping it wasn’t something too bad, glad it was just a ring land and not anything spun in the bottom! Your idea for the new set up sounds awesome! Stronger rod and roller cam will definitely let her eat!

[@HoopHelps]

Engine builder here and wanted to say awesome job! Loved the fly bys, until she went down of course. The truck does sound awesome!!! Thought to myself Holy crap it sounds like the BULLITT! Don't worry about the neah sayers, sounds like you have done your research, build them for how you want to run them. Dodge fella myself, but know well the hi rev capabilities of Fords 302. Question on your hydraulic roller cam upgrade, is it capable of reving 7000 without pump up on those lifters? One of the reasons a lot of hi rpm builds stay with solids. Nice work BTW!

[@brettgast]

I don't know how this dude hit my algorithm again. I remember watching this truck when he was in highschool with it. Never the less glad he's still at it, and the truck has come along way.

[@tajudeenabdulraheem5660]

Let's talk (VERY IMPORTANT)👆🎁..

[@DanzigDemento]

Experts had to start learning somewhere and you are doing it your own way. Keep up the good work!

[@xykosince9213]

sounds grumpy and savage love it ... got my sub

[@coreyforshey3812]

Truly a bad ass truck!

[@stuartkarshagen6274]

New to the channel, that's an insane truck, can't wait to see more of it.🤙🏻🤙🏻

[@sru1436]

If you’re putting a hydraulic roller and H beam rods, you might as well put forged pistons

[@TheBonsaiZone]

I think you just need a louder fuel pump!! It did sound great for those pulls, looking forward to more!!

[@RPPerry1984]

13:09 FACTS!!!! I can't agree more! I have learned the most from trying and failing. Bless you man!

[@mattnessB72]

WOT pull was amazing! Sounded like a beast. Good that you are working on that yourself and NOT having a "professional" (who also occasionally has to learn things the hard way) build your motor.

[@jaimecortes1108]

Sick build bud, I can respect someone who works on their own projects otherwise if someone else does it for you it’s their project. As they say out here in Oakland CA all gas no brakes.

[@mikecorleone6797]

I’ve had the same issue in the past with breaking 1 maybe 2 pistons and limped back to the house… i usually have extra pistons etc laying around so i just drop the pan and pull the rod caps, pop off the head on the problem side and swap the bad pistons out, check the head on the bench n slap back together and boom good as new. I’ve done it in a day, these small block fords are incredibly durable and very forgiving.. my truck is carb’d but i have an air flow meter on it lol.. right now I’m running a 302 small block nothing special just flat top pistons , mild cam, holly 600cfm 4 barrel carb with vacuum secondaries and msd ignition with long tubes and twin 40’s.. it runs great and the mpg is pretty good considering it hauls my 5,800lb truck around everywhere with whatever shenanigans I’m doing..

[@SweatyFatGuy]

If you are going to H beam rods, go with forged pistons, it just makes sense to put something in there that can handle you beating on it. You kinda drive like I do, and my engines are (usually) budget and they last decades. Put money where it does the most good. Also invest in an O2 sensor. I did so I can tune my carbs better on E85/E100. If you want reliable 7k rpm, go solid roller instead of hydraulic roller. The juice roller lifters are heavy, and more weight means you need more spring pressure to control it, you will hit valve float with a hydraulic roller. Bending pushrods is a thing when you float valves. You can get a solid roller with lift that will not bind using your current springs, or go ahead and upgrade them as well. Duration gets you the RPM. Also since you have a carb, I'd rock a 108 to 110 LSA, give your tiny engine some more midrange to go with the top end, plus the lope at idle is sick with a 108 or a 110. If you want to stop breaking engines and possibly ruining not so easily replaced parts (even sbf blocks are getting rare), build it with some longevity in mind. Sure breaking stuff gets views, people like carnage, but that can be tires, axles, and stuff like that too. Big heads and cam on weak pistons is clown shoes man. Make the bottom end robust, not just barely good enough. Take it from an old guy with a heavy foot who breaks stuff all the time... which is why I learned to rebuild transmissions, 600ftlbs in a heavy vehicle does a number on transmissions. Ask how I know.

[@bennetfox]

You are exactly correct, this is how you learn! I will be so happy when you finally build an engine that can stand up to your right foot! 🤣🤣

[@albertvenable4122]

My biggest up grade if I was spinning the motor up that high would be a set of lite weight forged Pistons

[@danswartwood4580]

Thank you for sharing and the appreciation to your subscribers

[@e-racer4673]

It’s called detonation. When you started it, it sounded like your timing was too high. Not enough octane in your fuel and timing too high will cause detonation..

[@GIGABACHI]

MAN, I saw those passes. It was PURE UNALTERED GLORY. I love hearing a "small" V8 scream it's lungs out. Looking forward to more crazy shit. 👌🙂🤘

[@kennethchapman9564]

Forged Pistons are your friend. I built a 428cj that with the cam I put in it would easily rev past 7200rpm. It had domed 12.5 trw forged Pistons and shaved heads so compression with steel shim head gaskets was about 13.7 to one, so racing fuel was a must. Had roller rockers and solid flat tappet. Mallory ignition and melling high volume and high pressure oil pump. On top of factory Cobra jet intake was a 750 cfm Holley double pumper jetted up. Didn't have an Air/fuel gauge but looking at plugs and running correct heat range ultra important. Glad you didn't break it worse but I do recommend forged Pistons for any motor that is twisted anywhere near 7000rpm.

[@killertctma]

Just found your channel. I love these trucks. I just sold my 71 that I did the crown vic swap on. Never got around to putting the engine and tranny in and the guy didn't want those (he was going 5.4L). Fresh 460 with a built up c6. Not sure where abouts your located but I wouldn't mind letting it go if you want to hop on the bigblock wagon.

[@ZAKU-GD]

im glad i found your channel! Fire! Always will be watching

[@AssumeTheFuzzySham]

got in on the t-shirt drop. had to contribute to the rebuild. looking forward to hearing the new motor a 7k rpm. major days-of-thunder-leaving-the-pits vibes

[@kirkmarble7235]

Great message. I think it's awesome you build it and learn from doing! Kudos for taking that on and figuring it all out.

[@Chadirrific]

Its just so crazy to see how far this truck and this channel has come, i remember when he was hitting his highschool drags in this thing stock asf

[@nealfox1976]

Anxious to see and the the truck run again. It sounded amazing running through the gears!!!

[@fordfandiecast]

You will rebuild her and she will once again be a wild beast! Improve her and upgrade , as well.

[@danssmokintreasures]

What a bummer....You will get it going again...Looking forward to it.

[@Jessesquarebodytube]

Happy to watch this all go down!!

[@rtb4008]

Kool work man. I have a 1970 302 stock everything bottom end!, with twisted wedge heads and a ford roller Z cam ,spun it 7,800 rpm on the street daily for 5 years before I pulled it for a rebuild

[@dannysteele4013]

Nice to see the younger doing this love your truck

[@johnepple854]

It’s your truck man. Do what you want with it.

[@scottamy6496]

Love the truck and love your outlook and your thirst of knowledge and the fact you’re doing it all yourself! Keep it up and I can’t wait to hear this little beast rippin soon!

[@JBWHITEGT]

Can't wait to see the build. I bet she's really going to sound sweet at 7-7500 rpms.

[@danmanthe9335]

Thanks for the in depth video. It's helping me diagnose a similar situation in my truck with a broken piston from a lean condition. Although mine doesn't spin as fast or sound like your truck

[@rclk7369]

This truck is awesome! the sound is incredible one of the best v8’s I’ve ever heard let alone in an f100! Keep up the good work dude

[@classicstangbrn8964]

Don't listen to people who say let a professional build your motor, I'm 65 and have been screwing around with mostly Ford small blocks 45+ years, absolutely love building them now I don't beat on them like that but to each there own, you keep doing what your doing, oh btw my choice of motors are 351ws that what I would put in the f100.

[@pnwchris2000]

Keep pushing Craig, keep doing what you love. I know that truck will be back up and running, putting a smile on your face in no time. You’ve been a huge inspiration with your truck for my current project, I’m going thru the process of building a 307ci SBC for my ‘91 S10. My goal is to have it rev to around 8500 with a really great set of Aluminum heads but I’m still researching for some of the right parts I want to determine my ideal compression ratio.

[@rwcasto]

Love them FORDS! Great content man- new to the channel!

[@nickm4517]

Love the channel, always transparent with the viewers

[@drewgregory2370]

Honestly I think building the bottom end now and going to a 306 build would benefit your application. It's a fun high reving bottom end, very forgiving and loves boost also prochargers are a great add on to a 306.

[@ivanbenally-tv8li]

Inspirational, I salute you. You kindle my passion for Motors

[@wadeshelton2911]

Your learning a shit ton doing your own work, personally I love it. If money wise it don’t hurt and you’re not walking have fun,gives us more tube time!

[@maxnichols1727]

Craig, live and learn. Haters will be what they are, WOULD BE, WANT TO BE's. Get it done and go on, you are doing great. Hell, the first engine I built put #3 piston through through the block. Tons of fun. Keep up what you are doing, we wouldn't have it any other way. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@Itisilogan]

Where’s the crew cab? I can’t wait to see more on that again

[@jdedmnds1]

When you put a new piston in it, make notes of the piston weight so in the future if you have a similar problem, you will not have to pull it all the way apart to replace one piston.

[@royalwulff1]

Sounds great! Keep learning, you sound pretty smart to me!! Good luck!

[@ridelow25]

I've got a 5.3 with ss2 cam and 7875 turbo... I've blown it up 2 times due to fueling issues with carb. I now have 4 mahle stock spec pistons on driver side that replaced the pistons with broken ringlands. And the passenger side still sports the original 180k mile pistons. Truck runs great now with Holley Terminator x. Have 2 years on this setup up since last blow up lol

[@mustangguy7063]

I had similar setup on my old mustang but I had trickflow high port heads. I went from a 600 to 750dp Holley and got jets adjusted and it made a world of difference.

[@hackitgarage6503]

Your the calmest person I've ever seen kill a motor.just killed a 5.0 in my town car after getting stuck in the snow .had an oil leak wich contributed to it that and high rpms I heard it cough and knock .this car is supposed to be my project car and in the garage for the winter but at the time it was the only dependable turn key car I had .I literally watched your video of your motor dying the day before mine did .

[@kickassv8]

I think you're a very underrated channel. You should definitely have more subs. I'll do my part. I absolutely love watching the vintage cars and the F100 is a badass. Keep up the great work, subs will come in.

[@lollipop84858]

Underrated? By whom? Who keeps under rating it..? Are people actively talking down about it..?

[@Scr8pnOnU94]

The new exhaust definitely sounds awesome! I’m ready to see the F150’s 302 come back to life again, even stronger!

[@airtechmech6681]

F100

[@joethepirate1]

Great diagnosis. Hope you get him back on the road soon.

[@ziapride]

Please make a video of the rebuild. I am gonna attempt to rebuild my first early 302 this winter.

[@orbitaljellyfish808]

Excellent sound. A worthy vehicle.

[@willd206]

Had this exact thing happen. Sbf that came in my car with decent compression speed pro Hypereutectic pistons, was using a 600 or some old edelbrock manual choke. I believe it was even the same cylinder that went lean. Nicked the piston on a corner not as badly but same thing, the rings were ok, and the car had the same tick sound and wouldn’t accelerate past 80….. now built a nascar spec sbf at home, decided to go with home fabricated boom tubes and x pipe with scrap from the auto parts store. Will see if it sounds as mean as your pickup.

[@richardporter4281]

Back in the day when we had decent fuel with lead you only had to look at the tip of your exhaust pipe to get a reading of how your motor was tuned .. If you were running a nice grey pipe you were usually spot on

[@gbaileyo7]

Bro...that truck is on par with a Shelby Gt350 exhaust note! I watched the other vid soooo many times to hear that wide open rip 😍😍😍😍

[@MakeItHappenOriginal]

not gonna lie I never saw any of your content until I watched the previous vid, and I assumed you had no idea what you were doing based on the lean condition and you being unsure what happened at the time. glad I saw this explanation though and I love the truck, nice to hear you are gonna fix it yourself and do a few upgrades. I subbed, can't wait to see

[@EBthere]

Doesn't matter now but when piston engine aircraft get built or rebuilt they always log the weights of the pistons, pins and rods. Then if there is an issue and a piston gets damaged, you can just get a replacement piston of the same weight. Love your F100.

[@pdrphil8159]

Just makes good content for a future vid. I've blown motors & tranny's because I just didnt know how to match upgrade components .. I burned the valves on a 72 Mustang with a 351 Cleveland.. I opened up the exhaust & dumped it mid way of the car .. It couldnt get rid of the heat & burned a couple valves... I blew an engine dumping ATF down the carb ! I put a shift kit in a Mustang Cobra & it cracked the tranny housing... Upgrades tended to bust sht...I learned you gotta match upgrades with upgrades.. Anyway , it always gave me an excuse to make it better/faster.

[@drewwagner9893]

keep doing this my man, i can listen to you talk.. im learning.

[@jasonmcgowan3823]

Did you gap the rings according to the piston recommendations? That's a common KB hypereutectic piston failure when the guidelines aren't followed and the ring ends butt together. The valve relief is the weakest point, so it breaks right there.

[@barrynelson634]

Keep it Ford tough and do YOUR thing. Great ideas in your last two minutes...do the upgrades!

[@wesmurer6884]

Love your plan! Just add some forged pistons!

[@MetridiumMoose]

The Black widows definitely have a signature sound. I have them on a budget built SBC with a comp cams XE274, dual xpipes and venom 250 mufflers and it’s idle sounds nearly exactly like this. Sick fucking truck dude! 🤘

[@SatchelMcQueenVideo]

i drove a 70 F100 from 91 to 2012. saved and rebuilt the 302 and dropped it in my 70 Maverick. open headers all day and night. cops dont bother me as i creep through town, but out on the hwy even at 2500 rpms it sounds like a beast. open headers next engine please!! ty subbed

[@SatchelMcQueenVideo]

oh and an AFR gauge will tune that carb in 15 minutes perfect. i was close with my tune before the gauge, but the gauge shows how small changes effect the mixture. well worth the $185

[@Hustler_state]

Subbed. Love the way you drive, and your whole ethos of drive what you build, actually.

[@garysells4259]

I had the same problem with KB piston

[@ElCheyenneazul5.7]

It sucks right when you get it running right it breaks down. It sounds really good. Bro 😎

[@alanbellkey4592]

Hey way to keep on learning have to pay to play and on the way you learn keep up the good work my friend!

[@normhowes2975]

Watched previous video and had a feeling leaned out. A buddy's 358 drag motor leaned out with a pair of Holly 660 center squirters running 68 primaries and 78 secondaries at the top of 2nd. Ate the block and head between #3 and #5 cylinders. 10% over driven blower didn't help.

[@jacobmiele4168]

Craig you have to stop listening to the people that hate on you, DO YOU MAN. The rest of us are watching you do this and cheering you on

[@FastFords289]

Damn brother hate that happened. The same thing happened to me a couple years ago, I had those Keith blacks in my 302 in my 76 ford truck and it broke on cylinder number one so I pulled it out and rebuilt it again with sealed power and never had another problem. Good luck.

[@joeidaho5938]

Very interesting video. Sorry to see this happen. Love the truck, though. Great educational experience, overall.

[@samharper4289]

Not terrible news, just some work, and good plan to upgrade to better parts while your at it! Fun truck, sounds fantastic! I had one like it many years ago, except I dropped a 429 SCJ in mine. 😁

[@somedude2433]

That’s funny I called it in the last video. We run dirt tracks and when your at that compression you have to watch that fuel like a hawk Really hot day to a cool evening …. I’m just waiting to see it happen on the long lap runs to see who’s carb is too lean. Usually the guys running to much gear first and always right in the center of the piston. Head will be fine run it. Flat tappet cams given same style are better. For perf

[@demattoskidd8497]

I’m super glad you made this video dude. I have a 76 dentside I’m building a very similar engine to yours with. I have a 600 carb and pretty much the same exhaust as yours. I do have a 750 that I’ve been debating on running when I got it back together. And this solidifies it. Only difference is I have ported iron heads and a roller cam

[@Niobium23]

You aren’t doing a single thing wrong. In fact, it’s amazing just how RIGHT you have built this. I have tuned over 5000 motorcycles. You are following all the logical steps for power and success. Afr is key. I would be looking for about 13.1:1 on the afr gauge or dyno. Don’t lean past 13.6-1, that is stoichiometric perfect burn in that application sir.

[@MrsSunshine75]

Looks like top ring gap was too small and or piston to wall clearance too tight! Keith Black hypereutectic piston & ring clearances are supposed to be way larger than forged pistons.

[@ThreeOhTwoBOSS]

I think if you’re happy, figuratively oblivious no wants their engine to go lean and break a piston, but the if in general you went out to learn, well this is what learning looks like.

[@trippinocto]

I wonder how’s his ford fox body is doin! Lowkey I only came to this channel to see what else he would do it! But I’m loving all the other videos too! Keep it up man! 💯💯

[@mikerhodeback9636]

Pull the pan and tighten the rod bolt..thats the noise..upgrade them for the future. The piston rings popped the piston..check your gaps, Why pull the engine have rebuilt one sitting in the truck..worked fine including crank btw.

[@sirjhonson8218]

The 400 modified is a good engine .